Can't do a burn out.

[FrankenCub]

Originally Posted by davepl

My then-girlfiend-now-wife had a new 1990 Sunbird GT Turbo. For its day it was a fun car, I didn't even know they had them in the US! I've never seen a Sunbird GT Turbo nor a Cavalier Z/24 down here.

The ones I bought were rear wheel drive, around '77 '78. They were Pontiac's version of the Chevy Monza. The Monza Spider was offered with a small block. Really quick cars, especially if they started life as a 4 cylinder, then they were geared real low. The bodies and subframes didn't hold up well to 300+hp though. Every one of them I had went to the crusher because of the spotwelds tearing apart from hard launches with sticky tires.

[davepl]

Originally Posted by FrankenCub

The ones I bought were rear wheel drive, around '77 '78. They were Pontiac's version of the Chevy Monza. The Monza Spider was offered with a small block. Really quick cars, especially if they started life as a 4 cylinder, then they were geared real low. The bodies and subframes didn't hold up well to 300+hp though. Every one of them I had went to the crusher because of the spotwelds tearing apart from hard launches with sticky tires.

But the Pontiac Astre was the rebadged Vega from 73-77. The Sunbird ran 76-80 on the H-body platform, so did Pontiac have two Vega clones in 76 & 77?

I don't know how to split a thread off, sorry. If someone can create a new thread out of the Sunbird messages, that'd be great. No idea if it supports it.