buickman69
Retired Buick Enthusiast
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2001
I dont know about you guys but I am tired of the V8 threads on this board. Convert your car to LS1 or V8 other than Buick and dont even own a Buick powered car anymore. Go hang out somewhere else.
I like your way of thinking...lol
I don't come to this site anymore, primarily for this reason!!!
Those cars are BUICK POWERED & should be WELCOMED here!got a 1989 Turbo Trans AM? head to an F body board...
I'm just an over the hill old timer, been around when these T-Rs was new on the show room floor.
I'm all about Buick-brand-loyalty I think that has been gone for years. It has also been my opinion that there is no or low Buick loyalty on this site. I think it's a younger generation that doesn't even know what a Buick Wildcat or GS is!! I think most people on here now are people who own a Buick but are obviously not Buick people. There is more to Buicks than turbos.
It amazes me the most common talk or action is putting chevy motors in their Buicks. Why not use a Ford or Mopar engine people?? I mean if you gonna go BRAND-X, have some style, be unique!! Everyone in the trailer park has already put a chevy motor in a Buick body.
Non-Buick powered IS non-Buick powered! Bottom line, end of Story!!
I've been out of racing (my own cars) for years.
Yet I have lived it through one of my best friends and his wallet via his 4 sec 1/8 mile Stang.:biggrin:
So to answer the questions or smart ass-comments why don't you build this V8 Buick and show us how bad you are buicman69??:
I personally have been focused on business and making money over the last 10-12 years. I want to have something so that I don't have to be a Wal-Mart greeter when I am 85. This is my plan!! I already pissed away more than some people make in a year 20 years ago on going fast! Already done, and done it with BUICK POWER!! Now I gotta make up for it.
When I get to a certain point hopefully within the next decade, I will come out with a BAD-V8 Buick. Why people think they gotta go chevy I will never understand. It's a free country, at least for now.
Whoops here comes the internet police to put a lid on this conspiracy ..but for those of you who have no idea.......there is such things as V8 Buick engines that was cast up till the late 70s. Your 231 Buick V6 is a Buick 350 minus 2 cylinders. Buick 350s are lighter weight and have longer strokes than a chevy.
You can make 600-1000hp and MORE with them. One fella got 1,200hp out of his Buick 350 5 years ago. Just add a girdle like you would the V6. It CAN be done, 350 or 455 V8 Buick. A friend is running 10.00s and weighing 37-3,800lbs with his 455 GS. ALL MOTOR and drives it anywhere on the street on 93 pump gas! Imagine a turbo or better yet a 150-200 shot of nitrous!
Just trying to broaden the younger generations horizons here... think out of the box!
Obviously we can't buy a new Buick cause Buick no longer exist and I darn tootin ain't buying that junk with a Buick emblem slapped on it and a caddy or chevy motor under the hood.
One thing I like about hanging out with Mopar or Ford people is brand loyalty. If I am at one of their events or surfing their discussion boards on the net.. they always talk about and going fast with their own. They may have just bought a new Challenger, or Stang for a daily driver, but they got a '68 Roadrunner or '70 Fastback in their garage. Their truck is a Dodge or Ford.
They stick with their brand!
Back to the topic about the board, I'd love to see V8 Buick and Turbo Buick boards reference each other. Better yet have a V8 Buick .com and Turbo Buick.com event together. ALL BUICK. Don't think it'll ever happen.
Now I gotta go spend some time on CNBC and Fidelity site and see how much $$$$ I lost today...