Having a wider track-width not only in the rear but on the front of the car as well for increased traction around corners ensures that all that horsepower is properly planted onto the asphalt. A Tremec T-56 6-speed transmission with Monster triple-disc clutch and Clayton Machine Works shifter handles all of the power transfer to the rear wheels.
1979 FIREBIRD FULL
Tough performing internals were then topped off with a Frankenstein Billet intake manifold and the crown jewels a set of dual Xona Rotor 76mm turbos all controlled by a Holley Dominator EFI.įunneling out the exhaust gases and supplying the turbos is a set of custom turbo headers mated to a full custom stainless steel 3-inch exhaust with Magnaflow mufflers.
1979 FIREBIRD PRO
of torque that would come thanks to a DART 427 SHP Pro LS block that was bored out to 4.125 with a 4-inch stroke by Och’s Performance. When Jessie set about fully restoring and building the Trans Am this time he had plans for plenty of power. He made sure that all of the other parts of the car could stand up to the 1,400 horsepower and 1280 ft. Seeing an opportunity for the phoenix to rise once again Jessie bought the totaled Trans Am from the insurance company and used the leftovers to craft a modern muscle car capable of not only outputting, but handling up to 2,000hp. Not long after being completed, the bird was wrecked by his brother. It saw several incarnations throughout the years due to some motor upgrades and accidents before seeing its first restoration when Jessie and his wife opened up their own shop Jessie’s Performance in 2014.
They worked on it together, and later it would be Jessie's high school car but he often took a left instead of a right turn at the stop sign, ditching class to work on his ride. His father had traded their only car at the time for the Trans Am that needed some work. Jessie’s Trans Am in particular was not only a family car handed down to him, but was the canvas used when he was learning to work on and restore cars for a living himself. In future versions, GM looked towards smaller engines with turbochargers to make up the difference when compared to larger engine sizes. It was also a year that a line in the sand was drawn between raw muscle power and emissions controls. The second-generation Trans Am saw its 10th anniversary in 1979 and was named the best handling car of the year. That car is a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, you know, the same model of muscle car driven by Burt Reynolds in the Smokey and the Bandit movies.
And the result is a timelessly styled late ‘70s muscle car with way more power and capability than his adolescent mind could have ever dreamed up.
In the case of Jessie Jewart owner of Jessie’s Performance in Fort Worth, Texas…he looked to build not just the type of car his family had growing up, but the exact car that he, his father, and his brother spent hours in the sun tinkering on. More likely than not, the classic cars that you were around and wished you had while growing up are the ones to build when you have the skills and money to do so later in life.
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