My brother-in-law's brother (I can explain some other time) showed up this weekend with a black 2000 Ram Air vert. He let me take it for a ride and I thought it would be a low 13 to high 12 car. The car has some sort of chip in it and that was all. What are these cars supposed to run? I'm going to take him to a track in the next few weeks and see exactly what it will do.

 

Mid to low 13s @ 105-109 mph

There's no chip either, just a tune most likely.

 

It was a pretty good guess as far as the time

 

yeah you guessed pretty good, get video.

 

should be parked at 13.1-13.5 depending on driver.

 

Got this from sight called maximum.




ear:
2001

Make:
Pontiac

Model:
Trans Am WS6

Base Price:
$27,590

Origin:
Romulus, MI, St. Catharines, ON

¼ mile:
13.9 Seconds

0 - 60 MPH:
5.5 Seconds

Gas Mileage:
City: 19 MPG / Hwy: 28 MPG

Position:
Front Engine

Configuration:
LS1 V8

Valvetrain:
OHV

Displacement:
346 CI / 5671 CC

Power:
325 BHP / 242.4 KW @ 5200 RPM

Torque:
350 FT LBS / 474 NM @ 4000 RPM

Redline:
6000

Bore:
3.90 IN 99 MM

Stroke:
3.62 IN 92 MM

HP/L:
57.01 BHP per Liter

HP/LB:
10.5 LBS per BHP

Compression:
10.0:1

Block:
Cast Aluminum

Cylinder Head:
Cast Aluminum

Ignition:
Coil-near-plug

Fuel Delivery:
Sequential-port fuel injection

Induction:
Ram Air

Firing Order:
1 - 8 - 7 - 2 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3

Fuel:
91 octane recommended

Drive Wheels:
RWD

Curb Weight:
3417 LBS 1549.7 KG

Weight Dist:
56 / 44

Length:
193.7 IN / 4919 MM

Width:
74.4 IN / 1890 MM

Height:
51.8 IN / 1316 MM

Wheelbase:
101.1 IN / 2568 MM

Front Track:
60.7 IN / 1542 MM

Rear Track:
60.6 IN / 1539 MM

Ground Clearance:
4.5 IN / 114 MM

Steering:
Power, rack and pinion

Steering Ratio:
14.4:1

Turning Circle:
40.1 FT / 12.2 M

Materials:
Full unitized steel

Front Brakes:
Vented Discs

Front Brake Size:
11.9 IN / 302 MM

Rear Brakes:
Vented Discs

Rear Brake Size:
12.0 IN / 305 MM

Front Tires:
P275/40ZR-17

Rear Tires:
P275/40ZR-17

Front Suspension:
SLA/coil over monotube gas-charged shocks, tubular stabilizer bar with links 30 mm stabilizer bar

Rear Suspension:
Salisbury axle with torque arm, trailing arm, track bar, coil springs 19 mm stabilizer bar

Transmission:
6-Speed Manual

1st Gear Ratio:
2.66:1

2nd Gear Ratio:
1.78:1

3rd Gear Ratio:
1.30:1

4th Gear Ratio:
1.00:1

5th Gear Ratio:
0.74:1

6th Gear Ratio:
0.50:1

Reverse Ratio:
2.90:1

Final Drive Ratio:
3.42:1Another sight called Modern racer says they'll do the quarter in a tick over 13 flat I thought the convertible would be alot heavier but both sights say it weighs in around 3417. So I'm going to split the difference and say it'll run a 13.5

 

the vert will go a little slower due to the weight, but those performance specs have been so misquoted....
all ls1's make 350hp from the factory floor. the ratings were so bogus

also, the chip thing irks me something fierce. people use it to sell cars but it is physically impossible to chip and ls1, and the "chips" for the lt1s except for the 93 are these shady *** inline modules rather than a real chip. there is no removable map containing chip on the 4th gen fbody pcm. its probably stock as a rock.... Ive had dealers tell me before on an lt1 "yeah, and this baby has a special chip that gives it 400 horses. she really moves!" I turned around without a word and just left his dumb *** standing there smiling like an idiot.

 

Yeah, the chipped thing annoys me as well. About the only thing chipped these days are Diesels, and even then the real stuff is in PCM tuning like EFI Live and the like...

 

goodluck

 

With a good driver it will see low 13's, average is mid 13's, bad is high 13's.