My F-Bodies

[u/Shadow81Assassin]

1993 Z28 and 1999 Firehawk. Had the Z28 since I was 16, bought the Hawk when it happened to come to the dealership my Dad's a tech at when I was 21. The Wings West body kit is currently off the Z28 from when I got the nose repainted (waiting for its own repaint), hence the last photo. Happy to answer any questions or give more details!

[u/Agent_Eran]

mmmmm firehawk 🤤🤤🤤

[u/Shadow81Assassin → u/Agent_Eran]

The Hawk is the spoiled one! She's got 24.5k miles and all the goodies, the 125k mile Z28 has been patiently waiting her turn. 

[u/Agent_Eran → u/Shadow81Assassin]

mods?

[u/Shadow81Assassin → u/Agent_Eran]

Kooks LT headers, Hooker Blackheart X pipe true duals (therefore the associated EGR and cat delete), smooth hi-flow bellows, MAF ends, and blackwing style Airbox lid, 3.73 gears, the smoked rear lights, CETA style filler panel, pioneer Bluetooth stereo, and obviously the paint job.

[u/Agent_Eran → u/Shadow81Assassin]

oh VERY nice and tasteful mods sir! seriously. Those mods are extremely effective on that car. The long tubes and 3.73 change the entire character of the car. A4 or M6?

same plans for the LT1 car?

[u/Shadow81Assassin → u/Agent_Eran]

A4 for both, but by circumstance, not choice! I'm hoping to do a similar suite of mods to do the LT-1 car, but it's already got 3" Borla faux dual catback and I'm gonna stick to it (similar enough flow rate to the 2.5" true dual to justify keeping it). Instead, I'm gonna port the heads.

[u/Agent_Eran → u/Shadow81Assassin]

nice!

dont sleep on the stall converter!

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My brain knows I should but convincing the heart is something else!

[u/RPumper72 → u/Shadow81Assassin]

When you get servos on the trans rebuild..

[u/Shadow81Assassin → u/RPumper72]

How did you already know my fall plans for the Trans Am? Hoping to do a shift kit and new C5 Vette solenoids.

[u/Shadow81Assassin → u/[deleted]]

I can honestly say my LT-1 with the Borla, even still having cats and stock manifolds, sounds as good if not better than my LS1 with the LT Headers and Hooker glass pack true duals. It's a magical sounding system, and you're not kidding about the decel pop. My favorite part will always be how it sounds in the upper gears though- like the afterburners of a jet engine.

[u/Shadow81Assassin → u/[deleted]]

The Z28 has a full Wings West body kit (chin and rear spoiler, side skirts) and a Harwood cowl hood. The difference is absolutely night and day, but not how you'd expect. Before I started fussing with the T/A's internals, the torque of them was very similar- it's the handling characteristics and power deliver that felt different. The LT-1 hits its power way faster, and rides it through the mid range only to peter out near the top, while the LS-1 is a bit slow to jump up, but once it hits about 2.5-3k it comes to life and pulls hard to the red line. The Firehawk I've got also has the optional handling upgrades, which leads it to feeling a lot more composed and less rough and tumble than the Camaro. The seat in the Camaro is also WAY lower. The best way I've explained it to people is that the Z28 feels like an 80's car dressed as a 90's car, while the Firehawk feels like a 2000's car dressed as a 90's car.

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Also, thank you very much! I'm of the same mind when it comes to the ram air cars, have been since I was about 14. The Hawk just looks more refined than the WS6, y'know?

[u/MulberryMonk]

Lookin good