Found a pic of a gtp I used to have that I thought I would share. I bought it in 03 with 33k on it. It was a 01 special edition. Never saw another one with the rims painted like that. I don’t know if the guy before did that or if it was factory.
Old gtp
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Are we doing this? Best I could get out of it was a 13.2@104mph just like that on all season tires. Was too scared to run a sticky tire on a stock trans.
Best I’ve got because photobucket
And a month after I sold it
Best I’ve got because photobucket
And a month after I sold it
Owned a 98’ blue Daytona GTP, bought it new in 98’. Ordered a 98’ sliver gtp but a strike was going on and my build was stuck on the assembly line. Pontiac dealer I worked for at the time had two of these on hand so I took it. Great car! Fun to drive and surprised a lot of people on how quick it was .
Had the SLP exhaust on mine and it did sound great. I had the cai from RAM air technology, pulley swap I’m sure a few other bolt ons. A cone filter and slp exhaust sounded so good together.
12.5@109 stock trans all day long. I sent this thing down the track 20+ times on slicks. Guess I was one of the lucky ones .
I just didn’t have the balls to blow up my daily12.5@109 stock trans all day long. I sent this thing down the track 20+ times on slicks. Guess I was one of the lucky ones .
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12.5@109 stock trans all day long. I sent this thing down the track 20+ times on slicks. Guess I was one of the lucky ones .
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I drove on those exact slicks from Oswego to RT66 and ran a 12.2@113 (100 shot) with a stock trans.
Okay, I'm feeling nostalgic now.
I've been lurking this forum on and off since 2008 when I got my first car. It's funny that it took ten years to actually join. I've always loved classic Buicks, but when I ended up with my great-grandparent's 1995 LeSabre I was not thrilled. I made the best of it anyway, and drove it like the hot rod I wanted instead of the car I had. Those skid marks are mine, and I blew three transmissions because of it. I'm not proud of the way I acted in high school...
The only point is that this engine never failed me through all the abuse I put it through. Even though the LeSabre was as slow as molasses with a trans of glass I grew a huge appreciation for the 3800. I still hope to get a BLT or LGN some day. These FWD Buicks were couches on wheels.
I've been lurking this forum on and off since 2008 when I got my first car. It's funny that it took ten years to actually join. I've always loved classic Buicks, but when I ended up with my great-grandparent's 1995 LeSabre I was not thrilled. I made the best of it anyway, and drove it like the hot rod I wanted instead of the car I had. Those skid marks are mine, and I blew three transmissions because of it. I'm not proud of the way I acted in high school...
The only point is that this engine never failed me through all the abuse I put it through. Even though the LeSabre was as slow as molasses with a trans of glass I grew a huge appreciation for the 3800. I still hope to get a BLT or LGN some day. These FWD Buicks were couches on wheels.
Man would have loved to bought that Redfire Metallic 4door from ya! Where that sucker go?Hey, I found some of them.
Some guy from Michigan bought it, I wish I kept in touch cause I'm super curious if it's still around or not.
I wonder where in the world full of parts phat_rides old turbo prix i bought is??? Probably been parted out would be my guess.
The 3800 dream is still alive but if i ever do it, its gona be a rwd swap or rwd platform. Thus why i bought a turbo kit for a car i dont own lol, maybe by mistake maybe not i dont fucking know. But its always on my mind it seems.
The 3800 dream is still alive but if i ever do it, its gona be a rwd swap or rwd platform. Thus why i bought a turbo kit for a car i dont own lol, maybe by mistake maybe not i dont fucking know. But its always on my mind it seems.
I would still be in my 3800 if there was a trans solution. Even built trans kept breaking on me and I never used slicks. 4t65ehd is one of the worst things to happen to the automotive world IMO.
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