The team transforms a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am into a 500hp tribute black bird! Plus, the Bandit himself, Burt Reynolds talks about the first time he saw the iconic Firebird Trans Am.
**Sweepstakes has ended**
0:00 – Intro
1:13 – Finding the Project
4:19 – Getting A Baseline
11:15 – Salute to the Trans Am
15:37 – Restoration Overview
22:04 – Engine Construction and Install
41:43 – Suspension Makeover
1:08:54 – Exhaust Install
1:24:32 – Paint and Decals
1:39:01 – Interior Upgrade
1:59:33 – Final Dyno Pull
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great chanel , professional jobs!
I like to know if you guys can built a new engine for me. I want to go a step further. When I buy one or two of them. Want a V10 engine, with a Lot of hp and turque 0 to 60 in 2.1 seconds.. RPMS 1700,1800. I saw a videos that you guys did with the Chevrolet SS with 1600 to 1700 hp.
a Bandit Trans Am without t-tops? Blasphemy.
Doesn't get more iconic than the general Lee and the bandit Trans am and Jerry reids big rig 💪💪💪☝️☝️☝️
This is my dream muscle car! So excited about this build!
Watching videos like this makes me to restomod my 78 TA Non matching 455 with 6x 4 heads mill down to 88 CC borg Warner 4 speed trans qa1 control arms Aluminum 4 row radiator with electric fans . And so on
Lauryn was my point of the Pontiac firebird,rocky balboa
Rebuilding the rear axle was no Yoke !!
I want to win this car
Can't go wrong with a Butler Performance engine in your Pontiac!
Did Stevie Wonder buff that new paint with some 100 grit disks? 😬
2:01:17 and 2:01:55 show the ugly truth.
At least they layed enough clear that whoever won it could get it corrected …maybe.
Did I win?
Excellent Job. What up Burt!
Dupli colors suck I bought some of their bed liner it smells like latex house paint and it didn't stay on at all I just peeled right off after never buy that crap again
R.I.P Joe
4 coats of black base seems a bit much since you didn't do all that much to other parts of the build? 😀 Still enjoying this video learning alot on firebirds.
WHO WON THE TRANS AM ?
Or play basketball while you are playing gymnastics.
Heat Rises: updraft Chemical/Paint booth Should Apply? I think?😂😊
Cork-Screw Drive-Shafts, Can be found at DSI CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA ( Drive Systems Incorporated).😊
Pan/fan.😊
Adaptive front and rear suspension; would compliment the power and Torque. 😊
Perfect wheels and tires. Perfect choice. They're, IMO, the perfect compromise between OG and those excessive Foose-style (sorry, Chip, but I gotta say it!) wheels that leave practically zero sidewall and just aren't period correct and I think look all wrong on classic cars. On new cars it's a different story. Just MO. But with the suspension upgrades, and those wheels and tires, this T/A has a great stance.
I've seen Year One's equivalent bigger wheels for I-ROC Zs and those look great too.
In both cases, it's so subtle to the untrained eye that they might think "car looks so new! There's something fresh and modern about it that I can't put my finger on." To me, that's the ultimate score. You update it just enough to make it look almost original, but better in a not so obvious way.
Most brake manufactures recommend not using brake clean to clean your rotors/drums. If you must use it to get the rust resistant coating the manufacture puts on them before installation they recommend using hot soapy water afterward to remove any residue.
Why do you….guys….talk like this….in all….your videos.
Love butler performance 😊
Something tells me that nobody won that car, lol
Awesome job. This is my dream car. They should've stayed with black vinyl interior tho, & cut the roof & got a ttop roof from a junk donor & welded it on, & also got one of those upgraded retro oem style stereo so that it looked original but had bluetooth. I so badly want a 77/78 bandit ttop upgraded just like like this but with 5-600whp. I have all the different toy manufacturer versions in 1:64 scale of Bandit 1 & 2. I have 7 different versions.
You guys kill me. Would it have killed you to put in an extra 3' of tube to make a true duel exhaust? You guys are either cheap or just lazy.
I liked the red better. The Bandit look is cheesy and I wouldn't be caught dead in that corny car. Give me a break.
I don't care for a TA. I want T & A.
So nice!
Who is tell me your TV guys are on here would start building a few engines for the common man not just race engines. They go to 6000 and 10,000 RPMs start building some engines that don’t go over 5000 RPM to make some be impressed.
Heck I mean beck yeah😅
Hey, the only thing I don't like about the stock Pontiacs is the tires.
Wow, my dream car, thanks, guys we'll done
That was awesome thanks
Well memed on the hood scoop sfx. Editor needs a raise.
Come on, the coating on the
crankshaft is not going to make 30 horsepower, maybe 5 hp. Quit trying to blow smoke up somebody's ass. Prove it on the!!! dyno