The Pontiac 301 Turbo engine was available in the 1980 and 1981 Pontiac Firebirds. While most were installed in the Trans Am, some can be found in the Firebird Formula. The 301 Turbo engine story ...

though that wasn't entirely the turbo engine's fault—the 400 could be had with a four-speed stick and a 3.23:1 final drive ratio, while the Trans Am Turbo was stuck with an automatic and a 3.08 ...

And that was before owners started cranking up the boost. The idea behind the Turbo Trans Am came from lead Pontiac engine tester Bill Owen, and this project was a little more complicated than ...

Even when pushed by nine pounds of blower boost, this socalled small-block Pontiac engine won't properly ... can match the moves of a new-model Turbo Trans Am decked out with our test machine's ...

With this crazy engine under a hood that gained a unique scoop on the driver's side, the Turbo Trans Am could reach 60 mph (97 kph) from a standstill in 9.05 seconds and could run the quarter-mile ...

The Junkyard Turbo Movement The Internet has been responsible ... reliability and affordability with the turbocharged 455 Pontiac in his '79 Trans Am. Using good old Yankee ingenuity in place ...

In the early 1980s, however, carburetors were still used on most Detroit machinery, so the 301-cubic-inch V8 on the Turbo Trans Am featured a Quadrajet 4-bbl feeding the engine via a draw-through ...

While naturally aspirated V8 engines may be the bread and butter ... Properly applied, the 1989 20 th Anniversary Pontiac Trans Am Turbo had enough giddy-up to sprint to 60 mph in about 5 seconds ...