1973 Firebird Formula

Description for Pontiac Firebird 1973

1973 Firebird Formula 350

The car was restored by myself 10 years ago, pretty much bottom up. It only has a little over 3K miles on it since the restore. I did not do a numbers matching restore, just a good looking fun muscle car. It's at home on the track but still fun to drive to car shows or car events. It gets a lot of attention.

· 1970 400 Block, bored 70 over

o #13 Heads, completely rebuilt - titanium valves, new guides and seals, Comp Cam 995-16 springs

o 6.5 Roller Rockers

o Comp Cam 274/286 duration 488/491 lift

o Gear Drive

o Keith Black Hyper Eutectic pistons

o Edelbrock RPM Intake

o Holley 750 dual metering block vac secondary

o High Flow Water Pump

· MSD 6 AL with Start Retard

· Mallory rear frame mounted Fuel Pump & Filter

· 4 core Radiator w/ electric fan

· 974 CA Trunk Mount Battery (1/2 cable)

· Turbo 350 w/ shift kit/3400 stall converter

· B&M Ratchet shifter

· 10 Bolt w/ 3:42

· Restored Sub-Fame – all new bushings and ball joints, poly frame mount

· Drilled & Slotted front rotors

· New Calipers

· Mickey Thompson 275/60 x 15 rears

· Flow Master exhaust w/ cut outs

· Holley ceramic coated headers

· 105 Amp Alternator

· High performance harmonic balancer

· Spare 200r4 Overdrive transmission, window motors and various interior parts.

There are some issues yet to be resolved but I do not have time anymore to complete the project:

· Cooling – could use an aluminum radiator and dual fan upgrade. Runs cool while driving but in heavy traffic or long car show lines it will get hot.

· Passenger Window – motor sticks and roll s up slow. I have spare used motors.

· Windshield Crack – picture attached, crack on lower passenger side

· Oil Leak – minor dripping of oil from rear of oil pan, looks like rear pan seal has shrunk from sitting for long periods in garage. Rear shaft seal on transmission needs replaced, appears to only leak when front is jacked up in the air, again probably from not being driven enough.

· Paint – looks really good, but a detailed inspection will find what you would expect from a 10-year-old paint job. Small crack on passenger rear qtr., front nose cracked.

· 3400 stall is great for launching at the track, but if going to be primarily street I would change to 2500 stall.

· Speedometer – it does not have the original speedometer, which is noted on the title, it’s been in car since I purchased and showed 82,200.