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- The 1986 Buick Grand National was the third production year for the car and Buick made some significant upgrades to the 3.8 liter V6 Turbo engine.
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Nov 27, 2018 · PRODUCTION. Buick produced 91,229 Regals in 1986. Of those, 7,896 were equipped with the turbocharged engine, and 5,512 were Grand Nationals. For 1987, overall production of the Regal slumped to 65,285, but turbo output climbed to 27,590 and Grand National production soared to 20,194.
The Grand National was faster than the 1986 Corvette, 1986 Camaro, 1986 Firebird and the 1986 Mustang. The car was almost two seconds faster than its corporate cousin, Monte Carlo SS, in the quarter mile. It was the fastest production car made in America in 1986.
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The turbo V-6 story goes all the way back to 1973 when Ken Baker, a young engineer in Buick's test lab (he would later lead General Motors' electric-vehicle program, then its research labs), started a Boy Scout Explorer program at the Buick engineering department. "I decided that a great project would be to turbocharge the recently revived V-6 with...
Other colors were considered, but the decision to make all GNs black gave them a sinister Darth Vader look. Don Hackworth, who replaced Reuss as Buick general manager in 1984, authorized a cool but controversial commercialshowing a Grand National rumbling menacingly through a city at night to a Buick-ized version of the George Thorogood and the Des...
The GNX happened because then–chief engineer Dave Sharpe, advanced concepts manager Mike Doble, and project engineer Chuck Jensen badly wanted it. "Tim Logsdon, my boss at the time, pulled me into Dave's office and said, 'We want to build a Grand National to end all Grand Nationals to celebrate the end of its run,' " Doble recalls. "The original nu...
Oct 1, 2020 · A total of 547 GNXs were produced, and each began life as a fully-optioned Grand National. So, what's the difference between a Grand National and GNX? Read on as we take a detailed look at the '87 Buick GNX specs. Above: A 1987 Buick Grand National would serve as the starting point for every GNX. (Photos courtesy of General Motors)
May 12, 2010 · 1986 Buick Grand National - Not Your Mother's Buick. Seven Seconds Of TSO-Legal Glory, 20 Years In The Making For Dave Fiscus And His Perfect '86 Grand National. Justin Cesler Writer Scott...
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Jul 4, 2020 · 1986 Buick Grand National. Jul 4, 2020 — 2 min read. Motorious. The 1986 Grand National's 3.8L V6 turbo engine now produced 235 hp and 330 lb-ft of torque with the help of an intercooler and a sequential port fuel injection system.
