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Volcano_Dweller t1_je43jx8 wrote

Reply to comment by johnandahalf13 in This old woman was snooping around our backyard at work. She did not see the drop. by DogmaJones

Not all….I owned a number of Buicks, three I set up as sleepers:

— 1996 Buick Roadmaster with whitewalls and LT-1 engine…installed 3.42 rear gears, intake, custom dyno tune, opened up the exhaust a bit…it ran 14.0 and I used it to tow the family camping trailer.

1987 Buick Turbo Regal Limited…the stealth Grand National in chestnut blue paint and blue overstuffed couch interior. Installed 14” wheels with Buick wire wheel covers, whitewalls, and all the leftover upgrade parts that came off my Grand National when I went all out on the GN. Hidden alcohol injection system, all gauges hidden by a Kleenex dispenser, two spoke steering wheel, swapped in a hollow front sway bar from a Camaro to cut some weight, used three mufflers on a custom single 3” exhaust to keep it quiet, fuel system upgrades, big injectors, stretch intercooler, bigger turbo, LT-1 valvesprings, stock longblock…Raced it in the Silver State Rally where it took 3rd in its class and ran 12.40s at 110 at the track.

— 2001 supercharged Buick Regal…custom 3” downpipe and exhaust, dyno tune, shift kit, intake and a much smaller pulley on the supercharger. Installed F&R sway bars from a FWD 9C1 Impala Police Package, front and rear strut tower braces from a Pontiac GTP and the front brakes from a ‘99 Camaro SS. Used to transport my newborn son home from the hospital and beat up on BMWs.

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short_sells_poo t1_je4lur7 wrote

So you are saying that if you swap out the entire car under the paintwork, a Buick can perform pretty good :D

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Baeelin t1_je4uz0c wrote

Pretty much. (Not op btw) even the Grand Nationals, touted as best Buick ever, were slow until modified. They just took modifications well and was one of the first US factory supercharged vehicles produced.

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Volcano_Dweller t1_je5nh7x wrote

Regals were available turbocharged (not supercharged) beginning in 1979 with the non-intercooled models A 14.4 at 95 was a good number stock back in ‘86; the GNX was a little better.

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Volcano_Dweller t1_je5n9it wrote

1.035 Turbo Regal Limiteds were factory produced in 1987 in Flint, MI with the intercooled turbo drivetrain (including transmission and 8.5” rear end) and suspension from the Grand National. The less opulent Turbo Regals were called T-Types in ‘86. No swapping required.

Buick Roadmasters from 1994-1996 had the same LT-1 motor as the 94-96 Impala SS. The 94-96 Cadillac Fleetwood did as well.

Late 90’s-early 2000’s FWD Park Avenues and Regals were available with a normally aspirated 3800 V6 or a supercharged 3800 V6; these engines were also used in the FWD Chevy Impala and Pontiac GTP which were also built on the W-body chassis. The GTP got the better 3.29 axle ratio though (darn).

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