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  1. Mr. Michael

    Full set of GNX wheels with tires ready to bolt on & go SOLD

    Here is a full set of GNX style wheels with high quality Cooper Zeon RSE 245/50/16 tires at near full tread depth. Perfectly balanced. No road damage. Excellent condition with caps & lugs/covers. Tested at over 100MPH. Quiet, handle great, lightweight. They give off a nice bark into second...
  2. Mr. Michael

    Great street car

    This current auction on BaT is a super example of a great street car. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-grand-national-104/ I admire a lot of cars here but this sample nearly touches all of the points that make for a great street car. I would prefer something else done with the...
  3. Mr. Michael

    Back in the eighties...

    Hey would you look at that. Here is my old thread from 2016! I am back again, got another 1987, and I am that much older now. A Family friend passed away some time ago, I asked the family about the Buick and paid up (retail). Its a very nice unit. Low options (again), doors shut nice, no...
  4. Mr. Michael

    Stumble & die

    Gents, I have a failure story that I wanted to post just incase it could help the next guy. So here it goes... I have an '87 GN that I only drive once in a great while. Pretty stock with a modern TT chip, AFPR, downpipe, no cat, dual mufflers, cold Tstat). I happened to drive the car to an...
  5. Mr. Michael

    Buick Vs Modded Renntech Benz

    Been tuning the TB... I also have a big body Renntech S-Class Benz that I use as a daily driver. Its got most of what anyone would want in the power department. So... Why not try the Regal up against it right?
  6. Mr. Michael

    "Turbo Regal" Tire

    So I am cleaning up the recently purchased 1987 GN and I look at the tires and see... Check that out.. Goodyear Eagle TR (Turbo Regal?!?) Hilarious. :) Well they do smoke pretty well.
  7. Mr. Michael

    Cash racing

    Hey gents. Years ago the street scene was pretty stout in the Chicago area. Sioux trail, Flossmore ? Several other good spots regularly attended after meeting up at Dukes Drive-in & bench racing till late. That still going on? I hear of a spot in Elwood? Over by Route 66 drag way... Ring a...
  8. Mr. Michael

    Bubba techs

    I recently bought a 1987 GN that looked pretty good right off the trailer. Now I have been working on a few things for about a month (sorting). What really amazes me is the quality of work that has been applied to this car before it got to me. One thing after another. Its nothing major, but...
  9. Mr. Michael

    Shout out to Turbo Tweeks

    Hey guys. I just wanted to say on a public forum how nice of a job Turbo Tweak did for me on my 1987 GN. I have been fighting some poor run characteristics (minor knock retard) and have gotten them all buttoned up with an install of their 5.7 chip & full set of 60lb injectors. The price is...
  10. Mr. Michael

    Give me a minute!

    So I have a new to me GN that I just had roll of the delivery truck. Something was up with it & I had yet to dial it in. Anyhow... So I am driving down the main drag and I roll up behind a slammed and tweeked Genesis coupe (read: small bubble like asian car). I see his exhaust has been modded...
  11. Mr. Michael

    Back in the eighties...

    So I am getting to be an old guy... Back in the eighties I bought one of these turbo Buick's new. It was my 1st new car. I talked a bank into giving me a loan ($285 per mo) & sold my then daily driver for the down payment ($3500). It was November 1985 when the car showed up at the dealer. I...
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