Need some help w/ WS6 purchase

weberje · 12-26-2006, 02:28 PM

I am close to purchasing a 98 Trans Am, but would like to get some feedback on some questions I have:

- What is the best means to find out if the vehicle is a true WS6? Got the hood; got the ram air intake; borla exhaust, so that's out the window. I copied the codes down off of the door, but don't know what to do with 'em. Any help here?

-What is an average cost to overhaul an LS1 engine and what should it entail? Miles are building, and plan to keep this one- I had a 2000 TA, but had to get rid of when I went to Iraq.

Thanks for any assistance is this matter...

**predator** · 12-26-2006, 02:37 PM

look for ws6 or ws7 in the rpo codes... if its a 6 your good... 7 not so much...

**9T8W66** · 12-26-2006, 02:54 PM

Yes it must have the WS6 RPO or it's a Clone.
If it's not thats OK too beacause WS6's are not any faster than regular LS1 Cars.

**nhraformula** · 12-26-2006, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by weberje

I am close to purchasing a 98 Trans Am, but would like to get some feedback on some questions I have:

- What is the best means to find out if the vehicle is a true WS6? Got the hood; got the ram air intake; borla exhaust, so that's out the window. I copied the codes down off of the door, but don't know what to do with 'em. Any help here?

-What is an average cost to overhaul an LS1 engine and what should it entail? Miles are building, and plan to keep this one- I had a 2000 TA, but had to get rid of when I went to Iraq.

Thanks for any assistance is this matter...

rebuilding an ls1 is 3k easy.

weberje · 12-26-2006, 07:10 PM

Awesome. Thanks for the input.
- it does have the ws6 code.
Is there somewhere (link, etc.) to research the codes?

**predator** · 12-27-2006, 06:19 AM

so one of the codes your wrote down was ws6, but you didnt know if it was a ws6?

try finding a z51 option on a vette i think the rpo code is FE3...

im just yanking your chain good to hear you got a real one...

-me

weberje · 12-27-2006, 06:25 AM

yep, thanks for the yank. my chain needed it.

**imflyn** · 12-27-2006, 02:01 PM

I just went to a dealer and they printed me out a sheet detailing every option that it had. It was several pages long, and they didn't even charge a cent. Now there's a first.