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Member ID: vernw

Location: Plano, Texas

Vehicle Info

1991 Pontiac Firebird

Bragging Rights

  • HP415
  • Weight3450 lbs

Major Upgrades

  • port and polish
  • stroke-increase
  • engine swap
  • bore-increase

Ratings

    • Currently 4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 22, 2007

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Vern’s Pontiac Firebird:
“Formula 383 SuperRam”

  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
49 guestbook comments

I'm just a 54 year old Phat Phart Old Man in the Dallas, TX area who likes muscle cars and just about anything and everything to do with them!

Here's my Baby:

vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 95

She originally was a 91 WS-6 Firebird Formula with a 5-speed 305 TPI H.O. - but I swapped in a 415HP/520ft-lb 383 Stroker with a ported, coated, and polished LPE Super Ram, coated and polished SLP Tri-Y stainless steel headers, BBK 58mm throttle body, Holley AFPR, SVO 30# injectors, MSD Digital 6+ ignition box, Centerforce Dual Friction clutch kit, Hooker 3" cat back with polished dual split exhaust tips and QTEP electric cut-out, first a TKO Performance high (450 ft-lbs plus) torque World Class T-5 (5-speed) that's now for sale - now I have a new "hardened" T-56 (6-speed), a Ford 9" rear with 4.11 gears, and a relocated MAT sensor. The custom EFI prom work is being done with the help of a friend of mine who is helping me learn this stuff.

Now, as of Spring, 2007, she's been beefed up a bit. Added a MiniRam intake, AFR 195 Eliminator heads, new SLP ceramic coated 1 3/4" headers, dual LC-1 WB sensors, LS1 front brakes, drilled and slotted rotors all around, and the body has been gone over by a GM dealer and totally repainted in the original black color. New 383 specs per DD2k are 529HP/517TQ, still working on the DIY tune before going to the dyno and strip.

The "only" other exterior modifications so far include:

- Spohn sub frame connectors
- Dual Magnaflow High Flow cats
- Hooker 3" cat back and cut-out
- Completely refurbished GTA cross-lace wheels
- BFG Drag Radials on my old rears for "playing" and daily driving
- Mickey Thompson 315/45x16 E.T. Streets for serious "play times"
- Diamond-cut H4 headlights (looking at HID conversions)
- Colgan car bra (not using except for long road trips since new paint job)
- New Moog bushings for the WS6 suspension front sway bar and pan hard bar end links
- New GM fluid reservoirs under the hood
- SLP progressive rate rear coil springs
- Lakewood tubular LCA's
- BMR rod-ends adjustable torque arm
- Hotchkiss strut tower brace
- TDS WonderBar
- Ford 9" 4.10 rear end with disc brakes
- Spohn panhard bar
- Custom made CAI with large K&N air filter (Need to get some pix of that up)

I've intentionally kept the exterior stock looking (a sleeper!) with the exception of the lettering on the power bulge hood - and that will be gone when the re-painting gets done.

Here's some of the engine before upgraded to the MiniRam:

vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 7 vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 76
vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 8 vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 11

And here's the MiniRam installed...

vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 87 vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 88

And here's my updated interior shot before my buttoned T-handle shifter knob for my line lock went on....

vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 50

And one of me and my 'Bird...

vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 49

And one of the newly beefed up 'Bird in action....

vernw's 1991 Pontiac Firebird Plano, TX Customized with Custom Perf. Chip, Lingenfelter Engine Comps., Hooker Exhaust, SLP Performance Parts Header, BBK Performance Intake, MSD Ignition, Tremec Transmission, Accel Engine Electronics, Hurst Shift Knob, Custom Seats, BF Goodrich Tires, SYLVANIA Lighting, BMR Strut Bars, Custom Brakes - 100

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Member ID: vernw

Location: Plano, Texas