Was badged like a GTA...but the GTA logos said turbo instead....what's up with that? Looked like a 90 or so, not sure about the generations, but it was in that year range, give or take a few years. I know the 3rd gen has a more recent phase to it...but I didn't catch the front to see what phase it was, I think it was the 2nd.
in 1989 Pontiac released the 20th anniversary Trans Am, it had the Buick Grand National's turbo v-6 in it. and was...at the time, the fastest production TA ever produced.
more on it here.
1989 20th turbo T/A site
they are very rare, and wayyyy cool. i'd take one in a heartbeat
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god dammmit.. I almost beat ya to it
^^^ like he said...1989..there wasn't many produced and they were 20th Anniversaries...it was also the Indy 500 pace car that year
oh well..at least we beat Borsty to it...muahahaha
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YESSS!
Borsty is getting slow in his old age...He-He. i saw this post and was like oh Dude he's talking about the 20th anniversary. i love that car. then was in shock that either Borsty or Mr. Goodwrench hadn't posted yet. i'm tripping out on that website i linked alot of cool info i had forgotten about over the years.
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For Paul, was this GTA electric blue by any chance?
All the REAL ones were white pace care editions to my knowledge, but there is, or at least was one in the Cleveland area I came across with a paint job, or swap.
I could hear the turbo whining as he flew away.
@!#$ @!#$ MOTHER @!#$ WHY COULDNT I FIND THIS @!#$ POST EARLIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anywho.......... this is off the top of my head.
1989 Turbo Trans Ams ALL came with autos and the LC2 buick turbo charged v-6 with a displacement of 3.8 (321 ci) 8.0:1 compression ratio with sequential fire injection with 3.27 posi rear end and a 200r4 with white exterior and tan interior. rated at 250 hp and 340 ft lbs. but rumored to have somewhere close to 280 hp.
little more indepth one (copy paste)
The Trans Am is selected to pace the Indianapolis 500. Pontiac markets another pace car replica. This special 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am (TTA) based on the GTA is only available in white with tan interior and comes equipped with a Buick 3.8L V6 with a turbocharger developed from the Grand National. These replicas are as close to the actual pace car as any replica offered up to this time. The only changes made to the cars that actually were on the track during the race were the additions of strobe lights and safety equipment. 1,555 were produced, 5 being test cars. Out of 1,550 cars produced by PAS, the actual pace cars were randomly selected and sent to Indy for testing and modification. When they were released to the public they were underrated in power. Not all came with T-Tops or came with leather either, there were hardtops and cloth cars. Every car has an an automatic transmission, the 200R4. The five test TTA's, because they were for pre-production use, were pulled off of the assembly line without regard to color and they were not white. At least two of these test cars were sold to private individuals. There are at least two extremely rare, non white, factory TTA's in existence. Its known that one is red. GM did not offer a factory convertible TTA. However, one was created by ASC.
Specs:
1,324 T-Top & Leather Interior
187 T-Top & Cloth Interior
24 Hardtop & Leather Interior
15 Hardtop & Cloth Interior (Base)
4 Test Cars with T-Top & Cloth Interior
1 Test Car with Hardtop & Leather Interior
my post is still the best, so eat me!
-Borsty
Borsty wrote:displacement of 3.8 (321 ci)
did you mean 231ci? 321ci would be somewhere around the high end of 5.2 or the low end of 5.3 liters (if my memory of hte formula serves correct)
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1/4 mile times on these?
96 2.2 5speed
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Been OwNEd by a 2.2 lately?
yeah but borsty you forgot one GM prototype was developed with a 5-speed manual.
so there, your post was uncomplete.....nanny-nanny boo-boo. also i guess in the TTA's case it's actually a GOOD thing to not have T-tops and leather, those models are the rarest and pull the best $$$.
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Daniel - (DSLaBuda) wrote:Borsty wrote:displacement of 3.8 (321 ci)
did you mean 231ci? 321ci would be somewhere around the high end of 5.2 or the low end of 5.3 liters (if my memory of hte formula serves correct)
yeah, just mixed up the 2 and 3. and it would be 5.3
jammit, if it were so, it would be in that copied and pasted description its from the formost internet source of all third gen related topics.
thirdgen.org how i love thee.
-Borsty
MiKeDiRnTRuLeZ wrote:Borsty wrote:
thirdgen.org how i love thee.
Amen Brotha
hey how come your ass isnt online!!!!
-Borsty
did you forget the early 80's 2nd gen. Trans-am's with the turbo 3.1L ????
I ain't callin u a gold digga,but you ain't messin wit a broke cracka
shoot i meant turbo 301c.i.
I ain't callin u a gold digga,but you ain't messin wit a broke cracka
yeah a kid in high school had one.
eCOfIRE .cOM wrote:did you forget the early 80's 2nd gen. Trans-am's with the turbo 3.1L ????
this was a third gen thou
those engines were dogs. turbo+carb=slow
-Borsty
they were as quick as the GN in th e1/4 and faster top end , due to the T/A better aero shape
there is a couple that pop up around here from time to time
Borsty wrote:eCOfIRE .cOM wrote:did you forget the early 80's 2nd gen. Trans-am's with the turbo 3.1L ????
this was a third gen thou
those engines were dogs. turbo+carb=slow
yeah I know right I think the v6 models those years were faster.
I ain't callin u a gold digga,but you ain't messin wit a broke cracka
i doubt that one. they wouldnt make a v-6 faster cause they would never sell the v-8s (if your talking about bases engines in the 2nd gens.)
-Borsty
Turbo + Carb = Slow??
Do a lil' reading before you fire off your mouth.
ok stock cars with a turbo+carb=slow if that makes u happier.
carb'd turbo 2.3 stang motors and 301 poncho motors were both dogs.
-Borsty
Specifications & Performance
(source: Pontiac Motor Division)
engine: 3.8L SFI V6 Intercooled Turbo
rated 250 bhp @ 4400 rpm, 340 lb-ft torque @ 2800 rpm
bore x stroke: 3.800 in. x 3.400 in.
valves: 1.710 in. intake, 1.490 in. exhaust
crankshaft: nodular iron with 4 cross-drilled
main bearings and 6 counterweights
rods: cast Armasteel, 151mm long
pistons: special design, 8.0:1 cr,
46.4mm compression height
maximum boost: 16.5 psi
recommended fuel: pump octane of 91 or greater
trans: 200-4R 4 speed automatic with lockup torque converter
brakes: power 4-wheel disc, dual piston aluminum calipers
vented 12" front, 11.7" rear rotors
chassis: front MacPherson strut
rear live axle, 3.27:1 Borg-Warner "Australian"
limited slip with torque arm
sway bars 36mm front, 24mm rear
wheelbase 101.0"
length 191.6"
width 72.4"
height 50.0"
track f/r 60.7"/61.6"
curb weight: 3346 lbs.
weight dist, f/r: 57.0/43.0
performance: 0-60: 5.5 sec
1/4 mile: 13.5 sec
60-0: 139'
roadholding: 0.86g
weight/hp: 13.4:1
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FOURTWENTY240sx wrote:so were 305 tbi's 
HOLY @!#$ YOU STUPID @!#$ IVE NEVER SAID MY CAR IS FAST SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY YOUR A MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE VALUES YOUR OPINION STFU ALREADY IM SICK OF YOUR @!#$!!!!
@!#$ douschebag. go drive your piece of @!#$ imported crap car into a @!#$ brick way you stupid cocksucker.
-Borsty
you also left out the part where it was one of the only pace cars for the indy 500 that didnt need any drivetrain modification
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