WELCOME!
   

Go Back   PY Online Forums - Bringing the Pontiac Hobby Together > PY Welcomes 2008-09 G8 owners > G8 General Tech/Discussion

G8 General Tech/Discussion G8 general tech and discussion area.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-03-2014, 08:02 PM
marks73ta's Avatar
marks73ta marks73ta is offline
Ultimate Warrior
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Glendale AZ
Posts: 2,098
Default Just joined the racks of the G8ers

Just picked this up. 2008 G8 GT. 56,000 miles and bone stock. Clean as heck.









6.0 liter (364 CI) aluminum L76 LS. HD 6 Speed automatic (6L80) trans.

Going to have fun with this one. I want to enhance the power but do everything I can to maintain 87 octane use. Power and MPG, BABY!!!

Mark
__________________
My Gasser '63 Catalina build. Oh sorry, it's a Street freak. Either way it's a fun build.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-03-2014, 10:40 PM
David Holmberg's Avatar
David Holmberg David Holmberg is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
Posts: 8,688
Send a message via AIM to David Holmberg
Default

Nice car Mark, I'm jealous.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-04-2014, 10:17 AM
marks73ta's Avatar
marks73ta marks73ta is offline
Ultimate Warrior
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Glendale AZ
Posts: 2,098
Default

Now don't be hatin', LOL. Thanks David. I've wanted one since they first came out but could not afford a new one. Now they are in my wheelhouse and I found a nice low mileage one to buy. I'm going to enjoy I as long as I can. I'm retired and only average about 5,000 miles a year on my car (I have a truck that gets a coupe of miles here and there). So it can last a while.

Mark
__________________
My Gasser '63 Catalina build. Oh sorry, it's a Street freak. Either way it's a fun build.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-04-2014, 01:03 PM
Keith Seymore's Avatar
Keith Seymore Keith Seymore is offline
Ultimate Warrior
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Motor City
Posts: 8,182
Default

Very nice; the color's right, too!



Quote:
Originally Posted by marks73ta View Post
Now don't be hatin', LOL. Thanks David. I've wanted one since they first came out but could not afford a new one.
Me too. Can you give me a ballpark on what you had to spend here (so I know how long I need to save up)?

K
__________________
'63 LeMans Convertible
'63 Grand Prix
'65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer
'74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/
My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524
"Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-04-2014, 01:25 PM
eric_cspan's Avatar
eric_cspan eric_cspan is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 660
Default

Nice! Looks really clean.
__________________
"LIKE" Max Performance on Facebook!
"LIKE" Cold Case Radiators on Facebook!
"LIKE" GTOG8TA.COM on Facebook!
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 02-05-2014, 09:56 PM
marks73ta's Avatar
marks73ta marks73ta is offline
Ultimate Warrior
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Glendale AZ
Posts: 2,098
Default

I paid $20,000. Pretty close to the top of the scale but the owner is an Afghanistan Veteran so I have no problem giving a little more for a little payback for everything he's done for me. But still that is not really out of line since the car is relatively low miles and in very good condition.

Mark
__________________
My Gasser '63 Catalina build. Oh sorry, it's a Street freak. Either way it's a fun build.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 02-05-2014, 10:06 PM
HO 67 BIRD's Avatar
HO 67 BIRD HO 67 BIRD is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SHENANDOAH, VA
Posts: 199
Default

very nice ,just install some 3.6L emblems on the car and have a great time at every stoplight.
__________________

SEVEN UPS 2.0 TAKING THE THIRD DEGREE ONE STEP FURTHER

2016 1/8 MILE 7.0 @ 100 MPH 406 B&M MINI BLOWER
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 02-06-2014, 12:38 PM
eric_cspan's Avatar
eric_cspan eric_cspan is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 660
Default

20K for that mileage is a decent deal. Especially if its clean and stock.

Thinking of keeping it stock or adding some extras to it?
__________________
"LIKE" Max Performance on Facebook!
"LIKE" Cold Case Radiators on Facebook!
"LIKE" GTOG8TA.COM on Facebook!
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 02-06-2014, 07:59 PM
marks73ta's Avatar
marks73ta marks73ta is offline
Ultimate Warrior
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Glendale AZ
Posts: 2,098
Default

I will play but slowly and discretely, HEH! I can never keep a car stock. I want to adding power while improving gas mileage but staying with 87 octane gas. Just to see what I can do with it. That means also keeping the DoD. I read somewhere that there may be a DoD friendly upgrade cam put in there. But have yet to find it.

Mark
__________________
My Gasser '63 Catalina build. Oh sorry, it's a Street freak. Either way it's a fun build.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-07-2014, 09:59 AM
eric_cspan's Avatar
eric_cspan eric_cspan is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 660
Default

Yea there are a few. We don't get into the cam stuff, but you know where to find the rest of the parts
__________________
"LIKE" Max Performance on Facebook!
"LIKE" Cold Case Radiators on Facebook!
"LIKE" GTOG8TA.COM on Facebook!
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 02-24-2019, 03:02 PM
FirebirdHank's Avatar
FirebirdHank FirebirdHank is offline
Senior Chief
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: GB Wis
Posts: 287
Default

Reviving an old post. Just picked up an '09 v/6 G8 to be my (wife's) daily driver. It is getting hard to find any low mileage Pontiacs other than G6s. I did find a few low mileage G8 GXPs but those are all priced way out of sight.
The one I bought has 55K miles and every option available on a v6 car. I'm going to keep my G/P for a winter car so this car should keep me in Pontiacs for quite a while yet.
__________________

1969 Firebird 350 convertible, t-5, Carousel Red
2008 Solstice GXP 5speed manual, Sly
2008 Grand Prix, Ink Slate, Winter daily driver
2009 G8, Switchblade Silver, summer daily driver
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:49 PM.

Featured Vendors


Advertising Info