Ram Air can't be mistaken. The dual functional hood scoops along with the custom air cleaner pan is pretty telling. If you mean how can you tell if a particular Firebird is supposed to have it and doesn't.......you'll have to send the VIN to Pontiac Historic Service. For a fee they can tell you what the car was equipped with.
While I don't have exact figures, I'd imagine the Firebird was the quicker. It's a lighter car. It also depends on rear end gears, tranny, etc.
The 1968 Ram Air 400 was rated at 360hp @ 5100rpm, the mid-year round port Ram Air II was also rated at 360hp @ 5400rpm despite better flowing heads & exhaust manifolds, and the 308/320 cam. Ram air IIs were rare and definitely underrated, the Ram Air II evolved in 1969 into the 370hp Ram Air IV.
A 1997 firebird has more horspower if it is equipped with ram air(305hp). Without ram air it has only 285 hp. The corvette has 300 hp.
Ram air, a stronger V-8, different hood, special, wider wheels, tighter suspension,
A limited addation one like an anniversy one is a yellow with blacked out rims look on craigs list it should have black pin strips on the hood and should be ram air. Now the other would be A firebird firehawk they look the same as a formula or TA but say firehawk on the side the hp is 330 w/o ram air and with ram air is 345 and and noraml TA or Formula is 305 98-00 and 01-02 310 and with the ram air you are adding 10 to 15 hp but the ram air hoods are really pricey $1200or more primmered and painted
I have a 1969 Firebird comanche with pw/pt/pa/tilt/cruise/pwr disc brakes/safetrack rear end/fold down rear seat/leather interior/ac/vanity mirrors/ 400 ram air
No, the leading edge is diferant on both cars, you could change the entire front end and have a 2000 T/A or even a ram-air.
350....in a 265HP and 325HP400 265HP400 290HP400 340HP Grand Prix400 330,335,350,366HP Various cars400 345/370 Firebird/GTO428 360HP, 370HP (GP), 390HP400 Ram Air V....Almost impossible to find303 Ram Air V....Again, impossible to find
one thing that you should really know about the firebirds are the fact that they have no grille so there really is no air flow to the engine. They are alreadym notorios for being too hot. What most of these cars rely on is what's called an air dam which is located under your car. This device is aerodynamically designed to re-direct air flow up into the engine to help cool it of. This might be what your problem is. At least that's what was going on with my friends 1988 firebird trans am GTA. Mine is a 1984 abd is equipped with a ram air which sucks it from the top. You should check it out.
Bali Ram was born on 1968-06-04.
The cast of Wedding 1968 - 1968 includes: Ram Dass as Himself (narration)
Ram Air Freight was created in 1982.