Project Red Bird 1998 Pontiac Trans Am Front Suspension Upgrades

Project Red Bird 1998 Pontiac Trans Am Front Suspension Upgrades - Stacey David's Gearz S16 E2

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2 жыл бұрын

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.
Featuring:
BMR Suspension
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BJ's Off-Road
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Baer Brakes
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Woodward Fab
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Holley
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@jessemartinez395 2 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@philllsxga.7737 2 жыл бұрын

Same here!!

@chrisbateman9361 Жыл бұрын

Watching him 4 over a decade

@jamesdelong6401 Жыл бұрын

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

@michaelm3381 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Vincent-ke5zn Жыл бұрын

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

@bradalexander6252 2 жыл бұрын

Good show

@deathbox6226 2 жыл бұрын

I love this show

@eddiecordova8648 2 жыл бұрын

Stacy you are the man

@edgarm8933 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@edgarm8933 Жыл бұрын

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

@martiniusetihw Жыл бұрын

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

@edgarm8933 Жыл бұрын

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

@johncourtneyscott2757 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@THROTTLEPOWER 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@Furyataurus Жыл бұрын

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

@pontiacperformance1993 Жыл бұрын

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

@weskirkland5850 10 ай бұрын

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

@weskirkland5850 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@Vincent-ke5zn Жыл бұрын

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

@jtome84-91 6 ай бұрын

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.

@ScreenTalker Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ScreenTalker Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ScreenTalker Жыл бұрын

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

@MAli-kl6fx Жыл бұрын

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

@zaknefain100 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@michaelwood9866 2 жыл бұрын

what happened to the other show he was on?

@conorcuomo4283 7 ай бұрын

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

@GeorgeStar Жыл бұрын

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

@OfficialStaceyDavid Жыл бұрын

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.

@winthropbaker5494 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bmstylee 2 жыл бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Psh! Dirt yard and jack stands!

@andrewmasonwerdna Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewmasonwerdna Жыл бұрын

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

@2001pontiacta 2 ай бұрын

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.

@ArchersGearheadGarage 2 жыл бұрын

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

@OfficialStaceyDavid 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ArchersGearheadGarage 2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@jasonhastings5538 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArchersGearheadGarage Ole Stacy has be a mainstay on sat and sun tv!!! I watched him and mel on trucks back in the late 90s-2000s!!!

@ArchersGearheadGarage 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonhastings5538 me too