Carbed 89 Trans Am, is this factory

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Apr 21, 2001 | 10:27 PM

green_is

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Carbed 89 Trans Am, is this factory

is a carb on a 89 trans am factory because i had thought that they converted them to fuel injected in 1987. a little input

Apr 21, 2001 | 10:39 PM

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No it is not factory. You are correct in the FI thing....

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Apr 22, 2001 | 11:34 AM

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by green_is:
is a carb on a 89 trans am factory because i had thought that they converted them to fuel injected in 1987. a little input</font>

Well i am inclind to say no its not original on a TA. But in some cases GM did use carbs on 89 trucks. But these were HD aps that still used the early/mid 80's model truck instead of the later 80's/90's model.

Apr 22, 2001 | 10:31 PM

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Car: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am

Engine: 355 TPI siamesed runners

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Axle/Gears: 12-Bolt 3.73

Thirdgens started with fuel injection in 82-83 Cross Fire cars, then back to carb in 84. In 85 they released TPI, and in 88+ all f-bodies were fuel injected.

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Apr 23, 2001 | 01:53 PM

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well they were an option in 82-84 , you could still get the carb in those years , i had an 83 TA carbed car , as for 89 no its not factory , 87 was the last year carb not many in 87 but there are a few out there , anything after that had FI either TBI or TPI

Apr 23, 2001 | 02:16 PM

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Is it remotely possible that you're confusing a throttle body with a carb? After all, the 305 TBI was the base engine in the 1989 Z28/TA. They do look the same to the unknowning eye, so I thought I'd ask.

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