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Players Series Information - Table of Contents
Articles - This will take you to a page that contains articles I have saved that pertain to the Player's series
Pictures of other Players Challenge cars and other 1LE race cars. Many other race car parts pictures too.
Production Numbers - That's right, my collection of verified and non-verified Player's Series production numbers!
A Tale of Two Player's Cars - What's the difference between a Trans Am and a Camaro?
Racing Heritage - Here is my compilation of information that documents this car as a race car. This is where I need help!
Race Cars For Sale - my collection of ads for Player's Cars that are or were for sale.
My Car - Table of Contents (click on hyperlink to go to the information, or just scroll down):
The Car - What this page is dedicated to
Car history - When was it bought, when was it sold, where did we get it
Vehicle Information and options (RPO) codes (from GM Vintage Car Services)
Brakes - 4 wheel disc brakes and some interesting information
Suspension - Factory WS6 suspension and a few modifications
Engine - Pictures of the engine bay. Plus a bonus view of a TB and how they were modified.
Transmission - It's a Borg Warner 5 speed. Here is the tag.
Interior - It's rough (to say the least), but it's there. No roll cage, but I did find one at CSC Racing Products for $1150 CDN.
Racing Heritage - Here is my compilation of information that documents this car as a race car. This is where I need help!
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Purpose of this web page
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Car Details
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Car
History:
These are the dates provided in a "Used Vehicle Information Package" from the Ontario Motor Vehicles. The shipping date was provided by GM Vintage Services. Not listed on the page for privacy is the names of the people that registered the car. |
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VEHICLE: TRIM: PAINT: ProducTION Plant: SHIPPING DATE: MODEL NUMBER: ENGINE: DEALER: NUMBER PRODUCED:
Number of Camaro's Produced:
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1988 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 82
– Medium Gray 40
- White Van
Nuys, CA March
28, 1988 2FW87
– Trans Am 2dr sport coupe 305
CID 205 HP V8 H.
Auger Automobiles Ltd. Nicolet,
PQ 1, 830
( 20 with A4U; 28 with G/92 )
71 with A4U (confirmed)
A total of 91 Player's series cars were produced in 1988. |
| Interior:
Recarro Driver's seat. A bit warn from the roll bar and getting in and out.
Gauges - only 120km on the car.
Door Panels - You can see the rub marks on the arm rests of both doors.
Wiring - as the car was sponsored and owned by a stereo company, there was a pile of alarms, sensors, and more. Just look what we pulled out while trying to access the ECM! . |
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| The Engine. It's rough, but it runs
well. The block is the matching one for the car.
Notice the throttle body. You can see where they clean it up, plus the remains of epoxy to smooth the incoming air.
Here is the PROM. Nothing special here. It is a mid 1988 305 5-speed prom. I was expecting a special GM chip, but I suspect they would replace the whole ECM. Car guys are not too static safe. |
And a large picture (800x600)
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| Exterior:
Not much to talk about here. More information is on the Racing Heritage page. But here are some interesting exterior pictures. Front rims are missing. Rear rims are wrong year for 1988 car. Rear hatch has been replaced. Driver's fender and door have been replaced. Hood, passenger fender and passenger door are original.
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| Transmission:
Here is the Tag from the transmission. Almost impossible to read it, but after hours of looking, my numbers are shown. According to my findings, this is a close ration world class T5. 2.94:1 first, and a 0.74:1 5th. Some references show it as a "racing" transmission. |
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| The Brakes:
Rear Brakes - Here are the disc brakes. As this is a 1988 car, it only has the 10.5" rear rotors. 1989 was the first year for the 11" ones on all production disc brakes. Notice the factory urethane bushings on the rear sway bar. Front Brakes - A point of discussion. The 1LE option is known for the 12" front rotors and twin piston PBR calipers. But a little know fact is that for the players series all front brakes were swapped with Brembo units (prior to 1LE brakes). Some cars even made it to the street with these brakes. As far as I can tell, this car had GM style brakes (10.5"). |
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| Suspension:
Camaro and Firebirds used different suspension components. For example, the highest level suspension on a Trans Am used 36mm front sway bars, and 24mm rear sway bars. A Camaro on the other hand used 34mm front and 23 mm rear. Incidentally, both cars used 547 inch-pound front springs, and 130 inch-pounds in the rear.
This car has the FE2 suspension and WS6 performance package. Attached is a pic of the sway bar part number.
A couple of interesting pictures. Notice how the strut towers have been modified for more camber. Underneath, they have been slotted to adjust caster. Rather agressive!
Lastly is a picture (from GM?) on how to modify the struts to support this high degree of adjustment.
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Sway Bar Part number
Passenger susp. Middle susp. Driver's susp.
Passenger's Strut Driver's Strut
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Regular Production Options (RPO) AH3
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MANUAL
SEAT ADJUSTER 4-WAY, DRIVER |
