anubiscougar

Ok.... what's the diff between a regular trans am, and a GTA? i have the GTA wheels, and i just looked on ebay, from this guy(who is on here's) thing, and he's gutting his GTA... he has the same wheels as i do, AND the same steering wheel... What's the diff between the GTA, and a regular TA...?


Cuz.. i'm confused now.. lol.

Matto'85TA

Off th etop of my head, GTA's have no fender vents, TA's do. If i think/find anymore i'll add them.

matt

anubiscougar

mmm, the pic of his gta, had the fender vents, that's why imma buy one off him... cuz mine's messed up cuz of the wreck..

3.1EyeCandy

iTrader: (3)

that guy on ebay "parting out a GTA" isn't parting out a GTA. It's that simple. It's an earlier model Trans Am

MacEwen

Well, besides running down the VIN,

GTA's had no fender vents, but do have TA mounting holes (ground effects),
Interior doorskins are GTA specific,
Front Seats have look of later TA's, mainly E.T. style headrests,
GTA embroidered map pocket on dash,
Overhead console, with directional map light and a bunch of B.S. appointment reminders.
May or may not have GTA emblem in horn button(some GTA's did not have this),
GTA (Gold) mesh wheels,
Holes present in nose/bumper cover for mounting of nose GTA emblem,
GTA emblems (correct location on sail panels? (B-pillar)).

These are offhand indicators, of what IS or ISN'T a GTA, without having to run a VIN decode.

FruityOne

ALL GTA's had the following.
Gold Firebird emblem in the center section of the Tail lights. (Except 91-92's, they had "Pontiac" silk screened in gold centered between the two tail lights)
GTA: TransAm emblems on nose and fenders
Gold firebird emblem on sail panels
Gold Crosslace 16x8 rims
"ventless" Fenders.
Power Lumbar Seats

GTA's COULD have the following.
Steering wheel Radio Controls (no 87's, 88-89 could have them, 90+ got the Airbag so no controls)
Digital Dash optional (not offered in 89, or the following years)
88' Notchback (optional)
Split rear seats.
Either GTA or Gold Firebird Logo embroidered on the map pocket.
5.7L TPI (L98) / Auto was standard.
5.0L TPI (LB9) / Manual optional
5.0L TPI (LB9) / Auto Optional (peanut cam)
Dual Cats (became standard later in 91)

I believe this to be a fairly complete and accurate list. I have read over the FAQ and TA GTA info on www.transamgta.com . I do not know everything however, so I may have forgotten to include some info.

anubiscougar

ah, alright, thx. cool.

hesgone2fast

Besides, the GTA has for some reason 10 more hp than the base T/A on the 5.7 and the 5.0. Then it was the only model besides the turbo T/A that came with the 3.27 gear.
The GTA also had the WS6 package standard.
By the way, why don't you lazy people make a search before asking things that have been posted too many times?
The info I just wrote down, I got it from the tech data page from this website.
Anyways, if you don't really care about having a regular T/A or a GTA, get the T/A, and buy the rims from ebay.

Jim85IROC

iTrader: (2)

No it doesn't.

hesgone2fast

Then can you tell me why in the tech data form this site states that the regular 5.7 engine on the T/A has 230 hp, and the 5.7 from the T/A GTA has 240hp????

3.1EyeCandy

iTrader: (3)

best way to tell: Y84 in the RPO codes.

Jim85IROC

iTrader: (2)

You want a full list of innacurate info on the site? It's a long list.

I'm on https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/tech/techdb.shtml which is certainly part of this site, and it clearly shows that the IROC-Z, Formula, Trans AM and GTA all had the same power with the same motor. I believe the difference between 230 and 240 horse setup is the single vs. dual cat option. It's possible that this came standard on the GTA... I don't know.

But in either case, it was the exact same motor, and that 240 horsepower option was available on all of the other models.

You'll find a million power discrepancies with literature no matter what model you're looking at. Even GM couldn't keep consistant numbers. In most years the Camaro was rated 5hp higher than the Pontiacs just because of the different airbox. All of these numbers get tossed around so much that it's no wonder there's confusion about power output in these cars.