New owner of a 02 T/A
06-23-2006, 03:58 PM
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New owner of a 02 T/A Some may remember my recent post on buying a 2000 SS, that deal fell through.
I use to own a 2004 SRT-4 Stage 2 w/ toys, and pretty much all bolt ons. It had problems for sure.
And even so with everything done and running right, I would consider myself lucky to hit high 12's on drags trapping @ 106ish. I figured it wasnt worth the hassle so I parted out and began my search for V8 muscle. In the form of a terminator cobra or ls1. For the shape I was looking in the cobra, it would have cost me around 25-26k, I'm guessing. Though I never found one. Decent ones in the CHicagoland area are few and far between. And if it is nice you are looking at near 30k asking price or over.
In my search for a terminator, I came across a 2002 Trans Am M6.To make a long story short, I know too late.
I traded my SRT-4 in on it. I gave them the SRT-4 plus $500 for the T/A. Which ended up being 10k less then a Terminator. Making it a no brainer. I could not pass this deal up. Also the T/A was sold as a Certified car. So I got a 1yr/12k warranty thrown in for free.:clap: So I am at the same payment my SRT was at for the term, and I called my insurance and it dropped 12% for the T/A.
So the cars details are as follows.
2002 TransAm M6
42k
Hurst Shifter
T-tops
Black Ext. w/ Ebony Leather Int.
OEM 12 Disc Changer
Monsoon Audio
Current Mods:
SLP Lid
SLP Loudmouth Exhaust
My impressions:
Interior: is nicer, more comfortable seats, leather, controls. Just overall better. The monsoon is 5x better than the kicker. I just enjoy the overall feel of the car. I did loose a back seat but I don't really care about that.
Exterior is subjective, but I think it looks alot better than the SRT.
Performance:
This car would rape my stage 2 SRT-4. In any kind of acceleration contest. It's night and day. And this T/A as far as I know only has Lid & Catback. From a run in with a modded DSM, which had a small 16g@18psi, and all supporting mods. We are guessing my car should be good for high 12's@110-111. As it sits.
Future: I will be adding LT headers, ORY, CAIK, smooth bellows, Maf, & ported TB. Then in time coming Heads/cam.
Handling: I give the nod to the SRT on this one. But koni adjustibles and Eibach springs are on there way for the T/A.
Gas Mileage: Can't be certain, but I usually went about 180mi a tank in my SRT. Right now I have 175mi and I am a tad over a 1/2 a tank in the T/A.
I use to own a 2004 SRT-4 Stage 2 w/ toys, and pretty much all bolt ons. It had problems for sure.
And even so with everything done and running right, I would consider myself lucky to hit high 12's on drags trapping @ 106ish. I figured it wasnt worth the hassle so I parted out and began my search for V8 muscle. In the form of a terminator cobra or ls1. For the shape I was looking in the cobra, it would have cost me around 25-26k, I'm guessing. Though I never found one. Decent ones in the CHicagoland area are few and far between. And if it is nice you are looking at near 30k asking price or over.
In my search for a terminator, I came across a 2002 Trans Am M6.To make a long story short, I know too late.
I traded my SRT-4 in on it. I gave them the SRT-4 plus $500 for the T/A. Which ended up being 10k less then a Terminator. Making it a no brainer. I could not pass this deal up. Also the T/A was sold as a Certified car. So I got a 1yr/12k warranty thrown in for free.:clap: So I am at the same payment my SRT was at for the term, and I called my insurance and it dropped 12% for the T/A.
So the cars details are as follows.
2002 TransAm M6
42k
Hurst Shifter
T-tops
Black Ext. w/ Ebony Leather Int.
OEM 12 Disc Changer
Monsoon Audio
Current Mods:
SLP Lid
SLP Loudmouth Exhaust
My impressions:
Interior: is nicer, more comfortable seats, leather, controls. Just overall better. The monsoon is 5x better than the kicker. I just enjoy the overall feel of the car. I did loose a back seat but I don't really care about that.
Exterior is subjective, but I think it looks alot better than the SRT.
Performance:
This car would rape my stage 2 SRT-4. In any kind of acceleration contest. It's night and day. And this T/A as far as I know only has Lid & Catback. From a run in with a modded DSM, which had a small 16g@18psi, and all supporting mods. We are guessing my car should be good for high 12's@110-111. As it sits.
Future: I will be adding LT headers, ORY, CAIK, smooth bellows, Maf, & ported TB. Then in time coming Heads/cam.
Handling: I give the nod to the SRT on this one. But koni adjustibles and Eibach springs are on there way for the T/A.
Gas Mileage: Can't be certain, but I usually went about 180mi a tank in my SRT. Right now I have 175mi and I am a tad over a 1/2 a tank in the T/A.
06-23-2006, 06:35 PM
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Don't waist your time on a maf, just get a speed density tune either with the headers or wait for the heads/cam swap and totally get rid or the maf. you will be much happier I just got a speed density tune last week and it is so much more responsive and pulls harder through the whole power band. 
Good luck they are a blast to drive.
Good luck they are a blast to drive.
06-24-2006, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Ubergeist
Gas Mileage: Can't be certain, but I usually went about 180mi a tank in my SRT. Right now I have 175mi and I am a tad over a 1/2 a tank in the T/A.
