This is my 1999 Pontiac Firebird W68. 3800 series II V6. 200hp and 225ft. pounds of torque stock.
I have done so much to this car, and never had it at the dyno, but if I had my guess as to how much horsepower I have at the rear wheels now, it would probably be around 320+hp! Not too bad for a V6 huh?
Right after I bought her.......
T-TOPS!!!
I bought this car on November 21st, 2001 right after I totaled my 1998 Grand Am GT! Well A week after I bought it, I was at the local Walmart. When I came out to the parking lot to leave, This is what I find....
The car needed a new hood, headlights, and bumper. I turned in a police report, but they couldn't do anything!
So at this point I had this car about 2 weeks. Just had someone hit my car in the parking lot of Walmart! So I am coming down the highway at 2:00 in the morning. I only have one working headlight. Well as I am driving down the road at an estimated speed of 50mph, I see a Deer in the middle of the road...however by the time saw him, I had already hit him. Turns out it was a 10point buck! Well, now 2 weeks after buying this car, 2 wrecks!!! Something tells me I shouldn't be driving this car.....
At this point, after 2 hits, the hood is now bent so bad in the front, I can't even unlatch it. I have no headlights, and the Damn Airbags went off!! Not to mention the front window getting hit by the deer bouncing off of it!!
It took the body shop over a month to fix the car. So later on in the year, my friends and I went down to Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
This is a picture with my friends 1994 Chrysler Lebaron GTC.
Still in Myrtle, Found a 1993 Trans Am. 6 years sure makes a difference, I think my car not only looks similar in the rear, but looks "more aggressive" in the front.
Another year and a half has going by and NO WRECKS!!!! Wait...spoke too soon.....
I always park this car in the garage during the winters. So it was parked in september of 2002 and I was not going to drive it until the spring of 2003. Well one day it February 2003, All the snow had melted, and it was quite warm. Now I never had the car inspected before I put it away for the winter, and My tires were bald. So after going to work that night, it had started to rain. And it never stopped raining! So after I left work at around midnight that evening, I proceded to drive home when the rear end kicked out due to the massive amounts of water on the road and I hydroplaned. The car did about 2 360's , went down a 10ft hill, and crashed into a fence taking out 80ft of that fencing, as well as 8 Pine trees! I could not open the door because this fence was laying on the car. So the car was going to need alot of work, but was not totaled!!
You can see the leaves all over the car.
Rear end with tear in rear hatch
You can see how the fiberglass was ripped right apart
The mirror ripped off
Front Bumper ripped off
The fence the car was under
The trees the car took out
The total bill to fix the car, as well as adding the body kit, and a few other things, was $13,000!!! The whole car was re-painted, and I recieved all new glass since the t-tops, side windows, front and rear window were badly scratched by the fence.
These Pictures are after all the work has been done....Wings West body kit, removed door strips to give a sleek appearence, Red bird emblems, lowering springs, performance tires, Headers from Summit, Flowmaster 80 series exhaust system, High flow cat, vector supercharger, Jet performance chip, SLP Cold air/Ram Air induction (the same used in the Firehawks), High flow air lid, B&M Strut tower brace, Street glow red neons, Replaced all plugs and wires, new pulley kit, Brake upgrade, and a few interior mods. When it is all said and done, this car has gone thru alot, but it looks good and turns heads everyday! Not to mention the performance....no one realizes what it can do until I am 4 car lenghts ahead of them and still pulling!!! HAHA!!
Check out my new Car!!! .....
2003 Volkswagen GTi
