[PAUL K]

Originally Posted by JJDeville

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All that and no picture of the speedo! JK ..... Stunning car!

If you're ever feeling ambitious please feel free to post some under hood pictures.... Oops scratch this request. Great car, thanks for sharing.

I remember they're "water injection", quit popular back then. Also didn't their black cars have a unit number under the TA fender decal?

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by PAUL K

I remember they're "water injection", quit popular back then. Also didn't their black cars have a unit number under the TA fender decal?

The Mecham conversion cars had that .
Macho TA et al

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Another thing I remember thinking when I saw the for sale ad was -
- why in the hell did the Miami guys go to the trouble to do those speedometers.

Had absolutely no idea there was ever a TA Specialties in business back in the 70's
I guess the guys in Miami bought out the namesake , or maybe any special parts still left , when they formed in Miami .

Ricky is a member here but seldom posts.
As far as I know they are still in business in Miami area.
He might have some interesting back story or history items of them too.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

The hood pan for retaining the shaker would be a very marketable item today.
It's a clean well thought out modification.

[JJDeville]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

The hood pan for retaining the shaker would be a very marketable item today.
It's a clean well thought out modification.

I think it would be a good item to have available to sell, especially to people installing an LS engine.

['ol Pinion head]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

Another thing I remember thinking when I saw the for sale ad was -
- why in the hell did the Miami guys go to the trouble to do those speedometers.

Had absolutely no idea there was ever a TA Specialties in business back in the 70's
I guess the guys in Miami bought out the namesake , or maybe any special parts still left , when they formed in Miami .

Ricky is a member here but seldom posts.
As far as I know they are still in business in Miami area.
He might have some interesting back story or history items of them too.

Why the custom speedo's with their company logo... own take is the "new" higher mph speedo looked better, & then there's the marketing factor, & finally the EGO factor of the builder. Doubt very seriously their 455 transplanted "Bandit" would do 140 with 3.08 rear gears.

Need to dig out the thin beige catalogue that TransAm Specialties originally offered. That catalogue was their first catalogue, not the expansive one HFR posted a link to including all the 3rd Gen stuff.

In '80 & into '81 the only water injection systems that were commonly avail were the Shelby-Spearco (horrid looking red squared off jug) setup. Edelbrock had just came out with a more sophisticated setup & looking at the later catalogue pics am betting the Edelbrock set-up is what Chuck Posey sourced. I bought a Shelby-Spearco water injection setup from HO Racing early on, & was given an Edelbrock system in early '82. Also had several different adjusted Hobbs switches. With all these pieces, experimented with water injection on two modded '80 Turbo T/A's. Eventually, late '81, for cleaner cosmetics under the hood of my '80, installed a '78 Bird washer jug (with the washer pump in the bottom).

Both setups were installed with the twin hole water injection spray nozzle along with the smallest restrictor "pellet" in the supply hose. Had mixed results even when mixing 50-50 methanol to water, that was running 91 octane Super. Eventually, I gave up on the water injection system & ran a mixture of 89 octane (barely leaded) & race fuel.

Looking back, I stumbled onto a factory washer jug & pump, & bought that first one at my local Pontiac dealer. Afterwards I began to frequent two large local late model GM Salvages where recent pulled washer jugs were typically piled up in pickup beds out the back door. Both of these late model yards weren't real keen on me wandering their yard, but they pointed me out back to their overflowing "stock" of washer jugs. At that time, also began buying traditional Pontiac shaker bases & lids. Similar deal, there would be over a hundred aircleaner bases & lids dropped in several pickup beds. I'd drop in several times a year & buy whatever they had.

[JJDeville]

My car has Edelbrock wWater Injection. Also it has a Performer intake on it. An Edelbrock SP2P intake was included in the sale. Surely they didn’t have that damn thing on a built up 455.

[PAUL K]

Originally Posted by JJDeville

My car has Edelbrock wWater Injection. Also it has a Performer intake on it. An Edelbrock SP2P intake was included in the sale. Surely they didn’t have that damn thing on a built up 455.

At least one of the cars linked has an SP2P with an EGR valve. I'm guessing they leaned towards that manifold so they could retain the factory emissions. The Performer wasn't out yet and the P4B was never offered with an EGR option.

[JJDeville]

Originally Posted by PAUL K

At least one of the cars linked has an SP2P with an EGR valve. I'm guessing they leaned towards that manifold so they could retain the factory emissions. The Performer wasn't out yet and the P4B was never offered with an EGR option.

That is interesting. It makes sense.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head

Why the custom speedo's with their company logo... own take is the "new" higher mph speedo looked better, & then there's the marketing factor, & finally the EGO factor of the builder. Doubt very seriously their 455 transplanted "Bandit" would do 140 with 3.08 rear gears.

Yes , most likely a "marker" and ego thing.
The 170mph and company name definitely set it apart.
70-74 160mph speedos from salvage birds should have been cheaply and easily available in those times.

The speedo is the most documenting part of the car now , so it worked in favor.

[MarkS57]

I remember them. On Rt 38 if I'm correct. Visited a couple times for some tech advice.