Well, I had a 87 GTA Trans Am 350TPI, AUTO, 3.73rear, headers, 88 Heads, Shift
Kit, some TPI mods, super chip, 8.5 wires, No Cat, flowmaster,1.6 roller
rockers an a few other mods. What a nice looking car, but hard to find parts for
the body! The engine came stock with 210hp 300tq in 87, with the mods I maybe
was running near 245-250hp at the crank. It had nice get up an go, but died
after 4800rpms. It would bark second every time even with 1/4 throttle, I would
say it was a 6 second car with a 14 something quarter mile time. I don't like
TPI units too much, they where made for all torque an barely any hp! I guess if
I added some good heads, cam, and some better injectors or bigger runners I
would had a good 300hp and a 13 second quarter. Nothing special.
Now if you find a TTA, get that! V6 Turbo with 300+hp unrated
My Stock 2001 RC R/T feels alot like my 1987 GTA with all it's mods. But soon
I'll be getting some mods going an 13's here I come!
AlexReed <alexreed@home.com> on 06/22/2001 06:50:30 AM
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Subject: Re: DML: OT - Best Daily driver sports coupe
My vote would have to go with a 90's Firebird Trans Am. Goes fast, make it go
faster!
If you were to consider the muscle car route, my vote would be with a '70 Hemi
Cuda
convertable with an updated Richmond 6 spd trans and a lockable diff. for the
track
runs.
Thats my opinion, just wish I had the extra $20 to make my dream a reality.
Later
AR
Shawn Bowen wrote:
> Ok folks,
> Kinda off topic but.... If you were looking to spend $20K initially
on a
> "Sports Car" what would you get??? The plan is to buy a decent running
> "car" and then build a motor, tranny, and rearend to make it see 11 or 10's
> in the 1/4 Natrauly aspirated. I'm thinking used Cobra, GT, orrrrrrrrrr a
> used Vet. I'm not planning on getting rid of the Dak at all, just looking
> for a really fun project car with the creature comforts of AC and what not.
> If the initial price is $20 or better I'm game.
>
> Sorry for the off topic post, but I'm keeping the Dak, just want a true
> sports car that I can mod the shit out of.
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn
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