First Firebird

**Z ROADSTER** · 09-14-2007, 07:51 PM

What year did the Firebird appear & what was its engine options. Of all the Birds which was the fastest & quickest ?

**02cetransam** · 09-15-2007, 12:25 PM

I believe the blackbird by carl black where the fastest.

**Too Fast** · 09-15-2007, 01:01 PM

1967. It had 2 6 cylinder engines, a 326 V8 4v carb, a 400 4v carb and the Ram Air 400 4v carb (325 gross HP, about 430 ft-lbs torque or something close to that). They also had a 326 HO, and one of the 6 cylinder engines had a 4v carb. Also, Pontiac's version of the Chevy inline 6 was OHC.
I owned a '67 400 4 speed car for 11 years.

**02cetransam** · 09-15-2007, 02:26 PM

my old man had a 69 bird and he said he was drivin around with his car full of people and his buddy had an 69 camaro with a 396 and my dad still beat him with a full car. He had a pontiac 350 motor with a 4 speed. Had the tack on the hood too.

Trans am was introduced in 1969.