[ponyakr]

I see from pics that the '82 thru '84 model T/A had a Turbo hood. Don't know if they still had hopes of using a 301T engine, or just thought the hoods looked sporty.

Don't know if the hoods had any connection to 301 motor mount holes or not. ??


"...When the redesigned third generation 1982 Trans-Am appeared, it had an offset “turbo bulge” hood scoop, just like the ’80-’81 Turbo Trans Am. The car’s front subframe was designed to accommodate the Pontiac V-8, too. In the smaller, much lighter third generation Trans Am, a 250-300 hp turbocharged 301 would have been a tremendous performer. Probably, it would have been quicker and faster than the Buick Regal Grand National given the same advances in EFI/intercooling but with two more cylinders and more displacement to bring to bear – in a more aerodynamic and lighter package...Unfortunately, GM management decided to kill the development of the Pontiac V-8 altogether. The 301 would be the last-ever Pontiac V-8..."

"...the Pontiac Turbo 4.9 was to be the top motor for the new 3rd Gen T/A.The engineering was done in the late '70s to this end.This was the reason for the offset hood bulge as on the 2nd Gen T/A and Formula to make room for the turbo plumbing..."

"...Pontiac’s next big move with the 301 turbo was going to be to put it in the newly redesigned 1982 Trans-Am. It’s 210 horsepower was 45 horsepower more than what you could get in Chevy’s Z-28 Camaro. Heck it was even 10 more horsepower then the 200 horsepower 350 V8 available in the 1982 Corvette! This would have really rattled the cages of GM. The Corvette is GM’s baby. But the 301 never found it’s way into the 1982 Trans Am. Ever wonder why the 1982 Trans-Am had that off-center hood scoop, just like the 1980-81 Turbo Trans-Am? It was because the 1982 was supposed to have had the same engine under that scoop. Specifically, it was supposed to have had the off-center Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel carburetor that fed the turbo 301 under that hood scoop..."