Good Morning Folks:
I'm a relative newcomer to this forum, and the Turbo Buick as well. Some of you may have done business with my company, where as a local AC-Delco jobber we do offer some GN specific parts.
We are the proud owners of a stock 1987 GN. Owning one of these cars has been a dream of mine since 1987 - and my excitement over finally owning such a legendary car is incredible. In my opinion, this car will soon become the Hemi Cuda of our time.
GN has 160k family owned miles (brother in law bought it new) It's a rock solid, well maintained Southern New Jersey car. Underhood it's grimy/greasy beyond belief. It also is a bit tired with some blowby, loose TH2004R etc.
I recently got started on the path of making it roadworthy for the season: Complete front end rebuild, 1LE rear coil springs with custom adapters, rebuilt stock turbo, new water pump, new oil pump, timing chain and a spring cleaning.
However, I'd like to make this a company project car, using the best parts (not necessarily the most expensive) and most importantly tapping into the incredible collective knowledge here.
We want to decide on our performance objectives, concoct a workable recipe, do the work and then fully document the results on our website. In our position as a parts jobber, we can obtain most any OEM and aftermarket part at low cost, and we'll be candid about exactly what works and what doesn't.
It's our hope that this project will involve the community here, and provide a complete how-to for building a GN from the ground up. Does this sound like a worthy project? I realize there are some serious experts here that will find this project a "been there, done that" sort of thing, but perhaps those with mechanical expertise but limited Turbo Buick experience will find it useful...best part is, you get to help spend OUR money - and hear the results BEFORE you lay out the money!
The first step will be defining objectives - and to get started here's what I'm thinking:
1. Keep it looking relatively stock
2. Build a stable and reliable platform that'll run low 12's with the foundation for more (ie stout, ablse to tolerate the inevitable detonation from time to time)
3. Keep it docile, with a smooth idle, and low noise.
3. Be street and emissions legal (we're in New Hampshire)
Anyone game for this?
I'm a relative newcomer to this forum, and the Turbo Buick as well. Some of you may have done business with my company, where as a local AC-Delco jobber we do offer some GN specific parts.
We are the proud owners of a stock 1987 GN. Owning one of these cars has been a dream of mine since 1987 - and my excitement over finally owning such a legendary car is incredible. In my opinion, this car will soon become the Hemi Cuda of our time.
GN has 160k family owned miles (brother in law bought it new) It's a rock solid, well maintained Southern New Jersey car. Underhood it's grimy/greasy beyond belief. It also is a bit tired with some blowby, loose TH2004R etc.
I recently got started on the path of making it roadworthy for the season: Complete front end rebuild, 1LE rear coil springs with custom adapters, rebuilt stock turbo, new water pump, new oil pump, timing chain and a spring cleaning.
However, I'd like to make this a company project car, using the best parts (not necessarily the most expensive) and most importantly tapping into the incredible collective knowledge here.
We want to decide on our performance objectives, concoct a workable recipe, do the work and then fully document the results on our website. In our position as a parts jobber, we can obtain most any OEM and aftermarket part at low cost, and we'll be candid about exactly what works and what doesn't.
It's our hope that this project will involve the community here, and provide a complete how-to for building a GN from the ground up. Does this sound like a worthy project? I realize there are some serious experts here that will find this project a "been there, done that" sort of thing, but perhaps those with mechanical expertise but limited Turbo Buick experience will find it useful...best part is, you get to help spend OUR money - and hear the results BEFORE you lay out the money!
The first step will be defining objectives - and to get started here's what I'm thinking:
1. Keep it looking relatively stock
2. Build a stable and reliable platform that'll run low 12's with the foundation for more (ie stout, ablse to tolerate the inevitable detonation from time to time)
3. Keep it docile, with a smooth idle, and low noise.
3. Be street and emissions legal (we're in New Hampshire)
Anyone game for this?
ok Ill start 
:biggrin: to me put it in the low 12's high 11s and leave it alone .. drive it and enjoy the car .. wayy to easy to turn this into a $$$ pit like you would not believe 
) and have the Hooker cat back. Oh ya a nice chip from TT.
