Unfortunately it would cost a lot to get it back to showroom condition and even they made fewer Formula's than Trans Am's, they don't hold Trans Am value. But, most old cars cost more to restore than they are worth. You restore it to enjoy it.
@FordHoard18 күн бұрын
I wouldn't take much to get it drivable. Then work on it a little at a time.
@2000TA18 күн бұрын
@FordHoard I agree. I don't have a garage at the moment and I'm have a wagon I'm wanting, so I need this gone.
@user-mf3sm7jm9pАй бұрын
Very rough conditions would be a ok parts car
@martin7473Ай бұрын
I got no sound . Where is that car .. im interested
@2000TA28 күн бұрын
South central Kansas. Here's my number Three two 5 5 one 4 nine two zero 8
@bighank796Ай бұрын
Seems decent. Did it have a 305 originally? Or a 400?
@2000TA28 күн бұрын
Originally a 350 chevy, but now has a Pontiac 350.
@bighank79627 күн бұрын
@@2000TA I'm surprised. I never heard of a formula from that era with a chevy 350. A pontiac 350, yeah
@2000TA27 күн бұрын
@@bighank796 I said the same thing, but the L in the VIN is for a Chevy 350 engine. Blew my mind, too.
@bighank79627 күн бұрын
@@2000TA I have been on these cars since I was a child . Had a 76 trans sm 400 that was more if a dog than an overweight neighbor lady who would purposely wear tight outfits even though she weighed more than me. You know the type. Truthfully the 350 4 barrel from 77 to 79 be an ok option in thise cars, I just neverr seen one. I always thought the 305 chevy, though goid in its own right was not enough for these cars unless you talking a stripped regular firebird, at best.
@2000TA27 күн бұрын
@bighank796 I agree. My dad bought a black '78 WS6 new, sold it a little over a year later, then bought another '78 WS6 with a 400 last fall. I've had a '98 and a '00 WS6, so Trans Am life is on my family. The guy that owned this one died a couple of years ago, so i don't know much of the history. When I was decoding the VIN and cowl tag, I was surprised when it said chevy 350 was original to the car. I knew some came with the olds 403, but didn't know they were available with a Chevy engine, too. But the L in the VIN stands for the 170 hp, 4bbl, 350.
@bobtietz97494 ай бұрын
Did you use a kit or make it all your self? L
@TheJuggernaut_C44 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! I needed the location of the wedge!
@marcusjnewtonz285 ай бұрын
Respec
@jeffhobbs17295 ай бұрын
man what lowering springs you use? that rear gap is perfect
@bradleymorris88756 ай бұрын
I’m a fan
@chazshier6 ай бұрын
Can you advise; I'm changing all bushes to superpro. What do you do about the front leaf spring? Do you have to restrain it somehow when dismantling the suspension? Or does it not actually spring down thay much when you release it? Thanks
@Savineyard37 ай бұрын
They only made 1 of these with the LT4 punched out to 383?
@CaseTheCorvetteMan8 ай бұрын
88-96 front suspension is the same, but 88 had taller shock towers. No need to remove front calipers or rotors. Swing the knuckle out of the way and use wire to hold it up out of the way. Undo swaybar at the bottom, or you're gonna have a struggle getting that spring out. Glue the lowering wedges to the frame, NOT THE SPRING. I know what the Vansteel instructions say, but they're doing it wrong. Need to cut the spring retainer saddles down a bit to compensate for the reduced pad thickness, since you've glued them to the spring and not the frame there is a damn good chance you're going to lose those pads when they eventually come loose from the spring. If glued to the frame and the retainer saddles are trimmed down the wedge can't come out and it won't damage the spring.
@michaelbrinks80899 ай бұрын
My older brother had a slant nose Laguna S3 in high school 1986-87...I'm sure his probably ended up in the scrapyard....I never realized how much potential the car had to be cool back then.....My dream restomod would be something like. Find a slantnose S3 in decent body & interior shape for cheap with bad engine/trans/rear diff. Find a wrecked Corvette for cheap that uses the rear mounted gearbox chassis. Swap engine gearbox & diff so the Laguna for much better weight distribution. Add front splitter, rear spoiler, some functioning Z28 side fender vents that match the Lagunas side window louvers. Drop some vehicle weight, put some nice bucket seats on the swivel seat frames. To mame a few ideas, led lighting conversion in interior & exterior.
@Fiset819 ай бұрын
Could listen to this 24/7 😎
@iraqifoodcart844710 ай бұрын
Best looking F body. Period.
@biggabe490411 ай бұрын
Wow, so cool to see. Love the sound jet engines. Thank you.😊
@alonzowinston5470 Жыл бұрын
Iucky, and had a camera!!
@GJ-DT Жыл бұрын
How do I put a Ford motor in a Chevy car?
@xezon8042 Жыл бұрын
Same way you put a Chevy motor in a Ford, Take the hood off
@GJ-DT Жыл бұрын
@@xezon8042 availability for parts just isn't there to put ford in Chevy car.
@Cheeseburgerperson141 Жыл бұрын
You still have this car ?
@EDBZ28 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful car. Do you still own it? I have an ‘00 Z that’s also Sebring silver.
@mergat2970 Жыл бұрын
God this is one of the nicest trans ams ive seen on youtube
@chainsawmanny Жыл бұрын
So quiet
@thessastump1311 Жыл бұрын
Had a car like that, I bought it new. It was like new when I sold her. Could kick my ass for not keeping her.
@C4VETTELT1 Жыл бұрын
Now this one is quite a bit better sounding!! Lol still pretty raspy though but nasty at the same time!
@C4VETTELT1 Жыл бұрын
Holyshit!!! That thing is the sickest vette I've ever seen!!! Grand sport is my all time favorite vette (96) of all time!!! I'm not sure I've seen one of these, is it a supernatural I assume?
@C4VETTELT1 Жыл бұрын
I'm really not a fan of magnaflow!! I had a magnaflow system on mine when I got it one of the first things I did was cut it out!! I replaced it with C7 intermediate pipe and secondary cats as primaries with super 10 Flowmasters, it sounds a million times better!! Then I added some short tube headers to top it all off.
@reggie74 Жыл бұрын
Which of the block off plates did you use on the passenger side exhaust pipe? Please reply
@pablobracho6653 Жыл бұрын
Yo quiero ver este laguna s3 1976 corriendo...
@jhonsmith2150 Жыл бұрын
Whts the power numbers !? 🤔
@reedmadden Жыл бұрын
Man thank you. I was looking for videos on this a couple months back and like you said, there weren’t really any. Cheers!
@SKRooU22 жыл бұрын
I love coming back to watch this over and over LOL ~ I have a stock flat hood 98 just like this in Sebring Silver - LS1 with auto / stock chrome rims -it has right now 107k miles -the only thing I have done is added a 1400 watt sound system. I get ppl all of the time coming to my door wanting to buy it. It's the best car I have ever owned. It still has original paint and never wrecked. I have put 2 sets of tires since 2014 but never had it aligned. I bought it from the first lady owner. It's drives on a rail and the tires wear even. Living here in Vegas we have no rust. The sun is a bitch but I ceramic coated it and it looks great for 24 yr old paint. Anyways your WS6 is a nice car. (Mine's a WS9) I love the sound of your cam making popcorn LOL
@pudgeebawu51522 жыл бұрын
как же он хорош
@rooneyw22082 жыл бұрын
You still have this beauty today?
@dalewiggs22652 жыл бұрын
What are the cam specs? Love that sound!
@wkjeeping90532 жыл бұрын
That's only way to have a firebird is that the trans am package is on it
@garymccloskeyjr.62652 жыл бұрын
Badass!
@Wesley31292 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car and sounds awesome!
@petermelnyk76642 жыл бұрын
That bitch sounds sooo bad ass!!!!
@jkil2183 жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing
@ThetrueTeddyB3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@imacrazy68723 жыл бұрын
One of the best tuned cams on the Tube!
@josereyes65853 жыл бұрын
Did you do the swap your self?
@pontiacmaniac77723 жыл бұрын
Sounds awesome!!!
@irockz2819824 жыл бұрын
Really nice ride. Check out GMMG exhuast. Sound and perfomance is awesome.
@megatron67714 жыл бұрын
Do you think you could build me one
@SkinnyJeans13204 жыл бұрын
Description says borla but title says magnaflow... Which muffler?
@yamahaguy17323 жыл бұрын
Both Maybe?
@2000TA Жыл бұрын
My bad, it was a Magnaflow kit with a Dynomax Bullet right before the axle to tone down the rasp. Sorry for the late reply.
@1flynlow Жыл бұрын
@@2000TA how did the ms4 drive?
@2000TA Жыл бұрын
@@1flynlow It drove great. I heard people say it was hard to drive, but I daily drove it when I was stationed in DC. The only thing hard about driving it was the leg workout I got from the clutch in traffic.
@clickslidebang18714 жыл бұрын
I super want one and i know someone who is selling it but its automatic and it sounds sooooo good man
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Would cost more to restore than it’s worth
Unfortunately it would cost a lot to get it back to showroom condition and even they made fewer Formula's than Trans Am's, they don't hold Trans Am value. But, most old cars cost more to restore than they are worth. You restore it to enjoy it.
I wouldn't take much to get it drivable. Then work on it a little at a time.
@FordHoard I agree. I don't have a garage at the moment and I'm have a wagon I'm wanting, so I need this gone.
Very rough conditions would be a ok parts car
I got no sound . Where is that car .. im interested
South central Kansas. Here's my number Three two 5 5 one 4 nine two zero 8
Seems decent. Did it have a 305 originally? Or a 400?
Originally a 350 chevy, but now has a Pontiac 350.
@@2000TA I'm surprised. I never heard of a formula from that era with a chevy 350. A pontiac 350, yeah
@@bighank796 I said the same thing, but the L in the VIN is for a Chevy 350 engine. Blew my mind, too.
@@2000TA I have been on these cars since I was a child . Had a 76 trans sm 400 that was more if a dog than an overweight neighbor lady who would purposely wear tight outfits even though she weighed more than me. You know the type. Truthfully the 350 4 barrel from 77 to 79 be an ok option in thise cars, I just neverr seen one. I always thought the 305 chevy, though goid in its own right was not enough for these cars unless you talking a stripped regular firebird, at best.
@bighank796 I agree. My dad bought a black '78 WS6 new, sold it a little over a year later, then bought another '78 WS6 with a 400 last fall. I've had a '98 and a '00 WS6, so Trans Am life is on my family. The guy that owned this one died a couple of years ago, so i don't know much of the history. When I was decoding the VIN and cowl tag, I was surprised when it said chevy 350 was original to the car. I knew some came with the olds 403, but didn't know they were available with a Chevy engine, too. But the L in the VIN stands for the 170 hp, 4bbl, 350.
Did you use a kit or make it all your self? L
Thanks for the video! I needed the location of the wedge!
Respec
man what lowering springs you use? that rear gap is perfect
I’m a fan
Can you advise; I'm changing all bushes to superpro. What do you do about the front leaf spring? Do you have to restrain it somehow when dismantling the suspension? Or does it not actually spring down thay much when you release it? Thanks
They only made 1 of these with the LT4 punched out to 383?
88-96 front suspension is the same, but 88 had taller shock towers. No need to remove front calipers or rotors. Swing the knuckle out of the way and use wire to hold it up out of the way. Undo swaybar at the bottom, or you're gonna have a struggle getting that spring out. Glue the lowering wedges to the frame, NOT THE SPRING. I know what the Vansteel instructions say, but they're doing it wrong. Need to cut the spring retainer saddles down a bit to compensate for the reduced pad thickness, since you've glued them to the spring and not the frame there is a damn good chance you're going to lose those pads when they eventually come loose from the spring. If glued to the frame and the retainer saddles are trimmed down the wedge can't come out and it won't damage the spring.
My older brother had a slant nose Laguna S3 in high school 1986-87...I'm sure his probably ended up in the scrapyard....I never realized how much potential the car had to be cool back then.....My dream restomod would be something like. Find a slantnose S3 in decent body & interior shape for cheap with bad engine/trans/rear diff. Find a wrecked Corvette for cheap that uses the rear mounted gearbox chassis. Swap engine gearbox & diff so the Laguna for much better weight distribution. Add front splitter, rear spoiler, some functioning Z28 side fender vents that match the Lagunas side window louvers. Drop some vehicle weight, put some nice bucket seats on the swivel seat frames. To mame a few ideas, led lighting conversion in interior & exterior.
Could listen to this 24/7 😎
Best looking F body. Period.
Wow, so cool to see. Love the sound jet engines. Thank you.😊
Iucky, and had a camera!!
How do I put a Ford motor in a Chevy car?
Same way you put a Chevy motor in a Ford, Take the hood off
@@xezon8042 availability for parts just isn't there to put ford in Chevy car.
You still have this car ?
Beautiful car. Do you still own it? I have an ‘00 Z that’s also Sebring silver.
God this is one of the nicest trans ams ive seen on youtube
So quiet
Had a car like that, I bought it new. It was like new when I sold her. Could kick my ass for not keeping her.
Now this one is quite a bit better sounding!! Lol still pretty raspy though but nasty at the same time!
Holyshit!!! That thing is the sickest vette I've ever seen!!! Grand sport is my all time favorite vette (96) of all time!!! I'm not sure I've seen one of these, is it a supernatural I assume?
I'm really not a fan of magnaflow!! I had a magnaflow system on mine when I got it one of the first things I did was cut it out!! I replaced it with C7 intermediate pipe and secondary cats as primaries with super 10 Flowmasters, it sounds a million times better!! Then I added some short tube headers to top it all off.
Which of the block off plates did you use on the passenger side exhaust pipe? Please reply
Yo quiero ver este laguna s3 1976 corriendo...
Whts the power numbers !? 🤔
Man thank you. I was looking for videos on this a couple months back and like you said, there weren’t really any. Cheers!
I love coming back to watch this over and over LOL ~ I have a stock flat hood 98 just like this in Sebring Silver - LS1 with auto / stock chrome rims -it has right now 107k miles -the only thing I have done is added a 1400 watt sound system. I get ppl all of the time coming to my door wanting to buy it. It's the best car I have ever owned. It still has original paint and never wrecked. I have put 2 sets of tires since 2014 but never had it aligned. I bought it from the first lady owner. It's drives on a rail and the tires wear even. Living here in Vegas we have no rust. The sun is a bitch but I ceramic coated it and it looks great for 24 yr old paint. Anyways your WS6 is a nice car. (Mine's a WS9) I love the sound of your cam making popcorn LOL
как же он хорош
You still have this beauty today?
What are the cam specs? Love that sound!
That's only way to have a firebird is that the trans am package is on it
Badass!
Beautiful car and sounds awesome!
That bitch sounds sooo bad ass!!!!
Sounds amazing
Nice
One of the best tuned cams on the Tube!
Did you do the swap your self?
Sounds awesome!!!
Really nice ride. Check out GMMG exhuast. Sound and perfomance is awesome.
Do you think you could build me one
Description says borla but title says magnaflow... Which muffler?
Both Maybe?
My bad, it was a Magnaflow kit with a Dynomax Bullet right before the axle to tone down the rasp. Sorry for the late reply.
@@2000TA how did the ms4 drive?
@@1flynlow It drove great. I heard people say it was hard to drive, but I daily drove it when I was stationed in DC. The only thing hard about driving it was the leg workout I got from the clutch in traffic.
I super want one and i know someone who is selling it but its automatic and it sounds sooooo good man
Makes me nut
Thay sounds as though as it looks!
Nasty! 👍👍