Figured I would throw up some pics and info on the Trans Am I'm building. First off its a 2001 Trans Am I bought at the beginning of the year. Thought I got a really good deal on it and as it turns out I may have been a little wrong on that one. It ran good, LS1 with the T56 and a few aftermarket things already on it (corvette wheels, headers, drilled and slotted rotors) but then I decided it needed a better cam.... What was going to be a fairly simple cam swap turned a little south. It always had a slight ticking noise and being it was cold and the LS1 seems to always be a little on the noisy side I figured it was cranky in the cold but as it came toward April of this year and the sound persisted even after a drive I figured one of the lifters was bad. Digging into the engine to swap the cam and lifters I looked down the cam bore to see that all the cam bearings were fairly shot. So I knew at that point the engine was coming out. Much to my surprise would be what I found after that. There will be pictures to follow but lets just say the rod bearings looked like they had been fed a lifetime of sand and 2 or 3 had to be pried off the crank because they had spun in the rods. So the engine sat for a while waiting for me to make up my mind as to what I wanted to do with it, finally I took the crank and had it polished, and the bottom end rebuilt. After that the heads were decked .030 and all new parts were put into the valvetrain. By this point most of the engine is new, when I bought the car I was told it had a "new clutch" well it was completely shot and by the look of the rear seal leak it was beginning to be oil cooled as well. The rear axle had basically no oil in it and the ride felt... eh... so so... almost bouncy... when I dropped the K member I found that the front struts were bad as well as the ball joints, tie rod ends, and the steering rack was badly leaking... wonderful..... so now that takes us to the pics!!!