Mountain GN
80's Gearhead
I have an 87 Grand National that I might be interested in trading for Syclone or Typhoon..
My car has been in the family since it was bought new in June of 1987 (my dad bought it). It's in good shape, never been hit, but still has the crappy GM factory paint. It's also got a few door dings from it's 24 year life, but no dents. It has 162,000 miles, but has been well cared for and never abused. It's definitely a survivor car. Everything works except for the power antenna. I've added a Poston's style GNX dash that has a mix of Autometer and VDO gauges. With the exception of some carpet wear, the interior is outstanding. My Dad bought the car and put seat covers on it right away, and I when I changed them out last year, I was stunned by the PRISTINE seats underneath. Motor is unopened, but does have a new double-roller timing chain and is getting valve springs put in it this week. I also just had an Extreme Automatics Stage 1 trans installed.
It's currently setup to run 16 lbs of boost, though with the alcohol system, you can run 25 lbs or more safely on 91 octane pump gas. I've run as high 22 lbs of boost, and the car absolutely flies. The Gen2 MAF Translator and TurboTweak chip work together to allow you to tune the car using the Powerlogger and Scanmaster that I'm including in the sale. I just added the chip and translator and have not yet tuned the car, which is why I have the boost turned down. Once tuned, the car should be at around 375 RWHP/420 RWTQ at 20 lbs of boost, based on similar combos being run on other turbo Regals.
Oil has been changed with Mobil 1 synthetic every 2000-3000 miles since the car was new, and it's absolutely immaculate under the valve covers. Has a minor front and rear seal leak, and despite that, only uses a quart every 1200-1500 miles. I replaced the oil pump with a high volume unit last year, and it runs 25 PSI oil pressure @ hot idle in gear.
Mods are as follows:
TE-44 turbo
AlkyControl Progressive Methanol Injection System
Adjustable wastegate
MSD 50 lb injecetors
Adjustable Fuel Pressure regulator
Walbro 340 Fuel pump with hot wire
LS1 MAF with GenII Translator
Duttweiler Neck Intercooler
TurboTweak Extender Extreme "G" Chip
BstC boost controller
Comp Cams 980 valve springs
TurboSaver (second oil filter)
PowerLogger
Hooker Exhaust
Hollowed Cat
Double-Roller timing chain
New high volume oil pump.
Extreme Automatics Stage 1 Trans
Orange Stripe 3000 stall converter
Full GNX Bracing
All body bushings installed
Boxed control arms
GNX Cluster
HID low-beam headlight conversion
All it would really need is a paint job and weather stripping (though it does not leak). It does look good from 20 feet, but the hood paint is badly checked, and there's a little surface rust where the 3.8 hood emblems used to be.
It kills me to get rid of it, as it's been in my family since I was 16, but I need something with AWD The GN has been extremely reliable and I would not hesitate to drive it cross-country.
Approximate value of the car is $10,000, so I would need similar value in return, car-only or car+cash coming.
Here are some pics of my car:
I can post more when I get the car back on Monday with the new trans and valve springs.
My car has been in the family since it was bought new in June of 1987 (my dad bought it). It's in good shape, never been hit, but still has the crappy GM factory paint. It's also got a few door dings from it's 24 year life, but no dents. It has 162,000 miles, but has been well cared for and never abused. It's definitely a survivor car. Everything works except for the power antenna. I've added a Poston's style GNX dash that has a mix of Autometer and VDO gauges. With the exception of some carpet wear, the interior is outstanding. My Dad bought the car and put seat covers on it right away, and I when I changed them out last year, I was stunned by the PRISTINE seats underneath. Motor is unopened, but does have a new double-roller timing chain and is getting valve springs put in it this week. I also just had an Extreme Automatics Stage 1 trans installed.
It's currently setup to run 16 lbs of boost, though with the alcohol system, you can run 25 lbs or more safely on 91 octane pump gas. I've run as high 22 lbs of boost, and the car absolutely flies. The Gen2 MAF Translator and TurboTweak chip work together to allow you to tune the car using the Powerlogger and Scanmaster that I'm including in the sale. I just added the chip and translator and have not yet tuned the car, which is why I have the boost turned down. Once tuned, the car should be at around 375 RWHP/420 RWTQ at 20 lbs of boost, based on similar combos being run on other turbo Regals.
Oil has been changed with Mobil 1 synthetic every 2000-3000 miles since the car was new, and it's absolutely immaculate under the valve covers. Has a minor front and rear seal leak, and despite that, only uses a quart every 1200-1500 miles. I replaced the oil pump with a high volume unit last year, and it runs 25 PSI oil pressure @ hot idle in gear.
Mods are as follows:
TE-44 turbo
AlkyControl Progressive Methanol Injection System
Adjustable wastegate
MSD 50 lb injecetors
Adjustable Fuel Pressure regulator
Walbro 340 Fuel pump with hot wire
LS1 MAF with GenII Translator
Duttweiler Neck Intercooler
TurboTweak Extender Extreme "G" Chip
BstC boost controller
Comp Cams 980 valve springs
TurboSaver (second oil filter)
PowerLogger
Hooker Exhaust
Hollowed Cat
Double-Roller timing chain
New high volume oil pump.
Extreme Automatics Stage 1 Trans
Orange Stripe 3000 stall converter
Full GNX Bracing
All body bushings installed
Boxed control arms
GNX Cluster
HID low-beam headlight conversion
All it would really need is a paint job and weather stripping (though it does not leak). It does look good from 20 feet, but the hood paint is badly checked, and there's a little surface rust where the 3.8 hood emblems used to be.
It kills me to get rid of it, as it's been in my family since I was 16, but I need something with AWD The GN has been extremely reliable and I would not hesitate to drive it cross-country.
Approximate value of the car is $10,000, so I would need similar value in return, car-only or car+cash coming.
Here are some pics of my car:
I can post more when I get the car back on Monday with the new trans and valve springs.
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