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It was hailed for its handling and performance ability, and it remains a highly desirable late-70s muscle car.

The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6 is powered by a 400 cubic inch (6.6) liter Pontiac V8 producing a claimed 220 bhp at 4,000 rpm and 320 lb ft of torque at 2,800 rpm.

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The вЂњTrans AmвЂќ name comes from the racing series by the same name created by the SCCA in 1966, the original name was the вЂњTrans-American Sedan Championship.вЂќ Races were held across America, in Canada, and in Mexico.

The Firebird had been developed to challenge the likes of the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro. The Trans Am was a special higher-performance version of the Pontiac Firebird that first appeared in 1969.The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6 is a car that was almost never made, it owes its existence to a decision to stockpile the high-performance 400 cubic inch Pontiac V8 after it was discontinued in 1978.Fast Facts вЂ“ The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6 Considerably more than the 220 hp claimed by Pontiac.

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The carpets still have the original plastic covering from the factory, and it still has its window sticker, sun visor sleeve, and build sheets.Д¬ar and Driver Magazine would give the вЂњBest Handling Car of 1979вЂќ award to the вЂ™79В Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6, and period dyno tests by the NHRAВ rated the output of the T/A 6.6 Pontiac 400 V8 at 260 to 280 (net) horsepower. its shorting out and making a ground connection when it shouldn't, since your wipers have power all the time and ground controls operation, its always on and wont park or parks and immediately starts again.The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6 is a rare car, just were 1,107 built, however this one remains essentially brand new with just 110 miles on the odometer. you have a ground wire problem or your dash switch or motor are shorting out. There is a diagram of a '79 pulse wiper system here : This thread is a wealth of information on the subject:ДЄs it states the wiring changes from 79 to 80 and I'm not sure if the 79's had a board in the motor or not but the thread explains a lot and gives great insight into how they work in general as you turn the switch the resistance should either steadily increase or decrease ( depending upon which way you turn the knob ) if it doesn't do that, then the resistor in the switch is burnt or broken I would check the resistance with an ohm meter at your dash switch first, to rule out its not the switch itself. There is a resistor inside the wiper motor assembly and sometimes one inside the switch that act to control the voltage applied to the shunt winding.

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You energize the series winding with full battery voltage and then vary the voltage applied to the shunt winding to control the speed of the wiper motor. GM wiper motors also use a rather odd wiring in the wiper motor with two field windings - a series and a shunt winding.

Little details like this matter a lot to delay wiper systems. They still have power and will continue to run until they complete their 'park' cycle. and some of the details can really trip you up and make your head hurt as you first try to understand things.Д«ecause power goes to the wiper motor first, turning the dash switch to off doesn't mean the wipers will stop. This also 'inverts' things a bit - instead of 'battery -> switch -> motor -> ground' the power flows from 'battery -> motor -> switch -> ground' stuff like the wipers will be on anytime the car is on or that the wipers will turn on but will not turn off. This makes it easy for the park feature to work (since the motor has power all the time),Д«ut bad grounds or shorts in the wiring can create some really funky and hard to troubleshoot problems Power first flows to the wiper motor, and the dash switch controls how that power gets grounded. The older GM wiper systems are really weird because the switch operates on the ground side of the system instead of the power side.

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