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72, thanks for getting that awful looking paint off the car!!
I have always liked those cars, but wondered how the engines held up either the crappy oiling systems that Buick’s had????
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I felt much better as soon as the sandpaper hit that paint lol The engines hold up very well. They're stout little things. Currently running 20psi on stock internals with no issues at all. Once I get the meth injection installed and a good front mount intercooler I'll be increasing the boost up to around mid 20's.
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haha great story Paul - I heart those corvette stories...
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Awesome rescue, I say rescue because someone needed to rescue that car from that custom paint job!
I have wanted a GN ever since the Musclecars Magazine did the side by side comparison with a red LS 6 Chevelle and it was neck and neck down the strip in 1986. One of my buddies dad bought a new black T type with the GN engine. He drove it too 120K+ miles with nothing done to the engine, usually got mid 20s mpg. It ran low 13s on the tune he had in it. He just sold the car a few years ago, I would have loved to have it but it was gone before I even knew he wanted to sell it. |
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Two guys in CT that are well known for GNs are Brian Bissonette and James Meyer James has TONS of GN parts (about 10000 sq ft worth, if anyone is looking and Brian does transmissions and engines.
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At one time I think Cliff did some Buick Trans work too.
Tom V.
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Buick Turbo Regals are amazing cars.
I have had my 87 GN since 1989 and have owned about a dozen 1987 Buick Regal Turbo T's and Turbo T Limited's over the years, very addictive cars.
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Rich Johns Owner/Operator of Pure Stock Auto Restorations Inc. www.purestockauto.com 1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV M21 4 speed 3:90 1970 GTO Judge Ram Air III M21 4 speed 3:90 Oshawa Built 1970 GSX Stage 1 M21 4 Speed 3.64 # 67 of 678 Original Paint 1970 GSX Stage 1 Auto 3.64 # 603 of 678 12.44@109.73 mph 2011 Buick GS Nats Pure Stock, 12.71@110.64 mph PSMCDR 2011 1970 GS Stage 1 Convertible Auto 3:64 12.71@109.15 mph PSMCDR 2009 1970 GS 455 M21 4 Speed 3.42 1987 GN Astro Roof |
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I remember going to Supercar Showdown, run by Chuck Green out of Ohio. This was the late 1980's. It was the precursor of the NMCA. Grand Nationals were abundant in those days and guys would just drive them in off the street and enter these events. They were absolutely dominant in all the classes. Knocking off one beautiful Corvette, GTO, 442, Camaro, Mustang after another. It was so bad at one event, that by the end of the day it was just a sea of black, all the old muscle cars had been put on the trailer by the hoard of GN's. People in the stands were booing them all day long, throwing hot dogs and drinks at the track. It was crazy. So bad that they finally had to create a specific class for the GN's and T-Types.
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Got the emblems and trim on. Took it for a quick spin before the sun was totally gone.
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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Looks great!
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Turned out great...good work
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that looks sharp. well done.
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Take a look at this video of a very unique and fast GN. I have never heard one that sounds like this one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8G...el=AutotopiaLA |
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I know it is actually a T-Type with an LS motor, but man, what a sound!
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I'd love to do a sequential trans in something someday, but Jesus they're expensive!
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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I absolutely LOVE the g-body platform, I bet Ive owned, sold, parted, etc over 50 of them. I still have an 84 H/O, an 87 Cutlass Salon, and wagon we originally did for my son. An 83 Cutlass Cruiser, done as a Hurst Olds. In the last 3 weeks, its gone from a 350olds/TH350/2.29 7.5 car to a 433" olds, and 8.5 rear with 3.73. Pics soon, it is making good progress. We initially did it for his 16th birthday, and a speeding ticket in front of his school prompted a now-intelligent switch to a high economy, low power Honda Civic. Now we are building a fun cruiser. Next step is overdrive.
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GNx on BAT this week...
Maybe if I won the lotto I could satisfy by GN curiosity...lol
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-gnx-35/ |
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I had a neighbor that was a GM engineer in MI during the week, came back to SW Ohio on the weekends. Did a lot of brake research. He had access to all sorts of "mules" that were used to sort out the various platforms. He LOVED the GN and T-type platform, and drove home a handful of GNs in colors that never made production (red looked really good, blue not so much). He had one early one when they played with turbo sizing. You could whip its ass from a dead stop with a vespa for the first 80 feet, then the boost came in, the car went sideways, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. He got killed during my senior year of high school on a work trip to Portugal. Hit head on.
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Clutch Guys Matter _______________________________________ 53 Studebaker, 400P/th400/9" 64 F-85 72 4-4-2 Mondello's VO Twister II 84 Hurst/Olds #2449 87 Cutlass Salon 54 Olds 88 sedan |
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Damn, that's awful. Sounds lile he lived a pretty cool life. The boost is definitely like a light switch. I was bombing around in it the other day, and it's hilarious how for the first 1-2 seconds under full throttle theres nothing, followed by 20lbs instantaneously. Definitely a lot different than more modern turbo cars. I love it
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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