List of Modifications

Here is a list of modification from front to back.

- Electric motor driven hideaway covers 
- Halogen headlights 
- Custom 4 core radiator 
- 69 style AC, Alternator and power steering bracket 
- Vintage Air AC unit. 
- 69 style water pump and timing chain cover 
- Custom made fuel injection intake manifold by Tiger EFI 
- Edelbrock Aluminum heads ported by Jim Butler 
- Laser roller hydraulic racing cam 
- Yella Terra shaft roller rockers 
- Mellings heavy duty high pressure oil pump 
- HO Racing heavy duty oil pump shaft 
- Fram HP1 Racing oil filter mounted remotely with cooler 
- Full length windage tray 
- Jim Butler push rods 
- PPR tall rocker arm covers 
- MSD billet distributor (with no vacuum or mechanical advance) 
- Taylor black spark plug wires 
- Custom billet wire looms 
- Accel fuel injection ECU (Electronic Control Unit) 
- K&N air filter mounted in a custom made ram air box 
- Custom ram air induction system 
- Hooker super competition headers with 3.5" collectors 
- 3" exhaust cutout sliders from inside using cables 
- Racemaster mufflers 
- Custom 3" exhaust from collector to mufflers, then 2.5" tail pipes 
- 2.5" H pipe crossover 
- Hotchkis front springs 
- Hotchkis tubular upper A arms 
- Koni road racing adjustable shocks 
- 1978 Firebird spindles 
- 1978 Firebird rotors & calipers 
- F body front sway bar 1-3/8" 
- Corvette brake booster and master cylinder 
- Internally regulated alternator 
- Steel braided brake lines 
- Line lock 
- Adjustable rear brake pressure regulator 
- Steel braided fuel lines 
- Lakewood explosion proof bell housing 
- Hayes 11" flywheel 
- Centerforce clutch and pressure plate 
- Borg Warner T56 6 speed dual overdrive manual transmission 
- Custom aluminum drive shaft 
- Custom mounted in-dash 160mph speedometer and matching tachometer 
- Rally gauges 
- 9" color touch screen display
- Grant steering wheel to match interior 
- Electrochromatic rear view mirror with electronic compass 
- 4 band radar detector 
- Electric windows with computer controlled "auto down" feature 
- Leather 6 way power Trans Am seats. Driver and passenger side 
- Custom tan interior 
- Electric door locks 
- Remote entry with horn honk, parking lights flash, courtesy dome light and trunk pop. 
- Sony stereo with single CD player behind face plate and changer control 
- Eclipse high output speakers front and rear 
- Sony 10 disc CD changer trunk mounted
- Rear window defroster 
- Custom center arm rest console 
- 6 point roll cage with removable center support for rear seat access 
- 5 way quick release Simpson seat belts passenger and driver side 
- Hotchkis rear springs 
- Hotchkis boxed rear control arms with Z bars 
- Rear end gears used are: 2.78 open for high speed, and an Auburn 3.55 posi for the 1/4 mile and around town
- Electric trunk release 
- PLC Direct 205 processing unit with digital and analog I/O for data collection and control. Sensors include:
    - Fuel pressure at pump outlet 
    - Fuel pressure at back of fuel rails 
      Knowing both pressures and the pulse width one calculate fuel consumption through the injectors
    - Drive shaft RPM 
    - Engine RPM 
    - Front wheel RPM 
    - Water pressure and temperature
    - Oil pressure and temperature 
    - Air pressure under front bumper 
    - Air pressure top of hood 
    - Air pressure at back bumper 
    - Air pressure under center of body 
    - Linear height of front 'A' frame 
    - Linear height of rear axel 
    - Communication link to fuel injection computer for all other sensor input 
    - Any other crazy thing I can think of 
- 69 Judge style rear spoiler 
- Restored original California plates (black with yellow lettering) 
- Alba 16" wheels 
- Y rated tires rated to 186mph. With a current achieved speed of only 158mph and a SSCC radar speed of 147mph.

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