OGLxSinist3r
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- Apr 16, 2012
I posted an official introduction for myself around a year ago. I've have sold all of my projects to clear some room for a real car. I've been lurking the forums here for about a year, and reading some stuff. Indirectly or directly to what I've read on the forums here, I've started doing some homework on what I want in a Turbo Buick. Ideally, I'm looking for a 1987 Buick Turbo T in either White or Gun Metal grey. I'm looking to build a bad ass street car, but have not set a limitation on what kind of power or what kind of track times I'd like to see. Put it this way, some 8 years ago I build an 8 second streetable turbo charged Mustang that when not in the boost and advancing fuel, it got around 22mpg.It was a modular motored powered beast, but I had a ton of cash into this car being that it was a drag radial car. I could go into full details on the build, but this is a GM, more specifically a GN/Turbo Regal site, but you guys being fellow gear heads, you get the point. Fast forward to now, I no longer own my own business (I now work for Navistar), and have 3 kids. My financial obligations have changed. I've read a lot of for sale adds, and there are a lot of cars posted that I'd love to buy, but financially I'm not ready yet. I like to do a few years of homework before pulling the trigger. So now that the background is out of the way here, I have a few questions.
I'm not necessarily after a Grand National. I'd like a Turbo T of a T Type in Grey, Silver, or White. I like the idea of T tops, but besides the typical water leaks and seal issues, what are the draw backs? It seems that MOST of you on here prefer hardtop Turbo Regals/GN's. Why is that? I figure with the car being full framed car, T tops shouldn't weaken it too much. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated. I'd really prefer T Tops, but if you guys can give me some feedback, it will help out greatly.
Trans: I'm in the Chicago area, who builds these 200R4's good in the area? Would a built 700R4 be worth to swap in? Sidenote: I'm not looking to build an 8 sec car here, I've been out of the game for so long, an 11 sec or 10 sec TR would be great, but I may go faster down the line. I'm more focused on finding a solid car to start out with.
As far as a stahl, I'm thinking that 3200 to 3500rpm would be great for the street. I plan on driving the hell out of said car April through October in nicer weather.
I'm sure I'll have some more questions the further I dive into this, but these are the key things I'm looking at. I'm looking on building a summer DD that is really stout for the street, and I can take to the track and run some good times. Any info you guys can offer to me at this point, please fire away. I've been a Ford guy MOST of my life, so now its time to learn again.
I'm not necessarily after a Grand National. I'd like a Turbo T of a T Type in Grey, Silver, or White. I like the idea of T tops, but besides the typical water leaks and seal issues, what are the draw backs? It seems that MOST of you on here prefer hardtop Turbo Regals/GN's. Why is that? I figure with the car being full framed car, T tops shouldn't weaken it too much. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated. I'd really prefer T Tops, but if you guys can give me some feedback, it will help out greatly.
Trans: I'm in the Chicago area, who builds these 200R4's good in the area? Would a built 700R4 be worth to swap in? Sidenote: I'm not looking to build an 8 sec car here, I've been out of the game for so long, an 11 sec or 10 sec TR would be great, but I may go faster down the line. I'm more focused on finding a solid car to start out with.
As far as a stahl, I'm thinking that 3200 to 3500rpm would be great for the street. I plan on driving the hell out of said car April through October in nicer weather.
I'm sure I'll have some more questions the further I dive into this, but these are the key things I'm looking at. I'm looking on building a summer DD that is really stout for the street, and I can take to the track and run some good times. Any info you guys can offer to me at this point, please fire away. I've been a Ford guy MOST of my life, so now its time to learn again.
