The TPI intake lived in the hearts of C4 Corvettes for seven years before the "Gen II" LT1 small-block replaced it in 1992. During that span, the Corvette and its mountainous low-rpm torque were king.

As the clich goes, the only constant in life is change. For 1982, Pontiac saw a big one. With corporate-wide restructuring, GM decided that V-8 engines of Pontiac design would no longer be produced.