1992 Pontiac Firebird Formula review from North America
"Amazing all around"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
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.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1992 |
| Year of manufacture | 1992 |
| First year of ownership | 2008 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2009 |
| Engine and transmission | 5.0 TBI Automatic |
| Performance marks | 7 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 10 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 9 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 7 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 34000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 42000 miles |
| Previous car | Chevrolet Camaro |
| Date of Entry | 1st July, 2009 |