![]() ![]() Early promotional cars were marked "T/A" as an alternative, however the production cars came marked as "Trans Am" regardless. Pontiac had also hoped to drop all the "Trans Am" badges from the new cars to save royalties paid to the SCCA for use of the name. The base Firebird came standard with 14-inch steel wheels 14-inch aluminum and 15-inch aluminum wheels were available on the S/E and Trans Am models. The other was a new fuel-injected 305, which employed a fuel injection system similar to that used in the 1982 Corvette's 5.7L, and produced 165 hp. The first and most common was the LG4, a basic carburetor-equipped 305 producing 145 hp. Firebirds were available with several engines: the standard fuel-injected 90 hp 2.5L 4 cylinder Pontiac "Iron Duke" (this marked the first time a 4-cylinder engine was offered in the Firebird) a 102 hp 2.8L V6 and two 5.0L V8's. Leather seating was also available on all models. While the S/E could be had with every option the Trans Am could, it didn't use the bulged hood. However, the hood bulge remained and was made functional for the Crossfire-injected 305. In fact, plans had originally been made to use the Pontiac 4.9 Turbo, but they were scrapped at the last minute. The Trans Am received a "Turbo Bulge" hood, styled loosely after the earlier Turbo Trans Am. Wind tunnels were used to form the body shape, and the aerodynamic developments extended to the finned aluminum wheels with smooth caps and a functional spoiler. In addition to being 500 lb (227 kg) lighter, the Third Generation Firebird was the most aerodynamic production Firebird to date. Two pop-up headlights, a first on the F-Body cars, were the primary characteristic that distinguished the Firebird from its Camaro cousin the Firebird would retain this styling characteristic until the end of production in 2002. The Firebird and Camaro had been completely restyled, with the windshield slope set at 60 degrees (about 3 degrees steeper than anything GM had ever tried before) and for the first time, a large, glass-dominated rear hatchback. The Firebird was the base model, equivalent to the Camaro Sport Coupé the Firebird S/E was the mid-trim-level version, which could actually be loaded with as many options as the Trans Am and the Trans Am, of course, was the performance-level Firebird. The third generation Firebirds took flight with three models: Firebird, Firebird S/E, and Firebird Trans Am. ![]()
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