What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
92 with the 5.7 and Ttops. Only about 200 made, and I doubt that half of them are still on the road. Proud as heck of it!
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Car: 92 Formula WS6, T-top
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
91 and 90 composite? Id have never guessed, looks great. Hey, that reminds me....How are you guys getting your thumbnails to show up big in your posts? Mine always show up small, and have to be clicked on to be full size.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Not sure if I should try & single anything out as being unique,... There's quite a few custom touches to every type of system in my ride. But; when everything is taken together,... there sure ain't another one like it - ANYWHERE !!
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Hmm, not making sense. How do I add the link into the main body? If I was on a desk top I might right click, copy and paste, but on an Ipad? Not sure thats gonna work for me because its not really a link, Im just pulling a pic out of my ipad library. See above? It pasted the link, but not the picture itself.
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Car: 92 Formula WS6, T-top
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Haha, got it! Thx! I figured out you have to paste it into the url request field, (duh) I was trying to just paste it into the text of the main body. Thx for the tip....
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
No real good pics unfortunatly but I have a few unique touches...
Stereo head unit relocated to center A/C vents
Speaker pods fiber-glassed into door panels
BMW projectors in turn-signal housings for fog lights
Staggered wheel set-up - 18x8 fronts, 20x10 rears Boss 338s (Only 3rd gen to do this I know of)
Custom home-made LED tail-lights
Stereo head unit relocated to center A/C vents
Speaker pods fiber-glassed into door panels
BMW projectors in turn-signal housings for fog lights
Staggered wheel set-up - 18x8 fronts, 20x10 rears Boss 338s (Only 3rd gen to do this I know of)
Custom home-made LED tail-lights
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
My car is unique because my gages have their own gages. LOL
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Nice looker. Tell me that's 2nd pix is a bad lighting effect making the bay look red.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Some of the stuff I've done has been done by others as well, some hasn't. Altogether though, it makes mine pretty unique I think.
So things I've done that others have include the shaved door handles and antenna, and installed front mounted hinges so the hood opens like a Vette's, and the true dual exhaust with glasspacks mounted sideways under the rear bumper like the stock muffler. Stock V6 T5 trans behind a 350.
As far as I know, I'm the only one that has mounted the keyless entry pad from an Explorer behind the license plate. Opens the drivers door and trunk. I just got done installing red LEDs under the cowl vent. And of course, there is the dark red metallic/black/gray paint job since I haven't gotten around to painting the car yet after replacing some body panels.
So things I've done that others have include the shaved door handles and antenna, and installed front mounted hinges so the hood opens like a Vette's, and the true dual exhaust with glasspacks mounted sideways under the rear bumper like the stock muffler. Stock V6 T5 trans behind a 350.
As far as I know, I'm the only one that has mounted the keyless entry pad from an Explorer behind the license plate. Opens the drivers door and trunk. I just got done installing red LEDs under the cowl vent. And of course, there is the dark red metallic/black/gray paint job since I haven't gotten around to painting the car yet after replacing some body panels.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
No one thing in general and most has probably been done before but here goes.
1988 RS 2.8L, 5 speed... Swap to 355 V8, th-400, ford 9"
'91 side ground effects
'91/92 Z28 style wings west rear spoiler
'78 Trans Am WS6 15x8 wheels
Harwood 4" glass cowl hood
Stock steel hood with aero scoop added
(long story on that one, forgot to pin my glass hood and it went flying over the car, so had to use what I had and add the scoop I had to make it work)
Digital gauge panel
Aftermarket sport/race style seats
10 point roll cage
Pro stick sifter mounted in console
Edelbrock script painted in read on air cleaner top
Edelbrock alum. valve covers, the black painted areas between fins painted red.
1988 RS 2.8L, 5 speed... Swap to 355 V8, th-400, ford 9"
'91 side ground effects
'91/92 Z28 style wings west rear spoiler
'78 Trans Am WS6 15x8 wheels
Harwood 4" glass cowl hood
Stock steel hood with aero scoop added
(long story on that one, forgot to pin my glass hood and it went flying over the car, so had to use what I had and add the scoop I had to make it work)
Digital gauge panel
Aftermarket sport/race style seats
10 point roll cage
Pro stick sifter mounted in console
Edelbrock script painted in read on air cleaner top
Edelbrock alum. valve covers, the black painted areas between fins painted red.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Mine is one of 809 1988 GTAs with a factory 5speed!
oh and my Plastidipped wheels , chrome exhaust tips and tinted windows...
By the way, please vote for me on the Car of the month thread if you think my car should win. we have many great great cars this month but I am happy to be nominated!
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...tm-voting.html
oh and my Plastidipped wheels , chrome exhaust tips and tinted windows...
By the way, please vote for me on the Car of the month thread if you think my car should win. we have many great great cars this month but I am happy to be nominated!
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Just about everything makes this unique its an 82
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Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Not much really... Just my interior...
I suppose that and it is one of the very few, if not only LB9/Auto with T-tops that is an 87 Formula... FYI The Formula LB9/A4 was NA with T-tops in 1987... could get an LB9/M5... Which means my car was not originally an LB9/A4...
I suppose that and it is one of the very few, if not only LB9/Auto with T-tops that is an 87 Formula... FYI The Formula LB9/A4 was NA with T-tops in 1987... could get an LB9/M5... Which means my car was not originally an LB9/A4...
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
lunati397 do you have a build thread of your dash? I'm looking for pics of the upper mounting... Not sure mine's quite right. Did you have to mod the dash above the pass side air bag door for the spacer plate (between dash and windshield)? I've got other questions too...
Since TGO doesn't let me repost pics, here's a link to my build thread with pics:
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1988 IROC-Z28. Original LO3 was pulled along with trans before I bought it. Has been replaced with an LHO/L82 3100 FWD hybrid with about 11.4:1 CR, about 225 HP/235 TQ. T-5 manual, 3.42 rear axle with drum brakes swapped from my 87. Moog 5658 S10 front springs, poly bushings all around, Founders' LCAs and track bar. Stainless fuel lines and hoses with 6AN fittings and external fuel pump under hump between driver's rear seat bowl and foot well, 22# TPI fuel injectors, MegaSquirt II ECU in 165-style ECM case (probably going to go to a 1227730 if this thing doesn't get properly tuned soon). Black interior with Carmine Accents (trim panel carpet, rear speaker covers, headliner), GTA/Deluxe door panels (doors swapped from manual to power everything except mirrors), overhead console, 93-96 Camaro dash and 2002 T/A console with full 93 HVAC system and dash wiring harness integrated into 3rd gen systems. Hatch, spoiler, 3rd brake light from my 87, tail lights from 85 (non-grid).
Other mods planned. Still have body work to be done and still looking for a decent set of silver Z28 emblems to replace my gold ones...
Since TGO doesn't let me repost pics, here's a link to my build thread with pics:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...orth-cost.html
1988 IROC-Z28. Original LO3 was pulled along with trans before I bought it. Has been replaced with an LHO/L82 3100 FWD hybrid with about 11.4:1 CR, about 225 HP/235 TQ. T-5 manual, 3.42 rear axle with drum brakes swapped from my 87. Moog 5658 S10 front springs, poly bushings all around, Founders' LCAs and track bar. Stainless fuel lines and hoses with 6AN fittings and external fuel pump under hump between driver's rear seat bowl and foot well, 22# TPI fuel injectors, MegaSquirt II ECU in 165-style ECM case (probably going to go to a 1227730 if this thing doesn't get properly tuned soon). Black interior with Carmine Accents (trim panel carpet, rear speaker covers, headliner), GTA/Deluxe door panels (doors swapped from manual to power everything except mirrors), overhead console, 93-96 Camaro dash and 2002 T/A console with full 93 HVAC system and dash wiring harness integrated into 3rd gen systems. Hatch, spoiler, 3rd brake light from my 87, tail lights from 85 (non-grid).
Other mods planned. Still have body work to be done and still looking for a decent set of silver Z28 emblems to replace my gold ones...
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
So much
Smoothed
Stereo system pass side kick panel
Engine bay lighting
A pillar and dash with z28 badge
Pcv hose's
Double din
All led lighting including taillight bulbs(which work like a firebirds)
Center console
Smoothed
Stereo system pass side kick panel
Engine bay lighting
A pillar and dash with z28 badge
Pcv hose's
Double din
All led lighting including taillight bulbs(which work like a firebirds)
Center console
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Nothing too spectacular with my '86, but I have a set of awesome custom gauge rings from Luis (motobooks)...
Custom RWL's on my crosslace's. Nobdoy makes 16'' tires with RWL!!!
A set of 2nd gen chrome splitter tips...
Black seats out of a GTA on tan interior ...
And while not exactly unique it is a factory DX1 (hood bird) optioned car!
Love my car!!!
Custom RWL's on my crosslace's. Nobdoy makes 16'' tires with RWL!!!
A set of 2nd gen chrome splitter tips...
Black seats out of a GTA on tan interior ...
And while not exactly unique it is a factory DX1 (hood bird) optioned car!
Love my car!!!
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Nothing to unique about mine...hood, wheels...,mostly demographics made mine unique as there are virtually no clean third gens seen often where I live.
Shouldn't have sold it
Shouldn't have sold it
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Im still driving my convertible, middle of December...on a fresh set of....Mickey T 315 Drag radials... just added a Dynomax VT muffler so it is soccer mom quiet now. All I can hear is boost and tires spinning on cold pavement.
thats pretty unique.
thats pretty unique.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
The Vinyl Decals at the bottom was an option from the dealership that the car was bought from. So I was told when I bought the car from the original owner. I've never seen another.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I have tried to use some Pontiac Parts to upgrade some items with what the factory could have put on. I have the Wonderbar, 1991 GTA tail lamps, leather gear shift **** (from a Bonneville), Trans Am Black Diamond Spoke wheels and G.P. chrome center caps. It was recently featured in the October issue of HPP magazine to show how you could improve the performance of the L98 motor and suspension of the 1991 Formula by using SLP, Edlebrock, BORLA, Hotchkis, Alston SFC and more. The Formula still looks fairly stock until you look carefully and then notice all the improvements.
I wish it looked that nice under my hood
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Im usually all for originality but my Formula has the ugly black bumper pads on the nose and rear used on 87-90 Formulas replaced with Trans Am body kit and the horrid stock aluminum turbo style wheels or whatever they called them replaced for the GTA style wheels and to me it makes it look so much better. The power bulge hood (standard on Formulas) is a better looking hood also in my opinion. Everyones car is unique to that person and to each his own.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Probably the rats nest I found in my intake valley that wrapped around the pushrods like cotton candy.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Lots of nice rides here, I'm loving it. What makes mine unique is the theme that I chose. My car is a 1991 firebird v8, t-top upgrade with the Sport Appearance package. Unlike Chevrolet, who named thier "Sport Appearance package" the Rally Sport (and didn't offer a v8), Pontiac did not name the option, so I did.
I applied TRANS SPORT emblems to both sides, sort of a truth in advertising gesture, as many of us raid both the f body parts bins unashamedly, why not combine Trans Am and Sport (Sport Coupe, Rally Sport, Super Sport)? In addition, in the spirit of the little red firebird that served as both the prototype for the Kammbak and later the GTA, I decided to make my red 91 a ficticious prototype for a 1992 25th anniversary edition Firebird TRANS SPORT. I have to smog the car one more time before I can think of touching the drivetrain, so I have been working on appearance mostly. I have just begun the mods, buying 3 rally sport 25th dash emblems i placed one on the dash and converted the other 2 into custom door handle emblems.
I am converting the interior to red and black, using a complete trim set from a 1992 25th camaro,
2001 camaro leather seats, an 86-87 overhead console with an 84 wiring harness. I also replaced the front bird emblem with a pontiac arrowhead (also from a TRANS SPORT).
The license plate is also special because if you take the last 3 digits and flip them they spell "LEI" it's a n "F" body and I got it in "08" (Leif is the name I go by) so it's LEIF 08! (received completely by chance, or was it)?
I bought 91 -92 GTA tailights (NOT INSTALLED) that are damaged so I can slightly customize them without fear of hearing Sacrilage! I even made my own bogus certificate of authenticity for S***S and giggles.
Got a long way to go before she will compare with the others here, but we all got to start somewhere.
I applied TRANS SPORT emblems to both sides, sort of a truth in advertising gesture, as many of us raid both the f body parts bins unashamedly, why not combine Trans Am and Sport (Sport Coupe, Rally Sport, Super Sport)? In addition, in the spirit of the little red firebird that served as both the prototype for the Kammbak and later the GTA, I decided to make my red 91 a ficticious prototype for a 1992 25th anniversary edition Firebird TRANS SPORT. I have to smog the car one more time before I can think of touching the drivetrain, so I have been working on appearance mostly. I have just begun the mods, buying 3 rally sport 25th dash emblems i placed one on the dash and converted the other 2 into custom door handle emblems.
I am converting the interior to red and black, using a complete trim set from a 1992 25th camaro,
2001 camaro leather seats, an 86-87 overhead console with an 84 wiring harness. I also replaced the front bird emblem with a pontiac arrowhead (also from a TRANS SPORT).
The license plate is also special because if you take the last 3 digits and flip them they spell "LEI" it's a n "F" body and I got it in "08" (Leif is the name I go by) so it's LEIF 08! (received completely by chance, or was it)?
I bought 91 -92 GTA tailights (NOT INSTALLED) that are damaged so I can slightly customize them without fear of hearing Sacrilage! I even made my own bogus certificate of authenticity for S***S and giggles.
Got a long way to go before she will compare with the others here, but we all got to start somewhere.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Apparently, my FIREBIRD TRANS SPORT is not so unique at all! Witness this EBay listing, unretouched and current as you read this:
Another brilliant idea shot to H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS! Go figure...
Another brilliant idea shot to H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS! Go figure...
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
what makes mine unique is I didn't build it to race. that and mine has a 305, not a LS
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Not totally unique as theres a few on this board who have done it but nevertheless air ride is still rare on these cars. Just about to finish my install.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Lots of nice rides here, I'm loving it. What makes mine unique is the theme that I chose. My car is a 1991 firebird v8, t-top upgrade with the Sport Appearance package. Unlike Chevrolet, who named thier "Sport Appearance package" the Rally Sport (and didn't offer a v8), Pontiac did not name the option, so I did.
I applied TRANS SPORT emblems to both sides, sort of a truth in advertising gesture, as many of us raid both the f body parts bins unashamedly, why not combine Trans Am and Sport (Sport Coupe, Rally Sport, Super Sport)? In addition, in the spirit of the little red firebird that served as both the prototype for the Kammbak and later the GTA, I decided to make my red 91 a ficticious prototype for a 1992 25th anniversary edition Firebird TRANS SPORT. I have to smog the car one more time before I can think of touching the drivetrain, so I have been working on appearance mostly. I have just begun the mods, buying 3 rally sport 25th dash emblems i placed one on the dash and converted the other 2 into custom door handle emblems.
I am converting the interior to red and black, using a complete trim set from a 1992 25th camaro,
2001 camaro leather seats, an 86-87 overhead console with an 84 wiring harness. I also replaced the front bird emblem with a pontiac arrowhead (also from a TRANS SPORT).
The license plate is also special because if you take the last 3 digits and flip them they spell "LEI" it's a n "F" body and I got it in "08" (Leif is the name I go by) so it's LEIF 08! (received completely by chance, or was it)?
I bought 91 -92 GTA tailights (NOT INSTALLED) that are damaged so I can slightly customize them without fear of hearing Sacrilage! I even made my own bogus certificate of authenticity for S***S and giggles.
Got a long way to go before she will compare with the others here, but we all got to start somewhere.
I applied TRANS SPORT emblems to both sides, sort of a truth in advertising gesture, as many of us raid both the f body parts bins unashamedly, why not combine Trans Am and Sport (Sport Coupe, Rally Sport, Super Sport)? In addition, in the spirit of the little red firebird that served as both the prototype for the Kammbak and later the GTA, I decided to make my red 91 a ficticious prototype for a 1992 25th anniversary edition Firebird TRANS SPORT. I have to smog the car one more time before I can think of touching the drivetrain, so I have been working on appearance mostly. I have just begun the mods, buying 3 rally sport 25th dash emblems i placed one on the dash and converted the other 2 into custom door handle emblems.
I am converting the interior to red and black, using a complete trim set from a 1992 25th camaro,
2001 camaro leather seats, an 86-87 overhead console with an 84 wiring harness. I also replaced the front bird emblem with a pontiac arrowhead (also from a TRANS SPORT).
The license plate is also special because if you take the last 3 digits and flip them they spell "LEI" it's a n "F" body and I got it in "08" (Leif is the name I go by) so it's LEIF 08! (received completely by chance, or was it)?
I bought 91 -92 GTA tailights (NOT INSTALLED) that are damaged so I can slightly customize them without fear of hearing Sacrilage! I even made my own bogus certificate of authenticity for S***S and giggles.
Got a long way to go before she will compare with the others here, but we all got to start somewhere.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
My '83 Crossfire is original except for a T5 conversion, L-69 exhaust manifolds and an SLP 2OTL exhaust.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Re; "Didn't Pontiac come out with a mini van called the Transport in the early 90's? It was one of the first vehicles to use cab forward wasn't it? That where you got the transport name badge? IIRC, Patrick Stewart did the commercials, and it showed the van warping off towards the stars as he talked about it. You sure about this? I think mini van when I see transport on a Pontiac. But to each his own. I like some of your mods, the arrowhead on the nose is cool, and your interior looks immaculate-- I'm just not sure about the actual name. I guess if you juice things up enough, you could own it!"
Yes the TRANS SPORT was originally a mini van, but it came about after the same trip to Edwards airforce base to see a blackhawk that also inspired the GTA. The original concept vehicle had a reason for the raked windshield, actual holograms on the dash like Knight rider 2000. It also had a pinched in waist, (predating the look of the gen 4's by some 20 years), a roof mounted wing and gull-wing doors. It was designed to be a Man's missile, not a mommy missile with a turbo charged v6 (like the 20th anniversary edition Trans Am) and was very well recieved by the public. ("Under the hood, the Trans Sport featured a turbocharged, non-production, all aluminum 2.9-liter V-6 engine that developed 235 hp. This engine was related to the production pushrod, GM 60-degree V-6 and was reportedly similar to the engine in the infamous red '85 Fiero GT prototype that was unofficially known as the "Corvette Killer.)"
Read more: http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/hppp-0605-1986-pontiac-trans-sport/#ixzz3TGFjql6U
The actual model released was such a dissappointment that they rebadged it the rugged manly sounding Montana in 1998, and now it is no more, so why not repurpose the name on a manly F Body?
Yes the TRANS SPORT was originally a mini van, but it came about after the same trip to Edwards airforce base to see a blackhawk that also inspired the GTA. The original concept vehicle had a reason for the raked windshield, actual holograms on the dash like Knight rider 2000. It also had a pinched in waist, (predating the look of the gen 4's by some 20 years), a roof mounted wing and gull-wing doors. It was designed to be a Man's missile, not a mommy missile with a turbo charged v6 (like the 20th anniversary edition Trans Am) and was very well recieved by the public. ("Under the hood, the Trans Sport featured a turbocharged, non-production, all aluminum 2.9-liter V-6 engine that developed 235 hp. This engine was related to the production pushrod, GM 60-degree V-6 and was reportedly similar to the engine in the infamous red '85 Fiero GT prototype that was unofficially known as the "Corvette Killer.)"
Read more: http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/hppp-0605-1986-pontiac-trans-sport/#ixzz3TGFjql6U
The actual model released was such a dissappointment that they rebadged it the rugged manly sounding Montana in 1998, and now it is no more, so why not repurpose the name on a manly F Body?
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Re; "Didn't Pontiac come out with a mini van called the Transport in the early 90's? It was one of the first vehicles to use cab forward wasn't it? That where you got the transport name badge? IIRC, Patrick Stewart did the commercials, and it showed the van warping off towards the stars as he talked about it. You sure about this? I think mini van when I see transport on a Pontiac. But to each his own. I like some of your mods, the arrowhead on the nose is cool, and your interior looks immaculate-- I'm just not sure about the actual name. I guess if you juice things up enough, you could own it!"
Yes the TRANS SPORT was originally a mini van, but it came about after the same trip to Edwards airforce base to see a blackhawk that also inspired the GTA. The original concept vehicle had a reason for the raked windshield, actual holograms on the dash like Knight rider 2000. It also had a pinched in waist, (predating the look of the gen 4's by some 20 years), a roof mounted wing and gull-wing doors. It was designed to be a Man's missile, not a mommy missile with a turbo charged v6 (like the 20th anniversary edition Trans Am) and was very well recieved by the public. ("Under the hood, the Trans Sport featured a turbocharged, non-production, all aluminum 2.9-liter V-6 engine that developed 235 hp. This engine was related to the production pushrod, GM 60-degree V-6 and was reportedly similar to the engine in the infamous red '85 Fiero GT prototype that was unofficially known as the "Corvette Killer.)"
Read more: http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/hppp-0605-1986-pontiac-trans-sport/#ixzz3TGFjql6U
The actual model released was such a dissappointment that they rebadged it the rugged manly sounding Montana in 1998, and now it is no more, so why not repurpose the name on a manly F Body?
Yes the TRANS SPORT was originally a mini van, but it came about after the same trip to Edwards airforce base to see a blackhawk that also inspired the GTA. The original concept vehicle had a reason for the raked windshield, actual holograms on the dash like Knight rider 2000. It also had a pinched in waist, (predating the look of the gen 4's by some 20 years), a roof mounted wing and gull-wing doors. It was designed to be a Man's missile, not a mommy missile with a turbo charged v6 (like the 20th anniversary edition Trans Am) and was very well recieved by the public. ("Under the hood, the Trans Sport featured a turbocharged, non-production, all aluminum 2.9-liter V-6 engine that developed 235 hp. This engine was related to the production pushrod, GM 60-degree V-6 and was reportedly similar to the engine in the infamous red '85 Fiero GT prototype that was unofficially known as the "Corvette Killer.)"
Read more: http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/hppp-0605-1986-pontiac-trans-sport/#ixzz3TGFjql6U
The actual model released was such a dissappointment that they rebadged it the rugged manly sounding Montana in 1998, and now it is no more, so why not repurpose the name on a manly F Body?
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
My recent edition of a shaker hood scoop.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I for one would be interested in hearing about your hood mods to make it sturdy enough for this application. I considered adding a shaker but balked when I read that the 85 up trans am gta hoods have a tendency to bend just due to the addition of the louvers. There also appears to be a stabilizing beam that diagonally intersects the area of the hood you need to remove to acomodate the shaker. is the camaro hood constructed differently? Is yours steel?
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