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thanks

 

There were three basic Firebird trim lines in 82-86

Firebird - base model
Firebird S/E - luxury model
Firebird Trans Am - performance model

The 82 S/E could be had with an LG4...but most probably had the V6 or the 4 banger. It's nothing special in my opinion. It had standard features like locking gas cap cover, rear wiper. You could get all that stuff on a T/A if you wanted.

About the only thing that made it different was color wheel covers that matched the paint and color inserts for the door handles. You could also get a trim colored centre console and dash.

In 87 they dropped the S/E and made the Formula, which I think is a cooler idea.

 

good info, thanks

i see that you also have an 82 LG4, how is your hood functional ? you got parts off a crossfire car, or ?

 

To make a '82 LG4 cowl induction functional, you have to take one off of a '83 or '84. The Crossfire's induction unit is different than the LG4. The Crossfire has a diamond shaped seal attached to the unit. The LG4 unit is flat and has a round seal attached to the air cleaner. You also need the electronics.

 

what about the 82 LU5 T/A hood ? should be functional version of this nonfunctional bulge hood on the LG4 82 T/A's, none of the hoods in 84 were functional that i know of

thanks

 

The bulge hoods are the same. The '82 LG4 Trans Ams with WS6/WS7 had the bulge hood and no induction unit, just a block off plate on the intake. The non WS6/WS7 '82 LG4 Trans Ams had the regular hood.

All '84 Trans Am had functional induction.

 

this 82 has rear drums, so must be WS6 then, everything a WS7 would have cept the rear discs

 

Just the opposite. WS7 is WS6 without the 4 wheel disc

 

90TA is right on about my hood. I found parts from an 83 L69 car.

This is how I made my hood functional:

http://knightregistries.com/garage/cowl.htm

My car is a WS7 - rear drums.

 

84 T/A LG4 and 84 T/A L69 had a functional hood. Same guts as the 83 hood.

gt

 

i thought it was 82 83 functional too, i know that 84 camaros didnt get functional hoods like the 82 and 83 ones were,

suppose firebirds didnt follow camaros as far as hoods then, i thought there was no crossfire in 84...


thanks

 

This is how it goes for functional hoods.

Trans Am
82 LU5 only
83 LG4, LU5, L69
84 LG4, L69

Camaro
82 LU5
83 LU5

 

ok so it was just the camaros in 84 that couldnt have functional, ok, thats cool thought it was for all 84 hoods.

 

I did not think they produced an L-69 T/A in 1983?

 

You might be thinking of the second generation Trans Am. I believe that before 1982 there was a Tran Am S/E available.

dave