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Europe's fastest street-legal car is... a 252 MPH Pontiac Trans-Am?!

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Old 12-24-2008, 04:27 AM
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vid of the same car on the strip, to give you an idea of the power:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRVrV...eature=related
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Yeah its got a supercharged (procharger, vortech idk) bbc in it.. My dad told me about it when he was out at the Silverstate Classic. The Ultima beat him in the 1 mile shootout, by 3.9 mph.
About aerodynamics, i believe the 3rd gens have a .33 coefficient, at least the 82's did. If you lower the front end an inch its .31 i wanna say.

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Old 12-24-2008, 11:06 PM
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long time lurker. never post here. So anyways heres a link for more info on the car.
http://www.pollymotorsport.no/

http://translate.google.com/translat...GGL_en___US215

Click on TRANS AM and it gives you the specs of everything.

BTW. Merry Christmas to everyone now that its after midnight
Old 12-30-2008, 05:43 PM
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Excellent! Thanks. I love this line of the translation:

"Tire changed continuously ... " LOL!!!
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Originally Posted by rbaksi
"Have fun with KITT," sniffed some AMG engineers when a group of Norwegians showed up at Germany's Papenburg test track with a 1987 Trans Am. The smug smiles were quickly wiped off the faces of the Mercedes tuner crew when the ancient Pontiac's practice laps were as fast as the AMG cars, and the F-Body wasn't even working hard.
Lol, the best part is they probably just got the show over there. Probably combined with Miami Vice and the A-team at 10:00pm

Anyways, I am glad that car did well and I am sure bang vs buck, it came back in spades.
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Oh, this is already here. . .I think it looks amazing.
Old 01-12-2009, 11:32 AM
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According to thier websight its got a 540 aluminum Donovan block, Dart heads, and a Procharger.
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Originally Posted by FSTFBDY
long time lurker. never post here. So anyways heres a link for more info on the car.
http://www.pollymotorsport.no/

http://translate.google.com/translat...GGL_en___US215

Click on TRANS AM and it gives you the specs of everything.

BTW. Merry Christmas to everyone now that its after midnight
Do you have any pictures of the front suspension?
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Originally Posted by LS1LT1
I dig it!

Certainly not the first time that a modified 3rd gen Firebird was clocked going REALLY fast...anyone remember the Gale Banks turbo car from the '80s?
I remember those cars that Gale Banks did. Those cars were way fast for it's time. I miss there exhaust TOTL for the 3rd and 4th gens too.
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I think this car takes the title:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXPM_P-8kY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=849FEfK7-V4
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