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According to the June 2019 issue of Muscle car Review magazine, during dyno testing performed during that era, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) rated this Pontiac W72 400 T/A 6.6 engine at 260 to 280 net horsepower instead of the 220-hp rating published by Pontiac. The 1979 W72/WS6 equipped Trans Am was considered to be one of the ...
In 1981 it underwent some changes and offered a conservatively rated 200 hp (149 kW) and 340 lb⋅ft (461 N⋅m) of torque. [1] The Turbo Trans Am was first added to the Pontiac model lineup in 1979 as a 1980 model year, and was the first production Pontiac V8 engine to use forced induction; in this case through an exhaust-driven turbocharging ...
1970 Pontiac Trans Am 1976 Pontiac Trans Am 1978 Pontiac Trans Am 1981 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am 1987 Pontiac Trans Am. The Trans Am was a specialty package for the Firebird, typically upgrading handling, suspension, and horsepower, as well as minor appearance modifications such as exclusive hoods, spoilers, fog lights and wheels. Introduced for ...
A black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am built to mimic KITT from the TV series Knight Rider. The new version of the Trans Am Pontiac's "RPO Y84" Black and Gold Trans Am S/E, made famous by Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in 1977's "Smokey and the Bandit", carried on into 1982 as the RPO Y82/Y84 Limited Edition Trans Am S/E Recaro Edition" aka ...
Wretched excess reigns on the autoroute in 1978, as David E. Davis, Jr., does his bit to deplete French fossil fuels.
Car and Driver magazine named the Trans Am with the WS6 performance package the best handling car of 1979. During period dyno testing, the National Hot Rod Association rated the limited-availability T/A 6.6 high-output Pontiac 400 engine at 260–280 net horsepower, which was significantly higher than Pontiac's conservative rating of 220 hp.
Pontiac’s all-but-forgotten second Euro-style sports sedan is rare, stylish, and a bargain. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
A sporty-performance model based on the Le Mans Sport Coupe called the Pontiac Can Am was a one-year-only offering for 1977. The Can Am came standard with the 400 four-barrel V8 in 49 states or the Olds 403 four-barrel in California, along with Turbo Hydra-matic transmission, a Grand Prix instrument panel and console, Strato bucket seats, and a ...