What did you do with your Trans Am today?

[silverWS6]

Took care of these little pieces for now, just wrapped it with 3M vinyl

[Decadence75]

found my first crack in the dash panel( The top one) today

Mine was flawless as well until this past spring when I thought I was going to be cool and stick a tune trapper antenna under it. Broke it all to hell taking it apart. Picked up one of the coverlay dash pads but haven't had the time to install it yet but they look pretty decent from pics I've seen.

[fws98ws6tt]

the day in the life of a 98 ws6 trans-am -went outside walked up to my baby ,raised the car cover, open door get in set down, put key in switch, and it cranks , let it set their a run, because dodge ram setting in front and hubby's 2000 firebird setting on the side, and i'm to lazy today to move them, so i turn it off about 15 mins and put car cover back on,. the end.

[35th-ANV-SS]

UMI 1982 - 2002 GM F-Body Transmission Mounted Adjustable Torque Arm & UMI 1998 - 2002 GM F-Body Torque Arm Relocation Kit - Manual. Not exactly sure what to do with them yet, I know I will have a lot of friends that will want me to give them for free ( I already gave away and LS1, a built 408 LS2 and a fast intake and throttle body) I am done giving stuff away!! lol.

Odd, Camaro's must be different than TransAm's...I have had one installed for 5 years on my M6 and have zero issues with it.

[RichWS6]

Odd, Camaro's must be different than TransAm's...I have had one installed for 5 years on my M6 and have zero issues with it.

I have a UMI tq arm on my TA, it connects up on the UMI trans mounted x member. I used to have a ton of clunking when I had the Tunnel mount torque arm from UMI and come to find out that with my 9" axle it moved the Tq arm forward almost an inch so when it met up with the bolting point of the tunnel mount it was to long and all the way forward so when ever I would stop or go it would slap the forward of the mount pretty bad. After that I put the trans mounted one on there with a poly bushing on the trans and adjusted my driveshaft angle to where it looked slightly below level and it was good to go, no more noise at all.

[RichWS6]

I also had to put it on the highest mounting point for the trans mounted x-member to because it was coming fairly close to my exhaust. But with all that being said I have had no issues with the tq arm hitting anywhere in the tunnel.

[pajeff02]

My tunnel mount is pretty noisy transitioning from stop to go. Other than that, no complaints as it plants the ass end on launch wonderfully.

[RichWS6]

My tunnel mount is pretty noisy transitioning from stop to go. Other than that, no complaints as it plants the ass end on launch wonderfully.

This is my biggest issue with the tunnel mount version though, is how low it hangs on a stock height car, the short amount of time i used it, it pretty much hit everything in the road, if it was dropped an inch I would be scared to drive the thing lol. needless to say that torque arm and tunnel brace are free to a good home lol.

[Nutball]

I finally changed my stock 2.73 to a Performance Motive Gear 3.73 last weekend.
Decided to do it myself. I wasn't sure at first but everything went very smooth. Was a wee bit of a mess but...I also found out that I had a "locker" diff. No limited slip fluid needed. Took my diff to a buddy because I had a few questions and that's what he told me.
I had the PCM Frost Tuned and set up for the new gear over a month ago and we needed to get it done. Speedo was off about 15-17mph. Never thought it would have been that easy. I guess the thought of paying close to $400.00 in labor wasn't in my budget. I also took care of a few misc. jobs as well. Small stuff I had my list of "things to do". Sway Bars next!!






Yes I took a wire wheel and cleaned-up the hub before I put the wheels back on

[pajeff02]

This is my biggest issue with the tunnel mount version though, is how low it hangs on a stock height car, the short amount of time i used it, it pretty much hit everything in the road, if it was dropped an inch I would be scared to drive the thing lol. needless to say that torque arm and tunnel brace are free to a good home lol.

Wow, that is way different than my tunnel mount bracket:

[hvactechfw]

What brand are you using Jeff?

[hvactechfw]

[QUOTE=Nutball;2867440]I finally changed my stock 2.73 to a Performance Motive Gear 3.73 last weekend.
Decided to do it myself. I wasn't sure at first but everything went very smooth. Was a wee bit of a mess but...I also found out that I had a "locker" diff. No limited slip fluid needed. Took my diff to a buddy because I had a few questions and that's what he told me.
I had the PCM Frost Tuned and set up for the new gear over a month ago and we needed to get it done. Speedo was off about 15-17mph. Never thought it would have been that easy. I guess the thought of paying close to $400.00 in labor wasn't in my budget. I also took care of a few misc. jobs as well. Small stuff I had my list of "things to do". Sway Bars next!!

Dave, I hope you set the back lash, and preload on the pinion and tested the wear pattern with marking compund! All that is VERY important if you want your gears to last. The last gear change I did was on my '85 Z28... I will never do one myself again!

[02 WS6 TA]

That relocated T/A isn't low, try a BMR Extreme on a lowered car. LOL...
Since I didn't do anything cool to either of our 'birds, here's a glamour shot of the messy storage bin.

[Nutball]

Dave, I hope you set the back lash, and preload on the pinion and tested the wear pattern with marking compund! All that is VERY important if you want your gears to last. The last gear change I did was on my '85 Z28... I will never do one myself again!

That was part of my concern when I had a buddy take a look at it. All seems fine. No howls, whines, or any other noises coming from the rear end.

[pajeff02]

What brand are you using Jeff?

It's all UMI under our car.

[ls1camino]

Spohn Torque Arm for some variety:

[02 WS6 TA]

^ I have one of those on my car; Complete with same scrape marks. LOL

[silverWS6]

I NEED electric cut-outs

[98TransAmWs-6]

Finally found a machine shop that does not charge an arm and a leg for machine work and assembly. It's 5hrs from me though lol.

[Decadence75]

Pulled the spoiler and painted it to match the sail panel that I did recently.