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rambler · #1 12.28.2007

Anyone here into Turbo Regals 86 or 87 models? Great cars.

panhandlepat · #2 12.28.2007

i've always liked those myself. look good and plenty of go-go for a six-banger. i've seen some of those whoop smallblock v-8s in street races when i was in high school

d-man57 · #3 12.28.2007

Never had one, the GNX was one bad buick.

Captain Canuck · #4 04.02.2008

I thought the GN first appeared in 83? Although it didn't get SFI and an intercooler til 85. I remember the print ad for it... "Lord Vader, your car is ready." The GNX was one BAD mutha... a real tribute to the engineering of the original 231 Buick 6.

550hpW900L · #5 04.03.2008

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Originally Posted by panhandlepat

i've always liked those myself. look good and plenty of go-go for a six-banger. i've seen some of those whoop smallblock v-8s in street races when i was in high school

That small 6 banger will take a big block to school.... Turbos are wonderfull things. All that needs to be done to one is a bigger 3-3.5" exhaust, few more lbs of boost and you are deep into 12s, bigger injectors and you can run mid 11s and still look stock! Upgrade turbo, a ecm flash, etc and it will run 10s easily, being a full street car that will run you to the grocery store and back.

KYSkipper · #6 04.03.2008

Didn't they put that engine in a Pontiac Grand Prix around 88 or 89?

I used to have a college room mate that traded cars all the time. He had a friend in the junk yard and repo business. He'd buy a car, fix it up a little, drive it a few weeks and sell it. I don't remember him keeping cars more than a month. He generally traded around in hotrods. Had several SS montecarlos, Buick GN's, Iroc's etc. It seems like I remember a Pontiac that had that engine in it. It was a sleeper of a car. You'd look at it and think it was a family ride but it would flat walk on about anything short of a vette.

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550hpW900L · #7 04.06.2008

Not the turbo version, unless someone swapped motors, you had the turbo T/A i believe it was a 88 or 89 model year with the 4.3 from the syclone/typhoon.... That was a sick engine!

KYSkipper · #8 04.07.2008

I looked it up, there was a Turbo Grand Prix in 89 and 90. 3.1 V6 with turbo and intercooler. That would have been about the right years. The Buick v6 is larger. My bad, I thought it was the same engine. I know that car was extremely fast.

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Quiky One · #9 04.08.2008

Yep I know all about them. My dad has had a fleet of them. Bought one new in 1986. They have the 3.8 litre turbocharged motor.

Currently he has a GN and I have a TTA. In 1989 they made 1555 Trans Am's with the 3.8 litre motor.

OneDollar95 · #10 05.05.2008

The only six banger I'd ever pay for from GM from the 80s is a GNX or a T-Type 3800 sc'd. They must have assembled them on different lines with different work standards too. Way too nice. The Turbo T/A is a cousin.

Oh yeah, if I ever had $12 Gs to get a car, it would be an above avg black on grey cloth 1987 GNX or a silver/dark grey two tone 87 T-type.

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