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09-02-2004 #1
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That is awesome!!! Great work and looks tough!
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09-02-2004 #2
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Wow, making me want to go out and look for a nice Buick. I love the contrast between the paint and the color of the wheels.
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09-02-2004 #3
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First car I test drove at 16 was a black GN. DAMN, I wish I'd bought it now!!!
That is an AWESOME car! I think your "nothing budget" is a little richer than my "nothing budget".
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Originally Posted by RatMalibu
Very nice!!! if your Budget is nothing...I'd like to trade you
Originally Posted by BlazerSpeed
seriously.... totally unfair. I now know what the engine compartment of Monsoon will look like. That is by far one of the most beautiful cars I have seen. I only have four questions:
1) What color paint is that?
2) What type of rims are those
3) Do you have pics of the interior
4) Will you be my sugar daddy
DEREK Originally Posted by nitrovette
I guess I should be happy everybody thinks it's more expensive than it is..it would suck to declare it's a budget build up and have everyone say, "No *****..what a turd!" :D Thanks for the good words. Originally Posted by Drewhelm
That is an AWESOME car! I think your "nothing budget" is a little richer than my "nothing budget".
I have just over $10k in the thing at this point. I bought the car as a $2500 basket case, sold enough parts off of it to make a profit, and started scrounging. I put two sleeves in the block and machined it myself, ditto nearly everything else on the car. The intake started off as a $50 tunnel ram lower that I bought on Ebay. The most expensive things were the ECM, the wheels/tires, and the paint. It was actually painted in a pole barn.
The color is a factory color, Rosewood. I have always liked the color and searched for one when I started this build-up. The wheels are Boyd's Tuned, 17x11 and 9.5 with 5.5 and 4.5 backspacing. The car has a frame notch and mini-tub to fit them. I actually mini-tubbed it to fit 29.5x10.5W tires for the track. It doesn't have an interior yet..I have some straight-outta-the-80s Recaros that somebody gave me that need to be re-covered and installed. And finally, I need a sugar momma, myself.
09-02-2004 #5
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Very cool car! :icon996:
There's a guy who runs '89 Pace Car Turbo T/A (same engine as yours, I think) at El Mirage and Bonneville. Ken Duttweiler went through his motors. The car still has a single turbo configuration (compressor housing is from a semi truck, so I was told), and 257ci makes about 1000hp on race gas and 1200hp for 274ci. You can probably make 850~900hp on pump gas w/o much fuss.
BTW, this T/A holds bunch of records. The fastest one is 292mph set on the salt flats in '01. Pretty impressive for a V6.
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