![]() ![]() ![]() The heightened performance is coalesced with an aesthetic that is visceral without betraying the car’s roots. Handling and maneuverability are boosted with power steering and RideTech triple-adjustable coilover shocks on all four corners while a Baer Extreme-Plus brake setup with 14-inch cross-drilled rotors and 6-piston calipers provide substantial whoa for all of the added go. The mill is mated to a Bowler 4L85E automatic transmission with overdrive and is paired with a custom driveshaft connected to a Winters aluminum rear end with Moser full-floating hubs and axles and Wavetrac 3.70 gears. A Be Cool aluminum radiator with dual SPAL fans handle cooling duty admirably. In keeping with the spirit turbo-aspiration, a massive twin-turbocharged and fuel-injected 6.9L LS9 V-8 engine with dry-sump lubrication was installed and is rated at a whopping 1,300 horsepower, a nearly 650 percent increase over the 1981 factory rating of 201.Īir is fed through twin 4-inch aluminum intakes with Spectre filters and spent gases exit via custom exhaust manifolds 3-inch stainless tubing. The professional ground-up build incorporated a custom Schwartz Performance G-Machine full-length frame to accommodate the uncanny drivetrain upgrade. Schwartz Performance in Woodstock, Illinois, executed this Manhattan Project Pro Touring build at an estimated cost of $300,000, and it’s evident that the funds were not misappropriated. This isn’t an exercise of bringing a gun to a knife fight, this modified F-body is an atomic bomb contending against a slingshot. RideTech stainless Tiger Cage roll bar Procar Scat Rally 1000 leather seats Custom engine-turned gauge panel with Stack Dash unit Vintage Air Gen IV Magnum system Rick’s Tanks custom aluminum fuel tank with Holley internal fuel pump Redesigned Forgeline Snowflake wheels Multiple award winner 2,200 miles since completionĭubbed the Full Force Trans Am, this award-winning Pontiac Resto Mod began life as a factory Turbo Trans Am and its given moniker is deliberately impactful. Twin turbocharged 6.9L LS9 engine with dry sump lubrication Rated at 1300 HP Aluminum 4 inch intakes with Spectre filters Schwartz billet serpentine drive system Be Cool aluminum radiator with dual SPAL fans and custom shroud Stainless 3 inch exhaust with custom Schwartz manifoldsīowler built 4L80E transmission with custom driveshaft Winters aluminum center section with Moser full-floating hubs and axles Wavetrac 3.70 differential RideTech triple-adjustable coilovers Power steering Baer Extreme-Plus disc brake setup with 14 inch cross-drilled rotors and 6-piston calipers front and rear Professionally built Resto Mod completed by Schwartz Performance in Woodstock, Illinois Estimated over $300,000 invested in build Voted Muscle Car of the Year by Popular Hot Rodding in 2013 Schwartz Performance G Machine bolt-in full length frame 1981 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo Custom RestoMod Factory Turbo Trans Am ![]()
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