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Offline ovr50

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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2009, 02:26:45 pm »
Was the Ford Taurus RWD....!!!....???? Was it ever V8...??? What about the Fusion....??

Guess they all do it.  ;D ;D
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2009, 03:23:15 pm »
Yes, the Taurus had a V8 once...SHO.  ;) ;D
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2009, 04:49:13 pm »
The beauty of the GNX was the ability of it to be easily modified to produce some ridiculous HP.
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2009, 07:45:22 pm »
Wow.. that's a story. Legendery Motor Car had a low mileage one for $95k US a couple years ago. For that car new the dealer has to want at least 75K US for it, there's 22 years of interest sitting in it. A Grand National is one thing but a GNX, that's rare. With modding on that beauty you can drive to the track with the air on, runs 10's and drive home.  ;D
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #24 on: July 26, 2009, 09:03:31 pm »
Thought about modding the 3.8 in my car with a new 3.4 pulley and such, but figured the front wheel drive configuration in my car probably wouldn't handle it well.  Besides, once you make one mod, you probably have to mod just about everything else to cope with the added power and stress.

Anyone know if the 3.8 in my car is the same design as in the Buick GN?
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #25 on: July 26, 2009, 09:12:59 pm »
Quote from: My Old Buick on July 26, 2009, 07:45:22 pm
With modding on that beauty you can drive to the track with the air on, runs 10's and drive home.  ;D

Traction becomes an issue with these cars once the mods are on.  One Friday night at the strip my Camaro put a stock GNX on the trailer and the owner took it hard.  The guy came back a couple weeks later and his car was suddenly VERY quick.  He hadn't bought slicks and lost a ton of time to pedaling, but you could see the raw power that the car was making.  One issue with tracking modded GNX's can be safety regs.  They are capable to getting fast enough to require a cage/net/fire-suppression.
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2009, 09:10:48 am »
Quote from: Rampage on July 26, 2009, 09:03:31 pm
Thought about modding the 3.8 in my car with a new 3.4 pulley and such, but figured the front wheel drive configuration in my car probably wouldn't handle it well.  Besides, once you make one mod, you probably have to mod just about everything else to cope with the added power and stress.

Anyone know if the 3.8 in my car is the same design as in the Buick GN?

LOTS of good mods available for the L67. I know of a guy with a GTP that is running low 12's on his street driven car. Looking for an 11.9 this year. Again, street driven.
No lack of mods available.

And yes, you have basically the same engine in your car.
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #27 on: July 27, 2009, 11:19:10 am »
The GNX was quite the ride in it's day, I remember the first one I saw and how mean it looked. I do recall that the motor produced more power than the chassis could handle. Still, a lot of the engine management technology Buick learned doing the GNX trickled down into the rest of the GM line. That V-6 was tough as nails and I for one will miss it. I have never heard on one failing that wasn't a case of gross owner neglect.
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #28 on: July 27, 2009, 05:01:21 pm »
Quote from: TopGun on July 25, 2009, 11:40:34 pm
Quote from: Brigitte on July 25, 2009, 11:29:38 pm

(Nice sig, TopG.  Looks awfully familiar.   ;D)

I don`t think he noticed it yet!

The cessna has a 0-60 of something like 20 seconds....

No I noticed.....
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2009, 01:31:02 pm »
Thread rolling towards the crapper?  :) ...
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2009, 03:20:19 pm »
Quote from: initial_D on July 28, 2009, 01:31:02 pm
Thread rolling towards the crapper?  :) ...

Still faster than my Jetta.   :)
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #31 on: July 28, 2009, 11:48:36 pm »
Is this the Men In Black car?
Showing my age here.
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2009, 11:57:03 pm »
Errr...I recall them using a black Crown Victoria??
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #33 on: July 29, 2009, 12:49:27 am »
The Buick is featured in the now-on-DVD FF4 ...


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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #34 on: July 29, 2009, 12:50:59 am »
Quote from: Brigitte on July 28, 2009, 03:20:19 pm
Quote from: initial_D on July 28, 2009, 01:31:02 pm
Thread rolling towards the crapper?  :) ...

Still faster than my Jetta.   :)

No Sun? Slow to warm up, not enuff heat? Need F&F make-over?  :)

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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #35 on: July 29, 2009, 11:51:06 am »
Quote from: Leviathan on July 25, 2009, 02:57:42 am

I think about $4500 if they take advantage of the Cash-For-Clunkers deal.

Lmao!   :rofl2:
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #36 on: July 29, 2009, 11:55:06 am »
Quote from: 2hondas on July 26, 2009, 03:23:15 pm
Yes, the Taurus had a V8 once...SHO.  ;) ;D

But I don't think it was a 2 door....
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #37 on: July 30, 2009, 10:34:46 pm »
It's still a nice car, and brand new. With a car like that, you can't modify it. :'(
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Re: 1987 Buick GNX - Never Found a Home
« Reply #38 on: July 30, 2009, 11:38:13 pm »
Quote from: My Old Buick on July 30, 2009, 10:34:46 pm
It's still a nice car, and brand new. With a car like that, you can't modify it. :'(

I figured you would like this! :)
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