79 Trans am help

Nothing under that hood is stock. You gonna be chasing down the wiring yourself.

>>15447668
any more advice?

>>15447598
>I'm trying to figure out why my turn signals are not working

your best best is getting a haynes manual for it and a power probe or multi meter and check all the fuses

>a mysterious green wire poking out of the fire wall

see if it has any power to it with a meter

>>15447714
I'll get out a meter and check it out in the morning.

Op post a picture of your like the whole thing? I have a 79 z28 I love how old friends f bodies look

>>15447724
I used to have a 79 Trans Am, my turn signals worked but just barely. Replacing the relay fixed them perfectly.

>>15447792
Whole car, engine, or wiring?

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>>15447792
Here is the whole car

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>>15447853
here is a video of it running if anyone is interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DrvvgJYcyY

>>15447836
>>15447842
>>15447853
can i be you

Gorgeous car op absolutely beautiful

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>>15447836
>>15447842
>>15447853
I was looking for a 79 when I got my 98.
Yours is my favorite nose style.
Super awesome dude.
Any power figures or strip times?

>>15449824
She has a massive cam in the engine but until I get the engine timed right I won't know how much power for sure. Anyway, the 79 is also my favorite year too. I always thought it would be cool to take a 3rd gen camaro front end and slap it onto a second gen camaro. The 79 trans am looked close enough so I like it the best.

>>15449690
Thanks, Once I get the wiring harness figured out and time the engine it will become my new DD.

>>15449091
I bought this car with a $5000 budget and ended up getting it for $3700. I was genuinely surprised how cheap these cars can be in terms of repairs and insurance. As long as you have a basic skill of unbolting and and replacing or can watch a youtube video of how to do it most minor repairs can be done in a garage. For example we removed the whole non functioning A/C system in about 4 hours in the garage.

>>15449974
you dislike ac? weird i would have kept it and kept cool. ac is nice.

whats wrong with the timing?

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>>15447598
Olds dipsticks were on the LS of the engine between cylinders 5 and 7. I see yours has headers and that probably caused a fitment issue so the dipstick was left off until something could be figured out and then never was.

>>15449986
The timing is off and makes it have a really low idle. The A/c didn't work anyway and I had no room in the engine compartment for what was left of it since most of it was already taken off to put the valve covers and headers on.

>>15450124
so why not adjust the timing its not rocket science. could have done that yesterday

>>15450133
I'm waiting for my dad help me out with it since it's a project we have been working for a couple of weeks.

>>15450074
What would be the best way to mount the tube for the dipstick with the headers on the engine?

>>15450247
You'll have to get some tube and bend it to fit. A traditional steel dipstick probably won't work with multiple bends like will probably be necessary so you'll likely have to go with a cable style dipstick, or maybe a plastic one.. Lokar makes a variety of types you could check out for ideas at the least.

>>15450247
lokar makes one like that.
its flexible. look it up
its probably at jegs

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>>15449960
I DD my 79 camaro

>>15450424
is yours a 5 speed?

>>15450309
>>15450380
Thanks! I'll check them out and see what I can do.

>>15450424
What's it like? Working on getting an '81 to DD

This one in particular of I can
https://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/5655702558.html

>>15450433
>>15450465
Nope th350 3 speed. It's pretty fun to drive but gets like -8 mpg and is noisy as fuck. Lots of compliments though

>>15450492
the lack of overdrive is the suck. im not sure i can deal with that.
why not swap it out for an od tranny

>>15450492
I'd probably end up doing a swap, they made these things during the oil crisis and the height of emissions standards, barely manages to make 170hp as-is

That and how much fuel it sucks down

>>15450537
one hundred seventy from a 400ci engine? is this a joke?

>>15450543
I wish it was

That particular turn of the decade was a bitch for car manufacturers and enthusiasts alike

>>15450554
They were marketed as grand tourers, not sports/muscles

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My engine is rebuilt to fuck and back, cam pistons heads intake carb rockers everything. I have a 700r4 tranny in my firebird but I like the oomph of my built 350 in the 3 speed off the line. It just sucks revving it to hell and back to get to 100 on the freeway. Might drag race Sunday in San Diego for fun

>>15450590
They MADE good grand tourer's, but people recognized and treated them like muscle/sport/pony cars, rally drivers put better engines in these and took 'em to the speedway