The car introduced here is a former favorite of musician GACKT, but even without such 'added value', it is a wonderful car.
1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Ram Air (WS6)
Price: ASK
Inspection: October 2023
Mileage: 30,357 miles (48,571 km)
Displacement: 5.7 liter V8 OHV (LS1)
Transmission: 4AT (4L60E)
Body Color: Red
Interior: All leather (custom interior)
Passenger Capacity: 2
Customized points
Rear wide fenders
American Racing 18-inch forged 3-piece aluminum wheels
Tires: F/275/35ZR18, R/335/30ZR18
Front Brembo brakes
Reinforced down suspension
Bilstein shocks
Adjustable panhard rods
Borama muffler
Tower bar and master cylinder stopper (Advance Auto)
BBK throttle body
Full leather interior
One-off meter panel
Custom AT selector
Push-start engine starter
MOMO steering wheel and boss
This vehicle, a new parallel import, is a 1999 with just over 30,000 miles. The exterior is in excellent condition and the interior is gorgeous and fully custom. The suspension and brakes are well built for circuit driving, and the power is perfect with a lightly tuned intake and exhaust system. As a lover of 3rd & 4th generation Firebirds & Camaros, this is a very attractive used car.
The stock specs of the '99 WS6 are 320hp & 468Nm, which is almost the same as the same generation Camaro SS, but even after a light drive around the display area, the power was clearly more than the stock specs.
The author test drove many custom and tuned cars from the late 90s to early 2000s, including Camaros, Trans Ams, Corvettes, and other models equipped with LS1 units, but can only recall a handful of vehicles with this much power as NA.
This vehicle was not built by MOTA, the company that currently sells the vehicle, and of course, there is no way we can interview Mr. GACKT, who originally ordered the vehicle. Therefore, the details (exactly) are unknown.
So, I can only speculate from here, but I felt that the final gear ratio is much lower geared than that of the Camaro Z28, and the transmission has a direct connection like a rebuilt transmission that was sold by a famous store in Tsuzuki in the past. The transmission also seemed to have a direct connection like the rebuilt transmission sold by a famous shop in Tsuzuki.
The wide rear fenders and 335/30R18 tires are not for driving performance, but for visual appeal. Combined with the moderate lowering of the vehicle, it looks great without question.
In the video, he says, "I think the front tires were 245," but when I went back to the office after the filming, I found that the stock tires on the WS6 Ram Air were 275/40ZR17 front and rear. So the front tires were almost the same as the stock tires in both outside diameter and width.
The exterior, suspension, brakes, and intake/exhaust tuning are all finished in a way that even the Camaro & Firebird enthusiast in me thinks is "well done" and "tasteful," but the greatest feature of this vehicle is the custom interior.
The most distinctive feature of this vehicle is its interior customization.
Some of the old car-based high-tech custom cars exhibited at the SEMA Show and other shows have interiors that are as elaborate as this one. However, in the case of this vehicle, the exterior and suspension are "normal style" and the interior was a surprise to me...in many ways.
In the late 20th century to early 21st century, there were custom cars with remote engine start systems, so it would not be surprising if the engine start system had been changed to a push-button system. However, the button was embedded in the door panel, the meter panel was relocated to the center of the car, and the gauges were custom-made (by modifying the stock gauges instead of using external gauges such as Dakota gauges!) ), and to top it all off, the automatic transmission selector lever was eliminated and replaced with a sliding selector, which is impressive enough to make one wonder how they came up with such an idea.
It is unclear whether the interior of this vehicle was ordered by Mr. GACKT or the builder's taste, but we marvel that a 4th Trans Am customized to this design and functionality existed in Japan more than 20 years ago, in the 20th century.
As I say in the video, this vehicle is a very attractive one not only for Mr. GACKT's fans, but also for old American car fans who do not know about Mr. GACKT.
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◾️Photography & Editing by Tanaka Susumu
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30 июл 2024
