Welcome dear
viewers, I'm Istvan Papik and I’m the owner of this 1989 Pontiac
Firebird. The car is a 2.8-liter V6 engine with injector per
cylinder, initially 135 horsepower. It seems quite few for a
2.8-liter engine, but America thought to increase the lifetime, not
the performance. In Europe it is considered as a pretty big car, but
in America it’s small matter with it’s approx. 5 meters lenghts
and 2.1 meters width.
I've been the
owner of this car two years. He came in quite a bad state. We
renovated the whole car, she got a full bodywork, engine overhaul and
chassis renovation. So all that ringed or, ranged were replaced. The
interior was cleaned, it was quite a bad state too.
All you need to
know about this car that it has one of the smallest engine, which
could get. There was a smaller engine before. It was a terribly week
4 cylinder 2.5 engine. That was manufactured only one year. This
2.8-liter V6 engine which was pretty well established, but it was a
little bit week. Anyone who wanted a stronger one, could get a 5000
and 5700 cc V8 engine, which was completed in around 245 horsepower.
So I worked a
lot on this car, but now when I look at it I do not regret that I
bought. I would like to say thank you for 2 people for it, one of
them is a mechanic, Tibor Kovacs, who has been very supportive, and
the other is Peter Toth, who helped to buy the car. He show me into
the world of American Cars, and with him and with many other people
we go to drive-in meeting here and all over the country.
Well, I could
tell that who has not tried these events before, try it once because
tremendously good fun to be around 600 cars, all US made, more more
beautiful, sitting in a group driving to the city. So this the most
beautiful thing what I have ever seen.
Engine power
was 135 horsepower, but with a little tuning we achieved the 200
horsepower, that easily moves this 1,500 kg body.
I would say the
car has a targa roof, which is very popular in America, but here we
saw very few cars, the Japanese tend to feature more. The targa roof
is a good feature against the convertible it can be removed and put
it back in a couple of seconds, and there is not much wind noise in
the car, as if that would be convertible.
All you need is
know about safety standards in America, asyou can notice looking the
dimension of this car, more bigger car you make the less chance you
have to die in the car. Of course, with using seat belts is
compulsory.
The car has
very large reinforcements. The engine occupies the half of the engine
compartment and the other is designed for absorbing impact zones. The
other security measure was the rear lights, the so-called side marker
that indicates the length of the car. So, if you see a this car at an
intersection with from another car from the point that is
perpendicular to the road, you will be able to assess how long this
car. Because you see the first light, turn back it’s really hard.
There is a bad
prejudice against American cars. Two things, that it first is hard to
park, and the other is they eat a lot. I think this is not true, as
an owner I can tell you that this car if you want to come out 9
liters, but if you want it to 20-25 liters can also be fed to her.
If you want to
buy one of these cars, it is worth to realize that you should look at
European version of 2800 cc and an American is made 2800 cc than you
can compare the data on consumption. The same will come out of both
of them.
This car has
very, very good performance driving aspects. Since there is a wide
front wheel and the rear wheel is too, and very stable cornering
behavior. We need to pay attention when you suddenly give throttle
it’s back very quickly turn because the rear-wheel drive, and
little weight to the rear axle. This is worth paying attention to.
In winter, the
car is not on the road, because I am afraid. So I use this car to
long term, at least 10 years and I do not want to eat the salt of my
car.
