These are one of the best looking cars ever made id love to own one

4:30 that's not windshield washer fluid. That's the dipstick for the coolant overflow tank which is under the battery.

One of the coolest factory spoilers ever. Change my mind.

When you said “WAAAAAAAM” I felt that.

When you said, "Here's the dipstick," i expected to see Hoovie walk up.

These cars are so underrated, I’ve had one since 2019 and I love it.

That’s not the “windshield washer fluid” 😂 that’s the coolant overflow

Just FYI here in Australia we call those "glass pack" mufflers hotdogs. So now you can start a new trend in the U.S by using the term hotdogs. :)

My "heavily modified" '98 Z28 1LE is a blast to drive. No fun replacing certain poorly placed routine maintenance items *staring at #8 spark plug*

The oil leak at the oil filter isn't the filter itself. On LS just above it there is a plate that is used to block off the oil cooler line on some cars. This plate is notorious for leaking. The only guaranteed fix I've found is to coat the paper gasket with RTV. Put thread sealer on the two bolts and assemble it hand tight. Then after the 1-2 hour RTV set up time torque to spec each side a little at a time. I did it 4 times until I used the above method and now its 100% dry. I have the power train out of a 2000 firebird in my 1989 firebird (LS1 and T56). I built a custom wiring harness, all my factory 1989 gauges work and I tuned it using HP tuners myself... so I know this power train and computer in and out. FWIW that intake is basically stock, it would be black but otherwise plastic, and if 2002 no A.I.R injection. The number one thing people do wrong with idle on those is they don't use the mechanical stop to open up the throttle body idle screw. The Idle air control valve needs that initial blead set. Then the tuners try to force it to idle in the tune, where a setting the mechanical idle stop before tuning it will usually result in a smooth idle... The exhaust appears to be speed engineering true dual exhaust for F-bodies, I've considered it myself... but seeing how loud it is on that car I'll stick with my 2 into 1 into 2 exhaust I cobbled together. With the wiring mess its also possible the cam sensor isn't reading right and its running entirely off the crank sensor which makes it idle like crap.

"I won't work on heavily modified vehicles" Channel is gestated with an LS swapped 911. Sure.

"Heavily modified" is an opinion. Don't be scared Wizard. Fix the burned O2 wiring and add some mufflers, and you'd love that car.

The stock intake is polymer, that’s probably a painted LS2 90mm intake as it doesn’t look like a FAST 90mm intake.

The real issue with that car is that somebody went cheap on some of the mods they did. That exhaust looked cobbled together with cheap stuff. The headers looked cheap, too. The ceramic coating on them certainly is, otherwise it would still be there. Those O2 sensors were mounted at too low of an angle in the headers, also, which isn't a sign of the headers being nice. If things were all hooked up properly and the tune was right that car should drive in a manner that was at least acceptable for daily use. There are some nice parts on there, though, someone spent a few bucks on a FAST intake manifold and had the letters sanded off and painted. It really wasn't too far from being a really great car for somebody.

That kind of car was fun when I was 19 and still fun at 66

I'm normally not a fan of loud exhausts, but this TA sounds amazing!

It's neat seeing these around. I own a 2000 ws6 that has 65k miles in it, and 6 speed manual t56. I'm keeping it stock.

I live in the Wichita area, I’m REALLY tempted to buy this when hoovie is done with it if the price is right. That sound is something else, I already hate my neighbors so why not

Traded an '02 WS6 purchased 08-21-01 on the last '02 Firehawk east of Michigan on 07-24-02. A salesman at the local Pontiac dealer looked for one for me for two weeks. The black Firehawk looked low and sleek and slightly less ornate than the WS6 Trans Am on account of the unique hood. It was a real performer and a head-turner.

Well I love the F body chassis, that’s just a typical TA with long tubes. Highly modified is far from the truth. That’s a toy, beat it too death, fix it, and beat it some more.

Im in love with it.... it sounds fantastic... the way a true firebird should sound like.....

Looks like it has some of the SLP Firehawk mods on it to me. Firehawks were pretty much king of the road in their day.

My 68 year old Aunt has a WS6 but in blue. She has had it since it was new I think its a 2000 or 2001. She drives it like its stolen...lol

I love the Firebird, specially the Trans Am, this and the older ones, just love them

Agreed on some of the mods - the "545 HP" stripes and side emblems are probably my only real gripe with the looks. Nowadays, seeing a bone stock LS1 WS6/SS/Z28/Formula/Trans Am is much rarer than seeing a modded up one

The holes give that, "je ne sais quoi" to the exhaust note.

I must have been around modified cars too long, that car to me is a lightly tuned street car which would likely see a lot more time on the street than on the track.

Bad ass car from the Y2K. Hope it gets the love it deserves to keep it going.

Tbh I'm not sure why the wizard keeps calling it a race car. Modified road car - for sure Race car - not even close

Those two dash cracks are Exactly where they were on my '95 Formula Firebird. Interesting.

I have a 2017 Camaro 2SS Fifty Edition but still miss my 01 TA WS6 every day. It was my dream car in the late 90s when they introduced the last F-Body and was lucky enough to have my own built at the factory for the 01 model year. Broke the rear diff twice as they don't like smacking into 3rd gear.

I had a 2002 but had to sell it and get an SUV after my son's were born. I'd buy it back in a heartbeat now if I could.

Lets be honest, that toy in the back seat is indeed Tyler's. He plays with it and chews on it while driving a hooptie and thinking of Wizard's next bill.

The "heat shields" appear to be chambered mufflers. At least, they resemble the chambered mufflers I had on my 2004 Pontiac GTO back in 2007.

Thanks for sharing that cool piece of history...i'd love to get one of my own. FYI... that is NOT a race car. Race cars are made and designed for the race track. That is a street car that was designed and made for the street with a few bolt on "go fast" parts. Those parts can be removed and replaced with OEM or equivalent. And then...well... it's still a street car, just not as annoying.

What makes you think it's been raced so much? Those cars, even modded, are easily daily drivable. I've done it. It's probably not as modified as you think, also. It's probably had some head work, just a port and polish of the factory heads. Probably has a factory LS2 manifold. Maybe a small cam. It doesn't sound like it has a big cam. Then there's exhaust and a tune. Pretty tame build.

Been a while since I did any car stuff, but if bystanders flinch when you light it up, you're probably doing it right:) Bonus points if small children run away and birds fall, dead, out of the sky.

In 1997, I bought a brand new SLP Anniversary Camaro SS with the LT1 engine and manual T-56 trans. Put ported heads, headers, LT4 GMPP Hot cam kit and tune on it and called it done. Had a great time owning it...until my heart was stolen when I saw the new Ford SVT F-150 Lightnings beating up on Camaro's, Corvettes and other fast factory cars. I Had to have one. Well, actually five over the years....

I own a 95 firebird formula with a original 118,000 miles.100 % stock.no mods at all love the car it was my dads now it’s mine.he passed in 2015 from cancer.I’m keeping the car never ever selling it.only gets driven during summer time ,fall,and spring.never gets driven in rain or snow.I love everything about it

My dad has a 98 Trans Am and I had a 00 Z28 in high school and my favorite feature on these cars is the washer fluid pump. For some reason GM felt the need to give that thing about 10x more power than it needed and you could spray your passengers as they were getting in the car, my friends hated it.

I had an '84 Trans Am from '94-'97 and it was truly a love/hate relationship. I absolutely loved it when it was working, but there was always something broken and the next major repair was always around the corner. On the positive side, I really learned a lot about working on cars from that experience.

Wizard we know you love the Firebird, Gremlins, Yugo, Pintos and AMC pacers

As a Trans Am WS6 owner for the past 25 years, I approve this video. Man, this car sounds GOOOOOOD!!! I'm definitely looking forward to the next installment of the CarTrek series! I'm gonna assume other commenters have already roasted you for calling the coolant reservoir the windshield washer fluid reservoir, so I'll just leave that one alone. 🤣🤣🤣

I agree with wizard on the 1 I had 02 z28 fully stock except I added ws6 exhaust to it. They are classics and worth more stock untouched.

Not surprised about the exhaust banging on the axle. It's very difficult to get a true dual setup with these cars that doesn't hit the axle or the panhard bar. Also, Bilstein shocks work well with these cars with stock springs. Koni yellow shocks would make a world of difference on this car since it's lowered

In 1997 I was in 11th grade and I live in Ottawa... As a high school trip we went to the Ste-Therese GM plant ...where they used to build these F-Body machines...I was an awesome tour

I wanted this car so bad in 2000 when I was just out of high school..

Remember how fun hot rodding was? It's ridiculous your crapping on it. The no guarantee is understandable and hot rodders know that

There is a black one of these that tears around my home town in Arizona. As a young guy I used to love these highly modified cars but now here in my later life it is just obnoxious.

When you said "WHAM" I flinched.

It’s a good looking car. Now I want to get my 81 turbo trans am back on the road.

I have a huge love for the trans am's this is one of my favorite models. Got to love the pontiacs

Perfect fit for no muffler Newton

I have an unnatural love for these, even knowing it's not a very good car.

At the shop where I worked we had a wide mirror on the wall at the head of the lift. You won't have a problem anymore lining up for the lift. Possibly also see if you're gonna scrape or not on the ramps. And you can check if all the lights work while inside the car.

I can see hoovies new superbird back there

I always thought the gauge cluster was just a mish mash of gauges stuck in there by 3 different engineers. It’s like places where ever they could find space. The speedo needles looks like it rests in the steering column. I love the f-body cars, but I wish GM paid more attention to details back then.

Man that thing sounds so sick, you look right at home in it wizard

The ls1 and ls6 intake that came on those ls1's was also plastic but that is definitely a FAST intake.

That is definitely one rowdy race car... I have a neighbor with a Camaro that's just as loud (but sounds better). He started it up a couple of weeks ago while I was outside, and I nearly pissed my pants because it scared me so bad.

Love the look of that car, wish I owned it. Not sure how someone couldn't like it.

I’m sure Hoovies neighbors are excited about this car

Built in Quebec Canada! This was one of my favourite firebirds body style wise.

My Camaro SS has double the mileage and is running strong. Basic maintenance goes and takes you a long way.

these cars were way more fun than any VW could ever be

I can sense Alex from Legit Street Cars crying into his keyboard LOL!

I'm not really a Pontiac guy but damn this car looks good.

I had a 1998 F-Body Camaro. It looked like the Firebird and it was fun but it was pain the neck to repair and maintain.

I find it interesting and am quite amazed by how the wizard is so uptight about cars being tracked. Almost like he doesnt even want to bother talking about all the goodies under the engine and the heart of this beast. He takes and presents such a boring perspective of this car

From what I remember, installing long tube headers on the F-body’s was always a pain because the car already was low to the ground stock. This WS6 looks like it has a lowering kit.

The sound, so good!

I own a 1998 Z-28 convertible that’s not been modified. Top has been replaced, minor repair to driver’s seat and an SS hood installed. It will remain stock for as long as I own it.

A couple high-flow mufflers would help a lot.

I have a 2000 TA bought new when looking the WS6 was $4,000 more i opted for the standard TA still got it love it. Only mods borla cat back and cold air intake. Runs like a rabbit.

So loud , V8 sound and power! I think the Wizard is afraid of power , lol

I dunno, I _really_ wanna see a dyno sheet before I believe 545 hp...

Ive been around LS cars a long time and no way that car makes 545hp either crank or tire. Clean car though

That's the coolant reservoir behind the battery the fittings on the headers are for air injection as that year did not have EGR. The intake manifold is painted which isn't stock but otherwise appears to be stock. If I had the money I would have jumped on that one when hoovie was dumping cars.

0:50 First time ever hearing the car wizard yell before😂

One of the most sexy cars that GM produce

When is the Ferrari update

After my 02 TA had the cam and heads swapped, the tuner struggled a little with keeping it idling. He eventually solved it so that when I start it, it revs to around 1,400 RPM for about 3-4 seconds and settles in nice around 900 RMP. Probably makes the neighbors angry at 7AM when I leave for work though, lol.

Nice hooptie over Roadrunner in the background

SHOW THEM WHY YOU’RE THE BEST MECHANIC WIZARD I LOVE YOU

Never understood the ooh aah over the WS6. You didn’t get much more with it over the standard Trans Am. And for how much more it was I would expect a lot more than a few add ons and stiffer suspension!

First time I’ve heard the Wizard shout when he said “WHAM”

I've always wanted one since they came out. Always. Every time I've had the money where I might have been able to buy one... I can't find one for sale. I can't see me getting one now. But if I did, I you'd probably never hear me say anything negative about it. (till after I was forced to sell it... then I'd make it seem like it was the car's fault it got sold)

You know in over 45 years of working on cars, I've never seen a single street rod with a shred of documentation of what work had been done before I saw the car. And it always clunked in with a brand new clueless owner behind the wheel or pushing it. If all of the mods had been documented, it would have been a lot easier to diagnose and fix. I honestly once spent nearly a week trying to figure out what the motor was before I had the first direction on how to make it run right. And yes... of course the previous owner had passed away and not a shred of documentation in the car. Thankfully, the "new" motor had a rather unique factory paint job that narrowed it down to one of two years... which was close enough to get it running right again, by mostly replacing stuff that had been deleted.

Always happy when Wiz comes up with a new one!

Test drove a new one back in the day ended up going with a used low mile Camaro but always loved these

Love it.. looking for one now.

I doubt this has more than 400hp. I had one with vortech supercharger, that included an intercooler, chargecooler, exhaust etc big injectors, race tune and it made about 570hp

As a mechanic, I don’t like modified vehicles. As a driver, I love modified vehicles.

I had an 02 TA and I miss this car so much. But that banging I think it's normal. I always had an issue with that. Till this day it was my favorite exhaust sound IMO. These cars have aged beautifully

3:47 those flanges are for a secondary air intake for emissions. You actually helped me decide that I don’t want headers now or 3 inch exhaust.

Historical stock is the only way to go with collector cars. That's what my family always does.

Oh my, what a car! Bone stock the WS6's were phenomenal! I could've never afforded such a sweet ride sadly enough... Some people can't leave well enough alone and have to get moar powah! I would've been happy with a stock trans am!

Dream car right there!! I'm seconding the heat shield are chambered mufflers and that's why it's so loud. Those two little hot diggers are to quiet it more lol.

I used to love crushing guys WS6 dreams in my little Honda CRX back in the early 2000s. Beating muscle cars was what made me love sleeper looking imports.

One of my favorite styles of Firebird ever. Too bad someone had to go jack it up like that. :(