Power of a generic Grand Prix GTP with mods

[cwsqbm]

Its pretty bad that you know this kid so much that you have talked to him on more than one occasion.

I've got it worse : my friend's stepfather is the same way - any time he's around and I'm talking about BMWs with my friend (our current project is transplanting the m50 from my friend's wife's e34 for my E30) - he has to stick his nose in and say stupid stuff that's just plain wrong. Of course, he is a former Grand Prix owner (and now owns a customized HHR) so maybe that's the connection.

[jbsjunk]

Too bad you can't normally do a intercooler on a S/C 3.8. The roots blower is bolted to the top of the intake. No place for a intercooler. I'm sure you can find ones that would bolt in between the intake and blower using coolant, but they ain't gonna be cheap.

My guess as to current HP: 275

[Tavern Gnome]

Its pretty bad that you know this kid so much that you have talked to him on more than one occasion.

Exactly what I was thinking. You are wasting your time.

[GarrettM]

Exactly what I was thinking. You are wasting your time.

Heres the story: I know the kid with the GTP, Don, from a while back. I'm hanging out with a friend from school, we go to Mcdonalds and his buddy has a fucking Chevy Beretta with a 7k dollar body kit and body work. STOCK ENGINE. Name is Mike. He is in a "racing" group called "Time Out Racing". There are 4 kids in that group with GTPs, I am not even kidding. Another has an S10 with a body kit and door poppers, another has like a 01 Chevy 2WD short bed lowered (Maybe bagged) with SS front end. Me, my friend, and the Beretta kid (Mike) were hanging out at McDonalds, then Don drives by and revs his engine and Mike called him and told him to come to Mcd. so he pulls in and his car is rod knocking everywhere. Then smokes the tires backing up and thinks hes the man. That is when I started hearing all his shit.

Cliff notes: GTP Driver=DOUCHE

[dvs909]

just for shits and giggles, encourage him. come on you know you want to.
tell him he should start drifting since hes got so much powwwa!
gaurentee the results will keep you laughing inside for a few days
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[GarrettM]

Oh oh drifting. He was telling me he drifted around a corner and spun out because it has so much over steer. I LAWLED in his face.

[dvs909]

dude you must now encourage it... buy him a sticker that says like drift battle or sometign that he can put on his windshield.
post pics
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[SpecM]

+1 for egging him on.

[dvs909]

i never understood the racing groups?
i always see riced out hondas in my town that say kustom motor krew on them.
and they all have stock motors.
wierdos
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[SkylinGTR26]

LOL!
Fo sho, all those lame racing groups are just n00bs that think their cool.
LOL
IMO Race groups are pretty rice.

[mrsleeve]

GTP 3.8 SC 240hp

GT 3.8 na 200-210 depending on the year.

[dvs909]

how the hell do you only make 200 horsepower off a 3.8?
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[equate975]

My buddy has a GTP. Its decently fast, but a pig of a car, FWD doesn't help either. He put a smaller pully on it, and did a few other small mods. He said the GTP trannys are weak as hell and if he did much more it would just explode. Anything over 250whp your tranny will just die.

Maybe I know the only non-dousch GTP owner? lol

Hes a smart guy, knows his shit, easily knows a tranny cooler isn't an intercooler lol. I think hes just about car audio these days and put his dreams of a super fast GTP behind him.

[mrsleeve]

how the hell do you only make 200 horsepower off a 3.8?

Well thoes are crank numbers not WHP

1st its a push rod engine with shitty heads
2ed has all lower end power, think 5500 red line
3 the bigest reason GM's Hydromatic division cant build a FWD auto tranny that can live behind more than 240 hp for long.

The best GM V6 is the NLA cobbled togeather 3.4l DOHC found in the 93-97 monte carlos an 92-96 GTP's . It is based on its push rod twin sharing the same block. But the 95-96 has a much better head (massive oval ports) that in stock for will flow enough air to support 400hp. they were detuned to 230 hp IIRC (from a planed 280+) just because hydromatic could not build a tranny in the 3 years they had to develop it before the 3.4 DOHC was put into production

[DaveSmed]

the bigest reason GM's Hydromatic division cant build a FWD auto tranny that can live behind more than 240 hp for long.

The 4T80E isn't bad at all, they rarely have problems in Northstar V8 cars. The 4T60 and 65s blew up a good bit though. The 4T65 should have been the trans behind the Cadillac 4.9L V8 (which puts out 200hp as well, for the same reasons as listed above. LOTS of torque though) They are usually known for munching a trans around 130k. Shame as that usually totals the car, even though the engine has a lot of life left in it.