Not Another Firebird Thread

[Tactical Bacon]

January 2015 - I feel the need. The need for speed! I had previously owned a 1995 Firebird Formula, LT1 engine, 6 speed manual, 172 mph, that I sold to pay off some debt in late 2013. I was still basically dead broke, driving my 1991 Comanche Pioneer with the destroyed bed and tailgate from where I got t-boned (also 2013),when I got my inheritance from my grandma, a whopping $3100. 

 

I immediately started looking for something fast. The dream was (and still is) a triple black 2002 Trans Am WS6 six speed but they were (and still are) way out of my budget. This bird showed up on FB Marketplace a little over an hour away from home so I set up a day, hitched a ride with a friend, and went down to look at it. I talked him down to $3700, borrowed $100 from my friend, and jumped in it to drive 80 miles back home with no plate. 

 

That trip was a small nightmare. The plug for the distributor had a broken clip so the PO tried to rtv the pigtail to it. When it got hot, the rtv swelled and pushed it out, causing the car to die at a red light. Pushed it off the road, yanked the rtv and weather seal off, fished it back in down behind the water pump, and away we went again. 

 

Once we were about 15 miles from home, a state trooper got in behind me and followed me for a little bit and had me sweating. Right after he decided he didn't want to follow me anymore, the factory rear u-joint failed, started vibrating above 55 mph. My friend took off ahead of me to get to work and I parked it for a week when I got home. 

[Pete M]

  need for speed indeed.