Grocery Getter On Steroids!

[speedy_2]

http://www.3si.org/forum/showthread.php?t=310435&page=1&pp=10

 

[Poverty]

Mean machine.

 

[Joey D]

Oh good lord! Talk about the ultimate sleeper.

 

[Flerbizky]

Well - Your milk won't turn bad on the way home from the grocery store....

Sweet ride !..

 

[ND4SPD]

Now that is badass! I'd put back the original rims though, to keep the sleeper look.

 

[YSSMAN]

Awesome, I love the classic B-Body GM cars. A friend of mine in High School had a '95 Buick Roadmaster Estate (just like this), and I was surprised by how fast the car was. With 260HP on tap with the Chevrolet LT1 V8, that thing hauled. I'm not sure if it was faster than the Impala SS (given the advantage RWD wagons have over their RWD sedan sisters), but it beat up on it's fair share of Mustangs back then.

...I was reading on the internet that BBHP has a 6-speed Tremec T56 conversion available for all of the B-Body cars, but is primarily used on the Caprice and Impala SS. It would aid performance greatly, and I cant imagine how much fun it would be to run one of those down the road... Kinda like an American M5, huh?

...If only I had money and lived in a state without snow...

 

[Jay]

Great, but its too bad you can see the intercooler, I would paint it black.

 

[Revheadnz]

That looks badass. And ViperGTSR, would anyone look at one of these and expect to see an IC? If they notice it and know what it is then they'll be sensible enough not to race.

 

[Jay]

Its looks like its going for sleeper look, if it was me I would make the car appear completely standard.

 

[Roo]

Now that is badass! I'd put back the original rims though, to keep the sleeper look.

My theory is that they've put the shiny wheels on so that everyone thinks "haha, stupid wannabe ricer puts wheels and nothing else on a shopping trolley", and then they get blown away.

I like.

 

[Famine]

Oh good lord! Talk about the ultimate sleeper.

The ultimate sleeper would also be able to go round corners.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Heh, that's awesome...

 

[1X83Z]

didn't these things originally use a downgraded 5.7-liter v8 also found in the corvette? then again every chevrolet used that engine - all the big ones, tahoe, suburban, and trucks included.

did you know when these things debuted their horsepower rating was 190? it got a huge bump the following year, but imagine driving this with only 190 horsepower. it was the longest car on sale for the period it was sold, too - 226 inches (three feet longer than a cayenne).

 

[Joey D]

Yup it definatly had a 350 varient in it at one time.

 

[1X83Z]

by the way the vehicle appears to be registered in pennsylvania so the driver seems to manage the snow just fine despite the enormous amount of power. it also weighs 3968 pounds so that helps.

 

[-Fred-]

Hello Doug. 👍

Only 496whp, though... that's kinda weak.

 

[Kylehnat]

Hmm, something about a wood-panel Buick station wagon just doesn't float my boat.

 

[YSSMAN]

didn't these things originally use a downgraded 5.7-liter v8 also found in the corvette? then again every chevrolet used that engine - all the big ones, tahoe, suburban, and trucks included.

Most certainly. The LT1 found under the hood of the mid-'90s B-bodies were for the most part the same as the engines in the Camaro, not the Corvette. The only other variant of the 350 available in '96 was the LT4 option which was Corvette only. Although the differences between the two are pretty slim, most of it was minor differences that gave the Vette 300HP and the Camaro/Impala etc. 260HP. The same engine and trans combo was used in the Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 Police Cars which continue to be the ultimate sleeper cop cars, and can be purchased for pretty cheap. A guy from Rockford has a '94 9C1 pushing 470whp without forced induction, but he swapped out many of the parts for Vortec heads and intake, and had the car bored and stroked out to a 383.

 

[Ev0]

That's one helluva sleeper. I hope the owner modified the suspension; my uncle used to own a Caprice wagon (very similar vehicle), and the suspension was softer than a John Mayer concert. With 490hp to the wheels, there would be a whole lot of sagging going on.

 

[eliseracer]

didn't these things originally use a downgraded 5.7-liter v8 also found in the corvette? then again every chevrolet used that engine - all the big ones, tahoe, suburban, and trucks included.

did you know when these things debuted their horsepower rating was 190? it got a huge bump the following year, but imagine driving this with only 190 horsepower. it was the longest car on sale for the period it was sold, too - 226 inches (three feet longer than a cayenne).

What about the Ford Taurus at 140 bhp, with equal girth?

 

[Joey D]

What about the Ford Taurus at 140 bhp, with equal girth?

I believe the Taurus was grossly underpowered as well.

 

[Gil]

Reminds me of my dad's old 429SCJ powered Country Squire wagon.
Of course, the old CS gave no indication that it was a "runner".
Looks like it would be lots of fun.

 

[YSSMAN]

...I think the only Taurus that was ever worth a look was the old SHO, but that would have only been beacuse of the high-strung Yahmaha V6 matted to the 5-speed manual.

...If I'm not mistaken, the Thunderbird was based off of Taurus bits and pieces, and that was an Ok car with the later supercharged models.

 

[eliseracer]

Taurus had a 3.8L V6... pushing 140 or so hp. That's embarassing, and one of the worst figures I have ever seen in a car.

If I remember right, its torque figures were over 200 lb, so it didn't seem that bad on the road.

 

[1X83Z]

What about the Ford Taurus at 140 bhp, with equal girth?

the 140hp taurus only weighed 3104 pounds (sedan) and 3272 pounds (wagon); sedan versions did 0-60 in 9.8 and i can imagine the wagon would be only marginally worse.

...I think the only Taurus that was ever worth a look was the old SHO, but that would have only been beacuse of the high-strung Yahmaha V6 matted to the 5-speed manual.

the automatic was quicker.

 

[YSSMAN]

I never knew the auto was faster, I always had assumed the opposite. But how different was the performance once the V8 was introduced in later models?

 

[niky]

I think the V8 was a tad bit slower... it was heavier and only available with the 4-speed auto. Lots of fanboys cried foul when Ford did that.

 

[YSSMAN]

I really only followed the early SHOs, and for quite some time I never even realised that Ford was still producing them. Then last year when Volvo came out with the new V8-powered XC90, I kinda remembered the old car.

...I wonder what the Fusion would be like with a small V8 under the hood...
Ohhh wait, Ford couldnt do that. I forgot they were using a Mazda platform on an American car. Looks like there wont be any Fusions lining up against the Monte Carlo SS or Dodge Charger R/T any time soon.

 

[Pupik]

by the way the vehicle appears to be registered in pennsylvania so the driver seems to manage the snow just fine despite the enormous amount of power. it also weighs 3968 pounds so that helps.

omg welcome back doug to GTP and dont forget to post drift settings and capitol letterz plz lol :nissan:

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Anyways: The Buick doesn't need to worry much about handling; it will get to the corners in due time!

 

[TheCracker]

Sticking a great big engine into a POS doesn't make it a 'sleeper' - it just means its even less able to handle its power than it did before.

Shinny chrome American Racing Mags on a 'woodie' aren't going to fool anyone either - especially when it understeers off the road like it was the Titanic as soon as the first corner comes up.