is my trans am really a formula??
10-24-2006, 08:57 PM
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I am not F-body specialist but let me help you out.BTW take a pic of you rop codes on the door or use this link to figure things out yourself
https://ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls1-owners-newbie-tech/213148-jrp-s-faq-commonly-asked-questions.html
1: V6 and formula could come with T-Tops
2: WS9 is the code for formula
3: unlike most cars that you can buy firebirds options could and were stacked so to say on top of each other. EX. car 1 could be ordered with option "a", "b", or "c" but a firebird could have A and B or Aand C and so on. see my WS6 has the WS9 and WS6 code on the door if your is a real t/a (not ram air) it will have WS9 and the WS4(I think the code for T/A is WS4) code next to each other
hope this helps
https://ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls1-owners-newbie-tech/213148-jrp-s-faq-commonly-asked-questions.html
1: V6 and formula could come with T-Tops
2: WS9 is the code for formula
3: unlike most cars that you can buy firebirds options could and were stacked so to say on top of each other. EX. car 1 could be ordered with option "a", "b", or "c" but a firebird could have A and B or Aand C and so on. see my WS6 has the WS9 and WS6 code on the door if your is a real t/a (not ram air) it will have WS9 and the WS4(I think the code for T/A is WS4) code next to each other
hope this helps
10-24-2006, 09:20 PM
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Nick, if your car looks like the red one that bww3358 posted than its a TA if it looks like the white its a formula! As far as your options go, leather, t-tops, pwr win/locks, those are an option that any firebird can have V6, V8, TA or formula, I'm looking at the dealers book/brochure for 2000 right in front of me. I also just looked at my door and it has WS6 and WS9 but no WS4, it also has a LS1 rpo. Hope this helps u
10-24-2006, 09:23 PM
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does the side of your door say Trans Am? does it have a body kit? does it have the TA wing?
what else do you need? does it really matter? i doubt someone bought a formula and converted the entire thing over, decals and all. i don't get what you're stressing over.
what else do you need? does it really matter? i doubt someone bought a formula and converted the entire thing over, decals and all. i don't get what you're stressing over.
10-24-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
does the side of your door say Trans Am? does it have a body kit? does it have the TA wing?
what else do you need? does it really matter? i doubt someone bought a formula and converted the entire thing over, decals and all. i don't get what you're stressing over.
what else do you need? does it really matter? i doubt someone bought a formula and converted the entire thing over, decals and all. i don't get what you're stressing over.
10-24-2006, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
does the side of your door say Trans Am? does it have a body kit? does it have the TA wing?
what else do you need? does it really matter? i doubt someone bought a formula and converted the entire thing over, decals and all. i don't get what you're stressing over.
what else do you need? does it really matter? i doubt someone bought a formula and converted the entire thing over, decals and all. i don't get what you're stressing over.
10-24-2006, 09:49 PM
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If you cant find find ws4, look for y82 (merchandised package-trans am base coupe). either way, you have an fbody with an ls1. I really dont know how else to define any of this...
firebird(v6 w/v6 body)>firebird formula (ls1 w/v6 body)>firebird formula trans am (formula with body kit and wing).
I have a 98 and I didnt find the WS4 rpo but its a trans am. my VIN proves it. Everyone has pretty much gave you everything and then some to determine if you have a t/a for not. just stop worrying, drive, mod, have fun
firebird(v6 w/v6 body)>firebird formula (ls1 w/v6 body)>firebird formula trans am (formula with body kit and wing).
I have a 98 and I didnt find the WS4 rpo but its a trans am. my VIN proves it. Everyone has pretty much gave you everything and then some to determine if you have a t/a for not. just stop worrying, drive, mod, have fun
10-24-2006, 10:03 PM
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nickand98redta, try this, im pretty confident this should answer your question once and for all. go to carfax.com (you dont have to have a membership or anything) and put in your VIN and then go from there. Under year/make/model, it should say firebird formula / trans am if you in fact have a trans am. I just did it so u should be able to do it too. hope this helps you out.
10-24-2006, 10:15 PM
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another thing cld069, when u carfaxed yours did it come out as formula/trans am like mine? i carfaxed a car i was gonna buy before a 98 t/a and it carfaxed just as trans am. why?
10-24-2006, 10:18 PM
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im going to have to recant my statement. I figured since i had done that through carfax on my ta as well as my buddys, it only brought up trans am for trans ams. but i just did it with the vin of a formula and it still had trans am. So i apologize, i was wrong. guess my way wont work. sorry