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Old 06-21-2004, 04:38 AM
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oh by the way new to the board, been browsing here for a while i just started posting
mostly at theformulasource.com or stangnet, and lt1tech, but this site has a lot of info to for the ls1
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Default I love my WS6 Formula

I ordered a 98 ws6 formula with the 3.42 rearend and all the options(except 10 disc changer and leather seats) off of Pontiacs website.Took 6 months to pry it out of the dealers hands it was delivered too.They sold it to me for 26000 and then realized what a rare bird that they had sold me but I had put a down payment on it with a contract.So after threatening legal action,and after six years, 28000 miles later,lots of mods it is the most fun car i have ever owned and that includes two 5.0 mustangs I ordered and owned.
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We formy owners never said we wanted TA clones, I specifically said the ground effects and wing were for ****. The hood and it's purely aesthetic.
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Originally Posted by xxtinktFormula
We formy owners never said we wanted TA clones, I specifically said the ground effects and wing were for ****. The hood and it's purely aesthetic.


Oh! How I love the amneties


And it is still one of the badest rides around.


WS6>all


hahahhahahhahaha
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I think the plane jane hoods on the non ram air cars, even the hawk hood are severly lacking in the looks department.

The WS6 rear spoiler "makes" the car look bad ***.
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I have to agree with the last two comments

Non WS6 hoods=
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Originally Posted by BigPlanTransAm
actually i have a T/A but looking back i would rather have the weight savings of the formula. i also like how their fog lights are almost as good as the flip up lights. whereas the T/A foglights are barely noticeable from the drivers seat. i do like my hood and wing though .
^ amen to that

kinda wish i had gottin a formula for the weight savings. BTW- when you remove the front crash bumper, the fog lights hafta go to so its no use having that bumper anymore
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Old 07-21-2004, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bad Blu Formula
Another thing, ASC stoppped producing WS6 Formulas in 2000. So if you find a 01 or 02 WS6 Formula around, its not real
what does that consist of? from what i know, which isnt much being an x stang guy. the ws6 has the TA body. and the fomula has the firebird body. how can it be both?
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This is my buddies 99 Formula WS6. Hardtop/cloth



Yep, it's real.
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ws6 is just an upfitting on a 1998-2000 Trans Am, Trans am Convertible, or Formula coupe/t-tops where it got hood, and wheels, (and other non visible things too, like exhaust, suspension, airbox, ect)

in 2001 they made the WS6 package only available on the Trans Am t-top/vert, and not for formula at all, don't know why, but as a benefit there are less than 600 or so of them in existance, so if you own one, thats a nice thing

a friend has a fully loaded 2000 ws6 formy.... A little modified now 427, 12 bolt, wilwoods, ect


Ryan

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the thing thats nice bout the WS6's and all other trans ams...is the stance...it tends to look a bit meaner cuz of the ground effects...looks like it sits lower all around...while relaly not being much of a difference if at all...and it looks more full...like ive seen launches similar to Nine Ball's....when i saw that pic there didnt look like much of a full front body like the T/A's have i guess its the way that the kit fits...jsut oks a bit bigger...so i think personally that it looks better.... Formula big time sleeper! and well...definitely the best stripper car...muchmuch like the Z28

oh adn PS...the WS6 also came with a 3.23 rear end in the autos.... i kinda like it...does me good against a few M6's out here...however i will be converting but 4.00+ 12 bolt here i come (when i get the M6 ofcourse that is)

P.S.S. another thing...why is it that many people say that the T/A's and especially WS6's feel soooooooooo much stronger..i mean i kno why WS6 but why the T/A?...even though its hevier i got 2 budds one with a 99 black T/A and a buddy with a 2000 black formula...then a buddy with a white 01 Z28....

the T/A was faster then the formula but the Z quicker then the T/A (Z has a sport package 3.23 rear on the A4 that explained it to me) but both Birds...were A4's with the stock rears....they both ran within a few .10's of each other...but outa the 3 goes....the T/A took all...and they even switched cars in the 2nd race....so i dont get it...if some1 can explain that...id be glad to hear it...(Dyno #'s are higher in hp for the formula and higher torque with the T/A...ill ask them for there sheets if i can get a hold of them)

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all cars are different. no 2 f-bodies will run truely identical times. its just some were built "stronger than others....... i think mine was built on a friday afternoon lol
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Originally Posted by 95bossf
oh by the way new to the board, been browsing here for a while i just started posting
mostly at theformulasource.com or stangnet, and lt1tech, but this site has a lot of info to for the ls1

LT1Tech hu?? ive been a member of LT1Tech for a long long time, never seen u.. u woulda been jumped bringing that ford in there!!



-aka LT1mightymouse
Old 07-25-2004, 03:34 PM
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I'm with the guy that said he couldn't hack the T/A rear spoiler - the Formula is just much cleaner, IMO. It's a matter of preference. As for the Formula being lighter, that's only true if the car's a strippo. Comparbly equipped, they're about the same - at least as close to make your Formy weigh as much as a T/A as soon as you add SFC's.
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The only difference between a WS6 Trans am and a WS6 Formula is 5 pieces of plastic........but I prefer my WS6 Formula over the T/A
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Originally Posted by ramairstyle00
....... i think mine was built on a friday afternoon lol

I've often wondered if maybe mine was built Christmas Eve
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Originally Posted by v8juice
The only difference between a WS6 Trans am and a WS6 Formula is 5 pieces of plastic........but I prefer my WS6 Formula over the T/A
no no no... you're forgetting the foglights too!
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Originally Posted by DMNSPD
no no no... you're forgetting the foglights too!
And the glue to attach the WS6 badge

opps just re-read, and saw that we were comparing formy ws6 to ta ws6, my bad, they would both have the glue
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Bottom line.......All the cars kick super ***!!!


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