Stang out..... Turbo in?

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Stang out..... Turbo in?

Reply #15 – May 28, 2006, 11:59:21 AM

Quote from: CougarCoupe88

you move fast man

Just pull next to him and you'll see what fast is....

I'm Cool with it....

Now you got yourself a REAL turbo car...

Get out there and give them ricer boys some ed-u-maciation.

The T-type or GN is one of the few GM cars I'd like to own..

BTW the beige has got to be ultra rare, I know I've never seen one. Mainly just white or silver in T-types.

I could have bought a one owner silver T-type a coupe of years ago. Was a old guy who just drove it, not real hot roddin. It had 122K mi with no major work, orig turbo, etc. I figured once I started leanin' on it everything would break, so I passed it up...

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Reply #16 – May 28, 2006, 12:00:20 PM

nice turbo t- they can handle 20lbs with 94 pump gas, but with some alky from alky control you can run 25+psi on the street with 94 gas. from the looks of the engine pics its got a houston down pipe, mas air pipe with 9" cone, stock IC. go to http://www.turbobuicks.com for a forum and http://www.gnttype.org for info. first thing i would do with it is the spring cleaning on gnttype.

what kinda chip do ya have for it? some of the older chips are older technology- for the 80$ or whatever from eric at turbo tweak- http://www.turbotweak.com- it makes the car run like its brand new.

id love to have a T in that color but ill just stick with my GN:D

heres a picture of it last year when it was just a daily driver- the grill was off because i was cleaning out my PTE front mount- good luck with it and if ya need any help let me know

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Reply #17 – May 28, 2006, 02:09:06 PM

Nice :D . GN's and T-Types are the only 80's GM cars I would want, if I could find one that I could afford.

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Reply #18 – May 28, 2006, 06:59:37 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50

The T-type or GN is one of the few GM cars I'd like to own..

BTW the beige has got to be ultra rare, I know I've never seen one.

I saw one in beige a few years ago. A guy in the neighborhood I used to work in had it. My guess is it now sits in his garage slowly increasing in value.

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Reply #19 – May 28, 2006, 07:09:36 PM

Quote from: 87thunderbirdBlackJack

grand national? or GNX

I thought I read somewhere that all GNX's were black? Niiice car man, I had never known about these things untill about a year ago when a friends dad traded his home made dragster for one. Then his older brother wrecked it racing some Corvette on prom-night. shame.

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Reply #20 – May 28, 2006, 07:44:19 PM

Grand Nationals and GNX's (The super-duper version) are only in black, as far as I know. That's just a Regal T-Type, i'm pretty sure, not a GN/GNX.

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Reply #21 – May 28, 2006, 09:53:50 PM

ill clear some stuff up

all 547 GNXs were all black- there were no twin turbos, v8 turbos, or any special editions- all were single turbo buick V6s. GNXs have a different suspension, up pipe, turbo, and the fender vents with wider fender moldings to fit fatter tires. they also all came with the black centered GTA like rims- but had their own special back spacing

all grand nationals- except the non turbo 4.3L 82 grand national were black (82 were silver and black). there was no white GNX or GN like the mythes say. any GN thats another color has been painted or is a T with GN badges.

every year but 87 you could guy the t type- it was a regal with the turbo V6 package- you could get them any color a regal could come in. in 1987 they switched it from T Type to Turbo T for some reason.

you could also get a WE4- wich is a regal limited with the turbo 6 in it

dont mean to hijack the thread or anything but over the years of owning one ive always heard the stories about some guys next door neighbor had a GNX with a twin turbo V8 from the factory yada yada yada. they make great cars and take a heavey beating. if your in a warm climate flush out the antifreze and fill the cooling system with RMI25- if you blow a HG wich happens on occasion- our main and rod bearings dont like antifreeze.

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Reply #22 – May 28, 2006, 09:55:45 PM

Quote from: ajt86

nice turbo t- they can handle 20lbs with 94 pump gas, but with some alky from alky control you can run 25+psi on the street with 94 gas. from the looks of the engine pics its got a houston down pipe, mas air pipe with 9" cone, stock IC. go to http://www.turbobuicks.com for a forum and http://www.gnttype.org for info. first thing i would do with it is the spring cleaning on gnttype.

what kinda chip do ya have for it? some of the older chips are older technology- for the 80$ or whatever from eric at turbo tweak- http://www.turbotweak.com- it makes the car run like its brand new.

id love to have a T in that color but ill just stick with my GN:D

heres a picture of it last year when it was just a daily driver- the grill was off because i was cleaning out my PTE front mount
- good luck with it and if ya need any help let me know

This is the mod list it has a front mount

turbo saver biggie oil filter relocater
K+N filter
ported heads
206/206 cam
LT-1 springs
009 injectors
2 fuel pumps (intank, inline)
Red Armstrong volt booster and 93 chip
Casper hot wire
TA-49 turbo
adjustable wastegate and fuel pressure
ATR 3" down pipe
3"test pipe w/dump
Cotton 3" single shot exhaust
front mount intecooler
ramcharger fans
B+M megashifter
TCI streetfighter 200-4R transmission w/TCI streetfighter torque converter
trans cooler
torque strap
boxed upper and lower rear control arms
RR air bag
polyurethane bushings
Auto meter tach, oil pressure, water temp, fuel pressure and boost guages
Scanmaster 2.1

It runs like stink :)

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Reply #23 – May 28, 2006, 09:59:05 PM

Quote from: Ifixyawata

Grand Nationals and GNX's (The super-duper version) are only in black, as far as I know. That's just a Regal T-Type, i'm pretty sure, not a GN/GNX.

yeah it is a t-type.

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Reply #24 – May 28, 2006, 10:01:19 PM

just from expeirience- ditch the red armstrong chip. he makes his chips a little too fat. ive had a red armstrong chip, stock chip, and a few other burners over the years and none have made the car run better than eric marshall at turbotweak.com.

what front mount does it have in it- i didnt recognize the pipeing thats why i assumed it was a stock location IC

and that scanmaster will be your best friend too:D

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Reply #25 – May 28, 2006, 10:04:15 PM

ajt86... Good info....

Somewhere I have a magazine(Muscle Car Review??? Hot Rod??), that the dealer who got the last GNX describes his experience following the car through the build. If I remember correctly workers on the line signed just about every part on it...

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Reply #26 – May 28, 2006, 10:44:37 PM

The owner of a large Pontiac store in Dartmouth, NS, has a GNX stored in the basp00get of the dealership with just seven kilometers on it. I saw it when I worked there (but didn't touch it - that was a no-no). It still has all the plastic coverings that new cars have before they're PDI'd. I'd love to have what that would be worth today. The funny thing is that since it's never been titled and has always belonged to the dealership, it has no new vehicle in service date, and if the dealership were to sell it now, technically, it's a brand new car with full factory warranty :D

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Reply #27 – May 28, 2006, 10:45:43 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50

ajt86... Good info....

Somewhere I have a magazine(Muscle Car Review??? Hot Rod??), that the dealer who got the last GNX describes his experience following the car through the build. If I remember correctly workers on the line signed just about every part on it...

i beleive 546 got set to a dealer but i think 547 the last one lives with number 001 at the GM museaum- im not 100% sure though. one of my buddys has a GNX they are pretty cool but no one drives them so it makes them not fun- making 18000 grand nationals has its perks cuz you can mod it to hell and not feel bad about it

id rather have an 89 turbo trans am than a gnx- a little under 2000 made, handles good since its on the F car platform- but with the GN powerplant. you could get a decent gnx for 20K 2 years ago now they go from 50-90K. ive seen a GNX with 110K miles on it sell for 45K

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Reply #28 – May 28, 2006, 11:33:34 PM

Quote from: ajt86

just from expeirience- ditch the red armstrong chip. he makes his chips a little too fat. ive had a red armstrong chip, stock chip, and a few other burners over the years and none have made the car run better than eric marshall at turbotweak.com.

what front mount does it have in it- i didnt recognize the pipeing thats why i assumed it was a stock location IC

and that scanmaster will be your best friend too:D

yeah it seems a hair fat, i really want to stay a little on the fat side.

the front mount im not sure it is a bar and plate unit and fills the grill area.

Were can i find info on the scanmaster so i can read up on what it does and how it functions.

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Reply #29 – May 29, 2006, 12:11:07 AM

http://www.geocities.com/rad87gn/tech/scanmaster.html

the reds chip will make it fat- but too fat and alot of times that will effect the spool up, a TT chip runs just fat enough

and like i said- any questions you can ask me or go to turbobuicks.com theres guys there that have owned these things longer than ive been alive