I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this but it didn't really fit under restoration and there will be quite a few tech pictures. So here it goes...
I bought this car, a 60k mile unmolested 1987 GN a few months ago for 9000
Bone stock except for a hotwire kit and a new fuel pump. Not an ounce of rust and no accidents or body damage. After quite a bit of poking around on this forum and advice from a few people on here I've decided to get to work.
This is how the car sits today...
So apparently parts for these cars take FOREVER to ship and make but as of today they are all here, thanks to brian at gbody, full throttle, scot and sc&c for 99% of the parts.
The plan is this, the frame is currently being stripped down bare, braced, boxed and all holes are being filled. After that is done it, and a few truckload of parts will be sent to the powder coating place.
It truly will be a pro-touring car. I have the stage II plus setup from sc&c; spc lowers, veri-shocks, spc springs, 670 steering box and billet steering arm from detroit speed, sphon pro touring rear sway bar, helwig front sway bar, baer track 4 brakes with 13" rotors, 3 piece 18" wheels, watts link for the rear end, a nascar track ford 9" rear with currie upper and lower rear control arms.
For the engine I'm going with pure bolt-ons. Stock clean shortblock, champion aluminum heads, 6262 billet ball bearing turbo, razor alcohol injection, ported intake, plenum and tb, rjc pulleys, ta headers, rjc downpipe, cotton exhaust.
For the transmission I'm going to be swapping in the TCI 6x. Its a 4l80e based 6 speed transmission with paddle shifters.
All of this is on top of countless other parts and modifications. Ill keep this post updated and it should go pretty quick now that all the parts are here. There will be a two week lapse while the frame and parts are out being coated and the bottom of the car is at line-x but other than that Ill keep you guys up to date. Any suggestions or questions you have, shoot away!
Oh, ps. The goal of this is to be able to take my boss on the track (spring mountian in pahrump nv) with his 430 Ferrari, so Ill need all the help I can get.
I bought this car, a 60k mile unmolested 1987 GN a few months ago for 9000
Bone stock except for a hotwire kit and a new fuel pump. Not an ounce of rust and no accidents or body damage. After quite a bit of poking around on this forum and advice from a few people on here I've decided to get to work.
This is how the car sits today...
So apparently parts for these cars take FOREVER to ship and make but as of today they are all here, thanks to brian at gbody, full throttle, scot and sc&c for 99% of the parts.
The plan is this, the frame is currently being stripped down bare, braced, boxed and all holes are being filled. After that is done it, and a few truckload of parts will be sent to the powder coating place.
It truly will be a pro-touring car. I have the stage II plus setup from sc&c; spc lowers, veri-shocks, spc springs, 670 steering box and billet steering arm from detroit speed, sphon pro touring rear sway bar, helwig front sway bar, baer track 4 brakes with 13" rotors, 3 piece 18" wheels, watts link for the rear end, a nascar track ford 9" rear with currie upper and lower rear control arms.
For the engine I'm going with pure bolt-ons. Stock clean shortblock, champion aluminum heads, 6262 billet ball bearing turbo, razor alcohol injection, ported intake, plenum and tb, rjc pulleys, ta headers, rjc downpipe, cotton exhaust.
For the transmission I'm going to be swapping in the TCI 6x. Its a 4l80e based 6 speed transmission with paddle shifters.
All of this is on top of countless other parts and modifications. Ill keep this post updated and it should go pretty quick now that all the parts are here. There will be a two week lapse while the frame and parts are out being coated and the bottom of the car is at line-x but other than that Ill keep you guys up to date. Any suggestions or questions you have, shoot away!
Oh, ps. The goal of this is to be able to take my boss on the track (spring mountian in pahrump nv) with his 430 Ferrari, so Ill need all the help I can get.
