Was the WS-6 suspension an option for Trans Am's in 1983? The RPO sticker for the car in question is long gone so thats no help. Also, would the WS-6 option mandate 4-wheel disc brakes?

 

don't think so. Think it started around '86. No disks were an option.

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-Tas
'89 Formula WS-6

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Yep. In 83, WS-6 meant 15" rims. And the sway bars weren't as big as the 87-up WS-6s. WS-6 should have had disc brakes, but somewhere along the line, GM started to use drums on WS-6s.

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-Justin-

T-Top '86 5.0L LG4 700R4 WS6
T-Top '92 5.0L TBI 700R4
My '86 Firebird Homepage
The F-body Model Kit Pictoral Archive (updated 5/30/01)

There can be only one!!

 

I just looked in my 83 Pontiac brochure and it reads "Order the WS6 Special Performance Package and get 12.7:1 quick steering ratio, 32mm front/21mm rear sway bars, four-wheel vented disc brakes, turbo cast aluminum wheels and 15" Goodyear Eagle GT steel-belted high performance tires."

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-Justin-

T-Top '86 5.0L LG4 700R4 WS6
T-Top '92 5.0L TBI 700R4
My '86 Firebird Homepage
The F-body Model Kit Pictoral Archive (updated 5/30/01)

There can be only one!!

 

ever sence day one its all basically been the same, better wheels, swaybars, brakes and tighter steering, even tho the early 3rd gens sucked pretty bad