Karps TA
05-03-2010, 04:49 PM
Pictures can be found at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9032389...7623853253239/
I've had this car since 1994, and due to some other priorities in life am finally needing to move on.
The car itself.
The car was an LG4 5 speed car originally. Had @125,000 miles on the body and engine before the transformation took place. The car has power windows and locks, T-tops, remote hatch. Was an original non A/C car. Car was originally black and gold, with a tan interior.
Exterior:
· Bodywork and paint were done in summer of 1999. Both front fenders were replaced with new GM pieces due to some rust. Car was stripped down to the frame any rust replaced with clean sheet metal. Front bumper cover and most of the gfx were also replaced with new GM pieces at that time.
· American Sports Car Designs Ram Air I fiberglass hood
· 91-92 Z28 spoiler
· Smoked front corner lenses
· Antenna hole smoothed over
· Rear sequential taillights
Interior:
· Custom gauge panel housing all Auto Meter Ultralite gauges. Includes Tach, Speedo, Water temp, Oil pressure, Voltage, Fuel Level, and Air/Fuel Ratio.
· Grant Evolution Steering wheel and matching shift nob.
· Arizen custom racing seats w/ matching rear seats.
· Interior plastics wrapped in matching Katzkin material
· ACC Carpets
· Entire floor of the car Dynomated
· Llyods Mats with custom embroidery
· Autovation Aluminum pedals
· New GM console and shift plate
· ABS covered plastic headliner
· New power windows, power locks, headlight, wipers switches.
Stereo:
· Alpine iDA-X100 Head unit. USB and Apple Ipod controls
· MTX 4+1 channel amp Thunder 895. RMS Power at 4 Ohms: 35 W x 4 + 160 W x 1
· Inifnity Kappa 4x6 plates Front
· Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers Rear
· Kicker 10” L5 sub
· All Stinger brand wiring
Engine and Drivetrain:
· 350 block. 4 bolt mains. 1 pc rear seal, roller block. Bored .030 over. Making 355ci @ 9.75:1 compression
· Speed Pro Forged pistons
· Dart Pro 1 heads. 64cc chambers, 200cc runners. 2.02/1.60 valves
· Cam Motion roller camshaft 227/232 dur, .524/.529 lift
· Comp Pro Mag Roller Rockers 1.5 ratio
· GM Roller Lifters
· Edelbrock RPM Air Gap Intake Manifold
· Retrotek Powerjection EFI System.
· Proform HEI.
· MSD 6A
· March underdriven pulley and bracket system
· Cloyes Quick Button 2 piece timing chain cover
· Dart Aluminum valve covers, powdercoated black.
· K& N 14” Air cleaner, with X-Stream Air Flow lid.
· Jegs Throttle cable bracket
· Summit Aluminum radiator
· Optima Red Top battery
· Flex–a-Lite Dual 12” electric fans with adjustable fan controller
· Lots of AN fittings and Earls Pro Lite hose
· 3/8” Aluminum Fuel lines.
· SLP 1 ¾ headers – ceramic coated
· 3” back exhaust from Y-pipe
· Magnaflow Muffler with GMPP tips
· World Class T-5 transmission. Purchased in ‘04 from All State Gear.
· Spec Clutch
· Aluminum Driveshaft from 4th gen F-body.
· B&M Ripper Shifter
· Aussie 9 Bolt Rear end. 3.70 gears
· 140 amp Powermaster Alternator
· New water pump.
· ARP bolts
· All new sensors.
Engine was assembled in spring of 05. Approximately 3200 miles since then. Before EFI, dyno’d 327hp and 337 ft lbs to the rear wheels with a poorly tuned carb.
Chassis and Suspension:
· Subframe connectors by OTE Designs
· TDS Wonderbar
· Tokico lowering springs
· Tokico Illumina 5 way adjustable struts and shocks
· UMI adj rear LCA’s
· UMI adj Pan hard bar
· UMI LCA relocation brackets
· All Poly bushings around the car – swaybars, sway bar end links, control arms, torque arm.
· All new Moog front steering pieces – tie rods inner and outer, center link, and drag link, pitman arm.
· Edelbrock Tie Rod sleeves
· New power steering pump.
· P-S-T Front Sway bar
· Steering box rebuilt ‘06 by Harry’s Steering Gear
· Flaming River steering shaft and U-joints
· Baer brakes
Front: 13”x 1.10” Claw Track System
Rear: 12” x .81” Claw Touring System
· All new stainless steel brake lines from Classic Tube.
· Rebuilt Master Cylinder.
· Wheel Adapters – billet aluminum from Skulte Performance. 1.7” front, 1.25” rear
· Ruff Racing 280 Wheels. 18x8.5” front, 18x9.5” rear
· Falken F542 Z rated Tires Fronts 245/40/18 Rears 275/40/18
Extras
- T-top bag in excellent condition
- Wolfe Car Cover
- Binder with all the receipts I have
- Information packet from Pontiac Historical Society, include a copy of original window sticker
- CD of photos of the car, including body work pics
- Manuals and instructions for many of the mods, like EFI, Stereo, brakes, etc.
- Set of brand new Power Window motors. Current windows work just fine, bought these to have on hand as spares.
- Proform computer controlled distributor and MSD coil. EFI system can control spark advance. Wiring is all set, I just don't have the energy to do it. Nor a laptop to really take advantage of the gains.
Paint and body are in excellent condition, especially for being black. The car gets tons of compliments for how straight and clean the paint is. There’s some light scratches as expected from a 10 year old paint job, I would rate it an 8.5 out of 10. Car has always been garage kept, and never seen winter driving while in my care. Car has won several awards, including Best in Class at World of Wheels Milwaukee both years I showed it, 2008 and 2010. Car has been in a couple F-body calendars.
In an effort to be as honest as possible about the condition of the car these are the things I feel are negatives.
§ T-tops have a bunch of scratches in them. I rarely ever drive the car with them on, so it’s never been a high priority for me to replace them.
§ Taillights have some delamination starting on them, pretty common on these cars.
§ A couple light scratches on the front and rear bumpers. Front just from normal usage, the rear somebody bumped into the car at a show and left the marks. Nothing very noticeable. Matter of fact I’m the only one that seems to see them, but I want to be as honest as possible.
§ Air/Fuel gauge is not hooked up. I had it when the car had a carb on it. The EFI system uses a Wide Band O2 sensor, so this gauge won’t work with it.
§ Driver’s side seat, the outer bottom bolster is loose, Something most people wouldn’t notice.
§ There is NO emission’s equipment on the car. So if you need to pass a visual emission’s inspection, this isn’t the car for you.
There is close to $38,000 invested into this car. It’s been my pride and joy for 16 years. I’ve taken extreme care of this car, and worked diligently to make it one of the nicest, most complete Thirdgen F-bodies out there. Car runs very strong, shifts solid, and handles very well. I'm sure with some dailing in of the EFI system, there's even more power in the car.
I'm asking $15,000 for the car but willing to negotiate
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9032389...7623853253239/
I've had this car since 1994, and due to some other priorities in life am finally needing to move on.
The car itself.
The car was an LG4 5 speed car originally. Had @125,000 miles on the body and engine before the transformation took place. The car has power windows and locks, T-tops, remote hatch. Was an original non A/C car. Car was originally black and gold, with a tan interior.
Exterior:
· Bodywork and paint were done in summer of 1999. Both front fenders were replaced with new GM pieces due to some rust. Car was stripped down to the frame any rust replaced with clean sheet metal. Front bumper cover and most of the gfx were also replaced with new GM pieces at that time.
· American Sports Car Designs Ram Air I fiberglass hood
· 91-92 Z28 spoiler
· Smoked front corner lenses
· Antenna hole smoothed over
· Rear sequential taillights
Interior:
· Custom gauge panel housing all Auto Meter Ultralite gauges. Includes Tach, Speedo, Water temp, Oil pressure, Voltage, Fuel Level, and Air/Fuel Ratio.
· Grant Evolution Steering wheel and matching shift nob.
· Arizen custom racing seats w/ matching rear seats.
· Interior plastics wrapped in matching Katzkin material
· ACC Carpets
· Entire floor of the car Dynomated
· Llyods Mats with custom embroidery
· Autovation Aluminum pedals
· New GM console and shift plate
· ABS covered plastic headliner
· New power windows, power locks, headlight, wipers switches.
Stereo:
· Alpine iDA-X100 Head unit. USB and Apple Ipod controls
· MTX 4+1 channel amp Thunder 895. RMS Power at 4 Ohms: 35 W x 4 + 160 W x 1
· Inifnity Kappa 4x6 plates Front
· Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers Rear
· Kicker 10” L5 sub
· All Stinger brand wiring
Engine and Drivetrain:
· 350 block. 4 bolt mains. 1 pc rear seal, roller block. Bored .030 over. Making 355ci @ 9.75:1 compression
· Speed Pro Forged pistons
· Dart Pro 1 heads. 64cc chambers, 200cc runners. 2.02/1.60 valves
· Cam Motion roller camshaft 227/232 dur, .524/.529 lift
· Comp Pro Mag Roller Rockers 1.5 ratio
· GM Roller Lifters
· Edelbrock RPM Air Gap Intake Manifold
· Retrotek Powerjection EFI System.
· Proform HEI.
· MSD 6A
· March underdriven pulley and bracket system
· Cloyes Quick Button 2 piece timing chain cover
· Dart Aluminum valve covers, powdercoated black.
· K& N 14” Air cleaner, with X-Stream Air Flow lid.
· Jegs Throttle cable bracket
· Summit Aluminum radiator
· Optima Red Top battery
· Flex–a-Lite Dual 12” electric fans with adjustable fan controller
· Lots of AN fittings and Earls Pro Lite hose
· 3/8” Aluminum Fuel lines.
· SLP 1 ¾ headers – ceramic coated
· 3” back exhaust from Y-pipe
· Magnaflow Muffler with GMPP tips
· World Class T-5 transmission. Purchased in ‘04 from All State Gear.
· Spec Clutch
· Aluminum Driveshaft from 4th gen F-body.
· B&M Ripper Shifter
· Aussie 9 Bolt Rear end. 3.70 gears
· 140 amp Powermaster Alternator
· New water pump.
· ARP bolts
· All new sensors.
Engine was assembled in spring of 05. Approximately 3200 miles since then. Before EFI, dyno’d 327hp and 337 ft lbs to the rear wheels with a poorly tuned carb.
Chassis and Suspension:
· Subframe connectors by OTE Designs
· TDS Wonderbar
· Tokico lowering springs
· Tokico Illumina 5 way adjustable struts and shocks
· UMI adj rear LCA’s
· UMI adj Pan hard bar
· UMI LCA relocation brackets
· All Poly bushings around the car – swaybars, sway bar end links, control arms, torque arm.
· All new Moog front steering pieces – tie rods inner and outer, center link, and drag link, pitman arm.
· Edelbrock Tie Rod sleeves
· New power steering pump.
· P-S-T Front Sway bar
· Steering box rebuilt ‘06 by Harry’s Steering Gear
· Flaming River steering shaft and U-joints
· Baer brakes
Front: 13”x 1.10” Claw Track System
Rear: 12” x .81” Claw Touring System
· All new stainless steel brake lines from Classic Tube.
· Rebuilt Master Cylinder.
· Wheel Adapters – billet aluminum from Skulte Performance. 1.7” front, 1.25” rear
· Ruff Racing 280 Wheels. 18x8.5” front, 18x9.5” rear
· Falken F542 Z rated Tires Fronts 245/40/18 Rears 275/40/18
Extras
- T-top bag in excellent condition
- Wolfe Car Cover
- Binder with all the receipts I have
- Information packet from Pontiac Historical Society, include a copy of original window sticker
- CD of photos of the car, including body work pics
- Manuals and instructions for many of the mods, like EFI, Stereo, brakes, etc.
- Set of brand new Power Window motors. Current windows work just fine, bought these to have on hand as spares.
- Proform computer controlled distributor and MSD coil. EFI system can control spark advance. Wiring is all set, I just don't have the energy to do it. Nor a laptop to really take advantage of the gains.
Paint and body are in excellent condition, especially for being black. The car gets tons of compliments for how straight and clean the paint is. There’s some light scratches as expected from a 10 year old paint job, I would rate it an 8.5 out of 10. Car has always been garage kept, and never seen winter driving while in my care. Car has won several awards, including Best in Class at World of Wheels Milwaukee both years I showed it, 2008 and 2010. Car has been in a couple F-body calendars.
In an effort to be as honest as possible about the condition of the car these are the things I feel are negatives.
§ T-tops have a bunch of scratches in them. I rarely ever drive the car with them on, so it’s never been a high priority for me to replace them.
§ Taillights have some delamination starting on them, pretty common on these cars.
§ A couple light scratches on the front and rear bumpers. Front just from normal usage, the rear somebody bumped into the car at a show and left the marks. Nothing very noticeable. Matter of fact I’m the only one that seems to see them, but I want to be as honest as possible.
§ Air/Fuel gauge is not hooked up. I had it when the car had a carb on it. The EFI system uses a Wide Band O2 sensor, so this gauge won’t work with it.
§ Driver’s side seat, the outer bottom bolster is loose, Something most people wouldn’t notice.
§ There is NO emission’s equipment on the car. So if you need to pass a visual emission’s inspection, this isn’t the car for you.
There is close to $38,000 invested into this car. It’s been my pride and joy for 16 years. I’ve taken extreme care of this car, and worked diligently to make it one of the nicest, most complete Thirdgen F-bodies out there. Car runs very strong, shifts solid, and handles very well. I'm sure with some dailing in of the EFI system, there's even more power in the car.
I'm asking $15,000 for the car but willing to negotiate