Well, after a few years with the I35 i've decided to part ways with it. It has been a very good car to me and have had fun with modding it. Gonna miss some of the amenities for sure lol. Anyway, I recently picked up a 2000 Pontiac Firebird Formula A4. Car is maple red metallic in color and is a hardtop, very rare combo. It has 44k miles, bone stock, and got it for $8000. A pretty sweet deal i thought

Here are a couple pics. I don't have a camera currently so yes i know the quality could be better. Pics were shot with a friends cell phone. Now to the car...

 

Under hood pics are required

LSI FTMFW

 

I thought most Formulas came with the ground effects?

Nice find, either way. I had a 2001 v6 Firebird for about a year...same color. Only difference was it had t-tops (which I miss terribly, but it's okay).

I kind of regret letting it go down the road now, because I haven't seen another car in this color since. I think there's maybe one Trans Am locally...and that's it.

 

it has beast potential.

 

Definitely a start. I like the color.

 

Lol yes! Have always wanted an ls1 fbody and underhood pics will come soon.

Hmm, i don't recall formulas getting ground effects as a factory option(i'm wrong as hell probably). At least i haven't seen one with them that wasn't added from a donor v6 car or bought the kit seperately.

Gotta lot of plans for this thing in the future. Just gonna work on bolt on's and a good stall for now. Then when funds can allow, a good heads/cam/intake+spray setup. Will keep everyone posted

 

From the knowledge I have, Formula designated a stripped down version with the horsepower, not the looks, so I highly doubt the Formula's came with any ground effects.

Atleast that was the way the 2nd and 3rd gen Formula's were...

 

Yes, you are correct and it goes for any generation firebird afaik.

 

Maybe it was the V6s that came with the ground effects then.

I don't know much about the other f-bodies. Just the late-gen Trans Am.

 

Man, its been awhile since i've been on here lol

Anyway, an update...

So i buy the car several months back, everything was fine for a few months. Did nothing big to the car just some minor changes (TSP Lid, Custom Off Road Y pipe, Cutout). Bought a Diablosport Predator to do a little tuning with as well. I started messing with the line pressure and lets say things aren't going so well with the tranny (stock 4l60e).

Thought about picking up a Performabuilt tranny and a stall, but had recently decided to do a t56 swap instead...

t56 i picked up


I picked up an LS7 Clutch kit with LS2 Flywheel. I have the pedals, tranny crossmember, and shifter plate coming in the mail soon

I will update as more parts come in and as i go through the swap process.

Here is an engine shot as someone requested long ago

Oh so dirty lol

I picked up some longtube headers, y merger, and a dynomax bullet (not pictured) to make a full exhaust setup with...

more to come...

 

mate those headers to the SLP Loudmouth Exhaust and it will sound good

throw a cam in it too. LS motors make great numbers with a cam and a tune

 

I will do a cam eventually. But i have sunk over $1600 in the tranny and associated parts already so i'll be bolt on only for awhile

 

have you gutted the maf yet? How bout a smooth bellow?

 

and has that thing been wrecked? That is not the stock formula hood. The formula has a WS6 "style" hood. Scoops werent quite as big, and there wasnt the horizontal bar in each scoop like the WS6

 

EDIT::I feel like a tard. Ive been thinking of the Firehawk.....


This is the formula hood and those are formula wheels

 

The car has never been wrecked lol or not that i know of anyway. The hood is the stock equipment. Base firebird's, trans am's, and formula's have this hood. WS6 formula's and trans am's come with the ram air hood that everyone has become familiar with. Firehawks have a similar design to the ws6 hood but the scoops are smoother and not as tall, they have a front bumper to accomodate the design as well so it looks like two big "nostrils" in front instead of four(like the ws6 formula/trans am).

 

This is an example of the four nostril look for comparison to my base hood and firehawk shown above: Trans Am WS6, crappy picture but gets the point across.

 

I know my f-bodies, I just had a brain fart

 

More of a clarification to the masses was my intention. You are definitely right on top of things though

 

Anyone here attending tx2k11?