1992 Pontiac Firebird Formula 5.0 TBI from North America
Summary:
Amazing all around
Faults:
The only thing that has gone wrong with the car is leaky T tops, but that's almost a 100% chance that your T tops will leak on something this old, so I just don't drive it in the rain :)
The car does leak a little oil, but that's only because I took the engine apart to put in a better cam, and the oil pan seal is not seated right around the timing chain cover.
General Comments:
This car is a very good looking and is a soon to be classic.
The car stock is actually pretty decent on performance. Although I did put some mods in it, cause mods never hurt.
This car has never let me down (knock on wood), and it does take a beating since I do ride it hard, definitely after some mods.
This car has never had a problem, even though the first time I ever took an engine apart was on this car, and I did things like mess up the timing, and it still fired right up with no problems after.
The deepest I went into the engine was just a cam; every other internal piece is stock, pistons, crank, etc.
It might also only be this reliable because it has only 42,000 original miles on it.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 1st July, 2009
11th Jan 2010, 00:12
Yes, just a update since the last post in 2007.
I still have this car and absolutely will never get rid of it. I've had people make me offers, cuz it has all the rare options, but overall it starts up everyday and now has 125,190 miles.
It is still completely stock except for the exhaust - Flowmaster 40 series (gives it a beautiful loud tone).
The only downside is come winter time, if you don't have a lot of tread on your tires, drive safely LOL.
Basically since the last post, nothing has really went wrong with it, except thermostat, sway bar end links, starter, power window motors, fuel filter, belt, front wheel bearings, and brakes.
But it's expected you keep up with the regular maintenance. The car treats you the way you wanna be treated. It's not as hard to work on as a Lt1 or a Ls1.
The only thing that is really happening that no car can ignore is rust. I have a motto on rust "Rust doesn't sleep, you can postpone it, but never stop it, SO DRIVE IT" update 1/11/2010.