What the Hell are you talking about Scovie??? Thats a Grand National and if memory serves me correct those things did mid thirteen second quarter miles off the show room floor! unless modded 450 might be a stretch, but i think they were over three hundred horse from the factory.Scoville DeVille said:Nice ride PK2. I loved those cars back in the day. But, not to be all correcty n'sheeit but 450 hp??? No. There have only been a handful of cars ever sold that were 450 hp.
The 1985 MC SS offered a 5.0L V-8 turbo that maxed out at 180 bhp. The 4.3L V-6 with throttle body fuel injection topped out at 130 hp. Yours with turbo may be around 160 hp but that's just a guess.
No matter... go do a burnout in front of some young punks in their rice burning Acura's and flip them the finger. Go have some fun in that thing!
paulky_2000 said:Look what wandered into MY yard.....
....450 horses of pure hate and disdain!
Scoville DeVille said:Nice ride PK2. I loved those cars back in the day. But, not to be all correcty n'sheeit but 450 hp??? No. There have only been a handful of cars ever sold that were 450 hp.
The 1985 MC SS offered a 5.0L V-8 turbo that maxed out at 180 bhp. The 4.3L V-6 with throttle body fuel injection topped out at 130 hp. Yours with turbo may be around 160 hp but that's just a guess.
No matter... go do a burnout in front of some young punks in their rice burning Acura's and flip them the finger. Go have some fun in that thing!
hogleg said:What the Hell are you talking about Scovie??? Thats a Grand National and if memory serves me correct those things did mid thirteen second quarter miles off the show room floor! unless modded 450 might be a stretch, but i think they were over three hundred horse from the factory.
Buick GN's are badness!
TNKS said:Grand Nationals with 450hp (single spool)are pretty mild.There are many that easily double 500+hp
zdecker said:That is a badass ride. If I were to guess, it's an 86 or 87. Something like 245 hp and 355 torque stock? Paulky's engine does not look stock. 450hp from that turbo 3.8 is easy. Nice find!
paulky_2000 said:
The stock 87's were 235 horses. More than 15 HP greater than the stock Corvettes and 25 horses greater than the Fox body's of the same vintage. They were true giant killers.
THIS ONE has forged pistons, roller cam, studded block, larger turbo and intercooler, 80# injectors, alcohol injection, ported heads with swirl polished titanium valves, Scanmaster management, 8 inch convertor, tubular rear control arms, and a lunatic for a driver..... It dynos at the rear wheels at 453 horses at 16# of boost. I COULD go as high as 20#'s without knock....but the tires couldn't handle that.....I'm pretty certain.
This one's the real deal. I searched long and hard for it. I promise you it'll scare you to death!
I've seen them in excess of 1000HP......but this is a moderate street car. I have it on good authority that it'll put down low 12's in the 1/4 on the street tires @ 16lbs.
Thank you sir! Yes, it's an '87!
ETA: Oh yeah....and it'll do all that with ice cold air conditioning! Plus, the giant 4 core radiator keeps things nice and cool under the hood.
Nice '70 love fast backs - I had a '69 Mach that was Black Jade loved that car and styledanorth said: