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By early 1979, orders for the W72 package were being rejected by dealers as they supply had run dry. Instead, they were substituted with the L80 Oldsmobile 403, or the L37 Pontiac 301 if they still requested a 4-speed transmission. On the invoicing for the 1979 model year Firebirds, they had the option listed as L78, however, every 1979 400 ...
Saginaw M26/27 transmission — 3 and 4-speed longitudinal light duty (less than 300 hp) wide ratio manual transmission made by GM at their Saginaw, Michigan factory; Muncie M62/M64 — 3-speed longitudinal transmission made by GM; Muncie SM318 transmission — 3-speed transmission used from 1954 through 1969 in both passenger car and truck ...
2003–2007 A818 (48RE) — 4-speed heavy-duty automatic; 1978–1983 A404 — 3-speed front-wheel drive transaxle. 1981–2001 A413 (31TH) 1981–1987 A470; 1987–2000 A670; 1989–2020 Ultradrive. 1989–2010 A604 (40TE/41TE) — 4-speed transverse front-wheel drive automatic; 1991–2004 A604 (41AE) — 4-speed transverse all-wheel drive ...
The police package (9C1) B-body cars featured a First Gear Block Out (FGBO) Plate on the transmission housing to prevent drivetrain damage. The shift point for first to second gear is about 43 MPH (69 km/h) while second to third gear shift point is about 83 MPH (134 km/h) assuming a 3.08:1 differential and a 5,500 RPM engine speed limit.
No four-speed manual transmission cars were produced. Performance tests from 1977 estimated 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time for the Can Am with the Pontiac engine at about 10 seconds, about the same as the previous year's Le Mans with the 455, and a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (0.40 km) time of approximately 17 seconds. It is estimated that 1133 Can Ams were produced ...
The third generation Pontiac Firebird was introduced in late 1981 by Pontiac alongside its corporate cousin, the Chevrolet Camaro for the 1982 model year. These were also the first Firebirds with factory fuel injection, four-speed automatic transmissions, five-speed manual transmissions, four-cylinder engines, 16-inch wheels, and hatchback bodies.
The 4L80-E (and similar 4L85-E) is a series of automatic transmissions from General Motors. Designed for longitudinal engine configurations, the series included 4 forward gears. It was the 4-speed electronically commanded evolution of the 3-speed Turbo-Hydramatic 400, first produced in October 1963. 4L80-Es were optioned only in Chevrolet/GMC ...
A 2.4-liter Twin Cam in 1997 Pontiac Sunfire The LD9 Twin Cam was a 2.4-liter Quad 4 variant which debuted in 1996 with balance shafts and a redesigned cylinder head. In the mid-1990s, these engines, like their earlier 2.3-liter counterparts, were known for timing chain failures, as well as water pump failures, in which the water pumps were ...