One Year

[pvt num 11]

Hi,I've had my Automatic Base '06 Frosty for just over a year, lurked a bit here and there, and finally started putting it to use recently - it now has a car seat for my first-born.My wife totally loves it, and technically, it's her car. She couldn't be happier. She plans to let me at it when we're forced to buy something bigger, here's hoping Pontiac has a decent minivan availble in five years or so...I could go on about how cool the car is, but I'd be preaching to the Chior. Only minus I can think of right now is the gear ratios for the A/T, they seem pretty spread out and unless I'm standing on the pedal to red-line, the 1-2 and 2-3 shift is a major let-down. Wish I would've got a 6-speed GT, now, but the Dealership wanted close to thirty for them.I'd like to do some suspension work and perhaps turbocharge it, but maybe I'll just leave it stock and fix my other car instead!

[VforVIBE]

Enough about the Vibe, how's the Trans Am doing? well congrats, I'm just about to hit one year also.

[GrayFox]

Welcome!got any pics of either cars?

[pvt num 11]

The TTA is, in a word, unique. I've only seen one on Ohau, ever, and I now own it. It's ragged around the edges, though, they either come in two flavors - extra nice or extra ragged-out. The ragged otu ones are affordable to most, but making it extra-nice will cost a bundle. It needs paint, heater core, A/C compressor, MAF is finnicky, and I'm missing two emblems, both very TTA-specific. WHen I had it running, it was a solid 13-second car that can handle quite well - the LC2 is lighter then the typical small-block every other normal Trans Am had, and it has the best factory suspension they had at the time, complete with the 1LE beefy disc brakes. I wish I could drive it...Here's a picture of it, notice the terrible re-painting that was done to the front clip. If I ever meet the guy who did it...

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[VforVIBE]

Sounds like it will a pain to restore, but SO worth it, for the speed or the money. my dad use to have a 87 Trans am, black, it was a beautiful car. Are you going to keep it authentic or change the color?

[pvt num 11]

I'm going to get rid of the door decals, but yeah, I'm keeping it white. The aerofin is crunchy (what ones aren't!??) so that will be replaced with a fiberglass unit, looks bone stock.SFC's are a must as it's a t-top car - I had an '88 GTA and it was way more solid-feeling since it was a solid-roof car. There's guys over at turbobuick.com running 10's on stock block, crank, heads (mild porting) and crank (and they look stock, also!), but I'll be happy with low thirteens or high twelves.Here's a ncie one for comparison purposes.

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