azzkiker23

I have an 01' Cl-S and friend has a stock 68' Trans Am with a 6.6 liter 405 engine. He was always sayin how he would tear me in a race. Finally i told him that he would have to prove it, so friday after i got offa work we went out to this service road that runs besides the highway. we stopped, counted down and went. the road was a little wet so i spun them for a sec but then caught em and i was off. i left him totally behind suckin on my exhaust. he was atleast 8+ car lenghts behind me with no sign of gettin closer to me. i hit 120 and slowed down. since then we have raced 2 more times and each time i whooped up on him. once i even gave him a 2 second head start and still caught up and passed him quickly. now he respects my cars speed and doesnt call it JAP CRAP nemore.



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jimcol711

well, first of all, the 1968 trans am didnt have a 405, it had a 400, and second of all, the thing was rated at 330 hp..if its the ram-air version, that was rated at 335 hp....thats 70-75 more hp than your car....how the hell would you beat a car with 70 more hp and probaly a shit load more torque as well??? this must be one baddly beaten down 1968 trans am.....or something is seriously wrong

Nashua_Night_Hawk

go to the drag strip and compette... but a V8 muscle car is a kiler!...

I am RobG

um...jim the 6.6 litre had only 200 horsepower and torque was 335. Beautiful cars but heavy and also ran mid 15's at about 91 in the quarter.

jimcol711

are you on crack?? the 68 trans am had a 400 cubic inch motor with 330 hp and 410 lbs of torque...where is that 200 hp number coming from?? maybe the base model with the 6 cylinder!!!

I am RobG

no jim i'm sober thanks, the 6.6 litre motor offered in the trans am had 200hp@4k and 325 lb/ft of torque@22k. (i hit 3 not 2 before on the torque) What your thinking of is the 455 which came with 335hp and 480 lb/ft of torque. There is someting very mistakeable here. The FIREBIRD 400 came with 330 and ram aired to 335 or 340hp. The trans am came with a different motor.

I am RobG

my mistake, i was thinking mid 70's had the 200hp

NJTypeS

Wasn't horsepower back in the 60's rated gross instead of net? If thats the case, what would 330 gross hp convert into "real" net hp?

Quick6GN

Uhhhm guys I'm not saying this couldn't happen and I'm not trying to start an argument but there is no such thing as a 1968 Trans Am. The T/A was a trim and performance option starting in 1969, hence your anniversary T/A editions being 79' 89' etc. etc. As far as hp & tq numbers those are dead on

Quick6GN

Oh by the way NJTypeS gross horsepower in the era of the muscle car was rated at the flywheel with all accessories removed. Catalytic converters, all accessory drive belts etc. But keep in mind that even these numbers were usually underrated especially in the 70's when insurance began to skyrocket. It's just like today if you have a v-8 car vs a v-6 of the same model the v-8 will be more costly to insure. Just trying to help

fastvtecCL

hey Quick6GN,

were in NC do you live???

we should meet up.. we have alot going on in charlotte on the weekends

Quick6GN

Hey fastvtecCL I live in Rocky mount about 45 mins east of Raleigh. I used to go to Charlotte quite a bit but haven't been in a while, I would stop there and hang out after going to Elkin. You're not very far from Elkin which believe it or not used to be the cruise capital of the east coast. It's a smal town in the foot hills but it was voted the best place to cruise by Hotrod magazine 5 years in a row. I would go to see some of my friends on Saturday and Sunday night you could sit outside of his place and never see the same car pass twice for hours yet the cruise traffic was bumper to bumper. You should check it out. Feel free to drop me a line maybe we can get together.

fastvtecCL

thats cool..

yea i hang around a bunch of fast cars here every weekend, including 2 GN's one witch ran 11.3 at the track...

you should come down sometime..

also check out my video at the bottom of my sig...

SiGGy

I dug up my collector car book. Here's the #'s (in net bhp)

230ci I6 165/215hp 1967
250ci I6 175/215/230hp 1968-1969
326ci V8 250/285hp 1967
350ci V8 265-330hp 1968-1969
400ci V8 335/345hp 1969

Enjoy LOL, definetly not this many engine options now!

Note: Some engines could be ordered at different HP specs.

And also 1969 was the 1st year with 400CI engine available. Also with ram air...

So if it's a 68, and it's a stock engine. It's something less than 400ci!


--- other info--------
1967 (production #'s)
2d hardtop 67,032
2d convertible 15,526

1968 (production #'s)
2d hardtop 90,152
2d conveertible 16,960

1969 (production #'s)
2d hardtop 76,059
2d convertible 11,649

Price new for 67-69 $2666-3045
Weight (lbs) 2955-3346