What did you do with your Trans Am today?

**LSCyaL8R** · 09-16-2011, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by pajeff02

The axles bent from being street driven? That sounds like a crock-o-crap! Have you measured the runout on the axle flange with a dial indicator?

why measure when its bad enough to see with the naked eye......

oh and what did i do today? Abused the clutch on my DD so i could drive by the hawk really really slowly and get a good long look.... oh and i live on a pretty steep hill

**pajeff02** · 09-16-2011, 01:19 PM

That is still incredible to me that they are bent. The axles in my Moser rear are beastly -- I can't imagine that the Strange axles would be that much different in construction.

**cpop98ws6** · 09-16-2011, 01:33 PM

So you can launch the car at 5k at the track and be ok but going down the highway at 65 you can bend an axle? If that's the case I will stick with my original plan and get a Moser 9in. Lol

**Too Fast** · 09-16-2011, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by cpop98ws6

So you can launch the car at 5k at the track and be ok but going down the highway at 65 you can bend an axle? If that's the case I will stick with my original plan and get a Moser 9in. Lol

I agree. No bend with track action but they may/will bend with street driven?

Ok, so today I changed the oil (full synthentic Kendall) and checked her over. No leaks anywhere, amazing for 105k miles.

***SMWS6TA*** · 09-17-2011, 03:32 PM

Drove out and meet some local F-bodies, got confirmation that my rpm tach is off on the car. It reads 1100 rpm @ idle and on 2 different dyno tuning software computers it read 800 rpm. So now I can relax. I'm not crazy thinking there is a vacuum leak.

**pajeff02** · 09-17-2011, 04:25 PM

Raced it at the track.

**Cutlass** · 09-17-2011, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

Drove out and meet some local F-bodies, got confirmation that my rpm tach is off on the car. It reads 1100 rpm @ idle and on 2 different dyno tuning software computers it read 800 rpm. So now I can relax. I'm not crazy thinking there is a vacuum leak.

Interesting. I remember you were chasing that "problem"

Originally Posted by pajeff02

Raced it at the track.

Did you have fun? What did you run? I'm racing tomorrow.

**ls1camino** · 09-18-2011, 12:18 AM

Won a trophy at a car show, and put 150 miles on the new motor & clutch.

**fbodyNATION** · 09-18-2011, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by Nowhereman

It's got some road rash from my SO "borrowing" the car to drive to town.
If you know what I mean.
Thing is she did it a few years ago.
I found a website that deals in nothing but Firebird and Camaro parts.
I might get lucky here.

sorry about your rim i hope you find a replacement,but im curious to know which website you are talking about that sells camaro and firebird parts,i need a few things

**pajeff02** · 09-18-2011, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Cutlass

Did you have fun? What did you run? I'm racing tomorrow.

Had a blast! Went 12.430 on a 1.695 60' at 107.69 mph.

**Cutlass** · 09-18-2011, 04:56 AM

dang thats impressive!

**2002 WS6** · 09-18-2011, 09:14 AM

After giving her a thorough polishing; I stared and admired my work for a while. She's a thing of beauty!

**Knight** · 09-18-2011, 09:57 AM

Washed and waxed it, then went for a spin.

**Nowhereman** · 09-18-2011, 11:10 AM

Washed and waxed her early today getting ready for the Bruce Hornsby concert at the winery tonight.
While wiping her down, I saw a missing lug nut cover. (1st loss in 11 years of owning her)
I think it was some F-ing kids or the other guy in town that has a TA. (small town here)
Soo, I had to order a pack of the F-ing things for $28.00.

**Edward-T** · 09-18-2011, 12:40 PM

installed my white overlays on my gauges, looks great, i think my oil pressure gauge is not reading right now though, i tried to put the needles back on exactly as i took them off, oh well!

**Whamhammer** · 09-18-2011, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by ls1camino

Won a trophy at a car show, and put 150 miles on the new motor & clutch.

That photo just screams : "One of these things are not like the others..."

**silverWS6** · 09-18-2011, 06:55 PM

Changed plugs on her, installed new wipers, and smoked drl's yesterday

**pajeff02** · 09-19-2011, 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by Cutlass

dang thats impressive!

Thanks! How did you run?

**LSCyaL8R** · 09-19-2011, 03:23 PM

Bent axles or not i took it for a drive. Gonna end up going with a pre set package including bearings anyway. LOVE the sound of the magnaflow. Got a highbeam flash and a thumbs up from a third gen facing me at a stoplight so i let him get a good listen of WOT when the light turned green.