{"id":62143,"date":"2020-10-09T16:49:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T21:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=62143"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T21:50:25","slug":"1977-pontiac-trans-am-with-an-800-whp-supercharged-lt4-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=62143","title":{"rendered":"1977 Firebird Trans Am with an 800 whp Supercharged LT4 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Custom Image Corvettes<\/a> built this 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am called “BADBYRD” for owner Daniel Stahlman at their company in Watertown, South Dakota. The company installed a supercharged LT4 V8 that produces 800 horsepower to the wheels. The motor features a Whipple supercharger, Accusump dry sump system, and Billy Boat exhaust. Behind the motor sits a Bowler T56 Magnum six-speed manual transmission sending power to a Ford 9-inch rear end with Currie axles. The car rides on Detroit Speed subframe connectors and RideTech Track 1 suspension with their electronic shocks. A set of Forgeline RB3C 19-inch wheels covering Wilwood disc brakes. You can view more photos and details in LSxMag’s article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Custom Image Corvettes<\/a> and LSxMag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Custom Image Corvettes built this 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am called “BADBYRD” for owner Daniel Stahlman at their company in Watertown, South Dakota. The company installed a supercharged LT4 V8 that produces 800 horsepower to the wheels. The motor features a Whipple supercharger, Accusump dry sump system, and Billy Boat exhaust. Behind the motor sits… Read More »1977 Firebird Trans Am with an 800 whp Supercharged LT4 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firebird"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58302,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=58302","url_meta":{"origin":62143,"position":0},"title":"1980 Pontiac Firebird with a Supercharged LT4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"All Speed Customs built this 1980 Pontiac Firebird at their company in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. 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