Brett Wallace - 1987 BUICK GRAND NATIONAL (GNX CLONE) MODIFIED 13.2 at 105 mph -- 12's Spring 2010
Brett Wallace
1987 BUICK GRAND NATIONAL
(GNX CLONE #007)
Sept 2010 Updated Video Tour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT8PPcJwrOA
87 GN Hard Top - Purchased March 4, 2008
March 4, 2008 -thru- May 10, 2009 -- Engine/Upgrade/Mods
Keystone turbo Rims from 1988,
2009 Cooper Cobra Radials 235/60/R15
3" Front Mount Intercooler
F-Body Alum. Radiator with Dual Fans, TA 49 turbo,
3" DownPipe with External Wastegate & Boost Controller,
turboTweak 93 Chip and 60 pound Injectors,
3" Stainless Steel Dual Exhaust, Tie Down Strap,
Scanmaster, A-Pillar Knock & 30 psi Boost Gauges,
New Shocks, Brakes, Rotors, Plugs, Wires, New Front & Rear Bumper Fillers, New Head Light Bezels, New Grill, New Wiper/Radiator Overflow containers & Caps, New Steering Wheel with Billet Buick Tri-Shield Horn Cap,
XP Plus Fuel Pump, Adjustabe Fuel Pressure Regulator, 160 Degree Thermostat, RJC Plenum Powerplate, Front & Rear Seat Brace Kit Pkge, Vacuum Brake Conv., 30% Side & Rear Window Tint.
May 2009 - Always Driven (Never Trailered) from Kaukauna, WI -to- Bowling Green, KY for the Buick GS Nationals, then to Portland, Maine summer of 2009, then driven back to Wisconsin.
BEST ET 13.2 at 105 MPH on 235/60/R15 Cooper Cobra Street Radials, 20 pounds Boost, no knock, Stop-N-Go...
Rear End & Suspension Parts Installed July 2009
HRpartsNstuff New Rear Anti-Roll/Super Swaybar
HRpartsNstuff Dbl. Adjustable Upper Control Arms
HRpartsNstuff Lower Control Arms
HRpartsNstuff Dual Air Bags
Part 1 - Restore to street driven quality - Check!
Part 2 - Modify for drag racing/show car - Check!
Part 3 - Convert GN to GNX Clone - work in progress
GNX Parts acquired, waiting for installation!!!
GNX Wheels, Flares, Vents, Stewart Warner Gauges, Decals, Badges, Dash Plaque, GNX Head Rests, GNX turbo Shield... oops the GNX turbo shield doesn't fit with 3" downpipe with external wastegate & Boost controller!
1983 Buick GNX-R Pro Street FOR SALE flemings ultimate garage
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1983-buick-gnx-r-pro-street-c-844.htm
2 year $70K build by a body shop owner, mirror finish black paint top & bottom, black bucket seats w/ rear single theater seat, Pro built Buick 455 big block V-8 @ estimated 550hp, runs cool all day, custom built ram air system, turbo 400 automatic, Ford 9 narrowed rear w/ posi-traction, 4 link coil over rear suspension, custom built GN 15X15 wheels with M/T Sportsman tires, Wilwood 4 wheel disc brakes w/ relocated master cylinder, ceramic coated Exhaust, 2002 Hot Rod Magazine power tour winner - the most sinister black car weve ever owned!
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com 301.816.1000
Duramax Diesel Grand National CLONE
This is actually an Oldsmobile chasis that was converted into a Grand National looking Buick. This car is powered by a 6.6 litre Duramax Diesel engine. This car is sick, I do not own it unfortunately...
A Tribute to Turbocharged Buicks
The Smoking Tire heads out to Fontana, CA for a drag strip meetup with the guys from turboBuick.com and learns about the one-time "fastest car in America," the Buick Grand National.
1987 Buick Grand National STK # 934
Buick produced some powerful car throughout the years and this 1987 Buick Grand National is no different. Buick had a hot car with this 3.8L V6 SFI turbocharged engine under the hood backed up by the stock automatic transmission. This GN has all the appointments that a GN should have with the badges, floor mats, hood mat and embossed headrests. The T-tops are in great condition along with the T-top bags in the trunk. Inside is cold A/C, AM/FM/CD player, cruise control, seatbelts, tilt steering wheel, cloth interior, power door locks, power seats and power windows. To stop this performance marvel are power brakes and power steering for easy handling. Outside on the blacked out exterior are Grand National rims with center caps and radial tires. If you would like more details give us a call today at toll free (866) 542-8392 or (704) 598-2130. We also welcome visitors to our Charlotte, NC showroom every day.
BUICK - The "Grand National" & "GNX" Story Part 1 of 3
I don't like too many 80s cars, but this is my favorite BY FAR. It's the only car I allow to be included with the "brute force" muscle cars of the 60s and early 70s. I enjoyed working on them and driving them when I started as a tech at a Buick dealer in 1991, in Arlington TX. Too bad Pontiac and Olds didn't also make their own version of this the same way Buick made theirs.---Buick made a V6 from wacking 2 cylinders off their great V8, while letting the turbo and PERFECT computerized spark/fuel control "get back" the lost power of the 2 cylinders, AND retaining V6 fuel economy!--(these cars could get in the high 20s low 30s on the hwy). Since this is EXACTLY a Buick V8 with 2 cylinders wacked off, and since it is a 90 degree V (like a V8) unlike many V6s, the result is a nice even power curve that does not lack low-end. It does not have near the low-end "turbo lag" as many turbo POS's today that have to redline at 8500rpm before they make any power. In fact, in stock form these engines never need to see over 5000rpm.
1987 Buick GNX FOR SALE flemings ultimate garage
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1987-buick-gnx--c-626.htm
Built for Marriot new, number 464 of 500 built, balanced + blueprinted w/ Dyno 456hp + 561 ft lbs torque! Mirror finish Jet Set black paint, GNX package w/ factory S/W gauges, correct fender vents + flares, 16" alloys w/ hi-speed radials, ladder bar rear suspension w/ posi-traction, believed to be the only ASC factory sunroof car.
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com
301.816.1000
1987 Buick Grand National FOR SALE flemings ultimate garage
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1987-buick-grand-national--c-1351.htm
Freshly built & modified 3.8 liter turbo V-6 @ approx. 400hp, freshly built overdrive automatic, mirror finish black paint, new grey/black GN bucket seat interior, power windows-locks-cruise-tilt control, air conditioning, factory audio, pillar mounted gauges, programmable electronic Boost controller, upgraded injectors, Hooker dual Exhaust system, upgraded turbonetics turbo, HD Intercooler, billet serpentine belt system, 3" thick folder of receipts, spectacular last year Grand National!
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com
301.816.1000
1987 Buick Grand National (GNX Clone Project 2008-2018) 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, burnout at end
UPDATED 2012: New Photos: http://www.gsnationals.com/GNHT2010.htm
Auburn, Maine - Video taken Summer 2010
1987 Buick Regal Grand National / GNX CLONE Project - Sept 2010 Update
No Shoes, No Alky, No Burnout Box, Stage, 4 PSI Boost
Street Tires update Oct 21, 2010
1.806 60' --- Best ET 12.389 @ 108.95 mph
--- Best MPH: 109.95 MPH
20#'s Boost, No Knock, 13.2 @ 105 mph on Cooper Cobra 235/60/15" Street Radials May 13, 2009
(and it wasn't even tuned), then over time more changes, as listed below.
Purchased March 2008 with 88,000 miles STOCK - Original.
As of Oct 2010 there is 103,881 miles, driven from Wisconsin to Kentucky; Wisconsin to NC, SC, Georgia 2008; Wisconsin to Kentucky to Maine to Wisconsin 2009, Wisconsin to Maine 2010, and Maine to Kentucky Oct 20-23, 2010. Past 2.5 yrs, I've DRIVEN 16,000 miles in a 1987 Buick Regal Grand National with over 100k miles!!! and "No Brakes & a Bad turbo" when I bought it in 2008...
this is my 2nd 87 Buick Grand National (and modified) --- my 1st GN is an ORIGINAL T-Top with 38,xxx miles, ATR 2.5" Pitbull Stainless Steel Dual Exhaust, Torque Strap, Front & Rear Brace Kit Package, RJC Power Plate.
June 2008 - July 2009 Updates & Modifications:
GNX Clone is Modified with bolt on parts, unopened engine - 3" Front Mount Intercooler, 3" Downpipe with External Wastegate/Boost Controller, 3" Stainless Steel True Dual Exhaust, TA 49 turbo, F-Body Alum Radiator with Dual Fans, RJC Power Plate, Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator (43 PSI line off) with FP gauge, Scanmaster, A-Pillar Boost & Knock Gauges, turboTweak 93 Chip with 60# Injectors, 3" Aluminum MAF Pipe, 9" K&N Cone Air Filter, XP Plus Fuel Pump, 160 thermostat, torque strap, Vacuum Brakes with Billet Block. HRpartsNstuff Rear Sway Bar, Lower & Upper Double Adjustable Control Arms, Air Bags, Front & Rear Brace Kit. NOS L/R Headlight Bezels, Grey Leather Steering Wheel w/Billet Buick Tri-Shield/Horn Cap, New Shocks, Rotors, Bearings, Brembo Brakes, 30% Side & Rear Window Tint .
May 2009 Video Walk Around - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqqndU8sbJs
August 2009 - April 2010 --- Parked - in storage...
May 2010 - Modifications:
Front & Rear Bumper Fillers replaced, Drive Shaft Safety Loop, GNX Accents installed,
4 - 245/50/16" Tires
GNX Kirban Style Reproduction 16x8 Rims
GNX Dash Plaque #487,
GNX Rear Differential Cover,
GNX Front & Rear Emblems,
GNX Headrests,
GNX ASC Stickers, under hood & door jamb, No rpo "T2L" code
GNX turbo Cover,
GNX Flares & GNX Vents in Storage... (not sure I'll cut it up)
GNX 6 Gauge Stewart Warner Gauges and Paint planned for next year.
GNX Rear Suspension 1987 can't compare to HRpartsNstuff Suspension of 2009...
New Windshield after I was stopped in New York late at Night 82 mph in 65 mph, after being pulled over and the officer checked my car out front to back, he saw my cracked windshield and gave me warning to repair crack, whew... thank you... $199 replaced, no speeding ticket, no insurance adjustment... must be problem with my cruise, becuz I dislike to follow or often speed up to catch up to the people in front of me...maybe you do too... haha!
September 2010 - Modifications:
Updated NGK UR5 Spark Plugs gapped tight at .030, new ignition coil pack, new spark plug wires, LS1-3" MAF with Translator after shooting this video, Fuel Feeder/Hot Wire Kit, heated O2 sensor. Stainless Steel Cat. Exhaust Hanger, Translator Base Setting = 5.
OCTOBER 2, 2010 ---- SCANMASTER RESULTS after road trip, taken at idle.
02 = 792 (best tuned .750 - .770 -- leaner is meaner w/out knock, higher is safer)
AF = 4 (air/fuel best 4-6)
L8 = 30 (engine load = 30-40)
bat = 13.7 (battery 13.5 or higher)
INT = 128 (integrator 118 - 138, ideally 128)
blm = 126 (block learn lean side 118 - 138, rich side, ideally 128)
mph = 0
CLT = 170 (coolant)
ATS = 124 (air temp)
r = 800 (rpm)
TPS = .44 (throttle position sensor 0.42 - 0.44, WOT = 4.6 - 4.8)
IAC = 21 (idle air control 10- 40 good at idle, best at under 30)
fuel pressure 37-43 with line off car at idle in park. start at 43, stock 34-40 line off
Oil Pressure 10-15 PSI HOT
O2 of .790 or higher prevents excessive retard.
at Race Track Tune for best MPH, ET Varies with traction
NOTE: time slips in the quarter mile will be updated by October 26th, 2010 at the GS Nationals - Bowling Green, Kentucky 2010 --- GS Nationals - October 20-23, 2010.
HRpartsNstuff, GBodyParts, RJC Racing, Kirban Performance, Cotton Performance, turboBuick.com, Full Throttle Speed, GN1 Performance, NOS4GN, Red Armstrong - Quad Air.
Here is link/history for my original 87 Buick Grand National - GARAGE QUEEN w/38k miles.
http://www.gnregistry.org/BGN00001A_BDA.htm
American Muscle Car - S02E11 - Buick GNX
http://www.facebook.com/pages/199919191991991/117872974990642
The American Musclecar series relives that incredible time when Detroit produced the most outrageous cars ever to hit the street. From the car that started it all, the 1964 Pontiac GTO, experience the glory days of power and speed through the stories of those who lived and breathed it then. This 2-disc set features twelve half-hour episodes devoted to each extraordinary muscle car from that magical era.
Disc 1
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 1959-1963
Pontiac 421 Super Duty
Ford Fairlane GT & Torino Talladega
427 Cobra 1963-1967
Chevrolet Corvette Camaro Z/28
Disc 2
Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird
The Mopar Super Stockers
American Motors AMX
Dodge Challenger TA and Plymouth AAR 'Cuda
Buick Regal GNX
1955-1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
1987 Buick GNX # 001 www.GSNATIONALS.com 2005
1987 Buick GNX # 001 being loaded on the truck after the 25th Anniversary of the GS Nationals. This is the actual GNX owned by General Motors.
May 2005
GNX # 001
