Not sure how many of you like american V8s, got a few new pics on my website

[lbrowne]

Got some new pics of my TA with 18" rims, lowered, and few other goodies.

Just got my subframe connectors installed today.

I know theres probably quite a few domestic car hatin folks here, but for those who like good ol american muscle, enjoy.

Webpage is in the sig

[ace135cc]

pontiacs...ugh. get a camaro

though the tires and rims look pretty sweet.

[lbrowne]

Good gawd you've GOT to be kidding me.... Hands down the TA looks better, and they usually fetch more money just cuz.

To each their own I suppose, I'd never buy Camaro other than a 1st Gen

[Queamore]

Nice my new caprice has the same motor. I've always liked the 350's. Nice clean car. I like it.

[Onizuka]

you should link you sig, because lets face it, people are lazy enough to not bother copy pasting

The TA looks great BTW

[gibbo80]

id take a ta over a camero anyday, looks cold at your house

[lbrowne]

fixed it J-Spec Tuner

Oh and its far from cold here now, summer months get very hot despite our frigid winters.

[TheDonEffect]

You gotta love the f bodies, but LS1 man, c'mon, lol. Still, LT1s got their balls as well. Yeah man, your car is raw.

[yashin]

damn i love those cars, they're so friggin scary lookin, i love the look of the last trans am ram air, looks like a snarling beast, now only if these carrs weren't of such poor quality, either way, rwd+ insane tourqe = hours of fun

[ace135cc]

I'd never buy Camaro other than a 1st Gen

same here :pface

[krazy skwerel]

I'd rather have any model pontiac over its chevy counter part. For the most part. GTO>Chevelle, Firebird>Camero, only a couple are better if they are a chevey such as the cavalier, but then again it's a cavalier and who really gives a damn bout them.

[[Zero-S]]

I want a GTO...

[krazy skwerel]

I want a GTO...

Yeah like a 69 judge, or the old square body ones. They just look like they would kick someones ***. :rockon

[Tino]

I want a million dollars, nice ride man not a big fan of the new generations of f-bodies but hey that looks good you know, i like the aftermarket hoods too they look insane.

[lbrowne]

Thnx for the compliments so far guys!

Thats why I was so excited about getting the 240sx, because it was rwd also

[InstantRice]

Yeah like a 69 judge, or the old square body ones. They just look like they would kick someones ***. :rockon

WORD.

[I am Technoman]

I really like the 89 TA “special addition” that had a GNX 3.8 turbo motor and was capable of 170 mph. This was the car that Sam Kennison died in several years ago.

Here is a link of a turbo TA if you want to see one.

http://www.89tta.com/

[lbrowne]

Trust me, I know all about those

What I wouldn't give to have one.

[Antyoo]

is it possible to do a 2002 front end conversion on the older TA's? that would be really really cool.

nice car, i really like the TA's in black.

[Onizuka]

There is a turbo Trans Am around where i live but it looks alot older than the one in that link.

[sultan]

in 80/81 (maybe others?) there was a turbo trans am made, 80 was a special edition pace car i think. these trans ams had a 4.9l (301 CI) turbo motor.

[lbrowne]

The late 80 turbo TAs are not even the same as those old ones.

The are a turbo 3.8 v6. Very fast stock, and very easy to make faster.

And for the record, you can do a front end conversion But why do that, I don't have an LS1....

[Onizuka]

were the turbo's only availible in auto like the grand nationals?

[lbrowne]

Yup.

Who cares though, high stall converter and slicks, no manual will keep with you off the line

[Meantime]

Nice T/A.

The LT1 can be built just as powerful (if not more so) than an LS1, iron block is good. Although the LS1 has the advantage of better heads from the factory, and so on and so forth...I bet you don't have to deal with the annoying piston slap when the engine is cold, eh? :slap

[GELLIS2586]

Or you could get a Cobra. Even a Bullitt is faster than a trans am LS1. 5.0 mustang magazine got the bullitt to do a 5.15 0-60 bone stock, and the 01 cobra did a 5.2, and the 03 mach 1 did a 4.7, and the 03 cobra did a 4.6 all faster than ta's and camaro ss. The GT is weak though they really need to make it as fast as its counterparts. I like mustangs better because they also have a higher standard of quality. Camaros and ta's start to rattle and the seats fall apart after only a coupl of years. the Mustang has an aluminum body not fiber glass so it has alot less rattles. plus it looks better. GM is know for having crapy seat quality, a friend of mines vette had the seat stitching coming out after having it for like 4 or 5 months.

[lbrowne]

Stock for stock the *only* production stang that is faster than an LS1 would be the new s/c stang. Or possibly the Cobra R.

For the most part thats true for LT1s as well. The only stang that would make me bow down straight from the factory would be the new s/c and the Cobra R. I've taken on all but those 2 and beat every one of em by a considerable margin. I give ford their props though for coming out with a s/c stang right off the assembly line. I have a clip of one doing a 0-160 mph pull, how fast it gets there is

You took those times from a mustang magazine...am I the only one that sees something wrong with that? I'm really not trying to flame you, so please don't take it the wrong way. The fastest recorded time for a bone stock LS1, yes showroom tires and everything, was a 12.9 in the 1/4. Granted thats not easily attainable, but its possible. No stock stang except for the s/c would pull that. However I'm not sure what the Cobra R ran. I've read a new bullit however can achieve a 13.5 in the 1/4, freak LT1s have done that, but the LS1 is still faster.

GM just needs to get their act together and get the Fbody back. I repsect the stang and all, but no Bullitt stang would beat an LS1. Given equal drivers.

I agree on the poor quality in F-Body's for sure.. But they are power in a raw form

cheers!

lbrowne

[Queamore]

Or you could get a Cobra. Even a Bullitt is faster than a trans am LS1. 5.0 mustang magazine got the bullitt to do a 5.15 0-60 bone stock, and the 01 cobra did a 5.2, and the 03 mach 1 did a 4.7, and the 03 cobra did a 4.6 all faster than ta's and camaro ss. The GT is weak though they really need to make it as fast as its counterparts. I like mustangs better because they also have a higher standard of quality. Camaros and ta's start to rattle and the seats fall apart after only a coupl of years. the Mustang has an aluminum body not fiber glass so it has alot less rattles. plus it looks better. GM is know for having crapy seat quality, a friend of mines vette had the seat stitching coming out after having it for like 4 or 5 months.

Unfortunatly those test were probably done with the 5.0 chevy engine which is a 305. which is comparable to the mustangs 307. What lbrown has is a 350. Those mustangs that you listed are stock but have been modified. Biger fuel injectors increased compresion ratios different cams biger ports in the heads and bigger intakes and alot more other stuff. Cobra, Bullitt, and Mach are separate companies that ford sends there mustangs to get high performanced up. I've owned two mustangs 87,93 and both were piles of junk and a waste of time for me. They are made to attract women which are the biggest consumers for new cars. Unfortunatly GM made there cars for men and they have terrible financing and thats why they don't sell as much. But performance wise I had two camaros 88, 93. 1 firebird 95 and 1 TA 93 in my life and one of my girlfriends had a 95 corvette all of them were considerably better than the mustang. especially the vette.

[Repo Man]

Stock for stock the *only* production stang that is faster than an LS1 would be the new s/c stang. Or possibly the Cobra R.

The fastest recorded time for a bone stock LS1, yes showroom tires and everything, was a 12.9 in the 1/4. Granted thats not easily attainable, but its possible.

no Bullitt stang would beat an LS1. Given equal drivers.

lbrowne,

First off, sweet T/A man! Very clean, wheels look good and mucho props for keeping it subtle and proper. Werd to everything about the '89 TTA, except that it topped out around 160 in stock form. For shame.

Secondly, the time he quotes was run by Evan Smith in GM High Tech magazine in 90+ degree heat. The Bullitt was a full second slower in the quarter mile. Barely made it into the 13's, which is weak. And for those that don't know, Evan Smith is a Ford guy.

Thirdly, for those that think the new Cobra is all that hot-s***, a stock Cobra has a hard time breaking the 13.0 barrier and the trap speed isn't any higher than the aforementioned SS. I have a buddy here in Indy that smokes Cobras all day in a modded DSM.

Fourth, there are definite advantages to the LT1. The torque peak comes at around 2400 rpm, which is significantly lower than the LS1. Now, the LS1 comes on like a bullet train on the big end, but not so much on the low end. But if you build the LT1 with LT4 parts, hmmm, things just became WAY more entertaining. LS1 owners better watch their arses on that deal.

[lbrowne]

repoman thanks for the compliments! Thats what i get the most when talking to people, they like how mine looks very straight to the point, no flare, just in your face and gone if you blink

I've beaten every LS1 I've ever taken on, even in highway races but, I've been told my car is somewhat of a freak from the factory. (note, i was hanging with LS1s with just an intake done on highway roll races)

LT1 will always 'feel' faster just cuz of what you said, that -right there right now- torque. But I know LS1s are absolute screamers up top.

The new s/c Cobras, I have to give it to ford :bowdown