Hello everyone. I'm new here and I can't wait to tell you about my wagon! It has a neat story behind it I guess - it's been in the family since it was brand new. It's an '87 Pontiac 6000 S/E. The neat thing about it is that it has the LG5 Turbo Grand Prix motor with a Garrett GT2871R turbo in it. Here are some pictures of it getting some new plumbing done with this new turbo. Had a 3" down pipe done and now it's getting buttoned up and finished. I would love to post some pictures but haven't figured out how to do it on this site. :banghead3: Ray Colorado.
It says to go to "user control panel and then to click on pictures and albums link." I don't see any of that..
Welcome Turbo. We can't wait to hear about you wagon and check out your story. That's what we're all here for. Looks great.
Ok, since you asked So I grew up in the 70's and the folks always had wagons. Dodge Aspens, Plymouth Volares, Buick Century's... In '86 - '87 when I was in high school, they were about to purchase a Reliant K wagon. One day we swung by the Pontiac dealership in Longwood, Florida and this wagon that is now mine was on display on the showroom floor. I told my mom that if she HAD to have a wagon, she should get the sporty looking one instead of the K-car. It had 500 miles on it cause GM let some pro golfer use it at some tournament in Orlando. (I wish I knew who it was). Anyhow, the roof is white but the center is black and it was full of fingerprints cause everyone thought it was a glass roof. My parents purchased it and I learned to drive in it. Fast forward to 2004 I was just getting out of the military and the wagon was dying in Florida so I shipped it to Colorado. After the motor spun a bearing, I was about to scrap it sadly when the mechanic that was trying to fix it told me that he had a 1990 LG5 McLaren TGP motor under a work bench looking for a new home. Well, there's more to the story but, to keep it short, I put in that motor with a T3 turbo and it ran wild! Now, with better tuning, bigger plumbing, bigger injectors, bigger turbo etc, it should be quite the sleeper. It's been a long road. It spent 6 years parked in a u-stor-it till I found a shop who would work on it. Then just as it was running, it was obliterated by a massive hail storm. Luckily it had full coverage. Now, it's almost done and it will just need to have the paint redone. I can't wait to drive it. The interior looks brand new as my mom never even rolled the windows down. I did install the AQ9 seats off of the Turbo Grand Prix with matching cloth and color. The tranny has been beefed up as well and has a shift kit with a 2800 stall converter. I also converted the rear drums to disk brakes. Let me stop before I write a book.
Ooooooo....me likey! I LOVE this! Love Pontiacs (check) Love wagons (check) Love 6000's (check) (Had a '83 sedan as a company car once...) Welcome to the SWF, Turbo! Marshall
Thanks for all the welcomes everyone! I'll be going to check up on it this Wednesday. There's still a lot of snow on the ground here so, I'm not sure if they've gotten to work on it. I'm hoping they have it done by the 14th since I go in for shoulder surgery on the 15th and I'll be out of it for a while.
Hubby had shoulder surgery a while back, everything turned out well for him, hope it does for you too. Take care.
