Just wondering, how was the performance on that 3rd gen car?... Horspower.. etc...

 

You either got the 305 TPI or the 350 TPI (more common).

350 ci:
225HP, 330 TQ (1987)
245HP, 345 TQ (1992)

305 ci:
215HP 295 TQ (1987)
230HP 300 TQ (1992)

1/4 mile would have been upper 14's for the 305 and lower 14's for the 350

 

Depends on the year and engine. Also this was a heavy car with a lot of options in most cases.

 

I think the GTA was one of the best looking Fbodies, at least of that era.

 

I owned a 1987 GTA for five or so years. It was my first car, bad *** in its day. It was a 350, all GTA's had the 350 except for the 89 anny, it was a V6 turbo. I'll see if I can find some pic's and show you guys.

 

You get the 305TPI - 5-speed combo in a GTA. Also, I believe the T-top GTA's were all equipped with the 305TPI - auto combo.

At any rate, the GTA's were definitely one of the hottest looking cars of the late eighties.

 

Some confusion seems to exist here.

You could get either the 305 or the 350.

T-tops were available in the 350 for some years. But were strongly NOT recommended.

 

The 305's where the only ones with the 5-speed right? Something about the 5-speeds not handling the horsepower of the 350.

 

 

my friend had an 87 GTA, he wrapped it around a tree and while i was pulling the tranny out of it (thats where i got my vigilante converter from!!) i looked on the back of the block, it said 5.0L (305) and it was an automatic with no t-tops. he had 4.10 gears, 3000 stall and a hooker cat back. stock air box, he kept up with my stock lt1 until about 60.

 

Hey I found some of my old pictures woo these things gotta be 3 or 4 years ago