FINALLY DRIVING MY 500hp WS6 

I remember seeing one for the first time, I was doing finishing drywall at a new construction site and the guy across the street pulled this monster wa6 out of his driveway.. It was love at first site, and the exhaust was sick.. I was about 25 years old, and I promised myself one day if have a kick as ls1.. needless to say , I just purchased a 2006 c6 Vette with ls2.. I have bad anxiety and driving it calms me down...nice car man!! Don't sell it, EVER

Sounds delicious. I'm glad you young bloods are keeping it going, makes me smile and remember. I'll keep my 02 stock, but love watching you. Keep it up

What's up brother!! Enjoyed the video. Your TA is coming along awesome!! It brings joy seeing how happy & excited you get over your car after all the hard work you have put into it!! Mentioning heads, if your looking for something a bit better then ported 243, you should strongly consider some PRC 227 heads, they flow amazingly with an NA setup as well as bumping up your compression. I'm running 241s on my BTR 3 ls1 setup sadly.. however I'm stumped on building a 6.0 swap or just going all out & keep beefing up the ls1... Ls1 is an awesome motor however like you.. I want more out of her 😂 so I'm more so leaning towards the 6.0 winter build, congrats & mad props with your car. Very happy to see you out cruising here around finally, it's all been worth the wait.

Congratulations! I randomly stumbled onto one of your videos a while ago, happened to be the one where you'd just got the engine together and the stock rocker arm gave out. There were needle bearing pieces everywhere in the motor. I was so disheartened for you, but you took it like a champ and kept on trucking. So happy to see you get your car together and driving it. Black 2000 Ws6 here, bone stock. Birds of a feather; I love the T/A community. Edit: Love the idle on it. What are your cam specs? Sounds like a 112 lsa, with a little more than 224/224. Maybe like a 228/232?

Best last gen t/a video ever!! Trailer park, mullett, trucker hat... it sounds like my old 78 t/a with 455 swap....'murica.... let the neigh ors enjoy the sound of v8 freedom

I've tested the 160F thermostat and it doesn't affect the watertemps if you drive longer than the quartermile where the engine can cool down after the runs. I'm driving a 180F thermostat and did my software with hp tuners. The fan settings can and will help to maintain the watertemps down. on hotter days, which we had for a few weeks ago in germany, I could keep the temperatures max 212-214F. The fans ran a lot 'cause of the hot temps of about 95F outside temps. Next step would be a bigger full aluminum radiator, I would recommend and I will propably do on my ride ;-) 6.0 heads are LS2 heads? Then there are almost the same with 243s! Good upgrade.

brother, i just got my car back!!!!! this was the greatest decision iever made!!!!!! i now know exactly how you feel. the idle, the chop, loud exhaust!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!! i stay in a subdivision and i wont be going anywhere in the morning before 8am. (i am sure my neighbors cant stand me). 😂. i saved for three yrs and it was worth all of the wait!!!!!!!!! 386wrhp 463crank. 362tq. heads, cam, shorty hedders and rebuilt top end. stock fuel system!!🎉🎉🎉

Wonderful video. Great job on the enhancements to a great car.

This is what being an American is right here. May the light shine for you brother

This is absolutely wicked I freaking love it! I can't wait to find one and do the same!

Glad to see someone show the drivability of a built WS six. My girlfriend and I were thinking about buying one just to use it as a weekend driver or a road trip car. Definitely going up in value in the next few years. You don’t see a lot of them anymore. Nice car.

It sounds so good 1:00 I mean this car is just so stunning my dad has a 2002 Transam firebird limited edition

Real clean man. I'm about to purchase one this week 799 heads with a ms3 cam with a built transmission

Great looking car man, sounds vicous and healthy. I have a 2000 6spd myself.

Your trans am is so clean and I’m jealous of that lol. Can’t wait to save up and get one to match my 02 camaro

I love how if you have CC on, it says [Music] while the camera is filming the cam chop from the back, lol, it ain't wrong.

You mentioned the brake upgrade, I used Rock Autos premium four-wheel disc upgrade for my WS6. It has slotted and drilled rotors and it will absolutely stop on a dime and give you change.

The cold start and take off sounded like the tune could use alil more work. It can be pretty tricky dialing in big cam cold start/drivability, otherwise sounds great. I just got done with my heads/valve job, just doing some final checks on the engine and turbo kit getting ready for install. I been slacking on the filming also but recorded a good bit of the build process. Can't wait for my first drive as well.

Beautiful car! Sounds really good also I’m not a fan of those tunes people get that make it surge if you know what i mean

Damn that sounds good

Cold🔥

What a nice unit, get that transmission a manual valve body

What Kind of Nittos you running that hook on the street? I have 28" tall Mickey Thompson ET Streets and burn them all the way through 1at and most of the way through 2nd if I don't feather it. Maybe the technology is better today?

Hey I’ve been watching all your videos just wondering when you will post more updates on the TA 🦅 any more runs

Sweet ride

beautiful.....I have a 97 LT1 WS6 with cold air and a muffler delete and wakes people up everyday.....V8 is the way to go!

Hey man I haven’t followed your build, I have a few simple questions being a 4th gen owner ls1..I installed a btr stage 3 n/a cam kit..trunions..pushrods..etc. Installed a double roller timing chain and melling oil pump..here’s my first question..are you using a melling? If so what did you go with high flow or high pressure? I went with the middle spring I think it was high volume(the chop on the cam is heavy and the oil pressure runs while idling 30/40 it goes with the chop of the cam. So my question is high volume or high pressure did you run? Question 2/ I noticed your car runs hot as well..I changed the thermostat but she still runs around 200/220..running stock fans which seem to throw awesome cfms..but what did you end up doing to cool her down? The thermostat didn’t help much being from Florida.. When your car gets up to full temp on idle what’s your oil pressure? If you can reply cool if not I’ll try and find the answer in your channel. Either way nice ride man..I still have to get my car tuned so I’m not really stressing the heat right now..I also may wire my fans to a switch and override the ECM..I got a nice 3 core rad for her but for some odd reason she didn’t like it I ended using a stock radiator…next on my list is s trans cooler and oil cooler. Thanks man. Happy wrenching! Btw subscribed 🤙🏻 check out my maro’ on my Channel if you get a chance bro.

Wooo weee man that thang breathing good😍😍😍

I can't wait til I can cam my ss and do true duals holy shit that sounds mean !

She looking good my guy 👍🏾

Mannnnnnnnnnnn, I am so happy to see you back on the road!!!!! It's been quite the journey with some pitfalls along the way! The car looks and sounds menacing!!! I can't wait to finish mine!! TEAR THE STREETS UP!!!!! how much difference is there in the gas mileage?? Is it really horrible? Or ok?

I'm very happy that I'm not the only one that hasn't put their door panel back on yet lol

What cam and torque converter did you go with my cam is the 585/585 Lyft and my torque converter is a 2700 stall I upped the injection to 34bms with forged, Molly, pistons gap 24 all the way around I don’t know what kind of horsepower gonna get because I haven’t gotten back yet

Sounds good

What CAM, mods in general and does it have CATS or NO cats?

I like to have the ram Air hood for my trans am tell me where to get it thanks you

How you fix the firing problem on the car

Its funny to see i commented on this 10 months ago in that time i brought a 84 firebird 3rd gen Next on the list is what you have

Sounds strong .

Are you running the stock 28# injectors?

i got a 5.3 in mine what u do to get 500hp! i also hear an exhaust leak

Beautiful car and I'm glad you young kids are out keeping gasoline engines alive because one day we will not have them or at least not have total control over them like we do now. To get to my point I really don't think you have anywhere near 500 horsepower. My guess is somewhere in the 300s. To be honest it looked very slow and the fact that the tires won't even break loose wouldn't make sense if you had 500 horsepower. Even 500 to the crank you're spinning 99% of tires . Like I said though it's a beautiful car and it does sound amazing add idle.

dang. 130k miles. 500 ponies. and an automatic 4? I know it's uncouth to admit this when you're around CAR GUYS, but I don't actually miss the manual 6 when the car has this much power. the drive ability, the cruise ability, and the longevity of the transmission itself all greatly benefit from this simplicity. so often you'll get a big, beefy, cammy LS that just sort of humps along the road any time you're stuck under 3rd gear which is MOST OF THE TIME unless you're strictly going to and from the race track... but with this particular beast you can just hop in the drivers seat and enjoy the drive without fighting the clutch

Any recommendation on mods for this car I have a air intake that’s it

Bro keep these vidoes coming

Nice! New sub.

Very nice.

What transmission is you running

Look like you pound coors light and take bong rips but it could just be the mullet. Car does sound good tho real choppy can't wait til I finish mine or should I say start the new setup

where did you get your exhaust?

Nice car! It think it needs a driver side door panel lol.

🔥🔥 boy

One more Why not. Bad ass

You should get a License Plate that reads... "WS6 8U"

What cam?

Nice I’m never a fan of the old school sounding exhausts tho

If you still have this car. It's beautiful but you need to change it to a much larger Radiator, dual fans.

What’s the exhaust setup?

I got a 99 T/A built lq 408 stroker. 575 whp N/A. I need to clean the injectors, and a tune up. She been sitting for a year. Smh.

I don't want to be a Debbie downer but no way it's making 490rwhp... I don't think even 450rwhp like said in video. Maybe you meant crank? Looks like you're just full exhaust and a cam that's it. Also you put 6.0 heads? So 317 castings I'm assuming. It probably dropped your compression down to around 9.5-1... under 10.1 for sure. If I had to guess you're probably like 380-400 at the wheels. You still have a factory lid. Not sure what your plans on with the car if looking at staying NA or boost but lmk if you need any suggestions. I've been in the 4th gen fbody game since 1999 I've probably owned 20 plus fbodys and 20 plus c5/c6 corvettes. Good luck keep building.

That's my dream car

Looks like mine lol. i just hit 61k miles in mine..

Nice Trans am. But! Please respect the fact that you have one and a WS6 at that. That said. Please keep it clean. and get a door panel.

I died once I seen the automatic transmission

235?!? My cammed TA I can beat on it. In Arkansas heat. I’ve never had heat issues. 3200 stall on mine.

would you mind telling me your mods?

I don’t know what rear end gear you are running but my 02’WS6 was running 100mph at 2100rpm Your was doing like 60!of course I had the 6speed, but still…. You don’t have 450-500hp either. Probably no better than 420 at the wheels if it’s still an LS1…. For N/A LS engines you need a 4inch bore block or bigger that will take the higher flowing heads to get more than low 400hp. I had these cars for 10 years and studied everything about them. Even with the best heads, magic stick4 or whatever cam, headers, intake….these cars never made much more than 420-450 rwhp without power adder. However, with a turbo or pro charger and a big shot of the giggle juice, these These cars can get into the 700-800 hp range pretty easy. And even though that’s not as much as today’s factory killers, the T/A would still beat them in a street race, if there is a driver mod added to the mix. As I’m typing I hear you say 6.0 heads? Do you have a 4in bore block? If so, based on how it sounds I’d say a good tune is all it needs to make big power. But anyway, good to see young guys keeping the LS flame burning. Now go research tee tree oil and get some for that upper lip. You can thank me later

Little too much crackel for me. Would sound better with a more hollow sound

El sonido del escape es fatal. Parece camión chimeco( así decimos en México) pero hermoso ejemplar. Nunca pasa de moda su línea

SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT MY BONE STOCK 320HP 347TQ 1998 ACCELERATE FASTER THAN THAT YOU NEED TO PLACE IT ON THE DYNO🔥🔥🔥👌🏾‼️

Nice HSV-1 on your upper lip!!😂😂😂

Bro I just picked up a 1995 Trans that had an extra LT1 motor! I wanna go LS! Any recommendations? I’m in the Atlanta, GA area

You sure that’s 500? Maybe at the crank?

Nice car but a definitely no where close to 500whp. maybe 400 lol sounds niceee

its always needs gas dont lie

dont sell it for a c6 bro, trans am ws6 that clean like yours and mine are rare.

Dude, that’s a dope car, but I don’t think it’s 500hp. I have an 01 firehawk with just bolt ons and I get better acceleration times. Beautiful car tho.

It has power but the shift timing is slow man

0-60 in three miles.....lolololol

Not 500whp, maybe 400

get a real tune on it

Do not go so fast, respect the speed limits, repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus the Son of God, the Savior of the world.

Sounds nasty

5:07 Do not do it, You could cause an accident, do not stop in the middle of the way, get out or accelerate. Repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus the Son of God, the Savior of the world.

Americans will use any measurment of power except hp.

Sounds mean but it's slow......

Sounds absolutely horrible bro. Sounds just like a new charger or mustang, they have those same sounding mufflers😠Please don't be that guy that wakes everybody up with that annoying sound. Just use traditional Flowmaster or better yet Spintech mufflers

What’s the set up?

What's on your lip

Big old herp. Eating that dirty fishhhhh