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Member ID: JoeCool97Formula

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

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1997 Pontiac Firebird

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Last updated: Jul 16, 2008

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Joe Cool’s Pontiac Firebird:
“FORMULA... Powered by V8TEC”

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MY CAR:
1997 PONTIAC FIREBIRD FORMULA

One of 3,090 Formula's, 429 of which were Arctic White color
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*Arctic white paint with dark pewter interior
*5.7 Liter (350ci) LT1 v8
*4L60E Automatic transmission
*Performance package: 150mph speedometer, tachometer, 3.23 ratio limited slip rear axle, 245/50/16 Z-speed rated performance tires, and 4 wheel ABS
*T-Tops
*Chrome 16x8 wheels
*Bose/Monsoon audio system with amplified 10 speaker surround sound, CD player with 5 band equalizer, and steering wheel remote controls
*Power package: windows, locks, seats with lumbar and side bolster adjustments, and cruise control
Leather seats, shifter handle, emergency brake handle, and steering wheel controls
(factory options...some may no longer apply)

Just a few pictures of the car in it's current condition.
UPDATE: new Harwood hood 5/08, have yet to get painted
Front:

I made some custom grills for the front fog lamp holes (if optioned) Clear corners too. UPDATE: GONE, replaced with smoked lenses.


Material I used for the grilles, which I bought in a bulk sheet

The Firebird on the front bumper

Rear:



(Pontiac letters are actually CHROME, show up black in pictures for some reason)

Driver side view: (updated pic with smoked lenses and new hood)


The rims: stock 16x8 chrome (now have chrome centercaps with Firebirds and chrome lugnuts)

What she looks like in the dark. THERE ARE SCARY MONSTERS OUT AT NIGHT!



Interior:



*NEW UPDATE*
Silver faced gauges and matching shifter gauge

155 mph on the speedometer... and it will do it too, TRUST ME! (night picture... I like the red glow!)

I also made some carbon fiber sail panel covers. Cut them out from a sheet of REAL carbon fiber.

Bone stock, shortly after buying her in 2002

I found the original sales brochures for 1997 Firebird and Pontiac full line on Ebay for only $5.00 and had to buy them!

MODS LIST:
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*K&N FIPK cold air intake
*1LE intake elbow
*Edelbrock 58mm Throttle body with port matched intake
*Custom billet aluminum throttle body spacer
*Granatelli mass air sensor
*Custom exhaust with 3" Dynomax bullet muffler with passenger side exit tailpipe
*Trans-Go stage 2 street/strip shift kit
*TCI Streetfighter 3000 RPM stall torque convertor
*Motive 3.73 ratio gears
*Eaton limited slip differential
*T/A girdle differential cover, painted bright silver
*LT4 Knock module
*Accel Extreme 9000 9mm plug wires
*MSD 45,000 volt coil
*NGK iridium spark plugs
*Hypertech 160o thermostat
*Powerstop cross drilled/slotted brake rotors
*Sylvania Silverstar headlamp and parking lamp bulbs
*silver face gauges
*Tokico HP shocks and struts
*Tbyrne panhard rod
*Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings kit
*J&M shock tower brace
*Tractek rear lower control arms
*Custom subframe connectors

And all those mod$ are killing me! $$$$

I have a scale model of my car too

UPDATE: I got this recently:


to let everyone know I am a Firebird fanatic, even when I'm not driving my car! Where to get one? FirebirdNation.com's STORE

What's YOUR excuse?

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Some cool Firebird and F-body websites... Check 'em out.



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CONTENTS OF MY CARDOMAIN PAGES:
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Page 1: Introduction (here)
Page 2: The LT1 V8 engine
Page 3: What is a "FORMULA"?
Page 4: History of the Pontiac Firebird
Page 5: Future plans for my car

(Please check out all five pages. YOU CAN'T BE IN THAT BIG OF A HURRY!)

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