Man that takes me back. I graduated H.S. in '96 and can clearly remember when this car released. I had a Fox Body at the time. The commercial for the car featured an all black Ram Air TA pulling up at a red light behind a Fox Body. When the light turned green the T.A. sucked the Fox Body up through the Ram air snout and spit it out of its tail pipe! Talk about hurting feelings. Despite me having a Fox Body back then I still loved the Trans Am. Even today I absolutely love the TA Ram Air Fire Hawk. Fun fact... A '98 Fire Hawk was the first car I ever drove that would rip tire on the expressway when punching the throttle at 60mph. I was young, dump and a stuck up Honda fan boy. Getting tire in that old Pontiac made me realize that only liking one platform was extremely stupid. I had always been a fan of speed, but that Pontiac taught me about torque. No longer was I a Honda fanboy. I was an "everything" fanboy and the possibilities were limitless. The next day I sold my little CRX and bought an '89 Fox Body. I wanted a TA but could not afford one. It's funny cause a few weeks after that is when I saw that commercial. What a nice video! The late '90s WS6 and Fire Hawk are 2 of my all time favorite cars. They take me back to a time when I first began to open up to other platforms and the beginning of me becoming a true car enthusiast. Thank you for that!
Class of 99, yeah back then in high school you were dubbed either Ford, Chevy or rice eater in the car world. I was a born and bread Chevy guy back then and ripped on all the Honda heads. ended up with a red 94 v6 Camaro as a first car which I was smitten with because it sipped gas and insurance. Owned it 4 years then tired of having a winter car too. Finally test drove an8th gen SI in 2010 and realized that Honda had been building baby Ferrari's with Japanese precision the whole time, bought it from Carmax on the spot, and still daily it between my other rides today
I had a formula firebird and my friend had a ram air, both our cars was fast with accelerating power like crazy the first generation LS engines were awesome,
Like your story, I ordered my 93, 3 months before they went into production, did 6 cannonball runs with it through the 90's, been tracking it for nearly 30 years now (road course) have a 625 hp NA LT1 in it, this thing is an absolute track monster, single best product I have ever owned, that WS6 is a beautiful car.
The 98-02 Trans Ams are my favorite cars. They're stunning. I own a red 98 t-top W68 Y87 Firebird. The car gets so much attention. In my area, Firebirds and Trans Ams are not common. Pontiac hit the nail on the head with the 98-02 Firebird design.
@@dyrdek mines got 88k miles. The guy I bought it from this past July owned it since 2001 and kept it in a climate controlled garage since. My car looks new with very few blemishes and has zero rust. I can't get over how clean it's undercarriage is.
I bought my Trans Am Firehawk in 2004 under similar circumstances, it was my gift to myself for landing my first professional job after graduating college. Prior to that I had an 88 trans am gta, naturally the gen 4 was the logical upgrade. I still own the firehawk, in fact I spent the past few years restoring mine after sitting in storage for about a decade. I love the car. As it was described back in the day it's a 4 seat corvette and that sentiment still appeals to me. Great review. Just subbed.
I'm really glad you're doing older cars. On a technical scale they aren't as fast as some newer ones, or as ironed out, but I think they can be more fun for theatrics and just pure enjoyment.
Look at all that eye candy! Seeing that '98 Trans Am reminds me of my boss's 2001 10th Anniversary Firehawk. It has 335 Horsepower, and it's a manual. The clutch is incredibly stiff! It has really low miles on it. You looked quite happy being reunited with a familiar car! Great video, Buddy!
I bought a 98 trans am ws6 with 118k miles, exhaust, rims, radio, aftermarket intake, oil catcher, 85mm throttle body, strut bar and suspension package earlier this year in april for $8k after saving and being 21 yrs old I can say easily it's the best car i've ever owned the car is a absolute dream to drive and literally has me smiling each time I get behind the wheel just as you were while driving that supercharged beast haha. Thanks for the video and showing off this amazing car that deserves the love. I hope to get my car supercharged in the future
No wonder I like your channel, us Pontiac Bros stick together. I had a silver 2000 firebird with smoke tinted glass/ t-tops and a midnight blue metallic 2005 LS2 GTO. Every time I see a clean F-body or GTO on the road I smile💪🏾🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥👍🏿
My 2001 WS6-6 spd. 373 gears Shorty headers,stage 2 cam with a tune . Put a smile on my face every time I drove it. I beat cars that ran 11:8 in 1/4 mile, from a roll 1-3 I beat any car that ran the 1/4 mile 11:8 -12:0 .. Some guys had to pull me over to see if I had Nos. Or a pro charger… I sold it with 7.K miles bad in 2010 for. 22.k .. I wish I still had my WS6..
What a sweet video! Like many people, I saw this car ripping up the local streets when I was in high school. I said I would get one one day. Back in 2018 I bought a 2002 CETA, the yellow version. It just turned 30k miles. Mine is a WS6 6speed and love it to this day. It’s raw and with a full Kooks exhaust from the heads back, true duel, sounds amazing. The pops on it are awesome. And no joke, she’s keeps right up with a 5.0!
I have a 2001 Camaro SS with 44k original miles on it black with red SS trimming, with racing suspenion from top to bottom, same with engine and the 6speed transmission. Blast to drive, one awesome FAST car! 4th gen Camaros and Trans ams are one of the best generation cars ever built. 💪💯
Awesome dealership. There's at least 2 dozen cars I'd love to have just from a few moments of watching. The smile on your face is why any one of them is better than any EV. Great vid, thanks!
I had a '96 Firebird Firehawk. It was awesome. Mine was hard top with a torsen limited slip, SLP exhaust (I believe only one year due to being loud), Hurst short throw, and oil coolers from the factory. I put a x2 52 mm throttle body on it (came with a x2 48 to make less HP than the vette) and GM had a TSB so I could get an AL drive shaft for free. I ended up putting an underwrite pully on it to keep power steering fluid cooler. It was a beast. I was passing NSXs of the time at Mid Ohio with some race tires on the thing. It was glorious. Sometimes I wish I never sold it but I wasn't getting much use out of it anymore so off to a good home it went.
I bought my 93 (Camaro) new, I've been tracking it for nearly 30 years now, I built a 625 horse LT1 years ago, been on Mid Ohio many times, it passes everything, absolute track monster.
Every time I hear about how Chevy complained that their cars weren't the fastest always ends up pissing me off more and more. Buick and Pontiac always had fast cars with good styling to boot but Chevy couldn't handle having their higher cost production cars be outdone by their brothers and like a spoiled brat would always complain to daddy GM.
Wow! awesome car. My first ever muscle car was a 1999 Trans Am. My Trans Am wasn't a WS6 but I did put a ram air hood on it and ironically the same exact stripe kit with the bird on the hood (mine was blue stripes on a white car like the anniversary cars). This brought back so many memories for me. I miss that car so much.
The Trans Am is great, the 98-02 ram air cars have been a top 5 favorite designs since they came out. The car you called a big old ghostbusters car, was a 1956 Ford Parklane 2 door wagon, a super rare car on it's own. I personally don't think it's a big car, but i've wanted one forever and about fell off my chair when you passed a mint example at this dealership.
I owned a 2000 WS6 RamAir TA, Red was my color and Oh it looked so Beautiful with the chrome WS6 wheels that was on it with 285 40 17 square stance. On the street it was monster, every car that challenged me at the stop light got their Azz handed to them. But my TA had a few bolt-ons. K&N air filter, Hooker long tube headers, SLP exhaust, and 125hp dryshot from Nos.
@Jerry Sullivan Sounds like you're a hater, cause back in that time 2000 ~ 2005 it was next to the Corvette, especially with the add-ons I had on my TA.
I had a 2001 version convertible. I poured my heart and soul into that car. I bought it crashed and built it back up again. The color on mine was considered pewter, but my neighbors had it towed when my grandma died. I miss that car, it gave me the feeling of freedom, with the top-down driving people used to compliment me on it, great I'm going to start crying now.
Being a Ford guy, I bought a gold 98 TA for my daily driver about a year ago, and absolutely love it. Got some vids posted on it, but just like you said, EVERYONE in their 50’s has a soft spot for a TransAm!
I had a 2002 WS6 Trans Am. I bought new. I ended up putting a ProCharger on it with additional modifications to the car. I ended up selling it and bought a 2015 Z/28.
Man…..I totally agree about the nostalgia of that car! I use to have a 89 Firebird Formula with some upgrades. I LOVED that car and people knew my car before me. Great living vicariously through your content. Thanks
RacerX, This is why l watch. Your taste in cars is a lot like mine. These Trans Am’s kick as in styling ,performance and handling. The 1995 Bonniville ,l bought used and loved for a decade. 3800 flies down the highway.
I love them. I raced a black WS6 about 8 months back in my wife's Model Y telsa. It was absolutely hilarious to see the look on his face at the next light. He looked like a guy stuck in the early 2000s in rural West Virginia. Wasn't a fan of electric cars btw, I've owned V8s my whole life but that thing moves. I pulled at least 5 cars on him before letting off. It was definitely a heads/cam setup WS6 from a 30 roll. I kept waving forward to hit and he just shook his head like "wtf is this?" Finally, he took off and pulled a fender on me before I reeled him in like a freight train. I've been street racing since around 95 and I've never pulled a car that hard, especially something fast
I finally bought the trans am I wanted while in high school. 2001 ws6 85k miles, 4 speed. So glad I bought it, can't wait to pass it down when I am older.
Great throwback video. The sound system on this car is the original GM Monsoon system in red back-lit. This particular model has the cassette tape and integrated equalizer with 6 speakers, 2 at the front doors with tweeters, two by the rear seats, and two in the hatch / rear compartment. In 97-98 they switched from cassette to CD players with integrated EQs, all the way to the end of production (2002). This car is a blast from the past.
Thank you very much. I absolutely love the Trans Am, always been a popular car no matter what the year. These cars were also lighter than the modern muscles cars coming in at 3400 pounds it was cool. Thanks for sharing captain.
That thing looks so good! Loved the review. My buddy had a fire bird back in the day & he locked his puppy in his car with keys. He told me to help him break his passenger side window to get the dog out. It was not easy. That window kicked our butts!!
Cool car I got a 95 Z28 convertible it's like you drop the top and cruise it runs high 13s low 14s and I only paid $4,000 for it and it only has 98000 mi bargain of a lifetime
I like the '85 model myself. I always thought the styling on the '98 was to gaudy to much going on. Fantastic low mile example trans-am. I'm not hating on it, it's really nice just not my cup of tea. Super Charger and other upgrades done well, color and stripe combination are attractive you definitely will get noticed in that car that's what comes with spoilers and stripes. Your enthusiasm for it is all good you owned one and enjoyed it nothing wrong with that. My brother in law had a '78 trans-am gold paint, gold tinted t-tops with the brown pinstripes snow flake gold wheels 400 pontiac w turbo 400 trans and a 4:10 posi rear end good times in our youth in that car. Nice story about your connection to your trans-am.
I plan to put some forced induction on my 94 Z-28. Muscle car dreams at that place!! Thanks for the coverage!! I died twice on an operating table because of a car crash in 93. I remember a Z-28 in a magazine and dreamed of it for months. Now I have that dream and she's my baby with the Lt1 and a 6 speed. Super charging my gal is in the future plans. Thanks!! Great build!!
I sure do miss Plymouth, they should've stuck around there would have been some amazing road runners and cudas during the hellcat age. I miss Pontiac too but not as much as Plymouth. I wouldn't mind a restomod 69 roadrunner
I remember when that body style came out in 93. I saw one on the showroom floor. A red formula. Bought it that day. Then I saw a new 03 Corvette z06 in electron blue. Went home with it. That was my favorite car I ever owned. Great memories.
Nice presentation. I owned a 1996 formula added some mods. LT1 six speed and gotta tell ya it’s one of the best handling cars around even for its age.I enjoyed driving it every time. Would love to get my hands on that car tour showing but with a sixer.Deff one of the best looking fun driving cars ever.
Damn, I really miss T-Tops! Heck, too many fun cars don't even offer a moon roof now, sigh..... I love these types of reviews, keep 'em coming please!!!!!
Loved the 5th gen F bodies. I owned a 95 Formula Firebird and a 02 6speed T/A. I wanted a Carl Black edition Blackhawk soooo bad back in the day but was too young and broke. I’d love to have an 02 WS6 in Daytona orange with black leather. That was my dream combo!
Pontiac was the BEST, everything they made was quick in acceleration, Gto, formula firebird, TA ram-air, G8, Grandprix with the turbo, Bonneville SSEI with the supercharger, fiero gt, sunfire gt 5spd trans, sunbird, grand-am ram air gt, i was a true Pontiac man and my mom, we bought more Pontiac cars than any other car, Im still a Pontiac person unless another manufacturer bring back Pontiac cars, my first car i bought was a PONTIAC, No one is a Pontiac person as me, l love Pontiac, Kit on knight rider was originally a Pontiac trans-aim, I tred switching to a 99 Camaro with the ls1 motor and my friend had a 99 ram air, i liked the ram air better still, these was the best, all of them of , Pontiac, i seen a ram air getting on the interstate from an entry ramp one day and the car was getting it, moving so fast to enter onto the interstate that it had to slow down to merge, what a incredible site, raw accelerating power, folks lets get together and bring back the muscle cars of Pontiac and have a festival dislay on the road, the firebird the trans-aim the g8 the ram-air etc, thankyou for this video, you bring back memories with the t-tops out and the v8 sounds cruising along, but unfortunately those days are over and don't look like they'll return no time soon, do anyone like my testimony
Spectacular car. Only thing disappointing about it is the automatic transmission. I had a '94 Firebird for 21yrs before I had to sell it. Was still in great condition.
I live in England & this would be my dream car! .a lot of mustangs on our roads, but transams are quite rare. This would get way more looks than the likes of ferraris & other super cars!
Correct me if im wrong, but what I like about that era of muscle cars is when you do bolt on upgrades, you see immediate results with or without a computer tune...its not like that no more
Those were good times , the computers compensated for bolt on mods , cams , headers , larger throttle bodies etc , today's cars 4 get it , taking too much $$$ out of the industrys pockets , that's why they killed off the muscle cars of the 60s/70s , you could add all the go fast goodies , step up the axle ratio 3.73 / 4.11 , head work , nice cam , headers / exhaust , bigger carb and didn't need a computer to tune squat !! You were the tuner , that's what made tinkering with cars fun
@@loycellhenry2163 Thanks alot , Its good 2 know there are some real Hotrodders out there , anyone can pull out a laptop and claim all the fame , but there's nothing than replace raw talent , getting ya hands dirty and learning the mechanical side of the equation , now it's all plug and play , rebuild a Rochester Quadra jet , set the idle , set up the choke and dial in the air metering screws till she runs smooth , then you'll have my respect , They're trying 2 replace the Mehanics with Technicians , More power 2ya , stay blessed
Great stuff, love the late 90 early 00 stuff I keep buying stuff from these years and reliving my childhood dreams of one day driving this stuff. It’s cheap fun and they may be slower than most performance things today but who cares.
My 2nd Car was a brand new, off the dealership showroom floor 1975 400 CID 4 Speed, Silver Trans Am. MSRP as I recall was around $5,200. It was a great car for cruising the Streets and after I sold it to a guy to buy a 1979 Z28, I heard the Cops were looking for me. NOTE: After I sold the car. The guy I sold it to was serving our Country over in Japan in 1979 and was home on leave. Well, he was in fact “tearing up the streets, going around turns smoking the tires, dumping the clutch”! Friends involved in the cruising for the most part just drove around peacefully and would be hanging out at the Burger Chef. People were coming up to me saying the Cops are looking for a Silver Trans Am that is reckless and they want you bad. Hey, wasn’t me, I sold the Trans Am about a week ago. One of the Cops saw me in the new Brown Z28 and I got pulled over. He started asking me about driving the Trans Am around and lucky for me, the guy I sold the car to drive past the Cop. I quickly told the Cop, hey there he goes and the Cop went after him. I didn’t find out what happened to him because he returned to Japan. I glad he drove past the Cop when he did, probably saved me some grief!
i remember being at a dealer in 2000 looking at a pearlescent purple/green Ram air & dreaming of being an owner which NEVER happened. 😢😢 Car looks WAY better then the Camaro if the same time frame. This was IMHO just as beautiful as the trans am from smokie & the bandit movies.
They had a great commercial in 97' showing a Red Trans-Am driving down the street with the announcer saying "When the 97 Trans-am rumbles through your neighborhood fathers yell out the door, slow down! (even though you're only going 30) mothers grab their daughters and run inside! yes the 97 Trans-Am Is rumbling through neighborhoods all over the USA get yours today!👌👍
Man. What a great car. I'm a mustang guy all day. So is my brother. Specifically the SN/new edge platform. But this is a car I'd take all day. Back in the day my mom bought a 2001 Z28. T tops, disc changer in the back. Midnight blue. This brought me back to those days.
I miss mine so much. I had a 97 p1sc supercharger and a bucket load of supporting mods. Lt1 so it only put out 440 hp to the rear. Best damn car I ever owned
You brought me back as well, in High School (circa 77') I had a 1974 Gold Formula 455 with Factory Ram Air. IF I could have one car back, it would be that Formula 455. Triple
I’m a lifelong Pontiac fan. The 67 Firebird was my first car at 16 and later several second generation Trans Am’s. I do like the fourth Gen they have a nice overall modern look that’s badass. I’m still mad that GM killed the brand!
yeah Iz 99 grad, and I wanted a 98 99 trans am so bad, but my dad said I'd wrap myself around a tree,....might be right but now I'm more settled down, love the video
I've always been a Trans Am fan since the first time I saw Smokey & the Bandit as a kid. That last gen T/A was the best there ever was. Just love it!!!! 😍 And it came with the Tremec T56 6-speed! 😈
My stepdad worked for Pontiac and they gave him a brand new '96 WS6 Firebird black on black... he let me drive to high school quite often(he would rather drive his 911 Carrera) The car was terrifyingly fast back then ☺️☺️☺️
I owned 2 of these ws6 ram air cars an '01 & I still have my '02.. It very well could be, but.. I'm not so sure that is the factory color on this ram air!
This is one of the nicest Trans Ams I have ever seen a friend of mine has the one with the snorkel wood on it but I’m not sure what year it is they don’t really drive it’s kinda stuck away in the garage
In my opinion one of the best looking trans am models ever built. Those things were pretty bad ass when new. I’d take that car over just about anything new today. More reliable due less computers and big brother isn’t even remotely connected to it and you also don’t have cameras inside the vehicle. Plus it looks better than just about anything today. I had a trans am with a fully built 383 stroker and had plans to add forced induction but sold it before I did. It was actually very fast for its day especially since it was still NA. I also had an awesome JL Audio system in it and audio systems in hatchbacks would absolutely bump.
Trans Am will always have a special place in my heart. Because smokey and the bandit was one of the movies that made me fall in love with cars dukes of hazard and Kitt! Cannon Ball run . Then my uncle comes to town in a corvette and it was on I have owned two vetts two iroc-z 's two Z-28 's . And my next project will be a ATS-V!
I had one. Bought it new in 1998 . It was black. It was the commercial that sold me on it it showed the camera going through the ram air through the motor and then out the exhaust. Payed 32000.00 for it. That was a lot back then. I am in oh. The dealership had to call around because there wasn’t internet. They found one in pa. and had it shipped to my dealer. I wanted a 6 speed but they couldn’t find one. So I got a automatic. Still fun. Unfortunately it’s spent more time in the shop with recalls and problems with everything from oil leaks to windshield wipers not working. So I sold it with only 11000 miles on it.
I had one I sold 4 years ago and now wishing I hadn't. I could tell you really enjoyed the car, but I don't think you gave a the power train enough credit. If that one is anything like mine, it should hit a pretty good lick if you wanna get on it. Mine had the LT 1 engine, and it ran pretty darn strong with great top end. Great video!👍
20 years later and still looks better than 95% of the car's out there.
Straight up
@Jerry Sullivan Hard to tell what you're trying to say, but yes, the Gen 4 F body is widely considered to be the best automobile ever produced.
@Jerry Sullivan I'm not saying you have to like em, but facts are facts.
If you have never owned one than you can't know, it is your loss.
@Jerry Sullivan Oh yeah, I see, yep sure, sure.
@Jerry Sullivan So because you had a bad experience it means they are all junk? LOL
The WS6 remains one of the dream cars on my list. Childhood memories.
I had a friend get a brand new ws6 ram air in 1999 as a graduation present, my parents gave me a "good luck son" rents due at the end of the month.
Man that takes me back. I graduated H.S. in '96 and can clearly remember when this car released. I had a Fox Body at the time. The commercial for the car featured an all black Ram Air TA pulling up at a red light behind a Fox Body. When the light turned green the T.A. sucked the Fox Body up through the Ram air snout and spit it out of its tail pipe! Talk about hurting feelings. Despite me having a Fox Body back then I still loved the Trans Am. Even today I absolutely love the TA Ram Air Fire Hawk. Fun fact... A '98 Fire Hawk was the first car I ever drove that would rip tire on the expressway when punching the throttle at 60mph. I was young, dump and a stuck up Honda fan boy. Getting tire in that old Pontiac made me realize that only liking one platform was extremely stupid. I had always been a fan of speed, but that Pontiac taught me about torque. No longer was I a Honda fanboy. I was an "everything" fanboy and the possibilities were limitless. The next day I sold my little CRX and bought an '89 Fox Body. I wanted a TA but could not afford one. It's funny cause a few weeks after that is when I saw that commercial. What a nice video! The late '90s WS6 and Fire Hawk are 2 of my all time favorite cars. They take me back to a time when I first began to open up to other platforms and the beginning of me becoming a true car enthusiast. Thank you for that!
Class of 99, yeah back then in high school you were dubbed either Ford, Chevy or rice eater in the car world. I was a born and bread Chevy guy back then and ripped on all the Honda heads. ended up with a red 94 v6 Camaro as a first car which I was smitten with because it sipped gas and insurance. Owned it 4 years then tired of having a winter car too. Finally test drove an8th gen SI in 2010 and realized that Honda had been building baby Ferrari's with Japanese precision the whole time, bought it from Carmax on the spot, and still daily it between my other rides today
Thats awsome!!
I had a formula firebird and my friend had a ram air, both our cars was fast with accelerating power like crazy the first generation LS engines were awesome,
Like your story, I ordered my 93, 3 months before they went into production, did 6 cannonball runs with it through the 90's, been tracking it for nearly 30 years now (road course) have a 625 hp NA LT1 in it, this thing is an absolute track monster, single best product I have ever owned, that WS6 is a beautiful car.
@@user-Dr. 🍻🍻
The 98-02 Trans Ams are my favorite cars. They're stunning. I own a red 98 t-top W68 Y87 Firebird. The car gets so much attention. In my area, Firebirds and Trans Ams are not common. Pontiac hit the nail on the head with the 98-02 Firebird design.
Hell yeah. Best on the road car design ever.
Same had it same from ages 17-23 it got lost in a wreck back in 2014 :(
@@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387 that sucks. Hope you didn't get hurt in that accident.
@fire bird i own the exact same car. mines only got 61k miles
@@dyrdek mines got 88k miles. The guy I bought it from this past July owned it since 2001 and kept it in a climate controlled garage since. My car looks new with very few blemishes and has zero rust. I can't get over how clean it's undercarriage is.
I bought my Trans Am Firehawk in 2004 under similar circumstances, it was my gift to myself for landing my first professional job after graduating college. Prior to that I had an 88 trans am gta, naturally the gen 4 was the logical upgrade. I still own the firehawk, in fact I spent the past few years restoring mine after sitting in storage for about a decade. I love the car. As it was described back in the day it's a 4 seat corvette and that sentiment still appeals to me. Great review. Just subbed.
I'm really glad you're doing older cars. On a technical scale they aren't as fast as some newer ones, or as ironed out, but I think they can be more fun for theatrics and just pure enjoyment.
This is older to you!?
I just bought a 2002 Trans Am this year. Not a WS6 model unfortunately, but it only had 46K on it and was in great condition.
I had a 99 z-28 that was extremely fun and reliable and it started my love for LS cars. That trans-am looks amazing and the design has aged very well!
Imagine if these things were All-Wheel-Drive
Look at all that eye candy! Seeing that '98 Trans Am reminds me of my boss's 2001 10th Anniversary Firehawk. It has 335 Horsepower, and it's a manual. The clutch is incredibly stiff! It has really low miles on it. You looked quite happy being reunited with a familiar car! Great video, Buddy!
I bought a 98 trans am ws6 with 118k miles, exhaust, rims, radio, aftermarket intake, oil catcher, 85mm throttle body, strut bar and suspension package earlier this year in april for $8k after saving and being 21 yrs old I can say easily it's the best car i've ever owned the car is a absolute dream to drive and literally has me smiling each time I get behind the wheel just as you were while driving that supercharged beast haha. Thanks for the video and showing off this amazing car that deserves the love. I hope to get my car supercharged in the future
Love this sled. The design still rings true today. And the t-tops.. I mean you can't beat that. 🔥
No wonder I like your channel, us Pontiac Bros stick together. I had a silver 2000 firebird with smoke tinted glass/ t-tops and a midnight blue metallic 2005 LS2 GTO. Every time I see a clean F-body or GTO on the road I smile💪🏾🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥👍🏿
My 2001 WS6-6 spd. 373 gears
Shorty headers,stage 2 cam with a tune . Put a smile on my face every time I drove it.
I beat cars that ran 11:8 in 1/4 mile, from a roll 1-3 I beat any car that ran the
1/4 mile 11:8 -12:0 ..
Some guys had to pull me over to see if I had Nos. Or a pro charger…
I sold it with 7.K miles bad in
2010 for. 22.k ..
I wish I still had my WS6..
@Jerry Sullivan
What lie ??
Are you saying I’m lying about my car , and the cars I beat .
What a sweet video! Like many people, I saw this car ripping up the local streets when I was in high school. I said I would get one one day. Back in 2018 I bought a 2002 CETA, the yellow version. It just turned 30k miles. Mine is a WS6 6speed and love it to this day. It’s raw and with a full Kooks exhaust from the heads back, true duel, sounds amazing. The pops on it are awesome. And no joke, she’s keeps right up with a 5.0!
I have a 2001 Camaro SS with 44k original miles on it black with red SS trimming, with racing suspenion from top to bottom, same with engine and the 6speed transmission. Blast to drive, one awesome FAST car! 4th gen Camaros and Trans ams are one of the best generation cars ever built. 💪💯
Awesome dealership. There's at least 2 dozen cars I'd love to have just from a few moments of watching. The smile on your face is why any one of them is better than any EV. Great vid, thanks!
I had a '96 Firebird Firehawk. It was awesome. Mine was hard top with a torsen limited slip, SLP exhaust (I believe only one year due to being loud), Hurst short throw, and oil coolers from the factory. I put a x2 52 mm throttle body on it (came with a x2 48 to make less HP than the vette) and GM had a TSB so I could get an AL drive shaft for free. I ended up putting an underwrite pully on it to keep power steering fluid cooler.
It was a beast. I was passing NSXs of the time at Mid Ohio with some race tires on the thing. It was glorious.
Sometimes I wish I never sold it but I wasn't getting much use out of it anymore so off to a good home it went.
I bought my 93 (Camaro) new, I've been tracking it for nearly 30 years now, I built a 625 horse LT1 years ago, been on Mid Ohio many times, it passes everything, absolute track monster.
Every time I hear about how Chevy complained that their cars weren't the fastest always ends up pissing me off more and more. Buick and Pontiac always had fast cars with good styling to boot but Chevy couldn't handle having their higher cost production cars be outdone by their brothers and like a spoiled brat would always complain to daddy GM.
@@Crunchymunchys Huh, that's quite a story.
Fbody love. I have an 01 Z28 M6 T-Top car in my driveway to this very day. ❤
I have a '85 Dodge Aries K to this very day as well
Such a tourqey car 👌
02 ws6 6sp. I still love it.
@@timothythomas1737 mullet militia needs to keep representing! 🫡
@@S8ER ls1 still putting in work.
They definitely don't make them like that anymore & Trans Ams were some of the most beautiful muscle cars! That's a Gem!!❤️
Love you enthusiasm for all the different cars you review. Keep on keepin’ on. Love the channel.
I own 2 fbody cars a 02 Camaro SLP and a 02 Firehawk I absolutely love them.
Wow! awesome car. My first ever muscle car was a 1999 Trans Am. My Trans Am wasn't a WS6 but I did put a ram air hood on it and ironically the same exact stripe kit with the bird on the hood (mine was blue stripes on a white car like the anniversary cars). This brought back so many memories for me. I miss that car so much.
Why is that ironic?
The Trans Am is great, the 98-02 ram air cars have been a top 5 favorite designs since they came out. The car you called a big old ghostbusters car, was a 1956 Ford Parklane 2 door wagon, a super rare car on it's own. I personally don't think it's a big car, but i've wanted one forever and about fell off my chair when you passed a mint example at this dealership.
I owned a 2000 WS6 RamAir TA, Red was my color and Oh it looked so Beautiful with the chrome WS6 wheels that was on it with 285 40 17 square stance.
On the street it was monster, every car that challenged me at the stop light got their Azz handed to them.
But my TA had a few bolt-ons.
K&N air filter, Hooker long tube headers, SLP exhaust, and 125hp dryshot from Nos.
@Jerry Sullivan
Sounds like you're a hater, cause back in that time 2000 ~ 2005 it was next to the Corvette, especially with the add-ons I had on my TA.
I want one. I am baffled why CARB does not allow putting newer, more efficient engines in older cars. That smile on your face is priceless.
98-02 LS1 5.7L is my all time favorite LS engine. It revs!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a 2001 version convertible. I poured my heart and soul into that car. I bought it crashed and built it back up again. The color on mine was considered pewter, but my neighbors had it towed when my grandma died. I miss that car, it gave me the feeling of freedom, with the top-down driving people used to compliment me on it, great I'm going to start crying now.
The 98-02 Trans Am will always be my favorite Firebird I am currently searching for another Trans Am as we speak
I ordered one the moment I saw it on the front page of Car and Driver back in 1998. What a ride. Thanks for the memories!
That car looks timeless! I remember when they came out!👍😁
That thing will b turning heads @ car n coffee events long after were gone.
Being a Ford guy, I bought a gold 98 TA for my daily driver about a year ago, and absolutely love it. Got some vids posted on it, but just like you said, EVERYONE in their 50’s has a soft spot for a TransAm!
I had a 2002 WS6 Trans Am. I bought new. I ended up putting a ProCharger on it with additional modifications to the car. I ended up selling it and bought a 2015 Z/28.
How cool is that!!! Those were definitely the shit back then! I’m 50 and definitely remember all the Trans Am’s and Iroc’s.. great upload Sir X
Streetside classics have amazing cars! Little pricey but they look great. Love the content! Keep it up 🤘🏻
I'm with you on the liking of this car. I've always been a fan of the older 70's / 98 to 99, and the ram air intake was a plus for the car.
Man…..I totally agree about the nostalgia of that car! I use to have a 89 Firebird Formula with some upgrades. I LOVED that car and people knew my car before me. Great living vicariously through your content. Thanks
Still one of Pontiacs greats
RacerX,
This is why l watch. Your taste in cars is a lot like mine. These Trans Am’s kick as in styling ,performance and handling. The 1995 Bonniville ,l bought used and loved for a decade.
3800 flies down the highway.
I love them. I raced a black WS6 about 8 months back in my wife's Model Y telsa. It was absolutely hilarious to see the look on his face at the next light. He looked like a guy stuck in the early 2000s in rural West Virginia. Wasn't a fan of electric cars btw, I've owned V8s my whole life but that thing moves. I pulled at least 5 cars on him before letting off. It was definitely a heads/cam setup WS6 from a 30 roll. I kept waving forward to hit and he just shook his head like "wtf is this?" Finally, he took off and pulled a fender on me before I reeled him in like a freight train. I've been street racing since around 95 and I've never pulled a car that hard, especially something fast
I finally bought the trans am I wanted while in high school. 2001 ws6 85k miles, 4 speed. So glad I bought it, can't wait to pass it down when I am older.
Long live the Trans Am!!
Great throwback video.
The sound system on this car is the original GM
Monsoon system in red back-lit.
This particular model has the cassette tape and integrated equalizer with 6 speakers, 2 at the front doors with tweeters, two by the rear seats, and two in the hatch / rear compartment.
In 97-98 they switched from cassette to CD players with integrated EQs, all the way to the end of production (2002).
This car is a blast from the past.
Those trans and r really growing on me, I had a 73&75 back in the day.
Thank you very much. I absolutely love the Trans Am, always been a popular car no matter what the year. These cars were also lighter than the modern muscles cars coming in at 3400 pounds it was cool. Thanks for sharing captain.
I have lived in Tampa for over 20 years and have never heard of this place. It's amazing. Will definitely be stopping in. Thanks Racer X.👍
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Agreed! Hail hail to an enduring American Muscle Car Classic!
Oh Man, No 6 speed! Great looking car. I have owned 4 of them, 3 automatic cars and 1 6-speed car. The 6-speed car was so much fun.
I bought a 2002 WS6 a few years ago with less than 50k original miles. it's literally my favorite thing that I've ever owned. ever.
Awesome video X! More content like this please. Can't beat the classics
Something about a nice deep gold paint job!
That thing looks so good! Loved the review. My buddy had a fire bird back in the day & he locked his puppy in his car with keys. He told me to help him break his passenger side window to get the dog out. It was not easy. That window kicked our butts!!
Cool car I got a 95 Z28 convertible it's like you drop the top and cruise it runs high 13s low 14s and I only paid $4,000 for it and it only has 98000 mi bargain of a lifetime
I like the '85 model myself. I always thought the styling on the '98 was to gaudy to much going on. Fantastic low mile example trans-am. I'm not hating on it, it's really nice just not my cup of tea. Super Charger and other upgrades done well, color and stripe combination are attractive you definitely will get noticed in that car that's what comes with spoilers and stripes. Your enthusiasm for it is all good you owned one and enjoyed it nothing wrong with that. My brother in law had a '78 trans-am gold paint, gold tinted t-tops with the brown pinstripes snow flake gold wheels 400 pontiac w turbo 400 trans and a 4:10 posi rear end good times in our youth in that car. Nice story about your connection to your trans-am.
I plan to put some forced induction on my 94 Z-28. Muscle car dreams at that place!! Thanks for the coverage!! I died twice on an operating table because of a car crash in 93. I remember a Z-28 in a magazine and dreamed of it for months. Now I have that dream and she's my baby with the Lt1 and a 6 speed. Super charging my gal is in the future plans. Thanks!! Great build!!
I sure do miss Plymouth, they should've stuck around there would have been some amazing road runners and cudas during the hellcat age. I miss Pontiac too but not as much as Plymouth. I wouldn't mind a restomod 69 roadrunner
I remember when that body style came out in 93. I saw one on the showroom floor. A red formula. Bought it that day. Then I saw a new 03 Corvette z06 in electron blue. Went home with it. That was my favorite car I ever owned. Great memories.
This was my dream car when I was in HS. I graduated in 2001 and remember it very clearly
Hope Street Classics survived these past hurricanes and floods!!
Nice presentation. I owned a 1996 formula added some mods. LT1 six speed and gotta tell ya it’s one of the best handling cars around even for its age.I enjoyed driving it every time. Would love to get my hands on that car tour showing but with a sixer.Deff one of the best looking fun driving cars ever.
Damn, I really miss T-Tops! Heck, too many fun cars don't even offer a moon roof now, sigh..... I love these types of reviews, keep 'em coming please!!!!!
I will never let go of my 2002 Torch Red Trans am , I will be putting a LS3 in her one day !! Had her for 12 yrs ,She is a headturner !!
Loved the 5th gen F bodies. I owned a 95 Formula Firebird and a 02 6speed T/A.
I wanted a Carl Black edition Blackhawk soooo bad back in the day but was too young and broke.
I’d love to have an 02 WS6 in Daytona orange with black leather. That was my dream combo!
I know a guy who hates V8 cars and he likes the Trans Am. I have always loved them.
They have some nice cars in their inventory
Pontiac was the BEST, everything they made was quick in acceleration, Gto, formula firebird, TA ram-air, G8, Grandprix with the turbo, Bonneville SSEI with the supercharger, fiero gt, sunfire gt 5spd trans, sunbird, grand-am ram air gt, i was a true Pontiac man and my mom, we bought more Pontiac cars than any other car, Im still a Pontiac person unless another manufacturer bring back Pontiac cars, my first car i bought was a PONTIAC, No one is a Pontiac person as me, l love Pontiac, Kit on knight rider was originally a Pontiac trans-aim, I tred switching to a 99 Camaro with the ls1 motor and my friend had a 99 ram air, i liked the ram air better still, these was the best, all of them of , Pontiac, i seen a ram air getting on the interstate from an entry ramp one day and the car was getting it, moving so fast to enter onto the interstate that it had to slow down to merge, what a incredible site, raw accelerating power, folks lets get together and bring back the muscle cars of Pontiac and have a festival dislay on the road, the firebird the trans-aim the g8 the ram-air etc, thankyou for this video, you bring back memories with the t-tops out and the v8 sounds cruising along, but unfortunately those days are over and don't look like they'll return no time soon, do anyone like my testimony
awesome video brother I love seeing your true joy and enthusiasm for this car ! Definitely do wish they came out with more of them
Love seeing that LS1 beautiful car. 😍
Spectacular car.
Only thing disappointing about it is the automatic transmission.
I had a '94 Firebird for 21yrs before I had to sell it. Was still in great condition.
I live in England & this would be my dream car! .a lot of mustangs on our roads, but transams are quite rare. This would get way more looks than the likes of ferraris & other super cars!
Correct me if im wrong, but what I like about that era of muscle cars is when you do bolt on upgrades, you see immediate results with or without a computer tune...its not like that no more
Those were good times , the computers compensated for bolt on mods , cams , headers , larger throttle bodies etc , today's cars 4 get it , taking too much $$$ out of the industrys pockets , that's why they killed off the muscle cars of the 60s/70s , you could add all the go fast goodies , step up the axle ratio 3.73 / 4.11 , head work , nice cam , headers / exhaust , bigger carb and didn't need a computer to tune squat !! You were the tuner , that's what made tinkering with cars fun
Well said
@@loycellhenry2163 Thanks alot , Its good 2 know there are some real Hotrodders out there , anyone can pull out a laptop and claim all the fame , but there's nothing than replace raw talent , getting ya hands dirty and learning the mechanical side of the equation , now it's all plug and play , rebuild a Rochester Quadra jet , set the idle , set up the choke and dial in the air metering screws till she runs smooth , then you'll have my respect , They're trying 2 replace the Mehanics with Technicians , More power 2ya , stay blessed
Great stuff, love the late 90 early 00 stuff I keep buying stuff from these years and reliving my childhood dreams of one day driving this stuff. It’s cheap fun and they may be slower than most performance things today but who cares.
My 2nd Car was a brand new, off the dealership showroom floor 1975 400 CID 4 Speed, Silver Trans Am. MSRP as I recall was around $5,200.
It was a great car for cruising the Streets and after I sold it to a guy to buy a 1979 Z28, I heard the Cops were looking for me.
NOTE: After I sold the car.
The guy I sold it to was serving our Country over in Japan in 1979 and was home on leave.
Well, he was in fact “tearing up the streets, going around turns smoking the tires, dumping the clutch”!
Friends involved in the cruising for the most part just drove around peacefully and would be hanging out at the Burger Chef.
People were coming up to me saying the Cops are looking for a Silver Trans Am that is reckless and they want you bad.
Hey, wasn’t me, I sold the Trans Am about a week ago.
One of the Cops saw me in the new Brown Z28 and I got pulled over. He started asking me about driving the Trans Am around and lucky for me, the guy I sold the car to drive past the Cop. I quickly told the Cop, hey there he goes and the Cop went after him.
I didn’t find out what happened to him because he returned to Japan.
I glad he drove past the Cop when he did, probably saved me some grief!
Just bring back memories, awesome car trans am
i remember being at a dealer in 2000 looking at a pearlescent purple/green Ram air & dreaming of being an owner which NEVER happened. 😢😢
Car looks WAY better then the Camaro if the same time frame.
This was IMHO just as beautiful as the trans am from smokie & the bandit movies.
They had a great commercial in 97' showing a Red Trans-Am driving down the street with the announcer saying "When the 97 Trans-am rumbles through your neighborhood fathers yell out the door, slow down! (even though you're only going 30) mothers grab their daughters and run inside! yes the 97 Trans-Am Is rumbling through neighborhoods all over the USA get yours today!👌👍
Man. What a great car. I'm a mustang guy all day. So is my brother. Specifically the SN/new edge platform. But this is a car I'd take all day. Back in the day my mom bought a 2001 Z28. T tops, disc changer in the back. Midnight blue. This brought me back to those days.
Wow, who wouldn't love to have that in their garage!
I miss mine so much. I had a 97 p1sc supercharger and a bucket load of supporting mods. Lt1 so it only put out 440 hp to the rear. Best damn car I ever owned
The 90s had some of the best cars ever. I lv that TA
You brought me back as well, in High School (circa 77') I had a 1974 Gold Formula 455 with Factory Ram Air. IF I could have one car back, it would be that Formula 455. Triple
I’m a lifelong Pontiac fan. The 67 Firebird was my first car at 16 and later several second generation Trans Am’s. I do like the fourth Gen they have a nice overall modern look that’s badass. I’m still mad that GM killed the brand!
I rode in one when they just came out a factory ws6 they are dope that first gear pull is amazing
I always loved the firebird bring back memories
yeah Iz 99 grad, and I wanted a 98 99 trans am so bad, but my dad said I'd wrap myself around a tree,....might be right but now I'm more settled down, love the video
My first performance car was a 1969 GTO I bought back in 85. It would lay rubber in all three gears I loved that car.
This car has really wicked & sexy lines! I completely agree, it was really well designed! Thanks for sharing it with us!
I had the ‘97 ram air trans am (.the cone nose) So this review really takes me back Thank you
I owned 2 ws6 ram air cars. but I didn't even think they where I production till 98!
@@scarface9617 i believe 98 was the “refresh” with the twin nostrils hood scoop
That style never grew old.
This car has such an absolutely beautiful "snarl" look; flexing and ready to pounce. Very American.
I miss Pontiac.
I will never forget Pontiac, they were ahead of their time in technology.
I've always been a Trans Am fan since the first time I saw Smokey & the Bandit as a kid. That last gen T/A was the best there ever was. Just love it!!!! 😍 And it came with the Tremec T56 6-speed! 😈
'71 Chevelle is my DREAM car!!
My stepdad worked for Pontiac and they gave him a brand new '96 WS6 Firebird black on black... he let me drive to high school quite often(he would rather drive his 911 Carrera) The car was terrifyingly fast back then ☺️☺️☺️
Stunning car. I always lived the gold 98 cars.
I owned 2 of these ws6 ram air cars an '01 & I still have my '02.. It very well could be, but.. I'm not so sure that is the factory color on this ram air!
This is one of the nicest Trans Ams I have ever seen a friend of mine has the one with the snorkel wood on it but I’m not sure what year it is they don’t really drive it’s kinda stuck away in the garage
In my opinion one of the best looking trans am models ever built. Those things were pretty bad ass when new. I’d take that car over just about anything new today. More reliable due less computers and big brother isn’t even remotely connected to it and you also don’t have cameras inside the vehicle. Plus it looks better than just about anything today. I had a trans am with a fully built 383 stroker and had plans to add forced induction but sold it before I did. It was actually very fast for its day especially since it was still NA. I also had an awesome JL Audio system in it and audio systems in hatchbacks would absolutely bump.
That color is very rare. My 98 formula has the same color sport gold metallic. Fantastic car
Trans Am will always have a special place in my heart. Because smokey and the bandit was one of the movies that made me fall in love with cars dukes of hazard and Kitt! Cannon Ball run . Then my uncle comes to town in a corvette and it was on I have owned two vetts two iroc-z 's two Z-28 's . And my next project will be a ATS-V!
I had one. Bought it new in 1998 . It was black. It was the commercial that sold me on it it showed the camera going through the ram air through the motor and then out the exhaust. Payed 32000.00 for it. That was a lot back then. I am in oh. The dealership had to call around because there wasn’t internet. They found one in pa. and had it shipped to my dealer. I wanted a 6 speed but they couldn’t find one. So I got a automatic. Still fun. Unfortunately it’s spent more time in the shop with recalls and problems with everything from oil leaks to windshield wipers not working. So I sold it with only 11000 miles on it.
I absolutely love the WS6s 😫
I had one I sold 4 years ago and now wishing I hadn't.
I could tell you really enjoyed the car, but I don't think you gave a the power train enough credit.
If that one is anything like mine, it should hit a pretty good lick if you wanna get on it.
Mine had the LT 1 engine, and it ran pretty darn strong with great top end.
Great video!👍