Camaro Z28 Vs. Trans am
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- This Video will highlight a competition between a 1973 Z28 and a 1973 Trans am 455. We will do an up-close comparison on appearance, engine, sound, interior, performance and then show both cars in go fast mode.
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I love them both too, and it’s a very close choice, but I think I’d choose the Trans Am.
Me too, but the t/a will cost more to purchase and be much more difficult to find a genuine t/a not a fake.
I’ll take the Trans am.
Want both of them... But if I had to choose it would be the Trans Am
Great video. I'm going to be the outlier and vote for the Camaro, but you can't go wrong either way. Thanks for the tour Saturday, you have an awesome collection!
When I was in school I was a Camaro lover , still am but after doing research and Driving both , I like the Trans Am soo much more and love the dash and the sound of the Pontiac V8 at wide open throttle with an open hood scoop , I really like that Pontiac V8 sound and the fact that Pontiac with the Trans Am were doing everything they could to keep Muscle cars alive while every other manufacturer quit making them , even Chevrolet stopped building the Z28 for 1975 but brought them back in 1977 after seeing the success of the Trans Am sales , I own four early 70's Formula's and a Trans Am and my other cars i may sell one day , but the Pontiacs I will keep , they are bad ass cars and soo much fun to drive and make me feel like I am 18 again every time I sit in the drivers seat , Pontiac's forever ! And the fact that the Pontiac V8 was detuned from the Factory to meet Gov standards made it easy to make them fast in a couple of weekends with very little money , Distributor recurve , Headers and a carb tune and they came alive with simple bolt on upgrades , Thank you Pontiac !
I own 4 they are all great cars
They're both really nice. Pontiac was "built for excitement", as their slogan stated back then.
You hit the nail on the head. Formula Firebirds/Trans Ams have been fun to drive.
1973 was the first year for the full hood bird option. I graduated HS in 1979, worked & saved to buy a brand new T/A only to be told I couldn't order the W72 4speed in anything other than the full boat silver anniversary model which I couldn't afford so I ended up ordering a 4 speed Z28, nice car but defiantly not the T/A. I owned a 70 Z28 & currently own a 73 SD T/A & a 79 Macho T/A, all 4 speeds &. the T/A's are just better driving cars all the way around, especially the WS6 79...Thank you Herb Adams.
Fyi, the fender air extractors aren't for brake cooling. However they are functional as far as extracting hot air from under the hood.😎
70-73 T/A best looking car ever made.
I would eventually like to find a 70
Because I'm on my 2nd red 73 T/A, I'll vote for it, natch. Thanks for posting.
thanks for watching
I like all muscle cars, but here I gotta choose the Trans Am. Might be because I own one 👍
Love both cars, but I'm a Pontiac guy all the way. Have a '73 in Brewster green. Made some changes to it and put the original 455 & Automatic in storage. It now has a 496 using a 455 block from a '74 Catalina. It has cast iron Super Duty heads on it and a Tremec six-speed. Those are the major items to many others to list.
Like the presentation and I see others have mentioned the external dimensions of the Pontiac engine are the same from 326 to 455. Pontiac never had a big block. That is why the 389 fit in where the 326 lived in the Tempest to create the GTO.
It sounds great and I’m sure very fast, enjoy
T/A for me. You can pull 500 horse out of that engine. But I have to admit that open mouth front end is killer on the Camaro.
I would settle for a super duty
I'll take the super duty Tran am and the hood bird is so iconic
I have been a Trans Am nut since I watched them film Smokey & the Bandit around my hometown area the summer of '76 ✌💖☮
Great video.im redoing my 1979 formula that I bought brand new in 1978.i pulled the tired out 305 and put in a 350.now I'm starting on the interior. It's going to stay sundance yellow with white oyster interior and camel tan dash plus console.t top car.44 years of ownership and bringing her back to life.😀
sounds like it will be very nice
Yeah I'm in agreement I like them both too, when you put a GM product up against another GM product it's hard to decide which is the better one. If a person can afford both of them it's probably best to have both of them. If you can't have both of them it still itself would be tough to pick one if you are a true GM guy.
Great video. It actually upsets me to think that I had a fully loaded (with the engine block heater) yellow '76 Trans Am back in 1977 when I turned 16 (car was used and cost me $10,000.00 CDN which was a fortune to me at the time, and I thought I was never going to pay off. They were definitely "de-tuned", but luckily I knew some gear heads that got the most out of that 455.
Nice video comparison. I say line em up and see which is faster. Even with only 250 hp I think the TA would take the z28. The 455 has over 100 ft of torque that the Chevy 350. My money is on the TA. Both beautiful cars.
One more point, Yes Pontiac’s blocks are externally the same size, the cranks make the difference in cubic inch. That was the genius behind Pontiac. The thing is the heads were different between for each spec sizes of the engine. Pontiac forever!
Thanks for being a loyal musclecar supporter
All of the Pontiacs from the 326 through the 455 all used the same size block. If the same valve covers are used, you can't tell the size difference from just the top appearance.
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am had the Super Duty 455 V-8; I always wondered why Chevrolet did not option their LS6 454 V-8 in the Camaro Z28? It would have been a monster!!! At one time, General Motors almost gave Buick and Oldsmobile their own versions of the second generation F-Body, but the plan was later scrapped because GM felt the sales would have affected the Camaro and Firebird
The big block's were designated to the SS's, the Z28 origins were rooted in the trans am racing series hence Chevy would have never placed the big block in the Z28 but the LS6 would have been pretty cool none the less.
Two of my all time favorite cars. Love the AC and other extras on the T/A. Being an LT RS/Z, it must have been ordered up north not to have AC. I had a '71 Camaro and then a '74 LT Z28 both with AC. The '74 was a 4 speed with power windows. One of my best friends had that same Trans Am you're showing (but 4 spd. without the bird and had the 455 SD) and in the quarter mile I would "usually" take him in my Z28 (4spd., headers and Holly dual line) but at 90 mph his was like hitting passing gear and it took off setting you back in the seat so that 455 SD was badass with class. So I always said my Z may be a little quicker, but your Trans Am is a lot faster... He took the power for granted and pulled out in front of a car and totaled that Trans am back in '75. He then bought a '74 with a 400 ci wfour-speed. Half the car of the '73 though nice, if never compared 👉🏼 it's okay he bought a clone not long ago like his first one. Wow! Back then, I liked the Z28 but now being older (and wiser) I would definitely take the T/A🤙🏼
RustyG57 Wow I wish I could find that totaled 73 TA super duty. Somebody probably already restored it. Thanks for watching
RustyG57 by the way I have a 74 LT Z28 no air though
@@jeffsiebels7082 Nice. It was "Car of the Year" in '74 👍
@@jeffsiebels7082 You know someone got that "SD" no doubt...and parted out. Sad. The back drivers side was smashed. Lucky he wasn't t-boned. It was really a close call (trying to cross Hwy. 6 in Houston Texas).
@@rustytimetraveler I did not know that. It is my favorite car. Was my dream car when I turned 16. I worked at a Chevy dealership when they were new
It would be a lot more fair if you did a1970 trans am and z-28.I always liked the 70-71 trans am and z-28 the best. In 73 I would have to take the Z. If they were 1970's it would be a toss up!!
Lol I love the 70 to 73 formulas but these are both awesome cars.
Agreed!
Trans Am 👍
I actually have a 73 Trans am and a 73 Z28. I like the Camaro better but the Trans am is the better car.
That is great, both great cars, much of it today depends on the restoration of each car but back in the day, I liked the Z28,s when they were new. I have to admit though I worked at a Chevy dealership
The Trans Am is superior all around, and its not even close.
Great comparison of two great cars! One recommendation: train yourself to stop saying "...ah..." all the time. You said it about fifty times in this video. It is very distracting for the listener.
I had a 74 445 non-SD. Was teased that it was a station wagon engine. My Buddy had a 73 SD that was a bit faster at top end, better gears not to mention the engine! Still enjoyment was truly memorable. The Z 28's I'd run up on were modified, so yea they were fast for the time. It was great to see your two head-to-heads! Question, was there a shift kit installed in both? Kind of sounded that way. just curious no complains, Shoot I'd rotate both on weekends! Oh, being red cars, they scream" Hey over here officer I'll take my ticket now." Ha Ha Thanks keep them coming. look forward to more!
don't think there is a shift kit but don't know for sure.
@@americandreamgarage3054 Both are strong runners, Thanks
The Trans Am
Eagle? Ze fiery bird is a "pheonix".
Where's the audio?
I may be bias, as I have two Trans Am’s (77 and 01 Ws6) but the bird looks and sounds better. Split bumper Camaros never did it for me in the looks department.
Thanks for watching I bet your 77 is a cool car.
Transam all the way The most classy car Pontiac designed 👌
I love the exterior look best of both vehicle's year and models, Camaro's split bumper. But the 73 Trans Am of all TA's inside and out has my heart. I test drove one and loved it since. My friend had the Camaro, I had a 79 Trans Am (and a 81 Formula). Either vehicle would make me happy BUT, a 4spd. is a must in either vehicle.
The transmission is a wild card for me. I have 4 speeds and Automatics. An Automatic is a better cruise car with a cup of coffee in the morning. Did you know Carrol Shelby preferred Automatics! he had his personal Cobra converted.
TA ALL THE WAY!
I'd take the TA. Oh, wait! I already did!
Good choice
The 73 was the first year for the screaming chicken Not 72. You used the regular 250 Hp 455 but used top engine for the Chevy. You did NOT have all options as you did not have an SD-455!! Which would run rings around the Chevy. By the way.... there is no "big block" Pontiac. All Pontiac blocks from the 326 to the 455 are the same size, differing in bore and stroke. Which one is best? I bought a 74 red, no chicken, SD-455 new in 74. By the way, slightly modified, it ran 12.20's all night long at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio on street nights wearing BF Goodrich Ta radials of L60-15 size in the rear ( not Slicks) . Drill the rivets on the shaker on the way home from the dealer for real ram air. Ditch the 3.08 ring and pinion for 3.72, B & M Hole shot converter and trans Kit for the Turbo 400, Recurve the HEI and most importantly ditch the sideways muffler system that according to Nunzi"s Automotive lowered the out put by 90 Horsepower. I ran Hooker headers and Thrush glass packs with turn downs on mine.
Trans am all day I have 2 so I'm bias 72 & 78
wake up man ,the first year for the hood bird was 1973.
I believe I said "I think" I was a chevy guy growing up worked at a Chevy lot
The hood deacal started in 1973
Pontiac Forever!!!! The Trans Am!!!!
thanks for watching
@@americandreamgarage3054 The Pleasure Was Mine
Very hard to watch this. First off, he doesn't even know 73 was the first year for the large hood bird, ok no big deal, then he referred to the 455 as a "big block". Come on, that's Pontiac 101. All blocks were the same "size" from the 326 all the way up to the 455s.
Mrtruck1012 Sorry you did not like the Video; I do videos to help expand interest in the collector car hobby. I own 50 cars of all shapes and sizes and am not a market expert in any one car but know a moderate amount about most. I generally qualify my comments if I'm not positive. Many watchers would not know a big block from a small block. I hope you enjoyed seeing the cars at least. Take care
@@americandreamgarage3054 I wouldn't have even responded. Dudes just a toxic know-it-all. The bird decal detail is just a technicality its a who cares really. You weren't completely wrong though they did have a bird decal on the nose of the firebird. Yeah it wasn't the big hood decal but like I said its a whatever. The big thing is that you got the numbers right so thats all that really matters. Great video all around!
@@americandreamgarage3054 Great video. Excellent comparison and I'd take either one. ✓✓✍️
Come on dude just say it the Trans Am is superior in all aspects
its a phoenix!!
Trans am baby with a MOLLY HATCHET 8 TRACK 🍺🍺😎 ROCK & ROLL 🎸🤘
Trans Am all the way!
in this video, clearly the winner