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Old 05-13-2012, 07:32 AM
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So I have a 99 F250 4x4 with a powerstroke and I have 2 guys here in Georgia that are duking it out to trade for my truck. both have gorgeous cars... here is the info on them

2001 Black Trans Am
carbon fiber WS6 ram air hood
ceramic coated hooker long tubes
OR y-pipe
flowmaster exhaust
adjustable torque arm
adjustable control arms
adjustable panhard bar
adjustable air ride coilovers
corvette wheels
241 castings
auto transmission
119k miles


2002 Dark Blue Trans Am WS6 (yes has the code in door jam)
lid
k&n
corsa catback
241 castings,
ls6 intake (supposedly, cannot confirm)
6 speed
153K miles



so whats y'alls input? i'm not looking for a race car, just a nice daily driver.
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Both have too high of miles for me personally, but I would go with the NBM WS6. I think it looks better. And it should have the LS6 intake since that came stock in '02
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so you think the blue one is better? what kind of power should i expect out of the blue one? 345 hp at the crank roughly? I was thinking of doing a few mods to get it to the 400RWHP mark. One of my best friends is a guy that goes by Spinmonster, and I was thinking of getting one of his cams, some new valve springs, and having him come down and tune the car using HP tunes. that should get me close to that mark, no? thats good enough for high 11's to low 12's correct?
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a few more pics of the 2 t/a's

blue WS6


black t/a

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6 speed for sure but too many miles IMO.
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The black one, while still high and not a real ws6 if I read correctly, has considerably lower miles. And, is more modded and has nicer wheels that you won't have to spend money on later.
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drive them both, pick which one seems to be nicer
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Both are 5 hours away and both want to come to me. I am just not trying to waste anybodies time. I can't travel to them due to Deployment training and being in a 1 hour recall. I am kind of leaning towards the blue, because it is 6 speed, but the mileage an condition of the black 1 has my interest as well.
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Mileage isn't everything. As stated, check them both out and go for the better car.
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I have seen the trans am and its a nice car and the owner is a nice guy. I actually went over the car when he got it. The car is not black it is a custom grey metlic which is real nice when you see it in person, also it had weld in sub frame connectors. Thats all i can think off as of right now that is not listed.

If you could i would drive both cars and whatever one drove the best thats the one i would take IMO.
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So how is the black (grey) as far as performance? I'm not discounting either one. I aw actually hoping someone here knew about these 2 particular cars.
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The '02 WS6 looks better in my opinion. Stock looking, and it's a 6spd.
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just because my 14 year old asked... what would it take to get either into the 11's quickest and cheapest way?
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OP sounds like you want a 11 sec daily driver to tool around town. It's kinda a paradox cause you can do 11's with either car. For consistency at the track and ease around town an automatic with a good stall and gears is the way to go.
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If I had to pick only one of these 2 it would be the 6 speed WS6.
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if i had to choose... since im partial to dark blues... the dark blue 6 speed... it will get good mileage as well
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your really comparing oranges to oranges on these two, its really your personal preference and it would all come down to weather I wanted a auto or manuel to me, everything else on the cars are mostly the same.
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If I do the black with the suspension work and full exhaust what else would I need to get me down there?
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The black one looks really nice but I'd have to have the 6 speed
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Originally Posted by Marc3.4V6
The black one.... has nicer wheels that you won't have to spend money on later.
I beg to differ on that one. I'd take the stock WS6 wheels anyday over those ghetto C5Z's, which COMPLETELY ruin the look of the car.

Out of the two I like the blue one better....real WS6, better color, mostly stock so prob not beat on, and most importantly, it's a 6 speed.

However, I probably wouldn't make the trade because of the mileage. And while the black on has lower miles, it's an auto, so I wouldn't want that.


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