Burnouts in a FLOODED 1973 Trans Am! SALT WATER won't stop this Pontiac Firebird 455! Hurricane Ian

[@Specrotors]

Can't beat those 455's for torque 🤘

[@bungeycord5971]

Awesome you guys are saving it. Got to love that 455

[@HastyRhombus760]

The fancy shifter is called a 45* shift gate, AKA undercover 1/4 mile shifter. I love these second gen Pontiac f-body's! I have a '75 I am almost done with and love everything about it.

[@robertsereno791]

Never wanted anything more than this car my whole life , great job wish I could drive it

[@darktoadone5068]

I live in hurricane country and it's humid as hell so corrosion is always a concern, I love using fluid film. It's helped out a lot.

[@cogboy302]

Keep it. I'm in the UK, and I had a built 400ci '76 manual Trans Am from '96 to '05. Wish I still had it. I love the earlier small rear window bullnose gen 2 cars, but even back then here in the UK they were out of my price range. Folk on earlier videos were saying how being a salt water flood car it was scrap, but I pointed out it's almost 50 years old already. A bit of salt won't see it off now. Rinse & repeat. Then enjoy. Wish it was for sale, as I'd love to own it, but I'd have to manual swap it.

[@cogboy302]

Oh, on mine the shaker was functional all the time. The feed from under the hood was blanked off, so it drew air in from the scoop all the time. It had a mesh grill over it which I had to make sure wasn't blocked by fallen leaves, etc. before I drove it. I miss the Trans Am, but I now have a '88 5.0GT 5 speed manual Mustang with a lot of Eibach suspension bits & B&M quick shift, and a Two Lane Blacktop replica '55 Chevy 150 with a 454 and Muncie 4 speed manual, so they're a fair replacement.

[@vettemaniac2237]

Those Poncho 455's are absolute torque monsters.

[@glenbrannon7224]

455 with Ram air 3 cam and 390 gears and nothing will touch it! Miss mine dearly.

[@manher4335]

I'm genuinely happy for all Trans Am Owners! Awesome

[@franklinmills1756]

Nooo! Please don't beat on it!! A car like that should be driven like it's meant to be, fast, fast cornering, but not abused.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

All of our stuff gets beat on! No car is safe!

[@philipmazzuca2269]

I’d love to see you guys make that a F.A.S.T. Car

[@puddleduckist]

Such a saweeeet pontiac! Happy it wasn't destroyed!!!! Great job guys!!!!

[@davidhill7234]

Had a 77 with a transplanted 455 with a big cam 670 heads 750 double pump holley and a 4 speed. Bad boy 😎

[@ForgottenMuscle67]

Omg the 455 sounds sooo good up top.

[@mickeymars8469]

I'm willing to bet most everyone emailing about the car are in mid 50s...I also want it

[@amac9085]

ITS AMAZING HOW CLEAN IT IS GOOD JOB FELLAS YA WISH I HAD IT TOO

[@deanhummel7946]

Always loved the trans am 🇺🇸

[@phillipdaigle4850]

Congradulations On Saving a GREAT Classic. Keep up the Good Work.

[@dgiorgi1725]

I am amazed how well you guy's did to salvage this Ol Gal. The "Burn Out" was a real surprise. Thanks, Oh and I love my Shirt and Hat, so thanks for that too.

[@johnmohanmusic]

I miss my '78 T/A 6.6. When I blew the engine racing a Corvette on I-10 east of L.A. I rebuilt it to Ram Air IV specs. NEVER should have let it go.

[@serzok1]

Great project! It can just get better. Leave it as a driver and show car on weekends and enjoy driving it daily is what I would love to do.

[@Wooley689]

Really enjoying watching this revival, I'm jealous, I won't lie. Wanted one when I was in High School.

[@dougderby9454]

Reminds me of the 472 and 500s I had in a 79 Cutlass. Was hard to keep tires on it

[@jesusdiaz1498]

Hi from Puerto Rico. Nice red chiken . Hace a good thanks Irving day with your famylie and Friends.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Happy thanksgiving! Thanks for watching!

[@scottspaulding2570]

BEST LOOKING SECOND GEN BIRD 70 TO 73 I THINK CHANGED IN 74 I LIKE THIS ONE .

[@anthonyfusco5076]

Sweet. Wish you were selling it. Love that Era TransAm

[@alanmac4297]

I love that. The "Salty Chicken".

[@bzamski17]

So glad you guys could save a classic

[@quagmiredavis4117]

Nothing like that q jet sound ... lol

[@RearEngineShop]

Hell yeah! Great job fixing this one. What a sexy car.

[@SuperSlimShady24]

Sweet car there! Saw the post from the builder. Nice job my man. Bet that carb was #’s matching. Built a ‘73 formula in 1983. Found a SD 455 with a broken balancer for 300.00 no guarantee. Rocket ship!!!!! Love your work….keep it up!!!!!

[@jeffjarquin5600]

70-73 t/a's are absolutely beautiful! Definitely my favorite! Yall need to raffle it off!

[@josephfriedling9190]

"Jordan ain't here to break it" ha ha!

[@justinadams1360]

God i love that q jet sound

[@davidlaurenti4314]

To those who want one, Trans Am Specialties in Miami always has a lot of cars on hand. Just be prepared, they are getting insane in value like old Mopars.

[@markm4839]

I keep hearing all these nicknames for this car. Maybe there should be a contest. I think you should call it the "Brined Bird"...Really enjoy watching its rebuild...

[@HorsepowerDepot]

My dad always has a nickname for everything lol. The latest “salty chicken” has stuck lately haha.

[@ray8047]

Salty screaming chicken wings would be better

[@CarsAndZebras]

I bet 100k views are gonna happen real quick on this video!

[@mopar507]

This trans am buy was an awesome buy most people shy away from these flood cars you guys are awesome. Love the corvettes!

[@snakeyhedger]

I'm waiting on that thumbnail burnout for next HPD T-shirt!

[@robertburke3316]

Yes amazing how underrated for performance Pontiac was. With some minor modifications you had a great performance motor. The 455s were torque monsters. Had 1970 GTO 455HO many years ago. Had many 400 GTOs and a few Ram airs and they would wind out like nobody’s business

[@utuBrV1oI]

On the '73s don't drop anything between the bumper & radiator support! It will be a bear to get the item back out! lol

[@carolsangrett3596]

Just a all round beautiful car way to go guys

[@darrinjones5951]

Little bit of tuning it is a easy 13 second car. Impressive for a low compression Motor

[@justinadams1360]

Time to kick some ass in pure stock class with the aquatic ta

[@chrispixx]

There's a lot of really nice American muscle in that building, I'm thoroughly jealous. That Trans Am is super sweet too, I would love to have it. Once you get everything cleaned up and the salt flushed out you should treat it with fluid film to protect it.

[@Anthony-ue4zm]

What about the transmission? Arent they toast once water gets into the torque converter?

[@jdtv...9134]

Absolutely beautiful car! Consider a decent Cam and kauffman heads. 🤘🙏

[@jeremymcnicol9585]

East bound and down 👍

[@quagmiredavis4117]

Needs some marvel mystery oil added to fuel this will unstuck rings etc marvel helps everything valves rings etc 😀

[@chefbillybaroo2056]

Great job !!!

[@joeybenton8986]

Back in the day that was about the best tires we had to race with No electronic shift points just up to the Driver.😏👍

[@JoeR203]

So how much do you want for it? (just kidding) My cousin's neighbor had a Firebird Esprit in the same color and Cragar SS wheels. Not sure which year but it was pre-74. Those 70-73s have my favorite front end. Just something about the grille and lights.

[@jdtv...9134]

My 78 formula had the same kind of interior same color and all

[@dennisbagatin4480]

Damn that thing melts tires sweet car👍✌️🇨🇦

[@southwestndn8401]

Yeah get that salt flushed out if not it be looking really pristine in about 15-20 years also my mom blew few of these up

[@drew7767]

curious if you guys have ever used the salt be gone product when trying to get the salt flushed out of the body? i have seen it advertised as a solution to use after winter or before rust proofing and wondered if it’s worth it or just using warm water and soap does just as good of a job. love this story whom ever owned this car must have been devastated bet they would feel good to know it got a good home! great videos!

[@matiasdamian8106]

Would GREAT to see that engine in the dyno to get real wheel numbers of power and torque! And even get a few parts for it, Alum intake, headers, and a good dual exhaust. Love your videos Guys!

[@daviddaigle2419]

I'm glad you guys saved a car like that 73 is a great looking trans am,

[@Bumblebee4788]

Remember test driving a 75 red Trans Am 455 back in the late 70's , scared the s#$t out of the salesman.....

[@meetthebutcher]

@2:02 guessing by seeing old part come off and the new one and cut back to work on the distributor the pick up coil was not changed ? If anytime the car will not shut off and diesels horribly the pick up coil in the shaft of the distributor will be the cause also car my fail to start at all .

[@Sergio-ih6lk]

That's a beautiful body style there's nothing like an American muscle car just saying

[@dacrd]

You should add some Baking Soda to the water to neutralize the Salt when you wash the car.

[@ztwntyn8]

Pretty sob I have one too. Glad you stayed in the road lmao it can be a challenge

[@caspar0777]

This is the nicest car in your garage, a real keeper! Don't be silly to race it🙄

[@richardschultz6522]

Beautiful looking car I love it

[@theshop9486]

Plug that alternator in before I go crazy!

[@HorsepowerDepot]

It doesn’t do anything. It will get plugged in once the new harness is installed haha.

[@briansd2772]

Just great progress you've made. Bravo! Just curious. Did you use an open style base gasket like the one laying on the fan shroud when you installed the new carb? It really seems to like it. Thanks!

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Honestly I don’t remember what one ended up on it. We swapped them out a couple times thinking the gasket was hitting on the butterfly’s. It ended up being the throttle cable arm hitting another linkage on the carb.

[@justingriffith2991]

@@HorsepowerDepot happy thanksgiving

[@sonomawinetourdrivers3895]

You paid $23,000 what a deal!

[@docsmallblock6584]

Beautiful car, not much for horsepower in them years but the torque is definitely there according to that posi it laid down! Have a 79 Z-28 myself, putting new motor in it as we speak! Love the 2nd gen Camaro's and firebirds!!!

[@sergiojacquez2277]

Hang on to that Z28 Doc. I had my 73 Trans-Am with SD-455 4sp buccaneer red since 1979 and basically gone through everything on it. Just got it repainted a year ago and it came out beautiful. Everywhere i drive it to, people give me the thumbs up.

[@Ron-wd7qv]

Few at work 😅 10:19

[@michaelreynolds1500]

Cool car!!

[@aphil4581]

I wonder what the stock compression is in that one?

[@1234597114]

Like 8 something

[@thejeepdoctor]

I had a 70 model, same color but black vinyl top with black interior. Had a power glide in it. Would hit 115 in first gear, would launch to 130 when you hit second. Would bury the speedo. Quite the car.

[@1234597114]

Yep, it’s an F-BODY. Rattles!

[@dtracy03ss]

Hey Jordan Sicko, HOW MUCH???? Just Kidding but Love watching this car come around Even though you probably Stole it, by the Time it's done how about a Total Cost, even though it's not being Sold , get Better!

[@HorsepowerDepot]

The price will shock people. It was a good deal we believe. Most people probably think it was 10k lol. We will probably do a final cost video once it’s done.

[@PCgonerogue820]

Should use it for factory stock racing

[@scottmcmullen7541]

Id Love to see it become a FAST car!

[@scottsimpson5223]

I'm curious because I might have missed it but what kind of engine flush did yall do? Do yall ever use Marvel's Mystery Oil on you engines? Thanks

[@HorsepowerDepot]

We just did a regular oil change.

[@johnsheetz6639]

should take the restrictor plate off but keep it on your hat it's not exactly street legal. A true Red dragon.

[@johnedwards6939]

Is this 455 the Super Duty version ? They were optional in 73 on the TA’s.

[@googleusergp]

No this is a standard “Y” code 455.

[@PCgonerogue820]

Every t/a I've owned has had a slap shifter

[@Bill-xc8le]

more like a 455 first year smog monster!

[@majorpayne5289]

👍”The Salty Chicken” 🤣🤣 Nice! Moderate horse, great torque. Good job on it fellas. The Lil rattles here & there are just factory installed options on ‘em all. 👍🇺🇸

[@jasonochoa466]

Super nice car man

[@joewearsadroolbib7347]

How much for the low rider dually?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

It’s not for sale.

[@willreichert6973]

That 68. Camaro. Next. To. Your. Killer ta. Looks. Just like. Mine. Except. Mine. Is a convertible. Keep. Grinden. On that. Ta. Looks great. N sounds. Great

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Thanks! The 68 is my dads he’s had since the mid 90s. 23k mile mostly all original paint, 396/375. Super nice car!

[@MidnightinSavannah]

Put a set of 400 4Xs heads to bump the compression and it should put that TA in the 13s pretty easy.

[@zone47]

I like the early TAs but really up until 1980 they were pretty cool. Lots of rattles though, it's just sort of a 70s GM thing. That would be a fun car to race as is to keep it simple... well, maybe a shift kit and a good tune.

[@glennmanchester5696]

My bad q jet is on it

[@cdgrady2700]

Wish I could find me one pretty reasonable last one I had was the 77 limited edition

[@rubyfast4527]

That's not a burnout. That's a power brake. My Kia can to that. I love the old T/As

[@DavidReese2ndA]

A Salty FireChicken..

[@MrWonkawonka]

Re-cushion those seats. The salt and dirt will continue to come thru.

[@davisdeen4039]

What did you guys PAY 4 the FLOOD CAR ?

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

In another comment on this vid he said just under 30k.

[@glennmanchester5696]

Should Have changed out whole distributor for DUI hei and did away totally with the old worn out one and you should have put a q jet back on it the one that was on it rebuilt

[@1234597114]

That starter needs shimmed!

[@jonmayberry8291]

Just curious how much did you pay for this flooded car

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Just under 30k.

[@delorispoindexter5663]

I would never drive it in the rain

[@danmyers9372]

That’s hilarious seeing as how the car was 3-4’ under water.

[@robertgembala8532]

🤘🔥

[@acemaster1001]

next fast car??? 9 second bird

[@HorsepowerDepot]

No way! If I put something together we’re going 8s not 9s!

[@acemaster1001]

@@HorsepowerDepot come on if there anyone who can make a pontiac beat a hemi its ya ll

[@answermarine]

Nice car too bad its salty salvage car ☹️