Alex Healey's 2001 Pontiac Trans Am

[Alex Healey]

Hey guys & girls. I thought I'd share my project on here to go along with the rest of the Holley family. I have owned this car for eight years. It began as my daily driver in high school, and has evolved a lot since then. Prior to the current build, it made 530 horsepower and 498 lb/ft of torque at the wheels with a 408 cubic inch LQ9-based engine with a custom ground cam, AFR 225 heads, a FAST 90 mm intake, and much more. After awhile, I got used to that power and the 10.60 elapsed times it brought in the 1/4 mile at 128 mph. Without further ado, here is the current modification list:

Engine:
-Forged LS2-based short block assembled by Late Model Engines (366 cid, 9.68:1 static compression ratio)
-Trick Flow 235 cylinder heads
-Custom specced cam from Sanders Induction Solutions (243°/247°, .624"/.624", 115+4 LSA)
-Custom headers by J&J Motorsports
-Custom turbo hot side, cold side, and fender exit exhaust by D3 Engineering and J&J Motorsports
-Custom air-to-water intercooler and radiator/radiator support by D3 Engineering
-Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold with Holley 4150 4bbl throttle body and Extreme Velocity carb hat
-LS9 head gaskets
-Forced Inductions Borg Warner S485R Turbo with ET-R HO billet wheel
-Injector Dynamics 1300 cc/min injectors
-Holley brushless Ultra Dominator fuel pump and regulator
-Dedenbear CO2 system for boost control

Drivetrain:
-ATI Superglide 1 with transbrake
-ATI fuel/blown series torque converter
-BMR transmission crossmember
-PST 4" aluminum driveshaft
-Burkhart Chassis 9" housing
-Moser aluminum center section
-3.50 gear, spool, 40-spline gun-drilled and star-flanged axles

Chassis/Suspension:
-Custom-valved Menscer Motorsports AFCO shocks front and rear
-Burkhart Chassis lower control arms
-Burkhart Chassis torque arm
-Burkhart Chassis rear anti-roll bar
-Spohn chromoly tubular k-member and engine mounts
-10-point chromoly cage by Jessie's Garage
-Weld-in subframe connectors
-Madman SYA bars
-Aerospace drag brakes (dual calipers on the rear)

Wheels/tires:
-Holeshot Revolver wheels, 15"x10" rear, 15"x3.5" front
-Mickey Thompson 275/60/15 drag radials
-Mickey Thompson front runners

Electronics:
-Holley Dominator EFI
-Holley Digital Dash

Body:
-Wolfe Racecraft mini-tubs
-VFN Fiberglass pin-on cowl hood with DZUS fasteners

In this video, the car is equipped with a Holley Brushless Ultra Dominator fuel pump, which allowed us to push the car to 20 psi before the injectors were maxed out. This yielded 1,038 horsepower.

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UPDATED: 2/11/16 by Alex Healey

[dj94gt]

I'm glad you have the car back, and working towards making it better.

[Alex Healey]

Thanks Derek, it has been a long time coming. Can't wait to get it all together and start making some track hits in the future.

[nashD]

This is one inspiring build! My buddy will take a new Trans Am project right after we finished installing the new brake pads and ion wheels on his truck. I'll show him this build.