How do you think it's going to look?

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

the crack is the key
flat black would look good /serious

I was originally thinking just a solid black.

Only problem being is a lot of GP's came stock with black.

I'm wanting a black to tone down those scoops, because i don't want them being too obnoxious. And being most of my touchup/engine/interior is red/black....a nice gloss black with just a bare touch of Kandy Red would do it a good job i think //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

this is the color as of now:

This was the last pic i was able to upload some time ago. It was right after i did my intrax/KYB/birchmount install. Thank you God for air tools!

I'm still ridin those sexy 16s //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

(edited for non sound-domain tag'd pic and larger)

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

just paint the whole thing, and get taillights that are solid red or something instead of that mesh, i hate the mesh

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

just paint the whole thing, and get taillights that are solid red or something instead of that mesh, i hate the mesh

Yea that's one of the big things coming in with the paint job. Niteshades on the tailights. There's a guy around with a solid black GP with niteshades'd tails and it's sexy

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i almost bought an 01 gtp a few years ago

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

Yea? That's basically the same motor i'm running, but with the 04/05 blower.

The 97-03's aren't bad. I might buy one for a daily and put mine in the garage for some tuning

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

i almost bought an 01 gtp a few years ago

i bought a 97 gtp a couple months ago, i can drive it hard and still get 400 miles a tank, its reliable for now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif , grand prix's arent that reliable really, nickel and dime ya allot. but im satisfied, im not bragging about the speed or anything either, its a nice car for what i paid, id rather have that than a civic

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

spent the money on a engine swap and turbo setup... my friend was doing great work at the time so i figured why not

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

There ya go!

I was wanting to turbo the motor i've got, but since i'm doing auto-x/road course, i was going more for response.

What motor and what turbo are you runnin?

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i bought a 97 gtp a couple months ago, i can drive it hard and still get 400 miles a tank, its reliable for now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif , grand prix's arent that reliable really, nickel and dime ya allot. but im satisfied, im not bragging about the speed or anything either, its a nice car for what i paid, id rather have that than a civic

yea, i heard about an issue with the oil pan that kinda helped sway me the other reason, and if i was gonna buy a new car it wasn't gonna be FWD...

i hate civics with a ****ing passion, but the newer ones with the k20's arn't bad, i hate d and b 16 blocks, and the ricers that hype them

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

i bought a 97 gtp a couple months ago, i can drive it hard and still get 400 miles a tank, its reliable for now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif , grand prix's arent that reliable really, nickel and dime ya allot. but im satisfied, im not bragging about the speed or anything either, its a nice car for what i paid, id rather have that than a civic

Sweet. Those GTP's are def a dime-a-dozen. Especially the 3800s. Came in a lotta vehicles! If you want any performance for it...LMK. I can start a list of sites to go to //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Definately a good car for the money too. As long as you don't screw with it too much, they can be extremely reliable. How many miles does yours have on it? The only thing about the 97 GTPs is the supercharger coupler seems to go out after a while. They aren't hard to change though. You'll know when it goes out too. It'll sound like marbles bouncing around inside your snout and you'll think your S/C cams imploded on eachother!

If it goes out...you'll have to hope you've got someone who does that motor. Not because it's hard, it's real easy. But not even the dealer can get the coupler!

I know of a guy that has probably 30 of them (good) layin around his house. $12 shipped each, so LMK if that ever goes out on you. His name is Ed Morad. Anyone who has a quick GTP probably knows/has done business with him!

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

yea, i heard about an issue with the oil pan that kinda helped sway me the other reason, and if i was gonna buy a new car it wasn't gonna be FWD...

i hate civics with a ****ing passion, but the newer ones with the k20's arn't bad, i hate d and b 16 blocks, and the ricers that hype them

haha...i definately agree with you there.

There's a guy out here that cruises that thinks he's tough shit in his beat to hell, fully primered, half kitted CRX, and all his speakers total have about as many watts as lugnuts on his car, and naturally he's got it as loud as it'll go everywhere. That dude, man. You probably know the type i'm talking about

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

There ya go!
I was wanting to turbo the motor i've got, but since i'm doing auto-x/road course, i was going more for response.

What motor and what turbo are you runnin?

OEM Outside

No interior, no spare.

EuroR Intake Manifold

Golden Eagle Sleves

Mandrel Bent KTeller Exhaust 3in"

Magnaflow ES Oval Style Muffler 2.5"

Peakboost kit (towards the very end of its life)

with the Peakboost kit i was pushing out around 320 whp.

i forget the rest of the minor stuff

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

OMG...sounds like you know one of my neighbors

HAH. Let me guess, he's that really really skinny kid that always has the undershirt on only, sideways and backwards hat, and is always leaning over halfway in his passenger seat trying to look pissed as hell, with only one arm on the steering wheel that's completely locked straight?

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

haha...i definately agree with you there.There's a guy out here that cruises that thinks he's tough shit in his beat to hell, fully primered, half kitted CRX, and all his speakers total have about as many watts as lugnuts on his car, and naturally he's got it as loud as it'll go everywhere. That dude, man. You probably know the type i'm talking about

yes, thinking hes hot shit with his d15 and heavy *** body kit. words can't explain how much i hate people like that