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Basic Specifications
Vehicle Color: BlackEngine Type: 8 Cylinder
Transmission: Manual
Est. Horsepower: 346 HP
Mileage: 123,400 miles
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Get your forum exposure. Click here and join for FREE!Deceptikon's 2000 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
Repairing abuse isnt as fun as it could be
About this Current Vehicle:
This is my second F-body, Third owner.
Its needed a fair amount of work, that I'm making progress on.
Ok, so more like i bought a train wreck before it started to go....
Vehicle Journal:
Dec 21
Never buy sports cars from young people
When I first started looking at this car i could tell that it had alot of love and care from its previous owners.... except the one that i bought it from.
The price was right, it had all the mods i wanted. And more mods that the owner didn't seem to know were there.
With that knowledge and a car that was to clean to have been on the coast for long i decided that replacing a clutch was an acceptable cost to purchasing this bird.
Now with less than 3k miles since I bought it ive had to not only replace the clutch but the rear end, lower control arm brace, two pullies on the front of the engine, and its developed a tick from the lower end that has been whittled down to two possibilities. rod bearing going out, or lifter fading. Oh cant forget the blown out plug that resulted in a striped socket that i will have to replace the heads when i replace the plugs again(good thing i used ac delco iridiums). At least ill have time to round up the rockers and cam i want and get my rebuilt heads ported.
What does all this have to do with the title?
Well after spending about an hour today talking with the previous owner before the turd i bought it from i realized that the car was in excellent shape when it left his hands almost two years ago. That the guy i bought it from is a pretty good liar, and mentally handicapped.
Even though the car was very clean under the hood and under the car, and displayed no overt signs of problems in the hours i took looking it over. It still should have been a big glaring NO! at the kids age and attitude.
Lesson learned?
Dec 21
So its been a while...
And I've learned more lessons. Dont let people work on your car. Just.... dont.
I had the clutch replaced, and less than a few weeks later had to have the rear end rebuilt. Only they didnt really do it well, it still whines, they crushed part of my sub frame and the fender mounts and spilled something that ate the paint by the passenger side headlight. They also managed to forget to ziptie my o2 extensions which let them drag and eat through the wire which of course led to really bad miss firing and a tick the motor didnt have before.
I took it to a shit shop right? Well they have been doing our families work for like 10 years. But not any more.
So now I'm stuck fixing all that on my own. The body on this car was damn near pristine except for paint defects that you would expect on a 10 year old car with 100k on it and even then it was in great shape.
Lesson learned?
Factory Options:
T-tops
Power everything
WS6 package.
Exterior Modifications:
Chrome lugs
Painted 3rd brake light
Shaved all decals and ws6 emblem
Interior Modifications:
Jvc Chameleon head unit
My old sony 600W amp and box with 2 pyle 10's in it.
Replaced a few stock speakers,
Sounds alright in the car, plus you dont need alot of bass for death metal \m/
Performance:
MTI lid
Pacesetter LT's
Lanes true duals:3 inch straight pipes all the way to the rear from the offroad x pipe, spiral max bullet mufflers at the dump before the rear axle.
SLP underdrive pully
Ported TB
Custom force feed box in the hood.
The back of the hood is now flush with the intake at the lid,
and has some padding so that it seals.
Suspension/Chassis:
Blisten HD's all around
Springs were cut, 2in drop all around.
Drivetrain:
Ls7 clutch and Flywheel
Pro 5.0 shifter
Stage 1 rebuild from six speeds inc?
GM 3.73's in the 10bolt(buying some more time)
Electronics:
Jvc Chameleon HU
Sony 600W amp
2x Pyle 10's
To-Do List:
Replacing the heads,
ls6 intake
ls6 or other baby cam
new lifters/rockers
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7 Comments on Deceptikon's Trans Am WS6
Nice ride and I gave you another 15 stars If you have a chance I would appreciate you rating and comment on mine, Thanks
thanks, good choice in transformer's faction, everyone knows starscream and soundwave pwn.
but yeah, it's too late now, i already spent the money and got it fixed and it's legal. oh well. except lately it's been running really rich and my mpg is li
Keep up the good work, she is looking great.
Oh yea!!
Black is always awesome!!
They are Sleepers!!
Nice ride!
nice looking T/A!!
" deciding whether to swap the driveline to my 3rd gen rx7, or ground up resto it and keep stock. "
well, the RX7 would be very quick with the transplanted driveline, but I would restore the T/A, but then I am a little