New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

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New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

June 10, 2013, 07:42:54 PM

I sold my van 2 weeks ago and picked up this Bonneville on Monday. I'm not sure it was the greatest thing to do since my van was pristine with only 51k on it but it sure was thirsty, only getting around 12mpg around town. I bought the van for road trips because my son is 5' 10" and needed something with legroom but we just aren't able to take as many trips as we would like to.

The Bonneville is a 2001 with a supercharged 3.8 with 161k (ouch!) on it. It is pretty much fully loaded with heated leather, sunroof, HUD, Bose stereo, etc. It runs reasonably well but needs a bit of TLC in a few areas.

Here are a few pictures after getting it mostly cleaned up.

My apologies for the dirty garage, I tried to get a pic of the HUD here...

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #1 – June 10, 2013, 09:54:42 PM

Nice comfortable ride, i had one but it was the SSE model.

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #2 – June 10, 2013, 10:22:09 PM

wow cool score

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #3 – June 10, 2013, 10:49:23 PM

Clean...ride

Pretty good cars...keep an eye on the electronics...they tend to fritz

Travis

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #4 – June 10, 2013, 11:27:11 PM

Thanks guys. This car does have more electronics than any car I have ever had so hopefully they stay working for a while. I'm not worried about the engine as they are pretty good engines but I might start saving for a built tranny, lol.

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #5 – June 25, 2013, 05:08:41 PM

Sweet ride. Funny part about that motor is there is a small aftermarket following behind it. My buddy had a grand prix that he was playing with. Forged internals, cam,ported heads, smaller pulley. It was a beast.

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #6 – July 02, 2013, 11:15:29 PM

Quote from: Loaded87IROC;416875

Thanks guys. This car does have more electronics than any car I have ever had so hopefully they stay working for a while. I'm not worried about the engine as they are pretty good engines but I might start saving for a built tranny, lol.

Yeah the 4t65 that live with that motor is NOT going to live long with any kind of abuse. But if you buy a factory SRTA transmission, it comes with a 100k mile warranty that any GM dealer has to honor. Call a dealer and ask. As for the engine........ well did you order a pulley yet?

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #7 – July 04, 2013, 12:14:21 AM

L67 cars a just great daily drivers....good power fuel economy, can be made to go fast.

Travis

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #8 – July 04, 2013, 01:28:30 PM

As much as i hate GM products, I wouldn't mind having a late 90's Regal GS with the L67 for a daily driver.

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #9 – July 04, 2013, 03:42:58 PM

Yeah, I really like this car for a daily driver. Yesterday I gutted the airbox.

Before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXI4aNnLfio&feature=youtube_gdata_player

After:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9TgpnGRwiE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #10 – July 04, 2013, 04:17:34 PM

can the butt dyno tell a difference?

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #11 – July 04, 2013, 04:20:04 PM

As a GM guy here is a tip if i may!!

1 Change all the idler pulleys and tensioners and make sure you do this and the belts.

2 Learn how to reset the PASS KEY or bypass the system permanently.

The 38 hundred is a tried and true engine. :hick:

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #12 – July 11, 2013, 06:55:00 PM

Butt dyno does register a gain with the airbox, but it might be from all the good noises it produces now, lol. I ordered a Bluetooth OBD2 adapter and downloaded the torque app to my tablet. Pretty cool!

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #13 – July 11, 2013, 07:26:55 PM

dude that's way cool what dose that cost ?

New Daily driver! 2001 Bonneville SSEi Supercharged!

Reply #14 – July 11, 2013, 07:34:29 PM

Dirt cheap! The adapter was $13 and the app (the free version is pictured) was $5. I used the free version of the app to make sure it was going to work before I paid for the full version. Full version has LOTS more stuff and works as a code reader and can log data.