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Originally Posted by DRKS1D3
1971 was the first year of the demise of the muscle car. Every car across the board got their HP cut as to try and increase MPG's. Government regulations on top of more regulations put a stop to high horsepower pavement pounders. What you were left with was heavy chunks of steel with anemic V8's (sometimes V6's), barely able to get out of their own way. :(
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pontiac actually did really well right through 74 with it's sd455 trans am. even though compression ratios were down in 71, lots of performance remained. hp numbers were down though because the industry went from a gross to a net hp rating which cut hp numbers down by a fair bit. or example a 400 hp engine in 1970 could be rated 350-360 in 71 even though it was the exact same engine.
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Originally Posted by upflying
No '82 Camaro with the 90 hp Iron Duke?
That yellow Pontiac Tempest/Ventura/Phoenix is not a GTO. Why not post a photo of the real thing?
Wimpy was caused by our government and the insurance companies. Don't blame Ford/GM/Chrysler and AMC.
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i think the 74 GTO was a nice car. imo better looking than the 73 GTO.