{"id":64374,"date":"2020-12-03T16:43:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=64374"},"modified":"2020-12-03T16:43:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:43:16","slug":"1979-firebird-trans-am-with-a-twin-turbo-lsx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=64374","title":{"rendered":"1979 Firebird Trans Am with a Twin-Turbo LSX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was built by Jessie’s Performance<\/a> in Fort Worth, Texas. The car is powered by a twin-turbo 427 ci LSX V8 making 1000 horsepower to the wheels on 15 psi of boost. The motor features Frankenstein Engine Dynamics heads and intake manifold, two Xona 76 mm turbochargers, and a Holley Dominator ECU. A Magnum T56 six-speed manual transmission sends power to a Ford 9-inch rear end with 4.56 gears. The car rides on a TCI tubular subframe with Ridetech adjustable coilovers, Wilwood disc brakes, and Year One 18×12 snowflake wheels.<\/p>\n

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Source: Jessie’s Performance FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was built by Jessie’s Performance in Fort Worth, Texas. The car is powered by a twin-turbo 427 ci LSX V8 making 1000 horsepower to the wheels on 15 psi of boost. The motor features Frankenstein Engine Dynamics heads and intake manifold, two Xona 76 mm turbochargers, and a Holley… Read More »1979 Firebird Trans Am with a Twin-Turbo LSX<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64383,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firebird"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1979-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSX-V8-01.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75435,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75435","url_meta":{"origin":64374,"position":0},"title":"1979 Pontiac Trans Am with a Compound Turbo 5.3 L LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was built by owner Timothy Ball from Peyton, Colorado. 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