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Buick Grand National - Stage Motor on 2040-cars

Year:1984 Mileage:56000
Location:

Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Tolland, Connecticut, United States

I bought this as a stock 1984 GN about 12 years ago.  It was a clean driver with about 45,000 miles on it at the time.  About five years ago I decided to see about improving on the horsepower.  That turned into taking the car off the road for about 3 years and building it a Stage II motor.  DLS Engines did the machining and put the entire motor together.  Then I dropped the engine and the car off with Cotton's Performance to put the car together.  It's now methanol injected and an estimated (not dyno'd) 800 horsepower at the flywheel at 20 pounds of boost on 93 octane.  F.A.S.T. computer, custom fuel delivery, built 200-4R trans, 275-60-15 Mickey Thompson E/T streets, and other improvements to the engine and suspension to handle the power.  Aluminum radiator and twin electric fans along with a separate trans cooler and electric fan to keep it all from melting down.  The a/c is functional.  The car can and has spent plenty of time idling in traffic on hot summer days without any trouble.  I finally got it to the track last year and made three full-power passes after a shakedown run:  One at 11.2, the second at 10.8, and the last at 10.72 @ 132mph.  That's launching off the foot brake at about 3 pounds of boost, and I am not an experienced racer.

The engine was put together with the original intent of making over 1,000 horsepower and getting into the 9's.  But I moved, got a new job, had kids, and getting to the track clearly isn't a priority and won't be for a long time.  That's why the car sees mostly commuting duty, which is why I'm selling it:  More car than I need to drive to work and the grocery store.  You'll also notice that this post doesn't include a long list of manufacturers and specs for all the parts and pieces.  I'm not a mechanic and didn't build the car.  But I did make sure it was done with an eye towards strength and durability because I only wanted to pay to put the car together once. 

The paint is original, and while it's not bad it's not impressive either.  The interior is in really good shape, with only one small tear in the drivers seat that's hardly noticeable.  The rear bumper filler was cracked and ugly before I made that 132mph pass, then one of the cracks let go and now a piece of the bumper filler is missing.  It will not win any show and shine trophies, but it will drive to the track, make consistent 10-second passes, and drive home with the a/c on and no fluids dripping from underneath.  The money was spent on making it go fast reliably, not on making it look good.

Feel free to contact me with questions.

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GM sweetens military discount for Buick, Chevy and GMC

Sun, 06 Oct 2013

American servicemen and women interested in a new vehicle from Chevrolet, Buick or GMC now have a bit more incentive to head down to their local dealer, as General Motors has announced plans to improve its military discount program.
The new GM Military Discount Program offers eligible consumers a new Chevy, Buick or GMC at invoice pricing, which in some cases can take very large chunks out of a car's retail price. When factored in with other incentives, most of which are available with the Military Discount, the bargains are thick on the ground for members of the US armed forces.
GM's Retail Sales and Marketing Support general manager, Chuck Thomson, said, "GM has long supported the military and military families, and we hope this simplified and enhanced discount will show our appreciation for their service and help make it easier for them to own one of our great new vehicles." The program is open to all active duty and reserve members in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard and Coast Guard, as well as veterans that have been out of the service for less than a year. Military retirees and their spouses are also eligible for the discount.

Next Buick Regal coming in 2017, could be imported from Germany

Sun, 03 Aug 2014

The Buick Regal is based on the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia, a pair of sedans from General Motors' European and British outfits. In fact, over 46,000 Regals from model years 2010 and 2011 were screwed together on the same lines as the Insignia twins, before GM's Oshawa, Ontario factory took over production fully. Considering this closeness, rumors that claim the next-generation Regal - due for 2017 - could move back to Europe aren't terribly surprising. Here's why, according to Automotive News.
Oshawa is home to three other vehicles, aside from the Regal - the Chevrolet Camaro, Impala rental queen and the Cadillac XTS. We already know next-gen Camaro production is headed to Lansing, MI, and that the fleet-only Impala will (finally!) die in 2016. As for the XTS, as AN explains it, sales are so slow that GM will either kill it or just shuffle its production volume elsewhere.
Taken along with the fact that Unifor, the Canadian labor union repping workers at the Oshawa factory, claim GM hasn't made any guarantees about future production at the nearly 60-year-old factory, it seems fairly clear that the Regal's current factory is going to be put out to pasture.

First 2013 Buick Encore TV ad features... dinosaurs

Thu, 14 Mar 2013

The whole "SUVs as dinosaurs" trope has become something of a threadbare cliché among auto writers, but that doesn't mean the wider world of consumers has caught on to the Jurassic nature of our line of thinking. That's what General Motors appears to be betting on, at least. Just check out Buick's first television spot for its 2013 Encore, the tiny crossover that is pushing the Tri-Shield into territories unknown while looking to outrun the brand's reputation as a refuge for elderly clientele.
Set to air this weekend on ESPN during the NCAA college basketball tournament, the ad plays up the Encore's maneuverability and surprising interior space by setting the baby Buick amongst a herd of lumbering CG dinosaurs created by Tippett Studio, the folks behind Hollywood blockbusters like Jurassic Park, Ted, and the Twilight series of films.
We can't help but snigger a little - while the Encore is indeed surprisingly roomy, nimble, and composed, our first drive found it to be glacially slow, too... not unlike a certain prehistoric race of animals. Check out the commercial below and judge for yourself.