This 1994 Pontiac Firebird Firehawk is the genuine article: a factory Formula that left Pontiac's Sainte-Therese line and was converted by Street Legal Performance under the R6V option code, the same code visible on this car's service parts sticker. That documentation matters on a Firehawk, since the package was a low-volume special order and clones are common. This one wears SLP build number 139 and shows roughly 56,000 miles, finished in red over a gray interior. Only about 500 Firehawks were built for 1994, all of them Formulas.
At the center is the 5.7L LT1 V8, rated here at 315 horsepower. That figure reflects the SLP Performance Exhaust upgrade, which added 15 horsepower over the standard 300-horsepower Firehawk tune through its stainless components, larger intermediate pipe, and freer-flowing muffler. Power runs through a four-speed automatic (4L60E) to a limited-slip rear end, so the car puts its power down cleanly rather than spinning one wheel. For reference, a standard 1994 Formula made 275 horsepower, so the Firehawk treatment is a meaningful step up, not a badge job.
The Firehawk package carried SLP's sport-tuned suspension over the already-capable Formula chassis, giving the car the flatter, more planted feel that set these apart from a standard V8 Firebird. Inside, it has the removable T-top roof panels along with the securing storage in the hatch to hold them when they're out. The gray interior is anchored by an aftermarket Sony head unit in the dash. It reads as what it is: an early-'90s performance Pontiac built for the driver, not dressed up beyond its era.
The Firehawk occupies a specific place in F-body history. Beginning in 1991 and running through the fourth generation, SLP partnered with Pontiac to build these Formula-based specials, and for 1993 through 1996 the Firehawk was offered only on the Formula, never the Trans Am. That makes a documented, low-mileage 1994 car like this one one of the more collectible ways into the LT1 era, and a genuinely rare alternative to the far more common Formula and Trans Am it's often mistaken for.
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