1981 Pontiac Trans Am

I've had mine for about 2 years now. When I got it, it had the original N/A 301 (4.9 Liter) smog motor. The transmission slipped, the motor smoked, and after about 3 months of daily driving it started a rod knock. I went & purchased a 6.6 liter Pontiac from a friend he had laying around for $100.00. Threw it in, and drove it around for a year until it blew the TH350 that was in the car. Found out my neighbor had a '68 OLDS 455 Rocket out of a '68 OLDS Delta 88. Coupled to it was a long shaft TH400. I bought the motor & transmission from him for a total of $50.00. I tore the TH400 down & beefed it up with some new alto red eagle clutches, and kevlar bands & kolene treated steels & a new 2400 stall 10" converter from J&W. Shortened my drive shaft down to 42" c/c & installed. Ran great for about 6 months until the $100.00 400" I'd bought a year earlier threw a rod & now I'm stroking the 6.6 to a 461" with Butler Performance's new forged rotating assembly. Hope to have it back on the road here shortly running more stout than ever - especially with an entirely new powertrain. Other than the crappy 4.9 (which I still have just for number's matching sakes), it's a great automobile & it'll be even more fun to drive once she's back on the road running down 4 bangers again!