corum

I was told that 2000 was the last year the trans am didn't have computer restrictions, that restricted the performance. is that true?

My mom has 1 2000 ws6, and before she bought it in 2003 she test drove alot of them. She test drove the 02 collectors and a few others from different years. her and my stepdad said they didn't impress them. Then they test drove this 2000, and they said it was everything they thought the t/a should be. I told her it may have a chip in it or some other type of mod.

So I was just wondering if anyone had an idea of why this would be.

skeels

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Stock for stock the 01-02 are faster due to things such as the ls6 intake manifold, which didnt come on the 2000 or below. Maybe one was an A4 and the other was an M6?

corum

no my mom wouldnt even look at an automatic t/a. and i thought the 02 collectors was one of the faster ones, besides the firehawk! but she said the collectors didnt even compare to this 2000. so i dont know!

JD_AMG

Post pics/specs.
A FireHawk or C/E is not going to be any noticably quicker than a same year base TransAm, or WS6, or Formula. They all have the same ~345hp LS1, no matter what they are rated at.

corum

i didnt think there would be a big difference in t/a's! i thought the t/a's came with 325hp or something like that, and the firehawk 345hp. but thanks for the info.

corum

well i cant figure out how to post the pics, i click on the little mountain looking thing for pics but it says error! and as far as specs, i have no idea. my mom thinks its stock, but not sure. she knows its faster then any other stock one she drove. she drove the 01's and 02's and they didnt impress her really, but she said this 00 did. so i dont know! i know in 03 she bought it with like 20k miles on it for 18k. i offered her 18 for it in 05 and she had alot more miles on it, and she wouldnt budge!! of course i wouldnt sell either.

corum

jd i can email them to you if you can post them, but i cant!

GTObsessor

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Someone's feedin ya a bunch of bull.

JD_AMG

Go to imageshack.us, click "browse" and find your pic in your computer. Then hit "Host it!" Highlight the code for " Show image to friends", then copy/paste it here.

landstuhltaylor

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you have to host the images at a website like photobucket. it doesnt sound right to me either

corum

corum

corum

i just got off the phone with my mom about that car. she says its all stock, but she preffered it over the 02 because it responded better, sounded better, and just out performed the 02. but all cars even built the same one will always standout over the rest. so maybe she just got lucky with the 00 and maybe that was just a bad 02. who knows!

landstuhltaylor

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do you have a pic of the exhaust and engine bay? it sounds like it at least has a catback and probably a lid

corum

no i dont have pics of any of that. she got the car when i was in iraq, and since i was in the military i was never really around the car. those pictures were takin by my wife when we were at my moms for christmas. i drove that car once in 04 and been dying to get one since!! i love those cars!!

RPM WS6

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The '00 might not be stock, thus making it feel noticeably faster than the '02.

kyle91z28

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Maybe the 02 was messed up...or a v6. The 01-02's should be slightly faster than the 98-00.

Swang

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dude...youre being fed a load of crap. the 01-02's are quicker. they dyno better generally as well. theyre all the same, and this "restriction" humbo jumbo is garbage. theres no real difference, as stated, between a trans am, a ws6, or a firehawk, it wont be noticable.

RPM WS6

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It's entirely possibile that the '00 car is faster and feels faster. Since these cars are all used, there's no telling what might have been done to the '00. Even if you don't see a lid or headers/exhaust, or any other bolt-ons, there's stuff that might not be so visiable; like gears and tuning. Someone might have pulled the bolt-ons before the car was sold but left the custom tuning and gears because that's not nearly as easy to sell/swap as a lid or a catback.

lovescamaros28

01-02 ls1 Trans-ams and Camaros do use a smaller camshaft than 98-00 models.However,the 01-02 ls1 received the ls6 intake and are usually faster and dyno higher than their 98-00 counter-parts.I am pretty sure all m6 ls1's come with 3.42 gears in the rear.The gearing in the transmission would be the same also.It is a possiblity that the older model has a new clutch set that is engaging with more force and the one on the newer model was worn out.