Thread: 97 Blue pearl GTP. update 5/30/2013 engine pics

this is my 1997 gtp and ive had it for about a year now. Ive done quite a few visual mods and alot of engine maintence. thats not me in the picture of my tails.
​ Mechanical

• custom air intake
• new plugs and wires
• custom pcm mount
• brakes and rotors all around
• crank pulley
• valve cover gaskets
• ac compressor
• p/s pump
• tranny mount
• motor mount
• oli pan
• transmission pan gasket with trans flush with filter
• pulley tensioners
• new cv axels
• body control module
• headlight switch
• battery
• ac condensor
• all four struts
• 2 springs in the back
• ball joints
• driver side hub bearing
• induction clean coolant flush
• rocker panel moldings
• headlight Assemblies
• new belts
• supercharger coupler
• theres probably more but that all i can think of.

exterior

• matte black fender stripes (for 20 hp) lol
  
• smoked corners
• 8k 35w bi xenon HID's
• LED tails
  
• painted exhaust tips
• blue LED interior lights
• stainless steel dash bezel
• stainless steel over lay for fog light switch and DIC
• satin black painted engine bay
• pioneer head unit
• 12' sub
  
• repainted window frames
• car repainted with jet black with blue pearl (still need to do jams)
  

That dash bezel is pretty slick! I just have one question. Do you hate the tan interior as much as I do? LOL

What's next for the car? It appears to be very well taken care of.

Your shift selector is covered... dislike.

YES!!!!! I would much rather have black leather. i got the dash bezel for 20 bucks on ebay. my car would of gone to the junk yard when i got it it would start barley rolled. my grandfather gave me the car and he beat the hell out of it it took about 2500 to fix the mechanical peices and it needed a paint job which my step dad painted it at his shop but i wash my car once a week wax it it evrey 2 months and vaccum it once a month i really take care of it and it runs phenomenal. its a great car and i love ive put so much work and money into the car. the next thing i want is black interior or a new tan dash with new front seats or either 3.4 setup but i would like to have alot of things for my car like a sd hood and sd front lip[ and sd spoiler and rims and lowered springs and lots of stuff.ive got pics of my car after i did the body work and prepped it for paint.

Originally Posted by SeanGTP

Your shift selector is covered... dislike.

oh i know the ebay picture was wrong but i still like it. i mean its not like i need to see what gear im in on my guage cluster. but i know what you mean

I currently have the selector on my actual shifter... well not on my shifter, so i would have to guess if mine were covered. -_-

are you talking about where the actual shifter is?

Yup

oh how is it like that?

I realized I dun goofed.

I meant I have taken the shift selector next to my shifter OFF, so right now there is just a hole with a bulb. That's what I meant.

ohhh were you trying to save weight or something lol

No I was doing some interior stuff and never got around to putting it back in. I guess I'm just lazy.

it is a true gtp the hud was just an option ive seen gt's with hud there not only for gtp's

Yup you can find GTP's with cloth interior, 6 speaker radio, no hud, hub caps, no spoiler, catfish front bumper.

If you want to enhance the interior one thing I am seriously considering doing is adding bucket seats in the rear. It looks killer on a GP and it would be a nice compliament to the rest of your car. The black interior would be a nice upgrade though. Keep the pics and updates coming...

You can't find GTP's with catfish bumper or no spoiler.

In 1997 and 1997 only the GT, not the GTP were offered with the spoiler as an option (there are a few around here without one). All GTs had alloy wheels and GT bumpers (hence them being called GT bumpers...), and all GTPs had them therefore as well.

I don't feel like wasting the time to provide the proof, but if I must I will.

A little common sense for starts might help: The only reason to upgrade from an SE to a GT was that the GT came with standard 3800 and standard ground effects package (GT front and rear bumpers, and side skirts). SE's didn't have an option for ground effects, only for spoilers (and around 2000 the spoiler and GT bumper also became standard on the SE). The SE had the OPTION for a 3800, but if you wanted to ground effects you had to get a GT, therefore offering a GT much less a GTP without ground effects or alloy wheels or a spoiler was non-existent.

As I said, every GTP came standard with alloys, ground effects, and spoiler. In 1998 so did all GTs as well. HUD and leather in GTPs were usually there case, but again optional.

There technically is no such thing as a 97 GTP they were all GT's.

At least my window sticker says that.

^ Technically also true. The GTP in 97 and I believe 98 was simply a performance package, and after that became a full fledged trim level. But that package in 97/98 included standard spoiler and L67 plus badges.