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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Formula (was Re: BETTER? 92 Camaro...)
- Date: 8 Nov 1992 22:00:29 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov08.155958.5951@zds-oem.zds.com> <1dcj7lINNpop@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Nov7.005416.1675@sol.UVic.CA>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton) says:
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- >In article <1992Nov7.005416.1675@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
- >>In article 1dcj7lINNpop@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
- >
- >>>HUH??? a FORMULA w/o an auto?? never laid eyes on one..i was thinkin
- >>>that they were never actaully made...WOW..i'd love to drive this once.
- >>
- >>That's right! She's a rare one in the States, but most of the ones
- >>that were imported to Canada came with a 5-Speed. My '87 also has the
- >>five speed with a stiff hydraulic clutch. The newer ones are easier
- >>on the left leg, but I'm used to mine. The original owner of my car also
- >>equipped it with(among other cool junk) disc brakes all around, 16"
- >>wheels, 245/50/VR 16 Gatorbacks, 5.0 Litre TPI V8(the manual tranny was
- >>not available with the 5.7), Full analog instruments, top of the line
- >>Delco stereo, T-tops, cruise, PWR locks and windows(no PWR mirror or
- >>seat), performance suspension, etc,etc,etc(!)
- >
- > According to the Pontiac catalogs, the only engine not available
- >with the stick was the 5.7L TPI (i.e. any Formula 350)
-
- yeah..that is what the magazines and the catalogs claim..but what i see
- in the showrooms and on the street had me thinking that they were never
- made!..that is what i meant by that..
-
-
- >
- > Also, the 4 wheel disc's were standard on any Firebird with a TPI
- >engine (5.0L or 5.7L). It looks like in '89 they started putting
- >bigger discs on the rear, along with dual exhaust past the cat's.
- >It was good for another 10 hp.
- >
- > Was positraction standard on TPI equipped Firebirds as well?
- >
- >>Are you foaming at the mouth yet? :)
- >
- > Who, me? :-)
- >
- >>Torque Monger
- >
- >
- >--
- > ___ ___ Jeff Easton easton@zds-oem.zds.com
- > (__ (__ Zenith Data Systems j.easton@mi04.zds.com
- > ___) ___) Saint Joseph, Mich. easton@andrews.edu
- >Monte Carlo Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation
- >
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