My 1996 Formula

[MRFecht]

Hopefully no one minds if I post up something on my car. It's a 96 Firebird Formula M6. Low optioned hard top car. Very clean as you will see from some pictures I will post.
Here's a little history that i know of the car. A good friend purchased it from a bank owner in a town 20 miles south of me. The banker bought it wreaked and fixed it. Did a decent job on it. I think it had under 100,000 miles on it then. My friend bought it and had it for 2 years. He hardly drove it. Put maybe 500 miles on it. I decided after my first semester of college that I wanted a F-body. My friend heard that i wanted one and told me to make an offer. So I offered $3500 (2 years ago) and he said that was a fair price. At the time it needed new tires and a headliner. Still needs the liner. It was 98% stock with 102,000 miles, all it had was a short throw (unsure of the brand) and some replica C6 wheels. The first mod i did was a Magnaflow cat-back. Got it for $285 because the shop I work at is a Magnaflow dealer. After that I had some new tires put on. Got some Nitto 555s all the way around. After a while I put a cold air intake on it. Left it alone for awhile. One day one of my catalytic converters blew out, so I figured I'd just drop the factory Y pipe and cut off the cats. Ended up breaking 3 out of the 4 bolts on each manifold. I got angry and ordered some long tubes. That's when I started having problems. My clutch went out a week after the long tubes went on. It never ran good and it sat for a long time. Just this last year i got ambitious and decided to look in to it. Found that we ran the plug wires very badly and the belt cut 2 wires and had another burnt. Explains everything right? I then ended up having to put another clutch and flywheel in. The weekend after that I take it to the track and blow the water pump on the first pass. It sits half torn apart at my parent's house right now because it's to freaking cold to work on it. I have bad luck don't you think? With all the crap this car has given me I don't plan to get rid of it. I even turned down an offer of $6000. One good thing is I haven't had to replace the opti (knock on wood).

[MRFecht]

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^ This is right after I bought it. Crappy phone so the picture isn't the best.
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^ This is the most recent picture of it.
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^ This is a very good picture someone took at a cruise I went to.

[Sahara54]

Very nice formy....Don't get too down about the problems. Remember your beating on a 18 y/o car, shits gonna break and theres always room for improvement. Trust me, I know all about setbacks.

[MRFecht]

It's all a learning experience right? I'm not planning a whole lot of mods at the moment. Mostly cosmetic and interior work.

[SSlowBoat]

i had the motor back in mine for 5 weeks, i said if it made it a month id be happy, 5 weeks and opti failed lol

[LT slow]

Love a white formula!! Yea don't get down on the car problems, trust me we know all about old car problems!

[popo8]

Its part of the game... Dont get down..although i hope ur popped wp didnt cause issues with ur opti...

LTXtech.com is my drug.

[MRFecht]

I don't think it did because I drove it home and it ran great. I just wish spring would hurry up.

[Murd450]

Nice formy ! I have a 95 a4 car . I love my formy most of the time . Every once in a while I get pissy about it not being a camaro lol!

[fullforce]

Nice formy ! I have a 95 a4 car . I love my formy most of the time . Every once in a while I get pissy about it not being a camaro lol!
You have to be the first person I have ever heard of that wishes there firabird/TA was a camaro lol.


nice formula Would look perfect dropped down a inch or so

[popo8]

You have to be the first person I have ever heard of that wishes there firabird/TA was a camaro lol.


nice formula Would look perfect dropped down a inch or so

Ahhh hem?????

Whats wrong with wanting a camaro over a bird?

LTXtech.com is my drug.

[Blackbird96WS6]

Ahhh hem?????

Whats wrong with wanting a camaro over a bird?

LTXtech.com is my drug.

Birds are sexy ;) dem curves lol.

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[zooguy]

Birds are sexy ;) dem curves lol.



he has a valid point

[fullforce]

Need I say more? Lol

[popo8]

he has a valid point

Ummmm.... Urs last ran??????



Bazinga!


Seiously... Ltx fbodies rock...in general.

Just an LTXtech addict

[fullforce]

I like all fbodys, every year... all of them........... If I was a million air Id have a f body warehouse

[popo8]

:thumbup:

LTXtech.com is my drug.

[MRFecht]

If it's LTX I like it!

[popo8]

:thumbup:

LTXtech.com is my drug.

[MRFecht]

Well the plan is to get a new dash pad and abs headliner. I see 6le has a dash pad on their site. Yearone has the headliner. Would anyone prefer something else?

[fullforce]

ive got a white 96 M6 formula that needs a dashpad and headliner also lol

[SSlowBoat]

i need another formula or trans am

[JCzNova]

i need another formula or trans am

Join the club!

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[MRFecht]

Finally got the water pump on my car. No opti problems which I was very concerned about. All I need now is a battery and it will be on the road again.

[MRFecht]

Well the weather went to crap up here so I had to park her again :/

Being in college and wanting to do some stuff to it really sucks. It's probably going to be a good year before anything major happens to it. Probably going to be small suspension stuff for the time being. Lowering springs, shocks (needs shocks bad) and sub frame connectors.

[95albinobird]

you have to be the first person i have ever heard of that wishes there firabird/ta was a camaro lol.


Nice formula would look perfect dropped down a inch or sodrop??wow i scrape speed bump's as it is i alway's wonder why people drop these.that's for a differant thread.nice whip

[MRFecht]

It's not a daily so why not drop it? Show car status!

[SSlowBoat]

mines a daily and dropped 1.5".......

[MRFecht]

I may finally be getting a cam this summer. Had Lloyd spec one out for me and I like the idea of it. So I'm also debating on trying to freshen the engine up a little.

[MRFecht]

I'm back and waking up this old thread. Recent developments are huge on the car. Spun my #2 main bearing so decided to just go all out on the engine. I'm staying stock bore and 6 inch stroke. I have forged JE pistons, Eagle FSI rods, stock crank. Have a Lloyd Elliot cam, dual valve springs etc. Had to rebuild the T56 and I also have a MGW shifter which I absolutely love. Have ported 364 heads which will probably be getting the Elliot treatment in the future. I also went 24x for under $500. Still need to get it together but I'm relatively excited.

[popo8]

Glad to see u back at it man!

LTXtech.com IS my drug...
OWNER/ADMIN

[MRFecht]

I'll get some build pictures up if people are interested.

[popo8]

I'll get some build pictures up if people are interested.
Absolutely... we love pics!!!

LTXtech.com IS my drug...
OWNER/ADMIN

[MRFecht]

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^ I originally pulled the engine for a quick reseal and cam swap. 132,xxx miles so i figured it was time.
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^ Found out the #2 main bearing spun. I didn't see any drop in oil pressure before i pulled the engine.
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^ Got bored waiting on parts so I painted some stuff on the engine the way i wanted to.
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^ This is a bonus picture because it is so nice looking.

[383z]

I also went 24x for under $500.

For only $500!!!!

Im jealous! I spent $2k so good deal.

Your engine is looking real good too. Good work.

[MRFecht]

For only $500!!!!

Im jealous! I spent $2k so good deal.

I got a hell of a deal on it from a good friend. Picked up everything i needed except harness and brackets plus the ported heads for $700. I was very happy.

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[MRFecht]

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Well I let everything sit to long and my crank is rusty so back to the machine shop I go.

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[MRFecht]

More build updates. I keep changing things like I change shirts. Lol. Anyways, I picked up an Advanced Induction top end with the 200cc heads, ported intake to match, and a 242/246 cam. I'm also speaking with Frank Calhall about a 4L60e since I decided to go auto now. Engine went back to the machine shop to get looked over and I'm having ARP main bolts put in. So hopefully this spring I start getting somewhere on this car finally.

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[383z]

Ai combo...
I like their stuff. Where did you find that deal or did you get it directly from them?

[MRFecht]

Bought off a guy on the Facebook forum. I'm sure he's one here

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[MRFecht]

New update. I've started talking to Jon over at LT1 boost and am planning on going turbo now. Nothing crazy keep it around the 650 HP range. Going to drop compression on this current short block I have and hope I don't have to much.

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[MRFecht]

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This is what I find on my oiled block after unbagging it last week. Good thing it goes back to get studs put in. Turbo isn't happening on this 350 sadly but I have another block that'll get 4 bolt caps, forged 383, and the works when the time comes.

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[SSlowBoat]

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This is what I find on my oiled block after unbagging it last week. Good thing it goes back to get studs put in. Turbo isn't happening on this 350 sadly but I have another block that'll get 4 bolt caps, forged 383, and the works when the time comes.

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That block is fine, run it. Little surface rust.

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[MRFecht]

More quick updates. The short block is almost done. This month yet I have to go pick up a 4L80e. My new harness also shows up this week so we're making progress.

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