I think I'm in Love with this car,I've had two of these cars and boy do I wish I had the funds to transform them into a beautiful ride like yours ! Mine was a 79 Yellow Formula with black cloth T/A Interior & the other was just a plainT/A 301 powered Firebird !
OH MY GOD that is one of the most awesom T/As i've ever seen anywhere, that painjob truly takes the name "Firebird" to a whole new dimension, i love it !!! best greets from germany.
what do you expect? it's a nuschool cheby pile of shit. it makes 13249785599 HP at the crank but only 00000000050 lb ft of torque at 10,000 rpm lmao lmao.
@@TAWS-wq3hx if the motor is really putting out 630HP, the loss is in the drivetrain and rear end. However, you CAN NOT lose that much power through transfer unless the tires were smoking on the dyno. so that means 500HP+ at motor? or faulty Dyno.. But I would take a super charged "CHEBY" as you say over any other combo.
I saw this at the 2011 Trans Am Nationals in Dayton in September. I took a bunch of pics of it. And I must say it sounds and looks even better in person if you can believe it.
OH MY FUCKIN LORD!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME TA IVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!!! I COULD NOT WITH A WINNING LOTERRY TICKET DREAM OF A MORE AWESOME CAR TO OWN!!!! YOU HAVE A REAL GIFT HERE MY FRIEND!!! CHERISH IT!!!
I have left the US in 99' and miss every single bad ass car it's got - namely made in the USA. Porsche, Ferrari's, Maserati's and even my fav. old British car, the Aston Martin do NOT measure up to a simple, awesome Firebird, Camero, Shelby etc... There's something about driving an 8-cylinder on the open range that can NEVER be matched, folks... I'm coming home, soon!
I guess some of you don't enough engines to realize that the GM LSX motor is clearly the best motor out there right now. No engines can make the same amount of power with the same amount of motor and expect as great as a reliability
nice car, have one just like it,,what size tires are in the rear? plus that car with 630 @ crank should be pushing way over 550 horses..if im right theres something going on in the drive train thats not right ,the painted flames,,not my taste, would of left it all black.
1.) Someone is really bad at math if they're calculating 630hp to the flywheel off of 409 to the wheels. 2.) 409 to the wheels from an LS9 is pitiful, there's either large calibration issues with that dyno or they don't know what the're doing because that's a 550 wheel engine all day.
Thats a very nice build! If it was mine, I would make it a single turbo 370. I think that would be better considering some of those cars were turbo from the factory with a turbo hood...
@twztd28 I really don't know. I was just suggesting a possible explenation for the description of the video stating: "around 409hp to the ground and 630hp to the flywheel". Comments were made asking how is 630 possible. My explenation was that it was misstyped so that the 6 and 3 were flipped. It was to be 360 not 630. The dyno was showing a reading WCF of 358.8, so I'm just guessing that is the 360 (630) reading. Sorry if I'm completely wrong. Still learning about cars...
Paint was never priority here. No respect in parking lots. So door dings ect... are problems. Paint also doesn't make the car perform better. This car on the dyno just sounds spectacular. Seeing it driving effortlessly says it all. The cornering and suspension with power. What a car. Forgot to say. That paint job is incredible. By the way, nice car👍
Where do you get 409 to the tires and 630 at the crank? it should only have about a 20% drivetrain loss, with your math your saying it has like a 50%+ drivetrain loss. also with the cutout making 10-15 hp is bs, ive seen them make 0hp before.
@ThisIzTheEdge Hahaha ok and sorry if I sounded a little rough in that response... The average drive train loss on a RWD car is about 15%. So those numbers aren't even close a stock ZR1 makes about 545 hp at the wheels. So idk if this thing just has a horrible tune or if the drivetrain is messed up. They aren't anywhere close to what they should be.
I have a 05 gto,,ls2 engine 400 hp ok good so far,,plus i add the lsa supercharged it gave me 520 at the tires,,,,the ls9 engine its around 630 HP ,,explain how do you lose over 200 hp ? Even if the car its to heavy its impossible..
I know people like to share and show off.... but I'm still making money ( some weekends go better then others) with mine. got the best sleeper in three county's, 68 Dodge Dart-- 4door with original paint.... I've made six times the money I have invested in it and hoping for more. I can't see putting a video of it on the internet ever (or at least next 10 years) unless I crash it--pop the motor--or it gets taken by the police. glad other people think different, good luck and drive safer =o]
is this the 4.9 T-charged engine? i believe that was the engine that got introduced for the 1980 model before that gen. was going out to it's successor.
o.o 630 to 409 is a equated drive train loss of 35% some thing is way off on this. whether its operator error, lies about drive train or a super impressive a/c unit and a 500 lb drive shaft lol.
these 2nd gen pontiac F-bodys came with 350cu pontiac,400 pontiac,403 oldsmobile,and 455 pontiac, and 301 v8 turbo in a special edition. the 455 came in standard,high output (H.O.),and Super Duty (S.D.) the 455 is actually a small block pontiac. so is the 400. the olds and pontiac do not completely interchange parts,and the chevy is diferent architecture.Try telling Summit racing you want a CHEVY rotating assembly and heads and intake for your STOCK trans am factory installed engine..
That is THE BEST paintjob on a firebird I've ever seen. Absolutely stunning. Nice work.
There's no car more beautiful than a Trans Am from any year...
I love those cars. I had two in the past, I wish I still had them now.
OMG that prep work in the paint... speechless... anyone that works in body and paint knows exactly what I'm talking about
Door jams are still white
@@rebelfighterxx dude got lazy from all that air brush work !! hahaha
Love how the decals are now all flames, awesome job all round :)
@ta70455 Thanks! All the paint & body was done at our shop- Restore a Muscle Car and the custom graphics are by Mike Lavallee of Killer Paint.
Very nice paint!
Hall of fame paint work man!
Are you kidding me with that paint job?!!!🔥🔥🔥🤤 killer! Very very cool car all the way around😍
I think I'm in Love with this car,I've had two of these cars and boy do I wish I had the funds to transform them into a beautiful ride like yours ! Mine was a 79 Yellow Formula with black cloth T/A Interior & the other was just a plainT/A 301 powered Firebird !
Damn that idle sound amazing
Very nice Trans-Am,beautiful painted.
Especially the flames from the fender vents
OH MY GOD that is one of the most awesom T/As i've ever seen anywhere, that painjob truly takes the name "Firebird" to a whole new dimension, i love it !!! best greets from germany.
630@crank but only 409@tires? You got something seriously wrong there, thats a 35% loss through the drivetrain. Major bind somewhere.
what do you expect? it's a nuschool cheby pile of shit. it makes 13249785599 HP at the crank but only 00000000050 lb ft of torque at 10,000 rpm lmao lmao.
It's 1324978560 you fucking rice driver.
@@TAWS-wq3hx if the motor is really putting out 630HP, the loss is in the drivetrain and rear end. However, you CAN NOT lose
that much power through transfer unless the tires were smoking on the dyno. so that means 500HP+ at motor? or faulty Dyno..
But I would take a super charged "CHEBY" as you say over any other combo.
@@ssdtrain1 naw supercharged pontiac 400 428 455 males more power. Been done for years puttin chevy shitcans to shame
I saw this at the 2011 Trans Am Nationals in Dayton in September. I took a bunch of pics of it. And I must say it sounds and looks even better in person if you can believe it.
OH MY FUCKIN LORD!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME TA IVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!!! I COULD NOT WITH A WINNING LOTERRY TICKET DREAM OF A MORE AWESOME CAR TO OWN!!!! YOU HAVE A REAL GIFT HERE MY FRIEND!!! CHERISH IT!!!
The bandett is back.such a beautuful car thank you fir sharing this with us.
@Zacharyderocher In the description he misstyped 360 as 630 at the flywheel. You can see that it is 360 at the end of the video on the dyno monitor.
I loved going by this place when I was going to Lincoln
BEAUTIFUL CAR !
LS everything
Been 10 years. Figure out why it was down on power?
Nice rig I've had three and I just need another the coolist car from the 80's of course.
Hell, yeah!!!❤
Did you release the parking brake?
I like those deep wheels. Who made them?
Killer, Killer car dude!!!! Don't mind that 70-72 Blue, white stripe T.A. parked in behind either!!!!lol
Very nice. Love the turbo hood.
I have left the US in 99' and miss every single bad ass car it's got - namely made in the USA. Porsche, Ferrari's, Maserati's and even my fav. old British car, the Aston Martin do NOT measure up to a simple, awesome Firebird, Camero, Shelby etc...
There's something about driving an 8-cylinder on the open range that can NEVER be matched, folks...
I'm coming home, soon!
really like the lucerne blue 70 t/a in the background outside as well as this car
@juliojrdn Hood bird done by Mike Lavallee of Killer Paint. He flew out to our shop in Lincoln Nebraska to do that.
Awesome, just awesome! If I'm ever gonna own one of these I'll copy the look of this car, especially the custom paint graphics, just so you know!...
Thanks 4 the hit~back,,,!!! Nicest T/A I've ever seeeennnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!
That is the BAD ,!!! Love the flaming T/ABird!!!!!! Who in the HE'LL did the airbrush????? FKN BAD ASS, nice work!!!! ;)
I agree wtf
That is one Bad Ass Car. Nice job!!!!
Couldn't help but notice.. the 73....74.... out in the parking lot 👍👍👍👍👍👍
@RiceKiller191 It is currently still at our shop. We have not shipped it overseas yet.
body work is beautiful..very straight
Mike Lavallee from Killer Paint did the flame work.
I guess some of you don't enough engines to realize that the GM LSX motor is clearly the best motor out there right now. No engines can make the same amount of power with the same amount of motor and expect as great as a reliability
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A car as beautiful as this can only come from Heaven
badass car!! one dream car of mine!
nice car, have one just like it,,what size tires are in the rear? plus that car with 630 @ crank should be pushing way over 550 horses..if im right theres something going on in the drive train thats not right ,the painted flames,,not my taste, would of left it all black.
This is an amazing car. Great job!!
Mike's the best in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice machine!
Thats unique. Great job.
1.) Someone is really bad at math if they're calculating 630hp to the flywheel off of 409 to the wheels.
2.) 409 to the wheels from an LS9 is pitiful, there's either large calibration issues with that dyno or they don't know what the're doing because that's a 550 wheel engine all day.
This car doesn't need flames.
Beautiful!
Really nice car and if I'm not mistaking the wheels look like the Year One Billet Snowflakes.
You lost over 200hp through the drivetrain? Something's not right...
Na 200 hp loss ???
I think I just fell in love!
@twztd28 No worries. You didn't sound rough at all. And thanks for the ZR1 info!
What kind of exhaust are you running?
Thats a very nice build! If it was mine, I would make it a single turbo 370. I think that would be better considering some of those cars were turbo from the factory with a turbo hood...
??? my 383 natural asp. made 402 rwhp & 500 @ crank
something wrong there
Awesome car.
Enough said.
Me encanta el sonido de estos motores
@twztd28 I really don't know. I was just suggesting a possible explenation for the description of the video stating: "around 409hp to the ground and 630hp to the flywheel". Comments were made asking how is 630 possible. My explenation was that it was misstyped so that the 6 and 3 were flipped. It was to be 360 not 630. The dyno was showing a reading WCF of 358.8, so I'm just guessing that is the 360 (630) reading. Sorry if I'm completely wrong. Still learning about cars...
Stock zr1's put 550 to the wheels, where the other 150 horsepower?
Great car. Great build. Cheesedick airbrushing...
Very good moter very good. Color
455k views?? It makes to remember at the early 70's "mid'' block engine of Trans Ams
Paint was never priority here. No respect in parking lots. So door dings ect... are problems. Paint also doesn't make the car perform better. This car on the dyno just sounds spectacular. Seeing it driving effortlessly says it all. The cornering and suspension with power. What a car. Forgot to say. That paint job is incredible. By the way, nice car👍
630 out the crate? wth i was expecting like 800
How come that's all ya got out of the ls9, they crank out 631hp...?
Might’ve been detuned
my dream car
Wow what a beautiful car. My pants just got tighter
was that a carbon fiber tube on the cold air intake ? at heavy throttle that will compress,get smaller get rid of that .put on an aluminum one.
Where do you get 409 to the tires and 630 at the crank? it should only have about a 20% drivetrain loss, with your math your saying it has like a 50%+ drivetrain loss.
also with the cutout making 10-15 hp is bs, ive seen them make 0hp before.
Nice LS swap,,,,,,,,I like the Butler engine too,,,,,,,,but nothin wrong with this.
@ThisIzTheEdge Hahaha ok and sorry if I sounded a little rough in that response... The average drive train loss on a RWD car is about 15%. So those numbers aren't even close a stock ZR1 makes about 545 hp at the wheels. So idk if this thing just has a horrible tune or if the drivetrain is messed up. They aren't anywhere close to what they should be.
TRANS AM mein Traum Auto
I have a 05 gto,,ls2 engine 400 hp ok good so far,,plus i add the lsa supercharged it gave me 520 at the tires,,,,the ls9 engine its around 630 HP ,,explain how do you lose over 200 hp ? Even if the car its to heavy its impossible..
I wonder what size wheel and tire combo they put on this. They really like this combo, I have already saw the same on two other cars they did.
this thing is beautiful did you do the paint your self?
Butler does make some sick shit!!!
I don't think the supercharger is working. My LS2 puts down about 400 hp to the wheels.
I totally agree, something is up and I'm with you sounds like a fuel issue.
I know people like to share and show off.... but I'm still making money ( some weekends go better then others) with mine.
got the best sleeper in three county's, 68 Dodge Dart-- 4door with original paint.... I've made six times the money I have invested in it and hoping for more. I can't see putting a video of it on the internet ever (or at least next 10 years) unless I crash it--pop the motor--or it gets taken by the police.
glad other people think different, good luck and drive safer =o]
Impressive!
@firechicken76 409 divided by 630 is 0.65. remaining is 0.35 which is 35%. so how did you get 50% if i may ask
What kind of tires are on that? Want to get for my 71 camaro
SICK
is this the 4.9 T-charged engine? i believe that was the engine that got introduced for the 1980 model before that gen. was going out to it's successor.
your car looks beautiful but you gotta figure out where you're losing that much power something's definitely wrong what transmission did you put in it
o.o 630 to 409 is a equated drive train loss of 35% some thing is way off on this. whether its operator error, lies about drive train or a super impressive a/c unit and a 500 lb drive shaft lol.
firechicken76 definately correct bro 630 times .35 is an equated drive train loss of 220.5 hp which results in 409whp.
hey, wheres those front spoilers at......
god what a knockout. fukn sweet.
how many grand are we talking about for that beast
Why are the numbers so low? This is a supercharged Corvette motor.
Perfection
these 2nd gen pontiac F-bodys came with 350cu pontiac,400 pontiac,403 oldsmobile,and 455 pontiac, and 301 v8 turbo in a special edition. the 455 came in standard,high output (H.O.),and Super Duty (S.D.) the 455 is actually a small block pontiac. so is the 400. the olds and pontiac do not completely interchange parts,and the chevy is diferent architecture.Try telling Summit racing you want a CHEVY rotating assembly and heads and intake for your STOCK trans am factory installed engine..
200 HP down well sure you will sort it out but what car.
How is so much HP being lost? I know differences range from about 20-40hp, but 221?
More like 110 not 20 to 40 in the case of an ls9.This video is full of shit.
@awniyounis 3.5" Mandrel Ovalized Exhaust
Who makes those door panels? I'd love a set for mine!
Nice car! Whered u get it tuned tho? Top of mt everest?
very sexy 80 trans am turbo i miss mind is a 81 t tops trans am 455 i still have it in my garage
props to you for keeping it PONTIAC. too any lame shit corporate luvers these days.
thank you
dream car
why arent the door jams painted
the kicker is taped..but the door is white unless they used white tape and tapped around all the rubber
+qtrml good grief. the rubber isnt even on it yet.