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- Jan 21, 2007
I know these are bad pictures …but there the only ones I have of GNX 001 when it was picked up on a roll back truck to be delivered to GM’s president to drive. The pictures were taker outside our plant as the truck was leaving.
Yeah I was back there a few months ago. I flew by the old ASC GNX conversion building on the freeway and thought to myself. What the hell I'm this close, I'm freakin turning around.
What a strange haunting place Detroit has become to me. I hope to see it come back before I die. There is a very sad feeling in the pit of my stomach. So much automotive history there. I could go into Accountants, Lawyers, Unions and Politicians but,........... you know. Why poison such a great thread.
Thank You Rick, I hope you are doing well............................................................ Get the sign before I do and send it to you.
Rick your mail box is full and I would like to contact you
You are correct...the moldings were not on the vehicle when we received them ,we also had the badges removed from the exterior .Did the GNs sent to ASC for conversion have wheel lip mouldings installed? I'm thinking the factory would have left them off since the cars were receiving wheelwell mods.
Sorry, no I do not....RICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION OF THE UNDERBODY MARKINGS AND FACTORY TAGS UNDER THESE CARS?(SUCH AS THE ORANGE "P" ON THE REAR END HOUSING.
NICE. RICK, THE GNX I WORKED ON THIS PAST SUMMER HAD A LOWER ENGINE NOISE(I THOUGHT SURE WAS A ROD KNOCK) AFTER HOURS OF CHECKING,JACKING UP, BARS TO PRY ON ITEMS TO FIND NOISE, I FINALLY FOUND NOISE(ALSO THANKS TO RESEARCH ON THIS SIGHT) THIS 12,000 MILE GNX
HAD 2 CONVERTER BOLTS LOOSE.. THE OWNER HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR,I WAS WANDERING IF THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THE PREV OWNER SOLD THE CAR???ANYWAYS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW... THANKS FOR THE INFO AND PICS..
It actually spooled better then production .....the ceramic turbo charger spooled fast especially for that ara.same exact thing happened to my friends 86 gn. he called me up in panic, but i noticed once he rev'd it the noise didnt slow down with the RPM of the motor, took the inspection pan off and sure enough a nut (might have been a bolt been so long and i forgot, i wanna say bolt though..) fell right out!
Rick since they didnt change the converters in the GNX, was the bigger turbo in the GNX alittle laggy-er? or was it not noticeable at all?