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Nice find.

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Well everyone said the stock wheels had to go and I totally agree, but they worked great to kick around for the winter months though. So I bought some rims to toss on for the few months of summer.

Since I bought it like 7 months ago I bought the following mods for it. I shouldn't of modded a fucking Grand Prix I know but can't help it.

Modular Pulley system (quick change)
w/ 3.5", 3.0", 2.8", 2.5" pulleys
Wizaird Cold Air Intake System
ZZP re-flashed PCM (ECU)
Full 3" Dynomax Exhaust
Autolite 103's
B&M Tranny Cooler
Triple A pillar Autometer Cobalt Gauges (thanks Swanny) w/ trans temp, boost, and Air Fuel Gauges.

Some of the parts I haven't installed yet because its been winter obviously. With the parts I have for it now it should make about 330whp supposedly. Maybe I will try it out at the dyno day if I get my ass in gear and install the rest of the shit I have laying in my garage.

Anyway here are a few pics of the new rims. The are Amercian Eagle 077's 18X8 wrapped in 245/45/ZR18 Bridgestone Potenze S-03's. These tires are sticky as fuck.

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Looks pretty tight! Now drop it chip it, uh...nevermind.

Seriously though, get those mods on and bring that thing to the dyno day! I want to know what it puts down!

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Blinky light gauge?

I've been having all kinds of fun with my car, lucky I have bitched enough that everything has been covered under the GM Certified(what a joke) warranty:
-Full 4 wheel alignment
-Replacement of both serpentine belts
-1 tire was mounted backwards
-Front right lower control arm bushing was pressed in upside down and from everything the mechanic could tell, it had been that way since the car was new
-Right front hub replaced
-Both outer tie rods replaced
-Driver's door wiring harness was mispositioned resulting in my tint being scratched; dealership took off the door panel and correctly positioned the harness
-Transmission shift control assembly replaced

Re: New Daily Driver 56k=Owned
 

Those are the stock tires on the STi. They are sticky as hell!


-Colin

PS I sorta like the grandprix GTP but its too big! damnit..

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Glad you are liking the tires, wheels look much better than stock too. May I recomend a set of Eibach Pro-Kit springs? ;)

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Yeah I was thinking of lowering it but I don't want to stick anymore money into it really. Who knows if I find some used ones for the right price I will do it.

Yeah its a big car but thats what I like about it. It has every possible option you can get. Bose stereo, heated leather seats, ect. Its a good cruiser beater.

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I am happy with overall size of the tires and rims as well. They look aftermarket and wide but not too wide. They match up with the fenders just perfect, they stick out a little but not too much. The tires look pretty wide from behind though.:)

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...and the backseat is quite comfortable to roll around in on the ride home from the club just before loving nature!

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Looks awesome!! Much better than before. Nice mods, bring it on down to dyno day, I want to know what that thing puts down.

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A buddy of mine and my old roomamte were big L67 freaks. Their cars with the same mods made around 280-290 horse at the wheels and well over 300 ftlbs of torque on local dynojets. In fact my roomates car had everything you have on a 3" pulley and different ratio rockers. They ran 13.4-13.6 all day long on BF drag radials a 50 shot just put one guy into the twelves.

The big problem with making more power is the stock blower sucks with anything smaller than a 2.8" pulley without an intercooler. The engines are pretty damn durable but they like to leak oil and coolant eventually.

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A number of guys of the grand prix forums have put down well over 300whp with the same mods I have. But I have no personal data to back that up yet. The thing is with superchargers is that you basically know what you are going to make before you buy the part within reason. Since most of the bolts on are very common and have been tested thousands of times before. Unless your car is really low on compression or has something else wrong with it you usually make close to what they say you are going to make.

Alot rides on how you have your PCM setup too, with regards to timing and fuel maps. A lot companies aren't as aggresive or knowledgeable when re flashing PCMs with these cars. It makes a lot of difference in performance.

And the times are pretty accurate, there is really no point in even running them at the track since they are so damn heavy and FWD. It would take 400whp+ to get well into the 12s.

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I didn't know they used an Eaton blower on those....Anyway, great lookin car! I wish I could negotiate as well as you did!

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Well you guys said tint it so I did. Here are a few pictures. The tint is 3M 35% Black Chrome, this shit just came out so the GTP is one of the first cars to get it in Minnesota. It has no polyester and no dyes in so it is guaranteed never to fade. I am glad I didn't go any darker than 35% because it would have been way way to dark. This shit seems like 10%.

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fuckin nice man! My galant has like 25% and at night it can seem kinda dark. when did you do that to your headlights?

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Thats looking good Craig, now just get some 22" spinners and you'll be set!

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I was drunk one night......ehhhh its a long story. Nah I don't know why I put headlight covers on it. I normally don't like them but for some reason they don't look to bad on a totally black car.

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I am still up in the air about the headlight covers, normally I am not a fan but they kinda work on a blacked out car.

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I'm surprised I haven't seen you around in Woodbury with that.

EDIT: Where did you get the tint from? It looks nice and my GSX needs some dark tint to offset the white.

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i use to have a 97 gtp black with black interior and 5% tint very nice car i want to get another one for a cruiser/when the gsx is broke.