I live in St.louis, MO. The engine is out of the truck now and being rebuilt by Mike Christiansen. He's got it torn apart now. Told me the crank and one rod are destroyed. The block did not get hurt though. Going to meet with Mike today to decide what direction to go in for the rebuild...
I'm currently looking into having Mike Christianson build the engine for me. He is local, has rebuilt several Syclone/Typhoon engines and is known for building pretty stout GN engines.
Well, the 92 Typhoon I bought on 5-3-07 took a poo on 5-15-07. Twelve days and about 300 miles and it is knocking like crazy. Pretty sure it spun a rod bearing. Now I'm looking at lots of money for a rebuild. Sure wish it could have held up a little longer than that but oh well. What can you do...
Well, I picked mine up on Thursday. Passes safety and immisions test! So far so good. No problems yet and damn, this little f**ker is pretty damned fast if its still running cool. Slows down once its at full operating temps, but oh well. Couple mods will get it to run cooler all the time. I got...
I would have bought it yesterday but the owner is going to Mexico today for vacation and did not have time to go to the bank with me to sign everything. So I get it next thurday May 3rd. The TY does not have the windshield banner on it. I dont even know what they look like. What do you want for...
Opinions from people that have owned these trucks? Are they very reliable? Easy to mod? How hard to find parts for them? Comparable to Grand Nationals? Found a good deal on one localy and pretty sure I'm buying it! So I would love some feed back. Whats some good bang for the buck first mods? Are...
Who has the most miles on their original, non rebuilt engine? Is 140,000 miles pushing it pretty far? How long would you expect a stock engine to last on a completely stock 86/87 grand national?
Thanks, GN newb, Bobby