2003 Buick GSX Review
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- Hello everyone! Welcome back to the channel for another car review. In this video I'll be featuring a 2003 Buick GSX. The GSX was one of the most special muscle cars from the 1970's and this 2003 version is a modern reinterpretation of that model. I'll take a detailed look at the exterior and interior of the GSX, take it for a drive, and give my thoughts on the vehicle. A big thanks goes out to my Dad for helping me make the video, but a bigger thanks goes out to Larry Swint for letting me borrow his beautiful GSX. I hope you'll enjoy the video!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:32 History
4:26 Exterior
10:29 Interior
17:35 Drive
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The 3800 supercharged is such an underrated reliable engine. The “W-Body” GM cars are great, I have Allure/LaCrosse and it’s been fantastic
I absolutely love my 2005 Grand Prix, despite all of its problems from poor previous owner care. The 3800, however, has been flawlessly reliable.
I too am a huge W body fan. Two of my dream cars are a 2002 Grand Prix 40th Anniversary Edition or Oldsmobile Intrigue Final 500.
Dream car of mine is a 2008 Buick allure super with the 5.3L v8
and they had tuning potential
I believe its the best internally balanced engine produced to date
The later series of the 3800 was reliable and well suited to being paired with the supercharger. Nice to see this Buick in such pristine condition.
Every series of the 3800 all the way back to when it was a 3.5 turbo in the gnx has been an amazing engine.
@@erisgh0sted961 there is no such thing as a 3.5 turbo Buick
Bought my wife a Buick 2019 TourX with Turbo 250 HP all-wheel drive. Not a bad little sleeper wagon. She gets tons of remarks about what it is and how nice it looks. It's nice to see these rare models being well cared for. Ours is garaged and will be kept like new.
Great to watch a review of a model I never heard of. Very impressive. Thank you James!
I was unaware of this 2003 Buick GSX. Really enjoyed your video! And congratulations for the 5K subscribers James! 👍 What’s next?
The sticker on the filler door is not an indicator that this was modified by SLP. The supercharged 3800, regardless of platform, required premium fuel.
still have my 2003 GS that my high school son now drives. Has ZZP high ratio rockers, headers, PCM tune, CAI, 3.4 pulley and makes about 315 HP. It now has 180K on the clock and still runs great and gets 28 mpg driving 75+. Love that car.
Hey I just got a 98 gs. Could you tell me the mods you have cause I want to get to 300hp reliable.
They only get 28-32ish in stock form sorry but don’t think your 180k mile car making 50 extra ho getting 28 at 75+. Maybe 25 though.
@@Thumper68 so you've driven my car and know this? I drove it to Florida and back at 75mph and my average for the whole trip was 27.7. City and hwy average is 23. It's an awesome car.
Good job James. Congratulations on 5k viewers!!! Woo hoooo! Well deserved. Take care. Cheers from Houston!
Excellent! Never heard of a GSX. Congrats on 5K subscribers! Audio and video are great in this review. Keep them coming!
One of my dream Cars right here. I have an 05 Century and I've fell in love with the old thing, making me want a regal or gsx more than anything.
Same here 03
Good luck finding one, you're better off just settling with the GS
@@brodyhanna7443 lol update, it blew up on me about 2 and a half months ago.
No, the GSX did not stand for Grand Sport Extras. It stood for Grand Sport eXperimental. Just like the 1987 Buick GNX stood for Grand National eXperimental.
Nice car, excellent camera work 👍🏽
Man, this car review was great! Never heard a Buick from the early 2000s sound like this one. Awesome job 👏👍
Thank you, Jeremiah! It’s definitely a rare bird, I’m so glad you enjoyed learning about it 😁
@@JW_Reviews I’ve never seen a Buick Regal GSX I personally own a 2002 Buick Regal like that one mine is an LS model I also have the 3800 Series II 3.8 L but non supercharged in mine definitely enjoy driving it daily the 3800 engines keep running like a top
Was really good but your information on the button on shifter being overdrive is wrong. It's a performance shift button that firms up shifts. Only the early 98 to 2000 models had it.
Not sure on the gsx regals though. They maybe all had it?
SLP would use that shifter only for that button,,, and then program that button to be used to turn the HP tune on and off.
@@colebriden5880
James, first and foremost I have to say, I loved that filming location, it was very appealing! Your history on the GSX brand was awesome, from how well spoken you are, to your inserted graphics! Your camera work is getting so refined, for example, I loved how you had the horizontal shot of the inside of the trunk lid and then twisted the camera to make the sideways sticker right side up for the viewers; very smooth and very nice! I still love your traditional shot of opening the door when showing the interior, and yes, most 1990s and 2000s cars had very cheap, plastic interiors, GM being among the worst. You're just not used to a non luxury car, being a Cadillac guy, and was more disappointed than the typical person would have been! 😂 As usual you're very thorough, informative, honest and entertaining. Awesome job and thank you for another great video!
Even the "Stage 3" is pretty tame on these cars. Use the Impala 9c1 swaybars (with poly bushings & HD end links),& rear trailing arms, KYB AGX struts, 18" rims & tires,Voegtlin progressive rate springs (Eibachs sag in the rear), and rear strut brace. Tighter, better handling with the ride staying the same until you start pushing.
Powertrain? Comp Cam kit & fully hardened push rods, TBC stainless headers with Stage8 fasteners & Remflex gaskets, Mahle pistons with Speed-Pro rings, Clevite bearings, double roller timing chain (which removes the CR balance shaft & necessitates a very precise balance of the rotating assembly), high volume oil pump, MLS head gaskets, ARP fasteners, an air-to-water intercooler, 3" S/C pulley, ported & polish the M-90, Northstar throttle body w/isolator...
Transaxle? Triple Edge kit, large input shaft, GM Performance drive chains & an LSD diff...
The trunk spoiler? Mick Jones from SoCal Customs made the originals for the yellow GSX show car in '98
My Regal GS has that as well. I bought the car straight from GM & it was a PGA show car. Still have it
Great job, James. Really incredible car! I think I'll keep it.
Thanks, Larry! You have quite the car, it was fantastic 😎
Larry, great car. Thank you for allowing James to make the video.
Great engine even in basic non-modified form but SLP did some great work , definitely. A nice touch would have been an analog Boost Gauge either in the dash or on the A Pillar.
Fun fact, I found the original owners manual about the SLP Packages so with the stage 3 kit it adds an additional 30 hp to the GS models.
It's nice but zzp website is better for mods
Both are very nice kits, love the body changes made to the gsx
Interesting information offered here. I noticed @ 6:30 into the video it is mentioned that the engine Buick used in these cars the 3100s came supercharged. That would be erroneous data for the 3100 cars as a rule of thumb. The 1997.5-2004 Buick Regal LS would be offered with a NA 3800 where the same year Buick Regal GS would be offered with the 3800 Supercharger. 2003-2004 I believe were the only years that SLP were involved in making the "GSX."
There is a GM 3100 (3.1L MPFI Engine) that did see boost, however, those were not supercharged but turbocharged and were pretty rare to come across. That 3.1 liter would be the same engine found in the Cavalier Z24, Pontiac Grand Prix, the Chevrolet Lumina EuroSport...etc. The boosted version of this same engine could be found in only 2 to 3 cars I believe. The Pontiac Grand Prix from the early 90's and also on one of the most rare Pontiac Trans-Am GTPs in the early 90's.
I don't know everything about everything for certain, but I had hoped to present a chance to introduce those who might be interested in a boosted 3100 to find one. Check out Classic MotorWeek on youtube and you can find the cars with the 3.1 MPFI Engine that came boosted with a Turbo.
Love the channel btw, keep it coming!
The 3100 was in the 97-04 Century, when it was built on the W body platform. It was basically the same car as the Regal at that time, but with the smaller engine and base suspension. The Regal of this body style had the 3800 sometimes with supercharger
Great review!
Nice video never new about the gsx
Need a 04 indy impala ss review after this
I had a '98 GS almost like this one. Thanks for taking me down memory lane! Never knew they made this one later. A bit fancier than the one I had but that engine was defiantly a sleeper.
Monsoon sound system! Looks like it has cassette and CD. My 2003 Passat GLX wagon had a Monsoon system as well. No sub but sounded great to me.
I loved my century.
Columnshift & benchseats baby!
But the styling of these cars does something for me.
The rear end is slick.
Very nice!! I don’t have the GSX but I have the 2003 GS which still has the supercharger and definitely holds its own.
While I might prefer my Buicks a little older and a little larger, this is still an awesome car! Buick was still making some great machines back... has it really been twenty years? I'm starting to feel old now... remember when these were the hot new thing for every Tampa Bay retiree, back when I was a kid.
I want the LAST generation Riviera to this day. Im in love with that car. To me its this car but better.
Buick held on to its values longer than other GM brands
@@Scientists_dont_lie I have a loaded 97 Riviera. Even the loaded version is missing a bunch of features compared to this GSX or even a Pontiac Bonneville. That said, the styling is fascinating. It's a "love it or hate it" design, but if you can get into the sculpting is really interesting.
The chassis is much stiffer than the W body GSX but it weighs more too. I think it's the best car to get the SC 3800, but it isn't the best for ultimate performance because of the weight. It can be modded to perform well, but there's always going to be the weight penalty.
Never knew of this car,well kept secret from Buick,great review!.
The car is beautiful. I once owned a 99 regal GS (supercharged) Great car. I wish I had another one. Cause there were performance upgrades for the V6( #1 Pulley, #2 Flash the ECM, #3 U-bend exhaust delete) in order to get some good horsepower.
I currently have a 1998 very nice
Pull the heads and port and polish it, rocker arms, and much more you can do to make more power not just being a glorified parts changer doing bolt ons.
Another good one from JW 😉
It's a Buick...... This car is quite loaded... It is interesting what happened to Regal after this model. You do interesting and great reviews. You are right not many people know about this model.
I love those GM W bodies!!
Sick intro. Subbed so quick i broke my damn mouse
Well James, I have to cancel my subscription, sorry, but no drone shot or pony tail... really?🤔 J/K, honestly a great video. For some reason my 30 year old daughter just loves Buicks, she is on her 3rd, 1 Buick Lucerne and 2 Lesabres. I believe The original GSX stage 3s had the highest torque (510) of the muscle car era. (The 427 hi performance special ford racing motor was higher but not really a street motor). Thanks again James✌
The only street engine with more torque than the Buick 455 was the '70 Eldorado 500 ci v-8 at 550 ft-lbs.
As far as GM products go, buicks have great ride quality and the 3800 is a really tough motor. to be fair!
excellent 👍👍👍👍👍
When that supercharger started whining the hairs on my neck stood up!!
Sweet car!!
Gran Sport Experimental. Wheels were also available in aluminum. Performance shift button was on regular GS too.
I love the sound of these engines.
Thank you.i owned a 1988 Buick regal.great vehicle.💫🤺
I freaking love this cars, GM really nailed it at the time.
Congratulations James! I watch this because of you, your great presence, your incredible Ohio location and your incredible beard/hairy-arms/legs!
Had an 03 GS and I miss it so much. Did a downpipe and full exhaust, smaller pulley, intake and reprogrammed pcm. Used to roast STIs. Torque was awesome.
Crappy video I took when I had it of the exhaust th-cam.com/video/v_PTaE9ypDk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=PDI2YdIAlzip7ZLv
That car is beautiful
Very good video production and info, but I question the fuel fill door sticker as being SLP origin. Buyers could have a Regal GS from GM with the supercharged 3.8 which would also require premium fuel. So maybe not on that detail. Especially if this was a Regal LSX from SLP (this cars N/A sibling). The N/A would not require premium fuel even with the SLP conversion.
Also surprised you didn’t mention the factory performance shift feature button on the shift lever!
Regardless, thanks for the video and hats off the careful owner!!!!!
I don't think I've ever seen someone take a genuine stab at reviewing a nice Buick regal in recent memory. Nice to see people appreciate the blobby buicks
Nice
The 2020 Regal GS was the end of “performance” cars from Buick. Now, Buick only offers SUV, CUV and “cross-over” models. Sad.
I remember looking at that car. They were overpriced and ugly, I did kinda like the interior though. Decided on the Kia Stinger gt awd. Same price point back then, think I paid 36k for mine. Stinger has been nothing but reliable and a joy to own. It's funny cuz the Stinger is kinda "rare" in my area but that 2020 Buick Regal gs is even rarer. Literally have only seen 2 since 2020. The one I looked at back then and 1 on the road. They are more a 🦄 then this Regal gsX was back in the day.
James is such a good dude 😎
Does anybody know the exact rims called ? I know there z06 but still can’t find them .
14:57 - Future-proof radio! You can buy a bluetooth cassette adaptor to pair your pheaun to the 2003 Buick.
18:50 - NIce moonroof!
I have the rear slp exhaust cutouts on my GS and the SLP Stage 3 badges as well. Only thing I couldn’t buy was the grill they are hard to find now. All the SLP stuff is hard to come by now. I bought the last set of cutouts from SLP on eBay. One correction is the supercharger is on a 3.8 not a 3.1 the 3.1 is in the Buick century the Ls is a 3800 NA engine. But nice video cool to still see this car again.
At 6:33 he says 3.1
Ugh, 3800s generally don't sound good, luckily ZZP recently came out with a set up that helps tremedously
300hp in 2003 was a very big deal, Imagine buying a New Edge Mustang GT(270HP) sitting on top of the food chain just get get dusted by grandpas grocery sleeper. Simply Love it
I miss my Buick I had a one just like this one
I needdddd it. I wonder how many were made I’ve never seen one for sale
way cool!
I have a 2012 Ford Edge, but i love this Buick body
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 *CONGRATS on 5,000 subs* !! #JamesWasylyshyn
I'm glad you mentioned the gear shift knob. When I first saw it I thought "Good Lord what is that thing?" It is not very graceful looking. Also, it's a shame neither GM nor SLP didn't put a little more effort into sportifying the interior; maybe make it a little more worthy of GSX name.
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 *GREAT video on the Buick GSX* !! *Thanks for the details on this muscle car* !! #JamesWasylyshyn
I’m a GM person I didn’t even know about this particular version of this Buick…. I know SLP being associated with Pontiac… nice 👍 to know
Has anyone done a manual swap on the early 00 regals? Cant find anyone that gets rid of the 4t65e
I don't believe GM made a manual strong enough for that motor, in a car that weighs as much as a Regal. Fiero owners who swap the 3800 SC may be able to get away with it. For a while.
Theres a ton of guys who swap their gtp grand prixs with the same drive train
it’s September 2023 and i drive a 2017 Camaro SS 6sp manual transmission as a daily D. Our family car is a 2019 Buick Enclave CXL 3.6.
I would love to add this to our GM Family car lineup. i’d totally rock this as a daily driver. but gotta admit that exhaust sound test he did sounds absolutely horrible. i would mid it to have a single 3” high flow cat back with no resonators and a tube classic style muffler out the left side. smaller diameter pulley mod, add a intercooler if possible, get a SLP cam since this is a true pushrod V style motor! Gotta love GM.
Also kinda useless fact here, FY 22&23 GM rated higher build quality and better fitment and finish was higher than Toyota and Lexus sedans. crazy!! i’ve always admitted that Toyota is the best made vehicles on planet earth and durability and longevity always was owned by Toyota. even tho my family are GM lovers for life. gotta give props to Toyota the Japanese are true masters at everything they do! besides winning wars Lol. 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 = ❤.
Hello from Austin Texas USA.
Nice to learn about production of these GSXs _ Wonder if manual transmission was offered, would be a plus, but probably not offered???
Was not available at that time
NA 3.8 series 2 is the best engine every made. SC 3.8 isn't too far off. Extremely rare that you hear of internal failure on a 3.8
I've always heard the opposite. The plastic intake manifold on the NA motor can warp and cause coolant leaks, the SC motor has a metal intake manifold that doesn't have any issues. I'm not aware of any flaws with the SC motor, other than the plastic elbows in the coolant system. But if they're changed with the heater hoses, that shouldn't be an issue.
Car Wizard put it right - best engine ever made, for the money. If you have the money to maintain a Ferrari V12, you probably aren't too interested in the 3800 SC.
Im wondering if any were sold in Canada 😐
Where were the owners manuals in the glovebox?
That era Rega/GSX was a corporate clone to the Impala. How was the steering on it?
nice video! how the hell does this car only have 9000 miles??? nice owner i guess
Are thosr avaible in europe ?
Not that I know of! But who knows, maybe some could have been exported by their owners. Thanks for watching!
How did I miss this one ?
Is this car for sale?
Are those beetle headrests
Is this gsx for sale
Got my first speeding ticket at 16 in that car;) Then my parents were stupid enough to buy me a Z28. That car provided 40+ speeding tickets and chicks galore;)
Love the car. However I believe they should have built an SLP Riviera. Its a coupe it has a hard top so it didnt have the door "frame" (I dont know what you call it, but in the riviera, when you opened the door, you didnt have the "TOP PART", just the bottom of the door).
Yeah a Sporty SLP Riviera would have been amazing. The Riviera is the best car that had this SCharged 3800 in it.
Also they should have added the HUD in the Regal and Riviera like the GTP had.
I've heard that design feature on the Riviera called "frameless" doors or frameless windows. Ford marketed some cars in the 70s with this configuration as the "pillared hardtop".
I agree that the Riviera was the best car to get the 3800 SC. Been saying that for a while!
It isn't hard to "roll your own" performance Riviera. You can do better than SLP for less money. No fancy badges though.
The Riviera didn't have all the whiz-bangs it should have, but a loaded Riviera already cost as much as a base Corvette. It's still an amazing car if you're impressed by things like reliability, reliability, and more reliability. It also has great styling (IMO, not everyone's) and was pretty quick for the time. I really think it's one of the best 90's cars to own, if you like the styling.
I had the grille & badges on my gs , sold the car but should’ve kept the grille at least lol can’t find it NO WHERE ONLINE 🤦🏾♂️
Such a clean Regal💙
@@rooker_man Gsx i mean❤️
I think that 0 to 60 time is off. It should be quicker than 7.9
Probably not, that time sounds about right.
Should be around low 6s. My comp g gtp hits around the low 6s and it has similar mods.
Would you sell it?
I didn’t know they made a GSX after the 1970’s. I would’ve bought one or at least searched a used one out.
8 seconds to 60 with all those modifications... I had an 98 ssei Bonneville and thats what it did bone stock... I find that odd. Who knows.
He must not have been pushing it. The car should be much faster.
beautiful car
The century had the 3.1 most if not all regals came with the 3.8
And the gs was supercharged.
Man if these cars were rear wheel drive like the Holdens with the same powertrain...
Disappointed only 7.9 0-60 I had the turbo GN was hoping a little faster but nice car
Even a stock GS should be good for a sub 7 second 0-60. He may not have been pushing it, and the tires are probably old and hard too.
should of put a 5.3 LSA 4 engine for GSX
The GSX 1/4 times were reported low 14’s
GSX stand for Gran Sport Experimental, not extra. And the GSX went to 1974
If you took your arm hair down to a number 2 in clippers there all universal for size no matter the brand you would be alot more comfortable
They should have made a coupe version
That would have been pretty sweet 😎
Did he really say the motor is a 3100. Also take off the traction control when doing speed runs.
1973 imperial lebaron coupe
3100 ? 3100 SC? I thought it was a 3800 SC?
@6:30 3800 not 3100
One thing I always hate about specialty cars is he badging they put all over them. Best speciality car ever was the 1969 ZL1 Camaro for few reasons. 1. It’s a first gen Camaro the best ones. 2. The mighty all aluminum 427 which truly made over 500 hp stock. 3. Absolutely no badges and looked like a v6 car exactly what you want when you actually bought the baddest muscle car ever made imo.
6:30 why are u even talking about this car if u dont know what engine is in it????
My 2002 Regal GS has something the GSX doesn't have and that is black interior. Its a Joseph Abboud version. I have never seen another Regal of that generation with black interior and its also black on the outside. All of them have gray interior. Have a new crate motor from Summit racing dynoed at 329 HP. 60 to 100 MPH is almost scary. The weak link in these cars is the transmission input shaft. Its easy to snap it in half. When I swapped out the engine I installed a beefed up input shaft from Intense Racing
I’m gonna start a new rule. Next time I hear a TH-camr say “without further ado, let’s get started“ I’m going to unsubscribe and never watch that channel again.
FALSE. He says the button on the shifter is for overdrive at one point. It's a performance shift button that firms up shifts lol. Has nothing to do with overdrive. I've owned three regal gs supercharged. Only the early ones like 97 to 2000 maybe even 99 only had the perf shift button. Later ones they took it away.
He actually said the button is for 'performance'. Watch again.
@@wilsixone and if you listened he called it a overdrive button