So I just drive a 2010 ford fusion at the moment But I been talking to some buddies about the car I've wanted since I was a kid, a pontiac trans am WS6. They both drive subies and were both like fuck yeah get it and come hang with them and do car stuff. So with that in mind sometime in the future I plan on getting a 2002 WS6 and working on that. I would like to make sure it works properly first so what would I focus on first, engine, springs, brakes, cams and supension? Then move on to looking good with LED lights body kits and what not?
Speaking of body kits, I don't seen anything really worth looking at in terms of body kits for the trans am, but I like mixing shit, so would it be possible to take a rocket bunny, liberty walk or RWB kit and kimchi rig it to fit on a trams am or do something JDM to it?
Don't fuck with the body. Put some fat tires on it and call it a day
William Wood
What about a front end splitter?
Jack Perry
2010's version of ricer spoilers
Connor Gray
Don't fuck it up, faggot. These are collector cars now and are valid for collector plates.
Anthony Turner
Are they really? I thought people saw them as redneck cars and looked at them as kinda trashy
Austin Rivera
Where I live people are trying to sell them for more than a corvette, 15k+.
Insurance for a full year is like $18 with collector plates. I wanted one too but this tripled their value.
Landon Jones
dude a rocket bunny kit is like 14k
Anthony King
They're the last generation of Trans Ams, of course they're collectibles
Leo Powell
I was honestly unaware, kinda interesting to say the least. Shame though cause it makes it harder for me to get one
Ryder Gray
>2010 ford fusion gross
Get a WS6
GM and ford wankers hate it
ausfag here i love it
Jose Harris
Just buy a C5 corvette instead. It absolutely shits all over subies.
Alexander Foster
But I don't want a Corvette, I want the Trans Am
Daniel Perry
Well okay, but they are more expensive than Corvettes and worse in every single way.
Easton White
ausfag here again why is this?
Grayson Davis
Nah, they aren't that hard to get yet. 10 grand will get you a nice one
Matthew Richardson
corvette is a lot smaller and only has 2 seats
officially the trans am had about 45 hp less, although some people will debate the accuracy of that rating
Anthony Edwards
You will have to work a lot on it, and if you make an AMERICAN muscle car look JDM I will find out where you live and murder you.
Just kidding but seriously don't do it, it's stupid as fuck and you'll look like a tool if you put a JDM body kit on an American muscle car
Carson Gray
He's wrong. They're a couple grand more and perform a tiny bit worse but that's it. If you want one over the Vette then get one
Adam Carter
arnt they popular for irs swaps and el cheapo vette alternatives? not many of them are stock anyway
Joshua James
i'm pretty sure a c5 will shit all over a trans am, it's lighter, better suspension, better weight distribution...
trans am is still fast 0-60 but the corvette will kill it in any kind of turn
Alexander Ross
i'm not aware of anyone IRS swapping them, their suspension is actually really good for drag racing. they are getting relatively rare now though so they're not that cheap unless you're looking at an older LT1 4th gen or 3rd gen
Chase Young
wew til
thanks seppo
why are they so rare now anyway?
Michael Martin
idk, redguard crashing them, the rest are probably in the south somewhere
Adrian Hughes
Because people that have driven fwd shitboxes all their life finally buy their dream tans am then wrap it around a tree.
Nicholas Roberts
Heidts JUST came out with an IRS kit for them. It's not on their website yet, but is available. You have to email them for it. Pricing is the same as their kit for the third gen, which is almost identical.
Evan Lewis
same here with our home grown commodores
only thing thats left are base spec SS (Pontiac G8/Chevrolet SS for you seppos) and they are all high milage and thrashed to bits
anything remotely rare or upmarket (HSV, limited build numbers etc) is insanely expensive yikes.
$7k for something the commodore, vette and 5th gen got stock uhhhh
Boomers detected
Alexander Sanchez
In the 90's the amount of American cars with IRS was actually a small list, most of them FWD. Corvette (RWD) Thunderbird/Cougar/Mark VIII (RWD) Malibu/Grand Am/Alero/Cutlass (FWD) Lumina/Regal/Grand Prix/Intrigue/Century/Monte Carlo (FWD) Neon/Stratus/Cirrus/Breeze (FWD) DSMs (FWD/AWD) 99+Mustang Cobras (RWD. All other Mustangs were solid axles)
Luis Robinson
The LS is about cheap power. Fuck brakes and suspension. Cam, headers intake manifold, heads, and working on the exhaust is about it. Don't fuck with the body either. Just keep it clean and straight
Jose Torres
yikes we had irs in aus on most cars since the mid-late 90s
Jayden Scott
>Fuck brakes and suspension. as someone with a LS car this is the worst advice i have seen on this board
If its a FAST car you want it to be able to stop and turn
when i first got mine it couldnt do either and was incredibly dangerous and unsettled
Fuck off you highway pulling drag faggot go drift into a tree
Juan Bennett
Oh. There was also the Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable Forgot about those. The Ford Taurus SHO was a FWD sedan, and one of the fastest cars you could buy in America in the 90s. They could legitimately keep up with Corvettes. The engine was a high revving screamer of a 3.0L or 3.2L V6 built in Japan by Yamaha. Those V6 family sedans quickly became famous for blowing away V8 Mustangs at the drag strip.
Zachary Perry
The guy asked for a fast car, not one that's gonna coddle him. Bet you leave trac control on when you try and peel out and when you don't it's a one tyre fire
William Anderson
I leave TC on so it doesnt fry another set of tyres with my factory LSD you giant faggot
Being able to stop in a LS car is the most important thing yeah that SHO was nuts and the 3800 turbos
Carter Smith
Tbh it doesn't take much to be as fast as a Vette or trans am anymore, any newer V6 sedan with 300hp will almost touch the same 0-60 in 5s when all are stock.
Nathaniel Cooper
>corvette >over 5s 0-60 nah m8
Nolan Cook
>not wanting to fry tyers Faggot detected. Even my grandfather rips rubber in his Lincoln Town car.
Robert Cox
C5 does 0-60 in 4.7sec with the 6spd and worse with the auto. Meanwhile an IS350 will do 0-60 in 5.2sec
Benjamin Stewart
>tyers Get out
Xavier Reyes
Kek checkem. That's how you spelt that shit
Xavier Kelly
i had sports tyres on when i keep the TCS on when i turn it off i fry stockies faggot cant you do the same or you cant even change tyres?
So for when I do get a trans am, what should I focus on working with first, the engine, the suspension and brakes?
Brayden Gray
depends on what you want. Generally though, First: Wheels and tires Second: Brakes Third: Suspension Fourth Engine
Gabriel Young
First Tyres Second Brakes Third Suspension Forth Engine/Trans
Asher Hall
This car is pretty dope
Robert Fisher
Used Trans Ams were cheap and readily available when Gen-X was in high school, and very popular cars for '80s teens (especially "headbangers", drop-outs, etc).
That generation is now nostalgic for the cars of their youth, and while they might have had a Corvette poster, they actually owned a Trans Am. Also, since most Trans Ams passed through the hands of teenagers, most were trashed or crashed, making good examples about as rare as a Corvette.
Blake Perry
>depends on what you want. Generally though, >First: Wheels and tires >Second: Brakes >Third: Suspension >Fourth Engine
I bet all you've ever owned is bond civics. Wheels and tires first, engine last? Rice.
Lincoln Bailey
Yeah as much as I loved the intake/headers/stalled/tune ls1 Camaro I had I'm glad I did my suspension first. The stock suspension at this point isn't the best. You can do damn near complete suspension for pretty cheap in the 4th gens.
