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.
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16 окт 2024

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@jessemartinez395 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@philllsxga.7737 2 года назад

Same here!!

@chrisbateman9361 Год назад

Watching him 4 over a decade

@bradwhite4827 22 дня назад

Good to see Stacy still around! Didn’t even know this was a thing. He’s definitely got a sub from me!

@OfficialStaceyDavid 22 дня назад

Welcome back!

@jamesdelong6401 2 года назад

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

@michaelm3381 2 года назад

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

@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi Месяц назад

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." is good, but I also like Benjamin Franklin's, "A stitch in time saves 9". Of course, not many people wear wool socks anymore (I do), but when a small hole starts, if you don't put one stitch in it right away. You'll be putting 9 stitches in it very shortly. Hence, "A stitch in time saves 9."

@Vincent-ke5zn Год назад

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

@edgarm8933 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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 Год назад

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

@edgarm8933 Год назад

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

@martiniusetihw Год назад

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

@edgarm8933 Год назад

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

@deathbox6226 2 года назад

I love this show

@bradalexander6252 2 года назад

Good show

@eddiecordova8648 2 года назад

Stacy you are the man

@weskirkland5850 Год назад

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 Год назад

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

@MAli-kl6fx Год назад

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

@zaknefain100 Год назад

Yes

@GeorgeStar 2 года назад

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

@OfficialStaceyDavid 2 года назад

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.

@ScreenTalker 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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

@ScreenTalker Год назад

@@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 Год назад

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

@ScreenTalker Год назад

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

@Furyataurus Год назад

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

@2001pontiacta 5 месяцев назад

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.

@pontiacperformance1993 2 года назад

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

@weskirkland5850 Год назад

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

@THROTTLEPOWER 2 года назад

👍👍👍👍

@michaelwood9866 2 года назад

what happened to the other show he was on?

@conorcuomo4283 10 месяцев назад

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

@johncourtneyscott2757 2 года назад

Sweet

@Vincent-ke5zn Год назад

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

@jtome84-91 9 месяцев назад

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.

@chadshelton9248 3 месяца назад

I have a 01 ws6 with 132,000

@winthropbaker5494 2 года назад

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

@bmstylee 2 года назад

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.

@christopherpoucher483 Год назад

Psh! Dirt yard and jack stands!

@andrewmasonwerdna 2 года назад

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

@andrewmasonwerdna 2 года назад

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

@ArchersGearheadGarage 2 года назад

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

@OfficialStaceyDavid 2 года назад

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

@ArchersGearheadGarage 2 года назад

@@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!