My Car My 1993 Grand Prix Special Edition

[Robert]

I stumbled upon this car around 2005 at a small used car lot that looked more like a shade tree operation. The engine's top end was completely torn apart, but the body and interior were in great shape, so I wasn’t too concerned about the motor. I made an offer of $200, and the owner took it.

I had it towed home, bought some new gaskets, reassembled the engine, threw in a battery—and it fired right up! I had a blast with this car. I added a pair of Flowmaster 40s and did a cat delete, and let me tell you, it sounded incredible.

Later on, I swapped in a Series 2 3800 with a 4T65E and upgraded the front cradle and suspension. I’ll be posting some pictures of the build soon, so stay tuned!

 

GrandPrix GT NorthStar-Inside

My 1995 Grand Prix Special Edition

[Robert]

reserved for future photos.

 

[RebelRacer99]

You still have this one?

 

[Robert]

You still have this one?

I gave it to my brother before left the states back in 08, it's probably crushed today.

 

[RebelRacer99]

I gave it to my brother before left the states back in 08, it's probably crushed today.

Rip GP SE

 

[Robert]

Rip GP SE

Its probably a Kia now.

 

[Last Indian]

Looks identical to the one my wife had! Same year, same color in & out! Except my wife’s wheels were gold instead of black.

 

[Robert]

Looks identical to the one my wife had! Same year, same color in & out! Except my wife’s wheels were gold instead of black.

They were gold when i got the car, young me painted them lol. I wish i still had this one.

 

[Last Indian]

They were gold when i got the car, young me painted them lol. I wish i still had this one.

She real liked that car too. But once again Northeast Ohio winters claimed that one too. Needed to dump it before the obvious corrosion became evident. That’s when I got her the white “03” GP.

 

[PairsNPaint]

I stumbled upon this car around 2005 at a small used car lot that looked more like a shade tree operation. The engine's top end was completely torn apart, but the body and interior were in great shape, so I wasn’t too concerned about the motor. I made an offer of $200, and the owner took it.

I had it towed home, bought some new gaskets, reassembled the engine, threw in a battery—and it fired right up! I had a blast with this car. I added a pair of Flowmaster 40s and did a cat delete, and let me tell you, it sounded incredible.

Later on, I swapped in a Series 2 3800 with a 4T65E and upgraded the front cradle and suspension. I’ll be posting some pictures of the build soon, so stay tuned!

Hello Robert! New here. I saw the pics of your '95 GP. Can you tell me anything about the stance? How much did you cut the springs? How did it ride after? Did you lower the rear as well? Thanks!

 

[Robert]

Hello Robert! New here. I saw the pics of your '95 GP. Can you tell me anything about the stance? How much did you cut the springs? How did it ride after? Did you lower the rear as well? Thanks!

The 1993 in the photo was lowered by heating the springs, there's not enough coil on the factory spring to cut, you can use other springs to lower it you can use the 1st gen Ford SHO front shocks as well, the rear you need a lower monoleaf but those where ultra rare back in the day so finding one today would be extremely rare. I've seen coil-over conversion kits for this, but the rear is not set up for that, so you would have to reinforce the towers to use them safely.

 

[PairsNPaint]

The 1993 in the photo was lowered by heating the springs, there's not enough coil on the factory spring to cut, you can use other springs to lower it you can use the 1st gen Ford SHO front shocks as well, the rear you need a lower monoleaf but those where ultra rare back in the day so finding one today would be extremely rare. I've seen coil-over conversion kits for this, but the rear is not set up for that, so you would have to reinforce the towers to use them safely.

Thanks for the info!