1987 Pontiac GTA from North America - Comments

Engine went at 130,000 (my fault).

Transmission went at 140,000.

Replaced starter, radiator, water pump, fuel pump and pretty much everything else other than the suspension and fuel injection. (most of which was replaced because of malfunction, but some of it just because my baby needed it)

This is the best car I've ever owned and definitely the fastest car I've ever driven.

The thing has more power than most people would know what to do with and it handles like a dream. Every time I see one of those signs that say 40mph turn. I know I'm going to fly around the bend at at least 80mph.

There isn't much on the street that can keep up with a GTA. I've smoked porches,corvettes (excluding the new Z06 of course), mustangs, every other camaro and firebird (new and old) and every Japanese made car on the road.

I recently had my GTA involved in an accident(not my fault) and i was wondering if anyone has any valuable information on where I can find a frame and fenders (no aftermarket) and a spoiler. I would greatly appreciate it, my beast is pretty beat up and I need to get her back on the road as soon as possible.

I owned an 89 GTA with the L98 350, and there is simply no way this car would have "smoked a Z06" as you put it. The Z06 has 405HP and weighs only 3050 lbs vs the GTA with 235 HP and 3650 lbs. You need to put down the crack pipe, dude.

I guess the vettes were not not trying very hard.

Yeah, I've been "smoked" the same way. Driving my '73 Charger back home from grocery shopping, and some dude in a POS that I wouldn't even give a second glance to blows by me from sitting at the light. I'm sure he went around telling everybody how his "fast" car "totally blew away this old Charger." Yeah, Baby, you da man!

The guy never said he could beat a z06 corvette. Infact if you read carefully he said the very opposite.

The GTA's were also underrated in terms of horsepower; mainly so they could still call the Corvette the king of power, (and the king of the price tag).