Pontiac Firebird 1967-2002 - WL: 2000 ws6ex

I bought the car back in 2002 when i was 15 years old. Making some changes to it recently...... http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0331.jpg

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Front bumper needs to be repainted. trying to find a new hood, Raptor or ws6

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0334.jpg
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slotted and drilled rotors

Some pics of my work area
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Going from 6 speed to stalled 4l60e.
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3800 stall from CIRCLE D
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I will be using a B&M megashifter, B&M supercooler, and B&M temp gauge
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Cant beat 200 dollar ebay headers with block off plates

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/rearend.jpg
Put in a rearend this last weekend, has 4.10's and new bearings

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0346.jpg
This is last on my list to install. until then it just sits in my room. Also picked up a timing tuner from a buddy

line lock
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0343.jpg

Last night I put in a new fuel pump...... nothing like cutting holes in your first car.
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Nice!

Nice!

thank you. still needs alot of work. I've got about 5k in it so far, and im looking at another 1500 just to get it running. then paint and body work is whatever.

now go to a junkyard and cut out another plate to cover your hole.. thats what i did, it fits perfectly over it.... gotta love those ebay headers...if you ask me, theyre the most bang for your buck...

Nice man. Should be pretty sick when done.

You should have dropped the tank while your old rear end was out of the car. That would have saved you from cutting up the floor.

Well. After the heads and cam, which is the winter project, im changing the fuel pump to an aeromotive stealth. I don't want to have to keep dropping the tank.

But that's the lazy side of me talking

So i went to go throw in the new fuel pump and I find this....
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0366.jpg
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0365.jpg
Turned the key on and the gas gauge works..... It sat in my parents shed over the winter and mice got to it. FUCK MY LIFE

spent a couple hours on it after I rewired the fuel pump and got these nasty things out
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0368.jpg

headers will go on tomorrow. then all thats left for now is transmission and hood.

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0372.jpg
rusty exhaust is off

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I know its not that big of deal, but ive wanted headers on this forever. Did it all with 2 jack stands, jack, and basic socket set. Also ALOT of swearing

Any ideas on what shift kit I should run?

Trans Go any good?

Trans go is awesome!!

are the bolts different that bolt up a flexplate from the flywheel?

picked up some flexplate bolts today at o reileys...... bolts are slightly too large. wtf

http://www.thunderracing.com/shop-by/category/Transmission-and-Driveshafts/Bolt-Kits/ARP-Fasteners-Flywheel-Flexplate-and-Pressure-Plate-Bolt-Kits_661.html

Ran into another issue. the o2 sensor for the driver side is too long and will not go into the header. Am i supposed to get a different shorter o2 sensor or just get a dummy o2.

Awesome. That think is going to be fun! I had a 1500 Silverado 5.3L Regcab side step bed with the same stall as you w 4:10s, pacetter long tubs/cut out and the TransGo shift kit. I was able to keep up with the 4x4 guys in the 1/4mile. I wasn't fast enough to beat them tho but staying on their bum pumper isn't bad, I don't think. So I can imagine its going to be way better with the added HP your going to have!
Sorry such a long post. Lol didn't want to high jack it's excited for you. Good work!

Awesome. That think is going to be fun! I had a 1500 Silverado 5.3L Regcab side step bed with the same stall as you w 4:10s, pacetter long tubs/cut out and the TransGo shift kit. I was able to keep up with the 4x4 guys in the 1/4mile. I wasn't fast enough to beat them tho but staying on their bum pumper isn't bad, I don't think. So I can imagine its going to be way better with the added HP your going to have!
Sorry such a long post. Lol didn't want to high jack it's excited for you. Good work!

what did your truck run?

I really can't remember right now. FML! I didn't get a chance to tune it so it might have been a little quicker if I did. I even did the ram air mod from the lower air dam. Are you going to add a cutout? I'll try and see if I still have a time slip. It's been 3yrs though.

I really can't remember right now. FML! I didn't get a chance to tune it so it might have been a little quicker if I did. I even did the ram air mod from the lower air dam. Are you going to add a cutout? I'll try and see if I still have a time slip. It's been 3yrs though.

just going to run a Y pipe for now. then later on do dual exhaust straights.

Ran into another issue. the o2 sensor for the driver side is too long and will not go into the header. Am i supposed to get a different shorter o2 sensor or just get a dummy o2.
......

Maybe I missed it but what exhaust was that?

Maybe I missed it but what exhaust was that?
What type of headers? or the exhaust on the ground?

bought some ARP flexplate bolts, while im repainting the front bumper any ideas on what hood I should run? Seems like lately the amount of ws6's here in lincoln, Ne has grown. I want something that sets me apart from the rest.

Rim and tires are for sale. Pm if interested. Also stealth fuel pump.

Sorry to ask, but how could you afford that when it was 2 years old and you were only 15?

I had 3 grand in savings. Then 350 a month.

Christ when I was 15 I was dying to get a freestyle BMX. I admire the fact you're doing all of this work man-very commendable. Also, there may be a lot of WS6's in your area, but in my opinion that's the perfect look for that car. I've always said that all of the Firebirds should have come from the factory that way...

Thank you mang. Doing all this stuff for the first time is over whelming. But doing it yourself gives a guy so much more satisfaction.

it does and you learn something, just the header install alone will teach you alot, good work man,

looking awesome bro, keep up the good work. kudos for having the stones to wrench yourself as well.

Thanks guys

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do you still have the old t56 you took out?

Well. After the heads and cam, which is the winter project, im changing the fuel pump to an aeromotive stealth. I don't want to have to keep dropping the tank.

But that's the lazy side of me talking

So i went to go throw in the new fuel pump and I find this....
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0366.jpg
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0365.jpg
Turned the key on and the gas gauge works..... It sat in my parents shed over the winter and mice got to it. FUCK MY LIFE

spent a couple hours on it after I rewired the fuel pump and got these nasty things out
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0368.jpg

headers will go on tomorrow. then all thats left for now is transmission and hood.

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0372.jpg
rusty exhaust is off

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0373.jpg
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0374.jpg
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx101/transam00ws6/IMG_0375.jpg
I know its not that big of deal, but ive wanted headers on this forever. Did it all with 2 jack stands, jack, and basic socket set. Also ALOT of swearing

Any ideas on what shift kit I should run?

Trans Go any good?

How did the headers fit??

do you still have the old t56 you took out?

sold the T56

headers fit awesome. didnt take long at all once i got the manifolds out. This was my first header swap, im still wondering about the driver side o2 sensor.