Thread: Let's just rename this PurpleGuy's GTO tuning endeavor

Oooo...Bomgaars

Was out screwin with the lights cause they kept flickering. My 3 pin connector was loose I guess.

But I stopped at the Wyoming state prison and took a couple pix...

Yea getting pretty sick of this ****

Nice and warm.

Yea a little too warm. Considering it was only 75ish ambient.

EDIT: And also cruising 30+

Don't ya just hate it when you have zero knock?

Lol. You should see how much it knocks when it's that hot. Trying to lightly accelerate from say 30 to 45 it'll knock clear up 9-10*

So yea...hit 221* today. Time for a radiator. I was lookin at getting a thicker core, but i'm worried whether or not the radiator would clear the headers. Anybody have input on that? The core i'm lookin at is a 1 1/4". Anyone know if that core would clear headers? I can't measure cause the headers aren't on the car. They're SD's.

The GTP core is big enough, no real need to go larger.

I agree, but a thicker core doesn't cost anymore. Sooo...I mean why not. I was actually checkin out the 1 3/8" Monte core that's been used in Prix's. It's only 86 bucks which is cheaper than a stock 7/8 Gtp core

Well..there went another bill and a half. Went with a 1" core since the only other core Rockauto had was a 5/8 which is too small, or a 1 1/4 which is probaly too thick and won't provide enough clearance.

And of course since i'm replacing the radiator I bought new hoses, cause that'd just be silly to not replace stock 140K hoses.

I have a good amount of space from the fan cage to the headers.

I think you may be fine still.

Sweet! I'm sure this core will clear just fine being that it's only 1/8" thicker.

Also...fun tid bit...after letting the car sit for an hour with the hood open and then another 2 hours with it closed...the blower was still too hot to touch.

Cam he has a 97 and 97 fans are huge, my headers hit the fans on my black car and I was using the stock rad.
And Austin it sounds like its time to do a coolant flush and new tstat.

Well my overheating issue is gone. A couple weeks ago in Wyoming I hit 221* in 70* ambient cruising 30 mph being nice to the car. It was less than a 20 minute drive.

This week it was around 95* ambient and I was beating on the car. Going WOT for no reason at all...getting into boost for no reason..blah blah. Highest I saw was 203* idling in traffic. After I got rolling again I went down to 185* I drove the car for over 2 hours in ~95* and that 203* was the absolute hottest it got.



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Originally Posted by 98buicksupercharged

How much did you get the 06 seats for if you don't mind me asking. Been thinking about doing them in my new gtp

The set in this car cost me $200, and then I realized I needed the windup/latches off the donor car for the front. Those ran me another $25. But you can't really go off my numbers. I get good deals at the junkyard I go to since my Dad has been going there for so long. Typically a set of seats like mine is 350-400...or more.

The GTX wheels? They'd be better if they were on the car haha.