Phoenix Gold Phorum

Ever since I was in high school ('89-'93) I wanted to some day own a 1987 Buick Grand National. The combination of power, speed, class and just plain intimidation was mesmerizing. It took 15 years, but a few years back I finally got one. Of course, she needed a bit of work.... At first, it was just the ignition, then the wastegate, then the rear main seal, then the transmission..... You know the deal. Now, finally, she is nice and healthy and ready for me to get to work on the interior. Which means lots of PG goodies!

As far as the motor goes, she dyno'd 497 HP and 506 ft/lbs at the rear wheels, running about 25 psi of boost, on 93 octane pump gas. Not much left stock under the hood.

• Custom Turbotweak chip
  Alkycontrol progressive methanol injection
  4" cold air intake
  3.5" LS1 MAF sensor
  3.5" mandrel bent intake plumbing
  PTS 63 P-trim turbo
  Stock location intercooler
  3" IC plumbing
  70mm throttle body and plenum
  Champion flow-matched Intake
  Champion ported heads
  RJC Racing Powerplate (evens out airflow between cylinders better)
  75 lb/hr (about 800cc) flow-matched injectors
  Walboro 340 fuel pump w/ "hotwire" kit
  Champion flow-matched intake
  Champion ported heads, milled .020
  "mild" cam
  Ross forged pistons
  Custom 3" downpipe
  External wastegate
  ATR 3" dual exhaust
  Full-length subframe connectors
  "built" 200-4R 4-speed auto
  Art Carr 3600 RPM stall converter
  Factory A/C (Still blows cold as hell)
  Sometimes sets off car alarms and doesn't even have a system in yet.

This year, she's getting the PG treatment, then maybe this winter I'll finally have the time to rebuild the suspension and maybe do a brake upgrade. These things can handle surprisingly well with an upgraded suspension. Right now, she holds to flat road like crazy, but the bushings are shot, so dips and bumps can cause a loss of contact, which is, ummm, bad.

Oh HELL yeah!

Buick Grand National... SWEEET!

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I've always wanted an 87' Monte Carlo SS with the euro front. There is a white one for sale in my neighborhood but I don't have the $5K he wants... Brand new 350 dyno'd at 375hp / 300tq and rebuilt trans...

shit son...that is ridiculous. not a lot of 74 or newer american cars i would ever consider owning....that it totally one of them. N I C E ride

every got it on the track? thats got to be at least low 11's

I was never all that big on the style of those. It doens't look bad but it just looks like a black car that I would expect my grandfather to drive.

But now 500 hp outta a 6er I can respect............

Whatcha plannin for the system, plenty of room just too bad the 4x6 speakers in the dash are so shallow that you can't put much up there. Kick panels?

Sweet ride right there!

Looks pretty clean. I really shouldnt like the Grand National, but for some reason I am always enamored by them. I dont know what it is about them. There is just something that says 'bad ass' every time I see one.

The style definitely isn't for everyone, but it is definitely for me. Subtle in some ways, over the top in others...a bit of a contradiction, kinda like me I guess.

ttocs wrote:Whatcha plannin for the system, plenty of room just too bad the 4x6 speakers in the dash are so shallow that you can't put much up there. Kick panels?

I'm putting Image Dynamics horns under the dash, one or two Image Dynamics 6.5's in each door, and a pair of Acoustic Elegance 15's, infinite baffle in the trunk. For amps, I'm going all MS, baby. A 275 w/ Burr Browns I got from Matt, a 2125TA and a never installed 2250TA that Wakeup helped me get off the wall at some dealer out his way. And I'm topping it all off with a JBL MS-8 for processing. Everything except the MS-8 has just been sitting for over a year now, sadly. Need to get to work on her soon. I keep saying that...fucking ADD, heh.

horns huh? Don't forget a REALLY big eq then....

the id 6's are pretty big too, gonna need a shoe horn to fit them in the door. Should be fun system