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Jay Leno drives around a 1974 SD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNCc4At1t4U
Not one of his garage episodes, but driving about commenting on the TA and other things. |
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To calm,more noise, more speed! Mine seems to want that,maybe I'm nuts. Thank you.
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I think their drive pretty much sums up what most people do not get about a Trans Am. They scoff at the horsepower number and the long hood. People see the big hood bird and instantly assume it is just a car with a marketing gimmick. Then you drive one and see how it handles and the HP rating is insignificant comparted to the low end torque of the car. The more you drive it the more you can just relax and cruise in the TA. Everything just came together right in the 2nd Gen Trans Am in my opinion. You could see how those guys genuinely enjoyed driving the TA the more seat time they had. I like how Jay said Jerry Reed should have won the Academy Award for East Bound and Down. Also the part on how they enjoyed the steering wheel feel although you know it is going to kill you one day lol.
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I can't really fault the 74... I don't know the specs, but didn't they seriously drop compression after 1971? If you rebuilt a 74 Pontiac 455 the way Pontiac would have preferred... as in... as it was in 1970... what was it... 350+hp and almost 500 ft-lbs of torque? I don't know what it had dropped to by 74, but if I owned a 74 SD... I'd say to hell with concourse, and I'd rebuild that motor the way Pontiac wanted... to ~70 specs, and then I'd keep the engine and everything else looking stock. |
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i’m about a minute and a half in;
am i the only one bothered by the seat belts up on their necks?? that car needs the belt retainers on the seats.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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The car is missing the seat belt guides on the sides of the front seats,
and because of that, the seat belts are wrapped around their necks, which would probably break their necks in an accident. |
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I just noticed this:
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1970 = 10.0-10.75:1 (realistically often closer to 9.5:1) 1971-1972 = 8.4:1 1973-1974 = 8.0:1 1975-1979 = 7.6:1 (the 1977-1979 W72 was more than this)
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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