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Originally Posted by unruhjonny
June C&D TA interior on the left;
March C&D TA interior on the right:
Images of the March SS Trans Am's engine:
I nice spread of images from page 21 in the SS article:
Unfortunately the article does not seem to test the Trans Am;
Instead it compares two Formulas;
1) Red; Auto (std engine w-A/C & 3.08:1 gears): 15.2 @ 92mph
2) "stick shift" with "3.9 rear gear": 14.5 @ 100.5mph
The article spends alot of time on the RAIV & RAV stuff, then ends it with the following:
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I don't see a Ram Air IV on that scoop - maybe the prototype RA4 car didnt have the fancy lettering? That would mean that in the early magazine articles eg Feb 1970, it could be an RA4 car even if the scoop has no letters on it?
From my files it looks like NHRA factored the RA2 at 385hp and the RA4 at 380hp, but essentially "the same" and the 68-RA2 Firebird and 69-RA4 Firebird both ran in the W/P=8.50 class. The 68-RA2 GTO and 69-RA4 GTO both ran in the W/P=9.00 class, so RA2 and RA4 ran heads up against each other in NHRA.