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[GSTracer05]

Is that a SAAB?

[Harut82]

mercades E class turbo desiel??

[Harut82]

1995 Chrysler Lebaron??

[Crimson Glow]

*buzz buzz buzz buzz*

Ohhhhhh, I'm sorry. You've all over bid. Start again, with the highest bid being below 1994.


J/K

1990 Pontiac Grand Prix STE McLaren Turbo

Only 1,000 produced, and only in '90 in the STE trim. The only thing that sets it apart from regular STEs on the outside are the massive hood lovers, and the badge that says TURBO, of course.





This one's not mine, but I had no shots of the back. This one's sporting the '94-'96 5-spoke wheels I want for mine. They look MUCH much MUCH much better!



3 out of my 4 cars came off eBay, and this is one of them. I paid $600 to have it shipped to me from VA to IL. It went pretty damn cheap (very few people are aware of the 4-door version, thus, don't look for them), and I figured.....what the hell. I'm due for a turbo charged car.

I JUST got the repaired crossover pipe for it and Taylor 8mm wires (the wires will be going on my 2-door Turbo Grand Prix). Bought it for a steal off a member on the TGP club who was parting out his car. I'm excited, because that pipe is the cause for some serious drivibility problems, as well as SEVERELY handicapping acceleration. I've already replaced the throttle position sensor, the ignition coils, ignition control module, spark plugs w/Delco Rapidfires #8 (the old school, non-platinum kind; platinum is a no-no on forced induction cars), and got rid of the god aweful, restrictive air intake, replacing it with just a K&N directly on the turbo. I know this isn't the best set up due to the hot air it's sucking in, but it beats the hell out of the OEM designed system. In the next couple of weeks, I'm pulling the intake plenum off to: Remove the injectors (getting them cleaned/balanced/flow tested), replace the fuel pressure regulator, and clean the throttle. If I have time, I'd also like to polish the plenum and valve covers. I need a BOV on there, too. I'm also replacing the oil return line, putting in a 160° thermostat, getting rid of that junk Bosche O2 sensor for a Delco one, putting on the MSD Helicore 8mm wires, and installing the Jeff M Top Gun 160 chip. I have yet to order an underdrive pulley from Fast Forward Performance, KYB GR2 struts all the way around, and I'm adding HUD (heads up display) which was standard only on the 2-doors in '89/'90. This is going to be a pain staking, pain in the ass procedure of matching up wires (speedo for speedo, turn signal for turn signal etc) from the HUD itself, to the gauge cluster, than splicing them together. But it will be well worth it when I'm done. I've always wanted a car with HUD, and god damn it, I'm going to make it happen. But yeah.....so that's a start with what this car is in for, and what it's all about.

[Harut82]

Looks like something my grandpa would drive

How fast is it? got any 1/4 mile times?

[Harut82]

I've posted it before, but here is a picture of my car

[!EEK]

I'm curious since I'm not really in this tuning trend: How do people know when do the front and back bumbers touch the ground? I mean, those cars look beautiful but if there's a tiny rock, here goes your bumbers...

Once in the city, I saw a car like this parked near the pavements with a wheel on it. The driver got inside and as soon as the wheel got of the pavement, all the bottom of his front bumber scratched the road....aïe
No one is scared of that?

[Harut82]

My car isn't as that bad. It looks very low in the picture because of the angle of the driveway.

I'm curious since I'm not really in this tuning trend: How do people know when do the front and back bumbers touch the ground?

When it was new I was very carefull when going up driveways, but I have 60,000 on the car and I can tell wether its going to rub or not. If the driveway is steep I go up at an angle and I't doesnt rub

[GSTracer05]

My car's on coilovers so I can raise and lower the height as I see fit. But generally you get the sense of what types of inclines and declines your car's front bumper can clear. Also you pass through areas like that by driving at an angle.

Some cheap bumpers (fiberglass) will break apart from constant scratching but polyurethane usually handles it.

[!EEK]

My car isn't as that bad. It looks very low in the picture because of the angle of the driveway.



When it was new I was very carefull when going up driveways, but I have 60,000 on the car and I can tell wether its going to rub or not. If the driveway is steep I go up at an angle and I't doesnt rub

whats 60.000 on the car? Money?