Fire Hawk or WS-6

[riceboy]

The Firehawk and the SS are both products of SLP, but the WS6... I'm almost positive that the WS6 is pure Pontiac. I think that is why the SS and the WS6 perform a little differently even though they are pretty much the "same" car. Motor Trend was one of the ones who claims that the WS6 is slightly faster than the standard SS.

The Firehawk and SS... if you order one, there are performance upgrades available for each. SLP offers their exhaust and lid package that will give you up to 345 hp... this is included in the warranty.

The WS6 does not have this option, but you can do these upgrades yourself afterwards... although I'm not sure they will still honor the warranty, if you do.

They're all good cars. Not much of a difference between them.

[wiked95ta]

it's true, for the 2002 the ws6 has 325 and the firehawks have a huge 345, (i didn't believe it myself).

the ws6 and SS comparisons are pretty much the same the ws6 might have a slight advantage because of the ram air hood sending air right into the air box whereas the SS the air has to go into the scoops and all the way around the hood (lift up the hood and you'll see the "rib" where the air has to go before it hits the airbox) and then finally into the airbox. other than that i think they are pretty evenly matched.

[BlkCamaroSS]

I think that there are some misconceptions here. Riceboy has the gist of it, but here it is:

The SS is modified from a Z28 straight from the factory, while a Firehawk starts out it's life as either a Formula or a TA. The base SS and Firehawks come with 325 hp and the appearance mods that make them what they are. Two packages can be chosen when ordering your vehicle. The first is a dual-dual exhaust from SLP that is good for 10 hp. The second also includes the dual-dual exhaust, and also has the freer-flowing air box lid (the original has a waffle pattern on the underside, more restrictive). And like Blackbird said, other things can be added too, i.e. Bilstein suspension, etc.

Hopefully that helps y'all out.

[kidrocket]

wow this is an old ass thread to be on the top of the list. 4ndrms was banned a few months ago

[BlkCamaroSS]

That was my thought too, but I was hoping that I could help a few people out with some straight facts. If I was wrong, call me on it.

[JJCito4637]

The firehawk is not supercharged. Only thing is it has an slp airbox and slp exhaust. not the loudmouth just the muffler. and it has an upgrade in suspension

[country_liven]

Hey guys, I was reading some of these threads and there are some discrepencies. Heres what I know. The Pontiac Firebird Firehawk doesnt start off as a Formula or a Trans Am, its just a Firehawk. The standard V-8 Formula comes with 310 hp. WS6 Trans Am comes with a stock 325 hp, The Firehawk has 330-345 hp- depending on year. All the motors use the LS-1 5.7 corvette engine. The difference in performance is in the mods. Most Firehawk are equiped with a Bilstein performance suspension, Borla exaust with full lenght headers. It also comes with performance brakes and a different ram air system than is on the WS6 Trans Am, and Firehawk rims. An there is definately a big difference in performance! The Firehawk is much faster. And NO they are not supercharged as someone said. Hope this helps some of you out!