1994 Pontiac Firehawk #312 Of 500 Made! Corvette-eating Beast! on 2040-cars

US $30,000.00

Year:1994 Mileage:60465

Location:

Tampa, Florida, United States

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Reluctantly up for auction is a one-of-a-kind treasure, my dream car and a Corvette-eating beast that will get you pulled over just so cops can ask what you have under the hood. This is not for the timid, nor for people who live within a mile of the timid or people not fond of earthquakes.

This vehicle, with the factory SLP headers and TODL exaust is like rolling thunder. It is so over the top that you will have more people hear, see and feel you approaching them in it than a fleet of ambulances. I can not stress enough that it takes a little testicle fortitude to drive this car around town and you will get more attention than you likely want.

Now that you have been warned, here is the story of Riff Raff. In 1974 Pontiac stopped production of the GTO. My absolute dream car was originally a 67 GTO with a 421 but when they recently started getting $250,000 at the auctions for the rare ones, I had to reconsider. I was driving a 1989 Corvette with 245 HP and it was pretty fast and fun but I have two kids and couldnt take them both to school in a two-seater. My wife asked when I was going to grow up and I told her when they make a Corvette with a back seat.

Then I found out that the car that finally followed in the GTOs footsteps was the rare Firehawk. The 1994 year model had an LT-1 350ci engine (a Corvette engine)...and a backseat! I think you can see where I went from here. Well the one I got was souped up a bit but still original overall except an added supercharger and a few extra cubic inches. I decided to have it modified a bit more and had it bored over .060 to make it a supercharged 396 LT-1. The engine was built right by one of the best engine builders in Florida and tuned a few times by Jeremy Formata.

On the dyno, on a crazy hot day in the upper 90s and on the 12th run it pulled 471 hp at the rear wheels. Safe to say it was over that by a bit at usual temps. The supercharger was used and barely pulling 1 lb of boost, yes and still getting around 475 hp!! The supercharger eventually gave up the ghost and I had it taken off. The car is not currently supercharged but is fully ready for whatever you can throw at it.

I don't have the build sheet but it is as built as you will want it to be. Pistons are low compression so you can supercharge and even bottle feed it if you just cant get a space shuttle anywhere else.

The problem is this. The Opti -GMs biggest mistake ever- had issues. My mechanic thinks it might be the Opti harness. I decided to just bypass the Opti altogether by having him put LS1 coil packs on it and I wouldnt ever have to worry about the Optispark again.

I had another vehicle so I started to save the money and then I lost my job of more than 27 years and my wonderful Firehawk stayed parked for the next three years. Now my money has run out and I am about to lose everything and I am forced to sell Riff Raff. Why not buy another someday? Because there were only 500 made in 1994 and many of them are long gone or not worth restoring. There will not ever be a car like this again. With 60,000 miles on the actual car and less than 20,000 miles on the engine and after spending around $40,000 to get this beast into the realm of sheer insanity, there is simply nothing that could even replace the great memories I have had with this car.

One more set of warnings: Riff Raff has been sitting for a few years, you may have to replace hoses or belts. None that I am aware of but check things out. Battery will need replaced. The window tinting may need replaced on side windows. Run ONLY 93 octane in this car. This car is stupid fast and really quick. It is quite easy to get to the 140+ mph range and still have LOTS of pedal left. Car is an extreme low rider because of the SLP exaust so watch out on speed bumps. Electric exaust cutoff switch is located in ashtray. Seriously , seriously do not open the pipes in front of a cop or an old folks home...I have a cell phone video from several years ago where I opened the pipes and gave it some gas and the car alarms went off on all four floors of the parking garage I was in.

This car is only worked on by Antivenom in Sefner, Florida. Greg is the best LT and LS mechanic there is. Built by Rev Xtreme when they were in Brandon, FL.

This is number 312 of 500 made in 1994 and has T-Tops and 6 speed standard transmission. SLP headers--heat-coated so they will not rust, Fancy clutch (double friction), aluminum race radiator, I usually ran it on distilled water and Water Wetter. Oh, and did I mention the AM/FM/Cassette/12 disc CD changer? Can use synthetic or organic oil (not together of course). Car is not running because of the Opti issue so buyer will need to have it transported at their cost. The RamAir breather was not included when I purchased this car and it wouldnt help with the supercharger so that is the only SLP added item that I am aware of that is not included. You can occasionally find them on Ebay if you wanted one. Car is currently titled in Florida and title is clear.

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