What engines came in a 1981 Trans Am?
Pontiac offered an engine delete option on the 1981 Trans Am which consisted of Chevrolet’s small-block LG4 5.0 liter (305 CID) V8 with a mandatory 4-speed manual transmission and standard 3.08 rear gears. It wasn’t the first time another GM division’s V8 was found under the hood of the Trans Am.
What kind of engine did the 1981 Pontiac Trans Am have?
Pontiac offered an engine delete option on the 1981 Trans Am which consisted of Chevrolet’s small-block LG4 5.0 liter (305 CID) V8 with a mandatory 4-speed manual transmission and standard 3.08 rear gears. It wasn’t the first time another GM division’s V8 was found under the hood of the Trans Am.
What was the engine code for a 1981 Pontiac Firebird?
For the 4.9L turbo, there were two engine codes, BOorCJ. The aforementioned Chevrolet 305 was an option, and after 1981, the Chevrolet (later “GM Corporate V8”) would be the only offering in a Trans Am (excluding the limited run of Buick V6 turbo cars in 1989).
When did Pontiac stop making the 6.6 liter V8?
When Pontiac was forced to end production of the 6.6 liter (400 CID) V8 in 1978, Pontiac saved a little more than 8,000 of these 400 CID V8 engine blocks for the 1979 Trans Am and Firebird Formula.
What kind of engine did a 1981 Mustang have?
For instance the 1981 Mustang’s hottest motor was a 120 horsepower 2-bbl 4.2 liter V8. For 1979-1980, the Trans Am was available with the 4-bbl 4.9 liter V8 and 4-speed manual transmission combination, so there was some semblance of performance for the Trans Am buyers who wanting to manual change gears.
Pontiac offered an engine delete option on the 1981 Trans Am which consisted of Chevrolet’s small-block LG4 5.0 liter (305 CID) V8 with a mandatory 4-speed manual transmission and standard 3.08 rear gears. It wasn’t the first time another GM division’s V8 was found under the hood of the Trans Am.
What kind of engine did Pontiac have in 1980?
Oh, right; this was 1980-1981, the golden era for GM’s undersized and underpowered V8s. An EPA special, one assumes, until one looks at the EPA numbers. The only thing I could find was this from the 1981 brochure for the 116″ wheelbase Pontiacs (B-Body), that had EPA numbers for all three engines. The 3.8 V6 numbers (20/30).
What kind of engine does a 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix have?
In GM Speak “A” means “available.” Kind of like optional. Just to let you know that the 4.3 ltr v-8 from 1981 still lives in my 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix Brougham. It has the top and pillow top crushed velour you were mentioning in your article. I drive it to car shows and around town local.
When Pontiac was forced to end production of the 6.6 liter (400 CID) V8 in 1978, Pontiac saved a little more than 8,000 of these 400 CID V8 engine blocks for the 1979 Trans Am and Firebird Formula.