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Pontiac's second-generation ponycar was a little late for the party in 1970, but it was worth the wait! The 1970 Firebird was a completely new design from the ground up, not sharing any major suspension or body components with the previous model. The car was praised by the car magazines for its bold new styling, sports-car like handling, and excellent acceleration abilities when equipped with the right engine. It had been improved immensely over the first generation cars in almost every way.

The 1970 Pontiac Firebird rode on a 108" wheelbase, the same as the new Camaro. It was only available as a two door coupe; the convertible had been dropped from the lineup, and would not return as a factory option until 24 years later. The 70 Firebird came with bucket seats, front disc brakes, and a front stabilizer bar. There were four trim levels available: the base Firebird, the Esprit, the Formula, and the Trans Am.

The base car came with a 250 CID inline six cylinder engine and a three-speed manual transmission, but a 255 horsepower Pontiac 350 V8 and an automatic transmission were available options. The Esprit came standard with the same 350 V8 and three speed manual transmission, and an optional automatic transmission was also available. It had stiffer spring rates than the base car. The 1970 Firebird Formula can be easily identified by the dual forward-facing hood scoops, and it came with a 330 horsepower Pontiac 400 V8 (NOW we're talking!) and a three speed manual transmission. A four speed manual or an automatic transmission were available options. The Formula came with the same springs as the base car, but with heavier duty shocks, a larger diameter front stabilizer bar, and a rear stabilizer bar. It could also be special ordered with the same suspension as the Trans Am, and you could even get a Ram Air III (also called Ram Air HO) 335 HP 400 V8 in it.

The 1970 Trans Am was all about performance. It came with the Ram Air III engine above, but an optional Ram Air IV engine was available that produced 345 (370 according to some sources) horsepower. The base transmission in the Trans Am was a wide ratio Muncie four speed with a Hurst shifter. It came with 15" wheels, larger front and rear stabilizer bars than the Formula, the stiffer springs from the Esprit, and the heavier-duty shocks from the Formula. The 1970 Trans Am also had a shaker hood, which means that there was a rear-facing air intake scoop mounted atop the carburetor, and that scoop protruded through an opening in the hood to draw fresh, cool air into the engine. It had front and rear spoilers, and air extractors on both front fenders to allow hot air to escape from the engine compartment. The 70 Trans Am was only available in two color schemes, either white with blue stripes or blue with white stripes.

There were a total of 48,739 Pontiac Firebirds produced in 1970, including only 7,708 Formulas and 3,196 Trans Ams. The Formulas and Trans Ams were excellent performers due to the 400 cubic inch engine, with 0-60 MPH times in the six second range. When you combine the improved handling characteristics of the new platform with the power of the Pontiac 400 engine, the 1970 Pontiac Firebird was one of the best all around musclecars of the era. It is one of my favorite cars of all time.

Keith Farren is an ASE Certified Master Technician with a BS in Business Administration, an Associate degree in Automotive Technology, and over twenty years experience in the automotive industry. He also operates two websites dedicated to classic cars, Classic Car Financing and Loans and Classic Car Prices Today.

The Chevrolet Camaro Was Almost Done In - What Saved The Camaro From Oblivion ?

The Chevrolet Camaro classic "Pony Car" was almost done in by its own popularity, good fortunes and signs of the times - that was in the early 1970's. The Camaro - even the "Pony Car" fad had begun to wane - as the decade and allure of the 1960's ended.

Indeed by the early 70's the allure of the fantastic 60's - "If you can remember the 60's you weren't there" had all but begun to wane. What then saved the Chevy Camaro Pony Sports car from oblivion?

Indeed by the early 1970's with the Pony Car popularity on the wane, when all new 1970's emerged on the scene the manufacturer and maker General Motors (G.M.) had begun to consider whether it should continue the Camaro product line beyond what was then a standard and normal 3 year production run for any new vehicle. Thus the end of the classic Camaro would have been in the 1972 model year. True you might have seen some minor rebadged products with the Camaro badge - but they would have been most poor substitutes, riding on the muscle name, prestige and legend. The Norwood California plant's production run was even considered to be only traditional Chevrolet Nova automobile products.

To top it off the situation even reached a crisis point when as a result of a strike at the Camaro production factory. The strike lasted six months. When it was all over the result was that years end the production and sales results were at a record low for sales of the Camaro car product. What saved the Camaro from its death roll and demise?

What then saved the Camaro and Firebird from an early death that luckily was averted? Basically the GM executives - of the Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions came to conclusion that these two products - the Camaro and its Pontiac sister, the Firebird, were just too good to lose. Thus from the top down the top brass initiated a major in house publicity "public relations " campaign . The basis of their understanding and resulting decision that the Camano's and Firebird were a prestige unique product, who were a major draw of customers of all their product lines into Pontiac and Chevrolet dealerships. The cars were so nice, unique and different from other car companies staid products that people who might never of stepped foot into their dealerships did arrive - if nothing else drawn to see the fancy new Pony Car products. Since a lot of end result of sales of marketing of automobile products is all based on percentages and getting people into dealerships to buy cars it all made valid sense. It all makes valid sense. If only 1 % of the volume of people who came into dealerships to see the new Camaro or Firebird cars actually bought product - that translates into a lot of profitable sales - that were in essence found money and profit.

Like many of General Motor's decisions of the time, this proved to be more than an excellent decision. For one thing the Ponycar ranks were shrinking were shrinking. The competitors had disappeared or shrunk in stature. The Ford Mustang had shrunk in size with the Mercury Cougar becoming a specialty product, entirely different than before and not servicing a wider market segment. By 1974 the Chrysler Barracuda/Challenger line had vanished from production. Even the AMC Javelin seemed on its way out with a radical departure in styling. Its life was ended by 1975.

In the end the Camaro / Firebird product line was the only Ponycar product left standing. What a wise decision. Thus the Camaro Ponycar line was saved from its own oblivion.

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What is the difference between the LS1 engines from the GTO, Corvette, Camaro, Firebird?

I am considering on swapping my 83' 944 Porsche with an ls1 engine and am trying to research on makes and models. Also on how much the engine costs with all its needs and is there any tips on buying "good" used motors will cost?

uhm... I'm not sure you can even FIT one of those engines in there. The largest engine in the Porsche was a 3.0 liter and the smallest LS1 is a 5.7 liter.

If you're honestly looking to put that much work/time in to engine swapping, you could pick up a gently used 06 2.5 Liter Subaru WRX STi engine for a little under 4k (an LS1 will probably cost more than that).

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