When we found this 1970 Pontiac Trans Am on eBay I have to say I was looking for it to be a 20 footer or something. But after looking at all the photos and reading the description this just seems like a really nice race car for a very reasonable price. At $37,500 for the roller, or $48,500 with the Poncho engine and glide that runs 8.0’s we think it sounds pretty good. We would probably go without the engine and trans but that’s just us. It’s a legit 6.0 certified car, that is very light, and that has great fit and finish and paint work based on what we can see in the photos.
If it were ours we would do one of the following with it.
Junkyard Big Block Chevrolet with twin turbos and go run in the 7’s with it.
Junkyard LS with twin turbos and go run 7’s with it.
Current Pontiac engine with a bunch of spray and run 7’s or maybe turbocharge that bad boy because it will be way fun!
There are too many options when you have a car like this that has the kind of flexibility and light weight this one has.
Here is the information that the seller provided: CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ORIGINAL AD
1970 Pontiac Trans Am , S/G, S/C, T/S, ET. Certified to 6.0, certification and seat belts all current to 2017. Built by Jerry Taliaffero Race Cars in Topeka, Ks. Fab 9 rear end, Strange Ultra aluminum center w/ 4.10 pro gears, Strange 40 spline gun drilled axles, Strange struts, Strange 4 wheel disc brakes, JRI rear shocks, Mega 450, B&M Pro Bandit air shifter, 33×17 Goodyear slicks. Aluminum removable interior panels with carbon wheel tubs and seat. Best et 8.08 @ 165mph, 1.120 60 ft with a Pontiac 529 ci. and a powerglide, weighs 2100 lbs without driver. Selling as a complete roller with all the electronics, aluminum radiator, electric fans, aluminum driveshaft, etc., including Pontiac headers and motor plates. Just bolt in your engine and trans and go racing. Beautiful car, built right, hooks hard and goes straight anywhere and very consistent.
Or, sell turnkey for $48,500 as in the pics with an all aluminum Pontiac 529ci engine. IA2 Butler/AllPontiac aluminum block, CV-1 heads – 435 cfm flow, tunnel ram with a single 1250 Rupert Racing alcohol dominator, forged 4.5″ stroke crank, GRP billet aluminum rods, Diamond pistons, Dry sump, BOP belt drive. Dyno’d at 974 @ 7200 rpm. Transmission is a powerglide with a JW Ultra bell, BTE 1.80 straight cut gear set and a pro transbrake with a Hughes 9″ converter.
Here’s a video of the 8.08 run – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxD_DYIuVCQ&feature=player_detailpage
Call or text 785-226-6500 for more info or pics
Nice car and well built.No junk comes out of Jerrys shop.Just an FYI the car belongs to a fellow DragWeeker Kelvin Poe with the early 60s Pontiac wagon Bronze in color.
I’m betting we might be seeing that puppy on Street Outlaws
I was thinking the same thing.
What kind of a dumb fuck thinks they would rather have a piece of shit chevy engine or over rated pos ls in a car like this? My guess is the shit chevy idiot in you can’t handle a real engine. You can not build a chevy engine to make the power this Pontiac engine makes for less money to justify buying it as a roller and putting your pos chevy built the same way as this Pontiac. But I guess you want to cater to the advertising clowns. Screw that. This is a first rate car that weekend after weekend has beat chevy after chevy that had more $ in Thier engines than this one.
Sure, all Pontiac folks would rather see a Pontiac in it, but there are ways to say that without your being such a dickhead.
Maybe everytime some IDIOT says put a chevy engine in everything they are the dickhead? You want a chevy, buy a chevy. ou don’t buy a different make of car to put a chevy in. You don’t buy a Mopar to put a ford engine in now do you? Do you buy a chevy to put a Toyota engine in? Plus this writer does not consider this car is set up to run the same e.t. pass after pass. Want this car to go headsup? I can promise you there is well into 7’s in it
Chill the hell out Byron are you a crackhead?
I just get tired of the idiot magazine one brand only no matter what the car is stupidity and it is time they get called out on their ignorance. They couldn’t get with in a second of this cars e.t. for what they are saying in the article for the cost of buying this car complete vs. as a roller and have anything that would also stay together for the next few seasons like this engine will. If this was truly the all about all types of cars this .com purposes it is, it wouldn’t be so on the pushing junkyard crap lie. Funny, the guy hated a Camaro that had a ford engine in it. He needs to get off his chevy only stupidity on writing.
Well said!
Couldn’t agree more. Anybody with 1/2 a clue knows Justin’s car was Pontiac powered and was kicking the shit out of anything Chevrolet based.
Really? You sound angry. How about you eat a Snickers and sit down little man.
Typical industry ignorance. You don’t buy a Pontiac to bastardize it. I can’t argue much against the BBC since to date it is faster than the Pontiac, however we’re not far behind and Pontiacs are cheaper and lighter.
HOWEVER; the LS? Are you joking? The LS is junk, expensive, fragile, and it’s not out of the 6s yet, unlike Pontiac, Chevys (BB/SB), Ford (FE/Mod), Hemi, GOD DAMN TOYOTA!? Stop pushing the LS agenda and stay away from this car, leave it for someone who deserves it!