[LS1Hawk]

http://wot.motortrend.com/6534470/ed...ted/index.html

1998 Saw a new face for the venerable Firebird, as well as a new LS1 engine under the hood. The tuners at SLP weren't far behind with their own car, though controversy surrounded the existence of the car and as such, as few as six cars were rumored to have been made. SLP quickly ditched the awkward fixed headlights in favor of the stock pop-ups in 1999, but a few of these '98 cars snuck out and we got our hands on one long enough to run to 60 mph in 5.1 sec and down the quarter-mile in 13.6 sec at 104.5 mph.

What do you think of those headlights? I always assumed there was a '98 Firehawk and that it looked like the other LS1 versions from '99-'02. Didn't know they only built six. Then I found this on Firehawk.org: http://www.firehawk.org/article/1356.html

Anyone know what the "controversy" was at the time? Here's a the test video of the car from Motor Trend. Apparently SLP was going to build 500 and had orders "pouring in."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Dv34F1CPE