![]() ![]() Source: ProPontiac FB page or ProPontiac. When completed this will be the one of the most unique and best performing Firebirds on earth. Nothing has been left to chance and very little is being purchased off the shelf if it can be made. The owner is even designing and building the entire electrical system himself. And speaking of the battery it will be placed behind the passengers seat for optimal weight distribution. The Pontiac Firebird is an American automobile that was built and produced by Pontiac from the. Whether it is the removing the excess aluminum from the crankshaft pulley or a hollowing out the custom radiator support.Įven the battery support was drilled out. Buy 1976 Firebird Formula by FromThe8Tees as a Poster. The owner is obsessed with reducing weight and looks for savings where ever he can. Bid for the chance to own a 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 455 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. For example the engine has been pushed back 8″ and the seats are 6-12″ back from the factory location and both are lower than their factory location. ![]() Most of Firebird’s major components have been laid out to improve weight distribution. Since the engine sits so low the bellhousing needed to have part of the bottom removed. ![]() The engine should be good for around 500 horsepower.Ī modified bellhousing made by owner 15 years ago will allow the Pontiac V8 connect to the T-56 six-speed manual transmission. The engine has been upgraded with Kauffman Racing heads, custom camshaft, titanium valves and retainers, Carillo forged rods and pistons. Since then the owner has installed the Pontiac 400 ci V8. When we last wrote about this project in the summer of 2015 the owner was working on finishing the custom front suspension he designed in CAD. Power : 110 BHP (80.96 KW) 3600 RPM Torque : 185 Ft-Lbs (251 NM) 1200. Gibson brought back the 'reverse' Firebird for the second time in 1976 with a 'Bicentennial' model that celebrated the 200th birthday of the United States. What happens when an engineer decides to build the lightest and best performing 1976 Pontiac Firebird he can? Well you get a lot of CAD design, aluminum, CNC’d parts and an amazing amount of custom parts. 1976 Pontiac Firebird Specifications Displacement : 4097 cc 250.0 cu in. Adam Clarke The owner of this 1976 Firebird Formula claims that it is original and untouched and that the Firethorn Red paint was only offered for one year on the Firebird, although checking a number of paint charts from different sources indicate that it was also offered on the ’77 model as well. ![]()
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