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Originally Posted by gen2rt
The June 1989 issue of Car and Driver has tests of the ZR-1 and turbo Trans Am. They were close 0-60 4.6 for the TA, 4.5 for the zr-1. It opens up a bit 0-100, 13.0 for the TA, 10.4 for the ZR-1, by the time they hit 130 it's all over, 30.2 for the TA, 18.4 for the ZR-1.
The turbo Buicks and TAs were pretty cool for the time - high performance was just beginning to re-emerge.
But - most here would probably agree the LT5 is a far superior motor (technically, visually, and from a material quality standpoint) to the turbo V6 in the Buick and TA.
Then came the Viper and ZR-1. And the car buying public responded favorably.
From all that - we have Hellcats and Shelby GT350s today.
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Agree, the turbo V6 was great from a standing start but ran out of breath once they got past 100mph in stock form. That said, they responded very favorably to mods.