07-28-2020, 06:16 PM | #2931 |
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Honestly, though, these things were cool af back then. It may be that I was only 11 or so at the time, and it may partly be because of Knight Rider, I'm not going to lie, but even I recognized that this and the contemporary C4 were astoundingly better cars than their immediate predecessors.
I didn't realize they came in UPS brown, but it's an interesting color. And this photo might be the nicest pic ever taken of a brown Trans Am. |
07-29-2020, 10:24 AM | #2932 | |
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My dream car when I was 8 for sure. I can’t even imagine how much of a wet noodle this car must be with its roof cut off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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07-29-2020, 10:51 AM | #2933 |
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The good news is that it's slow enough that it probably doesn't matter that much.
As a Ford guy, I quickly decided that the Mustang was the much better car, and it still is. The 84 Mustangs were a little weak, but by 85 when they had the Quadra Shock for the rear axle, the 5 speed, and the 200 hp V8 (correct me if I get the details wrong, clyde), they were leagues ahead of the Trans Am. That only increased with the changes in 87 (to fuel injection, a better interior, etc). This Trans Am would get more attention at Cars and Coffee, but give me a clean LX 5.0 convertible as a summer cruiser, all day every day. EDIT: OK, maybe FI arrived in 86, pre-facelift? And Quadra Shock in 84? |
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07-29-2020, 12:07 PM | #2935 |
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That car will always be K.I.T.T. to me since you never saw them in Peru growing up.
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07-29-2020, 02:40 PM | #2936 |
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I chuckled when I read this, because yes of course you'd say that. I guess it depends on your priorities? The 80's F-bodys were much, much better handling cars than the Fox-body stuff and aside from a complete suspension and chassis re-engineering there isn't much you do to a Fox body to make them not terrible. In terms of acceleration they were both pathetically slow back then, but few of these cars were hurting for aftermarket bolt-on go-fast stuff back then (or now) and even in the 90's it was hard to find one that wasn't modified under the hood.
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The 85 used a 7.5" rear and was the final year using a carburetor. It made 210/275. The 86 used a 8.8" rear and was the first with fuel injection. It made 200/300. The 87 was rated at 225/300 and stayed there for a couple years before being rerated at 220/300 for the 302's outgoing years for reasons that were never made clear.
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200 does not divide by 5L in any way that makes sense.
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