1980 Turbo Trans Am?

[Kitten]

Does that mean anything to anyone....someone that is into cars? To me, it means its an old fast car, with a big bird painted on the hood.

[Kitten]

Where is LD and NJ when you need them.

[DOUBLE J]

Yeah, what about it?
Not all that fast. Circa 1980 nothing was. 81' was the last year for that body syle.(Ya know "smokey and the bandit)
Probably a 301 engine.
I'll help if I can remember.

[MidnightRider]

I think it was a 301. 200HP max, in a 4300# car = dog.

[FUZO]

CAR IS BAD ASS.HAD A 76 FIREBIRD 400 BIG BLOCK WHAT A GREAT CAR WISH I STILL HAD IT

[Kitten]

I thought that the 301 is what pontiac used in their race cars, 301 with a turbo charger....can't be all that slow. Maybe I just have miss information.

[Kitten]

Well, yes, but when you have someone that is going to fix it up. Its a pile of crapola right now. Doesn't even run. I was just a little curious if it would be a nice car to get and fix up over a few years, give it a nice paint job, and turn around and sell it.

[jipped genes]

i had a 79 firebird esprit with a non turbo 301 it was so slow my dad's buick century would keep up with it. the turbo 4.9 or 301 was a good idea but way before its time. the motors caught fire and the turbos didnt last long. the stck 400 made alot more horse power and a ton more torque. 70' 6.6 TA was a rompin machine with a 4 speed.

one cool thing about that car was the transmission is a turbo 350 unibell which you can bolt a 350 chevy right to it with only changing the torque converter to match the flywheel on the new motor. then you have a fast cool car. they handle great too. my 79' handled as good as my 87' formula and my 96' formula. i love firebirds.

[DOUBLE J]

Originally posted by jipped genes
i had a 79 firebird esprit with a non turbo 301 it was so slow my dad's buick century would keep up with it. the turbo 4.9 or 301 was a good idea but way before its time. the motors caught fire and the turbos didnt last long. the stck 400 made alot more horse power and a ton more torque. 70' 6.6 TA was a rompin machine with a 4 speed.

one cool thing about that car was the transmission is a turbo 350 unibell which you can bolt a 350 chevy right to it with only changing the torque converter to match the flywheel on the new motor. then you have a fast cool car. they handle great too. my 79' handled as good as my 87' formula and my 96' formula. i love firebirds.

What he said!

[Extranero]

The 'Smokey and the Bandit' version had a 400.

Still sucvked though

Mopar forever! (Well, back in the day, anyway...)

[Drenten]

Re: 1980 Turbo Trans Am?

Originally posted by Kitten
To me, it means its an old fast car

Well, you got the old part right.

Unless you want a reclamation project just for the fun of it, and don’t mind wasting time and money on it, don’t bother with it. You will never get back what you put into it. Even if the car were in pristine condition, it really wouldn’t be worth much of anything.

[jipped genes]

Originally posted by Extranero
The 'Smokey and the Bandit' version had a 400.

Still sucvked though

Mopar forever! (Well, back in the day, anyway...)

there were 2 different engines in the 79 TA. one was a 403 olds engine that sucked denoted by the 6.6 liter on the cowl. the other a 400 c.i.d. pontiac engine that had 6.6 T.A. on the cowl was a rompin machine. in 79' it whupped even the corvette. it ran a 14 second quarter mile and with minow mods could easily dip into the 13s. i like old mopars as well but give pontiac it's due.

[Extranero]

Ok, well, not ALL Pontiac's sucked. How's that? It's the best I can do...

I want another Cuda. Someone kick me for selling the old one! (which I sold before many members of this board were born.)

<sigh>

[DOUBLE J]

ummmmmmmmmm.......Cuda

[Extranero]

Originally posted by DOUBLE J
ummmmmmmmmm.......Cuda

Double J, I was just sitting here thinking that most of the people here on the board, good bros that they are, would have NO IDEA what we're talking about.

When the last time you heard someone say 'Pontiac' and 'Performance' in the same sentence?

For that matter, do they even say 'MoPar' anymore?

Time to get a rockingchair...