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new car tuesday
Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:29 AM
so as some of you may or may not know, my car got totaled last tuesday night all explained here
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=5&i=564839&t=564839
so we got bout 3k for my fire and we will be getting more for my back later. so yesterday we went shopping for a new car for me in the range of 6-7k and search all over the surrounding cities. took us bout all day but we finally found one that i loved and talked the guy down to 6k for. it was an 01 grand prix gt 4 door. has bout 83k on it all mostly highway miles. car is so clean, fully loaded. pics will be up tuesday or wed after i pick up the car im so excited. it rides so much better than the fire





Re: new car tuesday
Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:55 AM
Turbo it!!!
They sell kits that'll make it go 12's pretty easily.




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Re: new car tuesday
Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:31 AM
pics
oh and i had no idea you were detroit southwest lover
i was like wtf that isnt you
i had to look at the profile



Re: new car tuesday
Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:55 AM
yea, i changed my ot name, pics will be up after i get the car. performance mods hopefully will come in the summer when i make more money and stuff. but from the test drive i love it




Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:58 AM
time for pics










Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:19 AM
boy that engine bay is a mess (for the car in general,not exclusivly yours)
Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:57 AM
hmm it seems to be missing one thing
i think you know what it is



Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:12 PM
looking for one for over the summer




Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:56 PM
very nice

are you getting the inevitable "P" envy yet? it will happen, it's just a matter of time

and yes, there are kits that make em go 12's... for $4K

www.clubgp.com
www.zzperformance.com
www.wbodystore.com
www.3800performance.com

have fun!


Andy

it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E
Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:05 PM
iv been over at clubgp but havent posted much, just reading and learning

over the summer hoping to get full slp exhaust, but thats all for now along with a s/c




Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:14 PM
CSC or SS kit?

both are on ZZP. CSC's just a centrifical supercharger. IMHO, dont go that route. they dont make wonderful poewr (about the same as a stock L67 when placed on a normal L36.) and they're NOISY with the cogged belts they use

the SS kit is a little more in depth. it includes a stock or ported M90 roots style supercharger, and a modified LIM for use with L36's. on L67's ('97-'03 blown 3800's) the LIM does not have injector holes, they're in the heads. in L36's (N/A engines of the same years) they're in the manifolds, and not the heads. so you see the probem when putting an L67 intake and blower on an L36. you dont have any injector holes! the SS kit fixes that, along with a few other things. however, be forwarned with the SS kit, you will need to do other things. the L36 runs a 9.5:1 compression. good for N/A power, but GTP's run 8.5:1 compression which makes them safe for the blower. with the higher compressino you're more likely to get a detonation, and subsequently, KR problem. (there's an "about KR" section on the ZZP web page). i would suggest headers, a GOOD intake, none of that warm air stuff, probably rockers (1.7's don tdo much, 1.8's are ok, 1.9's are the best if your'e sticking with a stock cam) and some other exhaust/tuning, fueling things. i think the SS kit comes with the 33# injectors too, instead of the 24#ish in the GT's.

anyway, if you need any help with anything, feel free to ask. i know a little about em


Andy

it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E

Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:28 PM
thanks work, im sure ill hit you up with some questions later




Re: new car tuesday
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:47 PM
TURBO!!!!






5pointO

Re: new car tuesday
Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:11 AM
My dad has the same year and color GT, minus leather. It's had it's share of bugs, but I like it.




Re: new car tuesday
Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:38 AM
mmmm lookin good man





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Re: new car tuesday
Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:06 AM
nice interior





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Re: new car tuesday
Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:57 AM
i'm sorry to be the downer

but don't spend money on it, just drive it

a car is the biggest money pit you could ever have

in 10 years you'll think why in the hell did i do that

whenever someone sells a car, its always "highway miles"

but i like the car!!!






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Then two wrongs make a roundhouse kick to the face.
Re: new car tuesday
Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:12 PM
intense-racing has alot of grand prix stuff and they hold the record for having the fastest supercahrger and turbo grand prix and sell pretty good stuff



Re: new car tuesday
Friday, November 17, 2006 3:05 PM
Bonnett wrote:intense-racing has alot of grand prix stuff and they hold the record for having the fastest supercahrger and turbo grand prix and sell pretty good stuff


no
no
and no

1st. INTENSE is infamous for sellnig under engineered parts that tend to wear and cause harm to the engine/tranny because of this. for example, defective 1.9 ratio rockers who's tips would grind at the rocker itself, throw aluminum shavings into the oil, clogged a hole, and caused the engine to spin a bearing. also, their now 3 time re-designed LSD which STILL blows up and causes catostrophic tranny failiures.

by fastest supercharged grand prix, do you mean M90, twin screw, ect? zoomer (ZZP) has a supercharged/turbo'ed GTP which ran a 9.94. i dont know what the fastest M90 car is, but im pretty sure it's a ZZP crew car runnin in the 10's. INTENSE has the blowzilla, a twin screw KB blown bonneville, in the 10's, but that's an H body, not a W body.

and no, the INTENSE turbo car ran a 9.64 last season at the end of the season, and has since broken and gone through major repair, though we may see a new run tonight. the current turbo record holder is the TTGT by stattama which ran a 9.01 just a couple weeks ago.




Andy

it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E
Re: new car tuesday
Friday, November 17, 2006 5:09 PM
taht was only a couple weeks ago? i saw the vid and taht it was in norwalk but i didnt know when he did taht. its such an amzing car




Re: new car tuesday
Friday, November 17, 2006 5:35 PM
heck yeah it is. he's had over 30 sub 10 second runs now... and it's a stock bottom end on the engine. had over 20 sub 10's with the same motor, then it spun a bearing. rebuilt, put in 26lbs, and ran a 9.01. almost makes me wanna go turbo


Andy

it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E

Re: new car tuesday
Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42 PM
yea wish i had the cash




Re: new car tuesday
Friday, November 17, 2006 10:23 PM
i have never heard a complaint from any customers or read bad reviews from intense



Re: new car tuesday
Friday, November 17, 2006 11:09 PM
clubgp.com. search intense. read


Andy

it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E
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