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Old 09-18-2019, 01:45 PM   #706
3.8TransAM
 
Drives: SS 1LE, 89 TTA, 91 GTA, 91 Formula
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: NW IN
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Originally Posted by s346k View Post
i’m surprised the 3rd gen didn’t run out of gas or overheat before achieving 130 mph



The cars get a bad rap for no real reason. Maybe some of the early to mid 80s deserved it but the late late 80's thru 92 actually did very well. I have prolly 200k on a few and I totaled one set of injectors, one fuel pump and one alternator as actual failures on mine when still stock. The only low mileage issue was on my 91 GTA I bought from Provo with 19k on it. Had been stored a long time and I think the injector cleaner killed them off.


All have been buried more than once. All have been to the strip multiple times and a couple even road coursed a little way back when.


For shits and giggles, a TTAs boost gauge will start quivering at a 100mph, 135mph is about 6 psi burying the speedo which is marked to 150 is about 8-9 psi. You have a lot of pedal left still.
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