Help Need Parts!

purdueguy1419 · April 02, 2003, 10:04:31 PM

Help I need some parts. I'm looking for the turbo, intercooler, and all piping, lines and accesories that are different on the turbo 3.1 from the regular 3.1. If you have any of these parts you are willing to spare send me an email my email is cbmcdona@purdue.edu. I need these parts for an 89 turbo regal gran sport, but they're impossible to find unless you look for the turbo grand prix cars. I don't know if this means the turbo regal is more rare or people just don't sell stuff for it. Thanks

Caleb

Chris A · April 03, 2003, 05:22:18 AM

What size is your motor? I didn't think they made a turbo regal in 89.

purdueguy1419 · April 03, 2003, 06:05:57 AM

My motor is a 3.1 mfi motor. They did put the turbo on the 89 regal but it was an option on the gran sport only. Very rare option and most people didn't even know about it, so I figured I'd try talking to the turbo grand prix guys, you guys know a lot about the turbo 3.1 cars cause I'm a member of a GS performance club and they know nothing about the turbo cars, just the L67 cars.

Chris A · April 03, 2003, 06:35:53 PM

uh...really?

:shock:

any pics specs etc? Was it a copy of the TGP? details?

purdueguy1419 · April 03, 2003, 07:07:37 PM

I'd love to post some pics, but I don't have a digital camera or scanner or anything. My car is a turbo car once removed before I got it sad huh...It is mechanically identical to the tgp. The turbo GS was only built in 89 and there were only a total of 1305 GS's built in 89, of these only a handful was a turbo car. It's kind of an outcast though cause it doesn't belong with the regal performance guys they're all L67 people, and it doesn't fit with the tgp guys cause it's not a grand prix....

turby · April 03, 2003, 08:46:35 PM

purdueguy1419 · April 03, 2003, 08:57:19 PM

I'll see what I can do about getting picks. If you want to know more details look in an 89 regal owners manual it lists the option. Also if you can find a buick sales rep that was around in 89 they can tell you about it. Right now I'm lookin for parts to put it back to turbo, it was changed before I bought it (engine must have been shot). So any turbo parts would be helpful, I'll work on the pics (I'll see if I can borrow a digital camera).

purdueguy1419 · April 04, 2003, 10:32:03 AM

I don't know these turbo parts seem too hard to find, I think I'll just go with an L67 swap instead of tryin to put a turbo back on it. I'll get more power that anyway.