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Old 02-26-2010, 03:07 PM
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Hey i couldnt find anything in a search, but im looking at picking up another LS1 car maybe. Its a 98 Trans-am WS6 A4. Ive heard of the 98s being the bitch year. What all is different. I know the heads and valve covers are different, ecu, something about the transmission, i think they have steel driveshafts,a dn the gas tank and fuel pump. Anything else?
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:17 PM
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i guess i got me a down *** bitch mines a 98 vert it does have a steel shaft but it will soon be swaped i hear that the ls6 intake manifold is a must
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if its clean and low mileage for a good price get it. any yr is fine if youre going to mod it. wtf do you mean by bitch yr?
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Well I tell you what look at my sigs and I can tell you it ain't a bitch.
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Maybe more like a bastard year since it's got so many differences from the 99+, and some carry over stuff from lt1 cars.
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'98's have steel gas tanks. You can get the aluminum driveshaft in them depending what handleing package is in it. They may take a little more time to tune, but thats nothing. They are just as easy to work with as the other years, unless you are retarded. '98's have no black boxes to record crash data. All of this can be found in 2 seconds by searching. But here is you answer:

Don't click the links, scroll to the second post to find the info

https://ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls1-o...questions.html
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Originally Posted by jdiddyws6
Maybe more like a bastard year since it's got so many differences from the 99+, and some carry over stuff from lt1 cars.
Yes thats what i was referring too.
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Originally Posted by ULTIMATEORANGESS
if its clean and low mileage for a good price get it. any yr is fine if youre going to mod it. wtf do you mean by bitch yr?
It is clean, but its not low mileage. Its got 200k on it, but it looks just as good as my 80k Z28. Im not going to mod it. Maybe a set of headers and tune will be as far as it goes. Its most likely going to be the girl friends car.
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Ya i agree 98's are the bitch year getcha an 01 or above
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Yep already got the good heads/intake/injectors
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LOL i was just being sarcastic trying to rawl someone up, but they truly are the bastard yr i'd give em that title. What bout the ZO6 clutch 99's didn't have that either right?
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This has all been covered in the sticky linked above, and if you want more there are dozens of threads that can be found via a search.
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