Aww... not an 89 Turbo Trans-Am with the Buick LC2??
Formula Firebird?
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Aww... not an 89 Turbo Trans-Am with the Buick LC2??
Sorry it took so long for me to reply...
my car is stock except for a Tri-ax
his car is either 00 or 01 with no mods.
there is no money at stake so im gonna race him anyway , thanks for all the feedback. now i atleast i know what im going up against
my car is stock except for a Tri-ax
his car is either 00 or 01 with no mods.
there is no money at stake so im gonna race him anyway , thanks for all the feedback. now i atleast i know what im going up against
I would run him from a stop. Although the ETs are similar between the two the LS1 usually traps more. My 01 WS6 just went 13.41 @ 109.46 on a 2.3 60' stock for comparison.
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If you could get your 60' down a little you would be in the 12's for sure.
If you could get your 60' down a little you would be in the 12's for sure.
I think if you can get it out of the hole which will be his weak point you will be right there at the end. If he gets out of the hole within a car length of you I think he will run you down. Overall unless something goes wrong each car will be with in a lentgh of one another.
If he's totally stock including the exhaust and baffled lid it should be whoever is the better driver down the 1320 ft. After that he will start to pull slightly.
My '98 Formula went 13.4 @ 104 or 105 stock....auto w/ 3.23 gears....
i ran a 13.5 stock in my WS6 in September Florida weather, the formlas weigh less and if its an LS1 it will probably eat you up, I cant believe people dont know what a formula is!!
i raced a 2000 firebird formula with a 6 speed , from about 20 mph going up the onramp Hwy 680 at Willow Pass rd all the way to 135 mph , it was a dead even DRAW,,
2003 Mach 1, 5 speed stock with a K&N and the air filter housing silencer tube removed,,,:beer:
2003 Mach 1, 5 speed stock with a K&N and the air filter housing silencer tube removed,,,:beer:
If its a 6 speed dont go from a roll. If he is a good driver I wouldnt race for money.My 01 T/A went a 13.1 @109.9 and I only had it for a week.With some practice a good running ls can run in the 12s @ 110+
either way= good luck:beer:
either way= good luck:beer:
i have raced a formula i think in the 2001 range, i got off the line better he closed a little then it was a steady walk away from him.
we met up at the next mc d's he said all he had done was a cai and exhaust,
i thought the formula cam e with a upgraded exhaust?
we met up at the next mc d's he said all he had done was a cai and exhaust,
i thought the formula cam e with a upgraded exhaust?
Formula is like... the T/A with less bells and whistles, thats the only difference. I think, as far as the LS1 equipped Firebirds went, the car that would have been the best idea to get your hands on would have been a Formula with the ram air option, they were rated the same as the T/A ram air, but the formula had about a 100lbs weight advantage.
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The difference is actually closer to 50 lbs....
Owning a Formula is great. Before I changed the hood and got wheels, it was very tame looking with the OEM plain-jane painted 5 spoke 16 x 8s. With my cut-out capped, the car looked and sounded like nothing. That was fun.
Thats what my friend justin is planning on doing with his (98 formula also). The funnest part about it is, since alot of people dont realize what the Formula is, alot of em write it off as a V6 at first glance. hehehe :rolling:
99 and newer are LT1's right?
98 and newer are LS1's. 93's - 97's were LT1's. Thats for the F-bodies though...
The Corvette got the LT1 in 92, and the LS1 in 97. If your curious, before the LT1 was the L98 which was officially introduced in 84 I beleive (but I think there is "1" 83 Corvette (C4) that exsists which is located at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky which would have had the L98 I beleive.
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