GBOTM June Entries - **1978**

[78GP400]

Beautiful ride!

Thanks!

I think I just made a bad-bad in my pants

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I have a 79 century sport coupe with a Pontiac 400 mild build street car that is fun. Also I enjoy the hood tach on my 78.
I love watching the hood tach! I have to watch myself not getting to distracted with it sometimes.

 

[L92 OLDS]

Surprises a lot of them. I respect the torque and plan to get some numbers this weekend, if all goes well. First time at track with her.

Let us know what you run!

 

[JAMCAR223]

I think I will finally enter mine in one of these!

1978 Pontiac Grand Prix, 28,000 miles. Pontiac 400 bored and stroked, Sniper fuel injection, Kaufman ported aluminum heads, 11 to 1 compression, custom grind comp cam, Mad Dog headers, 3 inch exhaust, 200-4R transmission, 10 bolt 8.5 Grand National rear end 3.43 gears, 1978 Firebird functional shaker hood, 1978 Firebird suspension components and a whole lot of other stuff.View attachment 176324View attachment 176325View attachment 176326View attachment 176327View attachment 176328View attachment 176329View attachment 176331

So glad you did!!

 

[78GP400]

So glad you did!!

Thank you!

 

[oldsmobile joe]

I have to say that I really like of these Cutlass Salons, but damn, you need a tire to fill the wheel wells.

i had 235/60/15 tires on 15x7 color matched rallye wheels. tires rubbed. if you look at the wheel opening trim you can see it is pull down.

 

[GP403]

By my count there's 6 (?) entries, I will plan on closing this up later today.

 

[Ribbedroof]

I think I will finally enter mine in one of these!

1978 Pontiac Grand Prix, 28,000 miles. Pontiac 400 bored and stroked, Sniper fuel injection, Kaufman ported aluminum heads, 11 to 1 compression, custom grind comp cam, Mad Dog headers, 3 inch exhaust, 200-4R transmission, 10 bolt 8.5 Grand National rear end 3.43 gears, 1978 Firebird functional shaker hood, 1978 Firebird suspension components and a whole lot of other stuff.View attachment 176324View attachment 176325View attachment 176326View attachment 176327View attachment 176328View attachment 176329View attachment 176331

I "get" that Pontiac's marketing was what it was in that time (personal luxury, can't steal sales from T/A, blah blah), but DAMN! they should have built them that way.

Very nice. I would say probably my favorite GP ever.

 

[Longroof79]

Chris,
When and where do we get to vote?

 

[78GP400]

I "get" that Pontiac's marketing was what it was in that time (personal luxury, can't steal sales from T/A, blah blah), but DAMN! they should have built them that way.

Very nice. I would say probably my favorite GP ever.

Thanks! I think they should have built them like that also and I couldn’t buy one so I decided to make one! It’s funny, I actually talked to an engineer from back then at a car show a few years ago and they were really trying to do a 301 turbo with a shaker but the bean counters wouldn’t let them. Ugh!

 

[Turbo1dr]

1978 Turbo Malibu. I have owned the car since 1986. The silver stripes are actually photoshopped on the hood. The other pictures are actually how the car looks.