Let your gaze fall upon this '97 Trans Am. There is no disguising its intent ... a trick cam to get the valves opening higher still, an unimpeded exhaust, and air being rammed down its gullet ...

Six months after he drove the new red '97 Trans Am home, he matter-of-factly got ... and under the whip that wicked-looking 4-inch Mufflex exhaust system drowns out everything but your conscience.

Since day one, Rutgers University engineering student Brian DeLuca turned every wrench on his 1997 Ram Air Trans Am convertible in ... and Mecham tips carry out exhaust duties.