Project Red Bird 1998 Pontiac Trans Am Front Suspension Upgrades - Stacey David's Gearz S16 E2

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The Pontiac Trans Am is an iconic piece of American muscle car history. For over 30 years it brought us plenty of movie and television memories and left more than its share of rubber on the road! But was the last of the breed the best? Well, it’s certainly the most affordable, and to prove that Stacey rolls in this well-worn '98 Trans Am and digs into the front suspension to see if we can’t unlock the hidden potential of the 4th generation F-body on a reasonable budget. It’s the start of project RED BIRD, and the front suspension is just the beginning. When Stacey’s done with this build, this “Bird” should be able to fly with anything on the road.
Featuring:
BMR Suspension
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BJ's Off-Road
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Baer Brakes
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Woodward Fab
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Holley
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  • @jessemartinez395
    @jessemartinez3952 жыл бұрын

    Stacey is the Man, been watching him since I was a teenager back in the old Truck Days. Wish Stacey could have kept project LT-Extreme

  • @bmstylee

    @bmstylee

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was a cool project. Minus the McDonald's yellow stripes.

  • @philllsxga.7737

    @philllsxga.7737

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here!!

  • @chrisbateman9361

    @chrisbateman9361

    Жыл бұрын

    Watching him 4 over a decade

  • @Vincent-ke5zn
    @Vincent-ke5zn Жыл бұрын

    I can't tell you how many times I've seen Smokey and the Bandit (1 and 2)

  • @jamesdelong6401
    @jamesdelong6401 Жыл бұрын

    Love it. I have a 2000 Trans am. Yes. What a HUGE difference in doing this upgrades

  • @michaelm3381
    @michaelm33812 жыл бұрын

    Good video. These are great cars. I love my 1999 TA.

  • @bradalexander6252
    @bradalexander62522 жыл бұрын

    Good show

  • @deathbox6226
    @deathbox62262 жыл бұрын

    I love this show

  • @eddiecordova8648
    @eddiecordova86482 жыл бұрын

    Stacy you are the man

  • @edgarm8933
    @edgarm89332 жыл бұрын

    I have a mint lt1 trans am 1994 but it’s lt1. I wanted to ls1 it but I feel like the Lt1 is becoming more rare which I like. I’ve added a cat back exhaust, koni shocks and stranos lowering springs, brand new brakes and rotors, pan hard bar, rear and front strano sway bars, long tube headers and now a cam and subframe connectors will be next.

  • @maxjones9139

    @maxjones9139

    Жыл бұрын

    My brother has a 1995 z28 and I have a 2000 SS. Maybe my car needs a tune up but the Lt1 holds its own pretty good and sounds amazing! My car has 65k miles and bone stock. I'm thinking its time for some suspension upgrades.

  • @martiniusetihw

    @martiniusetihw

    Жыл бұрын

    have you had any issues with the optispark system?? have you done that upgrade?

  • @edgarm8933

    @edgarm8933

    Жыл бұрын

    @@martiniusetihw yes I did and I got a petris vented opti three years ago and have had no issues at all anymore.

  • @martiniusetihw

    @martiniusetihw

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!! was it expensive?? I have a 4th gen LS1 but I think I want an LT1 also.

  • @edgarm8933

    @edgarm8933

    Жыл бұрын

    @@martiniusetihw the opti with spark plugs and wires was about $500

  • @Furyataurus
    @Furyataurus Жыл бұрын

    How did you remove the passenger side motor mount bolt and motor mount???

  • @johncourtneyscott2757
    @johncourtneyscott27572 жыл бұрын

    Sweet

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER2 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍

  • @Vincent-ke5zn
    @Vincent-ke5zn Жыл бұрын

    The sooner you replace bad parts, the cheaper it will be (it's cheaper than an accident and a tow truck

  • @pontiacperformance1993
    @pontiacperformance19932 жыл бұрын

    I personally prefer the 93-97 lt1 cars better deal and a slight bit of modern/old school

  • @weskirkland5850

    @weskirkland5850

    10 ай бұрын

    97s my favorite. old front end with new interior and tails.

  • @michaelwood9866
    @michaelwood98662 жыл бұрын

    what happened to the other show he was on?

  • @weskirkland5850
    @weskirkland585010 ай бұрын

    14:36 only question I have is about jacking the car up. Can you jack the car up by the new K member like I do with the stock k member? Other than scratching it up, will that one bar hold up to that? Looks like it may mess it up or bend it.

  • @weskirkland5850

    @weskirkland5850

    10 ай бұрын

    Thats the only good way I have to get the car high enough to put it on jackstands...

  • @conorcuomo4283
    @conorcuomo42837 ай бұрын

    It was sort of 50/50 of Canada's problem with production and GM wanting to pull the plug

  • @MAli-kl6fx
    @MAli-kl6fx Жыл бұрын

    Can you also use all the BMR stuff with the stock K member?

  • @zaknefain100

    @zaknefain100

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @ScreenTalker
    @ScreenTalker2 жыл бұрын

    My complaint is that he didn’t clean up the spindles. Going thru all this trouble and at the very least he could have just scrubbed them down and maybe hit it with some black paint

  • @SpeeeedyG

    @SpeeeedyG

    Жыл бұрын

    Why? It’s a car that’s gonna be driven. It’s not a show piece

  • @ScreenTalker

    @ScreenTalker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SpeeeedyG 14:30 just saying… go thru the trouble of replacing the front end, it would have looked even better to clean them up and put clean coat of black on there

  • @SpeeeedyG

    @SpeeeedyG

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ScreenTalker looks won’t matter in a week. They will be caked in road grime.

  • @ScreenTalker

    @ScreenTalker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SpeeeedyG you can see on the brakes episode that they’re significantly cleaned up

  • @jtome84-91
    @jtome84-916 ай бұрын

    One of the main reasons GM canceled the f-body in 2002 was the fact that it was not able to pass crash test safety requirements.

  • @GeorgeStar
    @GeorgeStar Жыл бұрын

    How much $$$ to do all the Firebird upgrades?

  • @OfficialStaceyDavid

    @OfficialStaceyDavid

    Жыл бұрын

    BMR offers several levels of kits for the 4th Gen F-Body. This one is about $1600-$1700 depending on which shocks you get. The Baer Brakes are basically road-course racing brakes and will run about $5000.

  • @chadshelton9248
    @chadshelton92485 күн бұрын

    I have a 01 ws6 with 132,000

  • @2001pontiacta
    @2001pontiacta2 ай бұрын

    On the top of the front shock, the shock mount. The old ones had another bushing that fit inside, did you not need them? I just did this to my 2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS6(went with QA1, dual adjustables at every corner) n I had to purchase new shock mounts n that particular bushing I’m talking about.

  • @christopherpoucher483
    @christopherpoucher48310 ай бұрын

    Psh! Dirt yard and jack stands!

  • @winthropbaker5494
    @winthropbaker54942 жыл бұрын

    A few thousand bucks...My ass!!!!!!

  • @bmstylee

    @bmstylee

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Something that looks as clean as that does assuming it hasn't been hit or the interior is ruined by smoke or pure neglect is easily 10-15k on the cheap end. Probably more. Especially if it's a 6 speed.

  • @andrewmasonwerdna
    @andrewmasonwerdna2 жыл бұрын

    5000$ usd brake kit for a 40k truck... Lol *bites teeth and sucks oxygen in... *

  • @andrewmasonwerdna

    @andrewmasonwerdna

    2 жыл бұрын

    Without the cost?! Hahaha geeeeze stock 17inch rims need another 3grand in rims and tries!

  • @ArchersGearheadGarage
    @ArchersGearheadGarage2 жыл бұрын

    I notice you guys like to upload in bulk. That doesn't work well with the KZread algorithm. Uploading all those videos spread out would really help your numbers imo

  • @OfficialStaceyDavid

    @OfficialStaceyDavid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tip! That is our plan going forward. We wanted to make the whole back catalog available again.

  • @ArchersGearheadGarage

    @ArchersGearheadGarage

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OfficialStaceyDavid LOVE that you brought them back! Been watching Stacey since I was a kid! Best wishes and thanks for the awesome content over the years!

  • @jasonhastings5538

    @jasonhastings5538

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ArchersGearheadGarage Ole Stacy has be a mainstay on sat and sun tv!!! I watched him and mel on trucks back in the late 90s-2000s!!!

  • @ArchersGearheadGarage

    @ArchersGearheadGarage

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jasonhastings5538 me too

  • @ricardo340
    @ricardo3402 жыл бұрын

    Electrical nightmare and ridiculous security system that will disable the car. Other than that it’s pretty cool.

  • @williamhutchins479

    @williamhutchins479

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe yours?

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