This is pissing me off.
10-28-2003, 07:48 PM
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Formulas can look really good, theres a picture on here of a silver formula with z06 wheels thats lowered and that thing looks sick, it doesn't matter what kind of car the ls1 is in, its going to be pretty fast.
10-29-2003, 01:46 AM
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BlackBowtie -> Amen. I'm in the same position with mine. I've got a blk 2002, manual door locks, manual windows, manual seats, cloth interior, all black badging... but I trap at 109.4. 
10-29-2003, 04:28 PM
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I have one more thing to add, Tell your so called friends that at least you don't have a dime a dozen Firebird or Trans Am. Because Formula's are the rarest of all the Birds. Approx 2100 built in `98 alone.
10-29-2003, 04:41 PM
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LOL. I'm with 02phoenix on this one. Take them for everything they are worth.
I've pretty much decided if I get a firebird down the road, I'm getting a formula. Just to be able to do that. I already do that with my Z! You guys would love it around here in VB, these guys are absolute suckers!
I've pretty much decided if I get a firebird down the road, I'm getting a formula. Just to be able to do that. I already do that with my Z! You guys would love it around here in VB, these guys are absolute suckers!
10-29-2003, 05:28 PM
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My Formula handles equally modified F-bodies quite well, I bought it because I didn't want to pay for leather and appearance stuff. If I didn't work for a Pontiac dealer I would have opted for a stripped Z28.
10-31-2003, 01:12 AM
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Man this is the whole reason I bought the plain Formula, I wanted the sleeper. In fact my plates say 'SLEEPIN'. I love it when people think that I am just a plain Firebird. When it's all said and done I plan on going the route that 'Colonel' over here has gone. Put in a killer sleeper cam with good flowing heads and just run through a full exhaust to stay quiet as anything. Then you start talking about being rare; my wife has one of the rarest 4th gens made. A 2000 Formula WS6; now how many of those do you see on a regular basis? Espcially true ones! 
When it's all said and done I plan on going the route that 'Colonel' over here has gone. Put in a killer sleeper cam with good flowing heads and just run through a full exhaust to stay quiet as anything. Then you start talking about being rare; my wife has one of the rarest 4th gens made. A 2000 Formula WS6; now how many of those do you see on a regular basis? Espcially true ones!
11-01-2003, 08:53 AM
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I love my lil Formula and her sleeper look As everyone else has said, they're rare, lighter and fast Tell all those ricers and nonbelievers to kiss your a$$!
Couple of pics
http://mofbody.com/avatars/In_Your_Face3.jpg
http://mofbody.com/avatars/Side1.jpg
As everyone else has said, they're rare, lighter and fast Tell all those ricers and nonbelievers to kiss your a$$!Couple of pics
http://mofbody.com/avatars/In_Your_Face3.jpg
http://mofbody.com/avatars/Side1.jpg
11-03-2003, 03:25 PM
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I had a t/a and traded for a formula I hated the cheap leather in the T/As
I've often thought of taking off the exhuast tips and just run dual turn downs. And then take off the door badges, but then the WS6 wheels on mine give it a little less sleeper look..Oh well.
I hated the cheap leather in the T/AsI've often thought of taking off the exhuast tips and just run dual turn downs. And then take off the door badges, but then the WS6 wheels on mine give it a little less sleeper look..Oh well.
11-03-2003, 03:49 PM
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QUOTE: "Okay I am a very proud owner of a 98 A4 Formula. Everytime I go to the local hang out place with nothing but firebird owners I always get bashed. Everyone says that the Formula is the slowest firebird every built".
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Your friends are right ... The LS1 Formula has about 50 HP less than the much faster Trans-Am model.
Your friends are wrong on one point ... The 98 Formula is not the slowest firebird ever built. There were a few 82-84 Formulas with the 305 engine that were just slightly slower.
Tell your friends that even though you own one of those inferior Formulas, it will still run the 1/4 mile about 2 tenths of a second quicker than a V6 Firebird. It should be faster than a 6 cyl .. Hell, it's got at least 15 HP more.
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Your friends are right ... The LS1 Formula has about 50 HP less than the much faster Trans-Am model.
Your friends are wrong on one point ... The 98 Formula is not the slowest firebird ever built. There were a few 82-84 Formulas with the 305 engine that were just slightly slower.
Tell your friends that even though you own one of those inferior Formulas, it will still run the 1/4 mile about 2 tenths of a second quicker than a V6 Firebird. It should be faster than a 6 cyl .. Hell, it's got at least 15 HP more.
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