What did you do with your Trans Am today?

**35th-ANV-SS** · 01-12-2014, 07:16 PM

I always forget, but figured I'd ask since I saw it laying there in the pic...

Is the driveshaft length the same between an A4 and M6? I want to say no.

**Decadence75** · 01-12-2014, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

I always forget, but figured I'd ask since I saw it laying there in the pic...

Is the driveshaft length the same between an A4 and M6? I want to say no.

I'm pretty sure that the DS is the same for both cars but the one you see laying there came out of the same car this trans is from so if they are different I should be covered.

**pajeff02** · 01-13-2014, 02:28 AM

Here's the sweatshirt that my daughter received over the weekend. It was a belated Christmas gift from my mother-in-law:

**ls1camino** · 01-13-2014, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by Decadence75

Nope. That's one of the parts I'm waiting for before I can begin actually putting it in. Along with a pilot bearing, some arp bolts, alignment tool and a Tick MC.

I have a LS1 T56 Crossmember in my garage if you want it...$50 shipped.

**Decadence75** · 01-13-2014, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by ls1camino

I have a LS1 T56 Crossmember in my garage if you want it...$50 shipped.

Thanks for the offer but I have a stock one available, need the relocation crossmember though because of an aftermarket torque arm.

**35th-ANV-SS** · 01-13-2014, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Decadence75

Thanks for the offer but I have a stock one available, need the relocation crossmember though because of an aftermarket torque arm.

Be sure to get one that won't cause you ground clearance...especially if you are lowered.

**Decadence75** · 01-13-2014, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

Be sure to get one that won't cause you ground clearance...especially if you are lowered.

I've got the UMI one on order. I am running the A4 version of the UMI relo crossmember now and haven't had any issues with it scraping before. On the 4L60E I am running the TCI deep pan and it's never bottomed out either. It is the lowest hanging piece on the car at the moment so I should be ok. One of my mufflers does scrap backing out of my driveway but that is more because of the stupid angle that it's built at, haha.

**SuperSSguy** · 01-14-2014, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Decadence75

Took possession of a T-56, pedals, flywheel and clutch for my A4->M6 conversion project.

M6... !!

yes......Youll love slammin them gears!!...Get the Tick though 3rds always a bitch.

**raynor139** · 01-16-2014, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by SuperSSguy

Originally Posted by Decadence75

Took possession of a T-56, pedals, flywheel and clutch for my A4->M6 conversion project.

M6... !!

yes......Youll love slammin them gears!!...Get the Tick though 3rds always a bitch.

New shifter will take care of the missing 3rd gear. Installed a MGW shifter today and loving it so far. Took a little to get used to 5th and 6th. But 1-4th are wonderful to row through now. Just gotta get some time to install the tick master.

**cpop98ws6** · 01-16-2014, 03:51 PM

Put a clear lid on because the SLP on that i painted black keept cracking and the paint was chipping off. The quality of the clear lid is horrible and not worth the 120$, i'm not sure I even like the way it looks yet.

**Decadence75** · 01-16-2014, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by raynor139

New shifter will take care of the missing 3rd gear. Installed a MGW shifter today and loving it so far. Took a little to get used to 5th and 6th. But 1-4th are wonderful to row through now. Just gotta get some time to install the tick master.

I have already planned on going with the MGW at some point but I might have to make due with the hurst that is coming with the tranny for a while since the MGW is a little costly.

**theorangeguy** · 01-17-2014, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Decadence75

I have already planned on going with the MGW at some point but I might have to make due with the hurst that is coming with the tranny for a while since the MGW is a little costly.

just do a UMI short stick...its pretty cheap and is VERY solid. Makes a huge difference...

UMI Performance Short Stick Handle (1993-2002 Camaro & Firebird) [2105]

**Decadence75** · 01-17-2014, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by theorangeguy

just do a UMI short stick...its pretty cheap and is VERY solid. Makes a huge difference...

UMI Performance Short Stick Handle (1993-2002 Camaro & Firebird) [2105]

Not a bad idea. I was looking at one of those the other day. It'll improve the shift quality until I can get the bones for the new shifter. Went ahead and ordered one. Thanks!

**theorangeguy** · 01-18-2014, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Decadence75

Not a bad idea. I was looking at one of those the other day. It'll improve the shift quality until I can get the bones for the new shifter. Went ahead and ordered one. Thanks!

no problem. I've had one in 2 different cars now and I like it a lot...its going to feel weird for the first day or two because it is VERY solid compared to the standard hurst stick that comes in our cars "you'll see what I mean once its installed". But once you get used to it, your shifts will get way better.

**Decadence75** · 01-18-2014, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by theorangeguy

no problem. I've had one in 2 different cars now and I like it a lot...its going to feel weird for the first day or two because it is VERY solid compared to the standard hurst stick that comes in our cars "you'll see what I mean once its installed". But once you get used to it, your shifts will get way better.

There probably won't really be an adjustment period for me since I am in an auto right now and will be using the short stick from day one with the M6. Of course, the last last stick shift I had was an 02 Sentra which was pretty soft on the shifting as you can imagine, haha. I just need to find some time to actually get working on this project. Something always seems to come up on the weekends and during the week work has been rough not getting home until 9pm or so and just no energy to deal with it.

**02 red hawk** · 01-18-2014, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by fbodyNATION

did nothing,as I wanted to,the weather was so beautiful today,but I didnt feel like cleaning her so shes just sitting in the storage collecting dust

Man, that's why they invented car covers. Getcha one, they work.

**02 red hawk** · 01-18-2014, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by 02transamce

to make things worst i went to advance to get a new spark plug for my lawnmower(i was in the monte)and a dude in a black ws6 had to park right beside me,car was clean,t-tops out,hot blonde in pass seat,dude was getting some black magic for his tires,talked to him for a minute,he got that ws6 at the auto auction for $7500......a-hole i didn't have to know that.lol.it was stock though,if i had been in the ceta i would have let him hear the long tubes,ory,and magnaflow to piss him off

I hear ya ,man. Every once in a while, on my way to work in the AM, I'll see a nasty, filthy, black firebird (98-02). Poor car doesn't look like it's seen any soap in at least a year. The stock chrome wheels are disgusting. I'm in my truck,a 2002 s10, & wish I was in my immaculate, mint Trans Am Firehawk, it's red, ('02). I know he would be looking, & I wonder if him seeing mine would motivate him to wash his.

**02 red hawk** · 01-18-2014, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by pajeff02

Our "youngest" Trans Ams are now going on 9 years old. They are allowed to have issues.

No they're not. Not here, anyway. I have 3 that I look after, & I nip things in the bud, before they become issues.

**imprtkillr2810** · 01-18-2014, 09:04 PM

Got a HID headlight/foglight kit for Christmas. Started to put it in last weekend and had a bad ballast. Got a new one in the mail today and should have it in this weekend. ill post pics when its done.