The Firehawk, WS6 and normal TA?

 

TA is a package that includes leather, t tops, wing, ground effects and possibly the 17" wheels. The ws6 package included 17" wheels, ws6 hood, bilistein shocks and ram air lid. The firehawk had a different hood, better shocks, ram air, firehawk wheels, and some interior touches. May have some different ground effects also. That is the jist of the differences though.

 

The WS-6 and the regular Trans Am are nearly identical mechanically. The WS-6 has RAM Air, which is really no different than cold air induction because the air box isn't sealed to the scoops in the hood. It also has a slightly different and more free-flowing exhaust. Due to the visual differences, is weighs a bit more. I think the exhaust/intake differences just about even out with the weight increase. I think that the automatic WS-6s came with the "performance rear end" which included the 3.23 gears instead of the 2.73 gears. I also believe that autos with the 3.23 gears came with aluminum drive shafts instead of steel, so that would be another difference. The manuals had no difference in drive train. Also, the WS-6 came with 17x9 wheels instead of 16x8s.

I'm not too well-educated on the Firehawk. There's the obvious visual differences, but I'm not real sure about the mechanical differences. Since this was an offering by SLP, all the differences are just SLPs aftermarket parts on the car. The only one that comes to mind is the lid for the airbox. Anyone know what else SLP slapped on there?

 

The WS-6 did not come with Bilstein shocks. It came with the same sorry-*** decarbons.

 

If it was me I would choose a Firhawk, because its more rare and probably lighter.

 

I have a 99 Ta with a few mods, but i just wanted to know what the additional performance aspects of the WS6 vs Hawk vs TA. Is there a big difference in RWHP/RWTQ and Qtr times compared to my mods listed in sig

 

Very little difference. If you're concerned about speed, and not looks or uniqueness... then get the cheapest LS1 you can get. Most of the differences will be changed with aftermarket parts eventually anyway, and those that don't get changed won't make hardly any difference anyway.