Driving a Buick Regal GS for the First Time
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You didn't get honked at for not turning on red because you were in a Buick and therefore very old
futurepastnow as a Buick owner I can 100% confirm this is true
Those engines have a supercharger bypass valve that doesn't close until higher up in RPMs or under heavy loads. That's why you weren't registering boost until later in the RPM range.
Cheyne Miles totally restricting grandpa / grandma from having too much excitement 👵👴😂
Probably did that to keep the transmission from flying apart. Transmissions in these things were fine and lasted unless you drove like them Duke boys.
@@aaronbays4 no, that's how roots style superchargers work. They wont go into boost until the throttle is pressed hard enough. I have a 06 cobalt ss/sc and I can go to redline and not be in boost, if I keep the throttle light. I can also get into boost as soon as I press the gas. Boost from idle basically. I've been trying to get him to come to my town and test some of my cars. I have a modified 06 cobalt ss/sc, 2015 golf 4door tsi 1.8 turbo and a 2017 jeep jk 4 door lifted from dealership with cold air, halo led headlight rings, grab bars and speakers.
As somebody who has driven both versions of the Series II 3.8 V6, I can tell you that they don't need boost at lower rpms. The Supercharged Series II uses the boost pressure to keep building rpm past 4500 where the non-supercharged Series II's always seemed to fall off.
@@mattflammger4396 I had a 1991 Regal sedan, 1st year for the W-body Regal sedan. 3.8 V6, man that thing made great off idle torque. Felt powerful thru that first 1/3rd of the loud pedal, keep it below 3000rpm and it was happy just to torque you along. Push the pedal to the floor, past about 3500-4000rpm there was no more power, it fell flat on its face. Quick off the line like any modern V6, past 50-60mph it really didn't have the power.
It looks cold as hell even in the video..
Pretty cold here in New York. I cant imagine Indiana rn
It is cold as shit out here in Indiana
I'm expecting a high of TWO degrees this Friday. The polar vortex just got a turkey!
@@trashrabbit69 we have a high of -16 this week
Since someone else already mentioned the bypass system on the supercharger, i can add that the performance shift does do something. It modifies the shift points as well as makes the shift itself a bit quicker.
I just call it the "waste more gas" button. They giddyup fine without it.
My friend has a 96 Saturn coupe with a performance shift option
yep, performance shift ramps up the transmission line pressure for firmer shifts.
These were amazing road trip cars! Rode like a cloud, very quiet, and just enough room to be comfortable after a few hours
Hated the cheap leather like this one has. The velour upholstery was much nicer, quieter (not annoying creaky squeaky leather) and held you in the seat better, but I think all the supercharged Regals had leather standard
Says "were" they are still around ="are" People don't know English
I have a 2002 buick lesabre and it's a great ride I've had it for a few weeks and love it so far
My first car, I've only just recently replaced it, but I already miss it.
You ever stomp the floor where the clutch should be?
european starling One time I was doing a pull in my buddy’s Camry and I stomped the brake pedal thinking it was the clutch because All my cars are stick
My little bro looked at me and was like
“You tryed to push the clutch didint you”
Best part was it was in frount a cop. Lol
@@MRTuning704 nice spelling redart.
bruh i go to shift the automatic gear selector all the time in my gf’s mini van
The Ghost pedal, happens to me all the time. I drive a auto truck for work but a manual c7 as my daily.
Yes! I drive a stick, so a couple of times when coming to a stop while driving someone else's car with an auto, I would put my left foot down and hit the stupid over-sized rectangular brake pedal and everyone in the car thinks I am being an asshole
First rule of Indiana: the speed limit don't mean shit unless the cop is watching (and sometimes not even then.)
Edit: was this shot in Kokomo?
Isn't that every state
I'm trying to get him to test ride some of my cars in mishawaka.
@@hitmixhyepock9405 I'm curious because I recently moved up here and that looks like a hotel in town.
Is that in india?
@@kakashi99908 Do you mean Indiana?
This was a car I genuinely lusted after, as a teenager. Friends of mine did as well. I know a few lucky folks who owned them as well as Pontiac GTP's. One of the best engines ever.
I have more stories.
I have a modified '04 GSX. I love it. Surprising muscle cars is a blast.
I almost bought a new 2000 grand prix gxp. On the test drive, the salesman told me to get on I-75 and mash the gas, we were going 100mph, before you knew it a cop was behind me! Got lucky because the salesman told the 👮 I was testing the acceleration. We also have "rails to trails" in Michigan. The paint creek trail is one of my favorite.
GXP didn’t come out until 2005
I owned one of these mine was. 2002 and it was a sleeper for sure. Great in the snow of NE Ohio and room for everyone! I had a buddy with a mercury marauder that was pissed to find that he couldn’t touch my old Buick. I got mine to push 12 psi with a pulley swap. The only complaint I had was I couldn’t keep axles in it for long...
Small price to pay to be the Boss.
Axle swaps are easy to do it yourself.
*_BBUICK BBEIGEMOBBILE_*
Ahh so many memories, I had a red 99 regal GS. Had it for about 6 years and the most i ever had to do to it was change the struts and fuel pump in the trunk myself, of course brakes and a sensor here and there but that motor was the best I've had in any car. The supercharger definitely didn't kick in until at higher speeds but it was my favorite of all the cars I've had. I called her Shawty Red...with the chrome park Avenue wheels lol.
Can't tell if supercharger or power steering whine.
Unlike a 90s Ford where you know it's the power steering.
There isn’t any power steering whine so that answers your question
@@ericbuist8218 hahahaha... you are right you know...
Truth, happened to me just last week while driving this car, I've owned it for a little bit but always thought it was just the supercharger making the noise... Costly repair but I've got it back now, great car. Just be sure to get it checked if you can.
Yes
An Olds LSS is even more of a sleeper. With a few mods, the L67 is quite the fun motor. Headers, exhaust, cam, pulley (not a super-small one where you mill down the snout), intake & TB, a water-to-air intercooler, remove the counter-rotating shaft, a transaxle built to handle it,(with an LSD) brake upgrades and suspension improvements...fun, reliable, and runs under the radar
Rails to Trails is a great reuse of abandoned rail tracks. The Katy Trail in Dallas is a great example; there is eye-candy all over that trail on a nice day, lol!
The performance shift button really works. My friend has one and the only thing it does is firm up the upshifts.
the supercharger does engage and disengage with vacuum i guess for gas mileage. the little nylon bushing inside is a common problem, it makes a little clunking noise at idol, you can hear it when you got the hood open. had a few dumb little issues with mine, older car but i cant help but love it.
Probably the worst gtp/L67 owner for this video😴😪 you can mod the piss out of that motor and no you don't need e85!? For FS you just need to know what your doing...
Yeah listening to him talk was frustrating, he didn't know much about his car.
E85 isn't even sold within an hour of me and I have a 3.4 inch pulley on my daily 🤔
Yeah you just need plugs, intake, a bit of exhaust, thermostat and a tune (to run a smaller pulley)
@@anglegrinder yep. Colder plugs, intake, 3 inch catless downpipe, and a tune and I'm pushing near 10psi with no problems
@@tonyanthony7697 just wondering what having colder plugs does
Hey Mr Regular, we have Rails to Trails here in PA too lol
I had one with a catless downpipe and an intake (short ram with a cone filter behind the headlight). Underpasses sounded glorious.
I loved it. I also had a GM Performance handling kit that wasn't installed and had a lot of plans... Health concerns killed my plans though...😢
Buick LaCrosse Super next!
That would be great! The Super's are pretty rare cars. I'd love to have one!
I offered mine to him, have yet to hear back
Late model Eaton SC has internal bypass.
You can do a 4" pulley with stock ecu tune.
Hey Mr. Regular, just a quick tip I got from my Dad. Next time you close a hood, get your fingers underneath it and give it a tug upwards to make sure it actually latched. My Dad's a longtime mechanic and has always done this, and it's saved my ass a couple times.
240hp for a 2000s car. Amazing.
And its only that low because they only rev to 6k rpms it actually gas 280lbs of torque 😝 with a wider rpm range you could probably see 260-270 ish
The Rivera and the park ave ultra also had that engine, park ave was a great factory sleeper as well. I currently own an 08 Acura RDX which is a fantastic factory sleeper 2.3 turbo gas hog that is fun to drive, try to review one you won't be disappointed.
One of the best sedans ever!
GM was always good drivetrains in mediocre cars. Especially '85ish on.
Tell me about it. The V6 (3.6L I believe) they have in the now deceased LaCrosse and Impala is a really potent engine with the 6-speed. Everything else about the car was so milquetoast I felt I was in a dentist's waiting room.
The best description I heard of the Buick V6 engines were "Small V8 like torque, but with V6 economy". They all sound the same, though, and the super long geared transmission is a *bit* of a letdown.
AfterDark3 they purposely put longer final drive ratios on the hd version of the tranny that cones on the supercharged equiped w-bodies because they already burn the shit out of the tires off the line.... how ever after the first 60 feet i agree with you second and third hears are way toooo loooong third is literally 1:1
Stock pulley diameter is 3.6 IIRC. You can pulley down to 3.4 once you do the intake, headers, exhaust and a custom tune. Need to do a custom tune because no two L67s are the same. If you do injector and cam work, you should be able to pulley down to a 3.2.
The best mod is installing an intercooler. You can average 50hp gains and have almost zero KR. Only issues are they are pretty expensive kits and still require some fab work to fit well. It's a top mount intercooler
Buick can build great cars in-house but sadly GM has their brass balls down Buick's throat
Did you change your camera setup for POV videos? If so, nice work. I like the audio.
Anyone with HP Tuners can tune these.
the performance shift does hold the rpm's longer between shifts when you get on it lol
They’re nice cars. It’s the same platform as my Bonneville ssei.
Bonneville was a step bigger being a G or H body These were W bodies, same as a Grand Prix, Impala, cutlas Supreme and this car.
Yes please
Dear Regular. When you grab old dashes like that, you can actually crack them. I grabbed my 01 S10 like that and now she has some bad cracks in the padded dash. You should know this.
Good ol' GM interior Rubbermaid plastic build quality.
Yes so true. The interiors on those are trash.
I'm 49 and never bought a car based on the interior. As a matter of fact I was thinking about removing some of the interior of one of my cars.
Rubbermaid is great quality, these were Dollar Tree quality.
As was the build quality of choice of nearly every vehicle sold at the time, including Toyota and Honda.
@@hipnoben Well you should really raise your standards
If the Buick was modified, can the transmission handle all the torque? Thinking of buying one and upgrading it
I got so good launching my GS. Most people spin tires
Definitely a regular car.
hey you should make a video on a 98 buick lesabre limited
The youtuber that you were talking about had a ford Taurus SHO before the black regal gs. His youtube name is JuniorN316
I thought this was the 2017 version possibly and I got excited since I have the Sport Turbo version... then I saw the interior ._.
Mr. Regular was in my town AND NOBODY EFFIN TOLD ME.
That’s dope that u came here lmao I’m from northwest Indiana
When the dude mentioned "Indiana" which is where I'm from and I saw that you were driving on a back road I was like "well this is gonna be a boring drive" and mr.regular said "straight and flat" I was like "ope"
When people in Indiana almost bump into each other
"Ope, 'scuze me"
"Ope, sorry"
@@phoenix7654 Lemme just squeeze by ya
My factory gauge worked, but that was back in 04.
HE KNOWS THE CODE
G o i n g t h e c e n t u r y
I miss my 02 century, this car reminds me so much of it :(
We have emissions in Lake & Porter County in the region...sucks lol the rest of Indiana doesn’t.
wooo wooo, repping Indiana!
That incessant blinker would drive me crazy
Regular car being polite AF not calling out the Bullshit spewing out the owners mouth 😂😂😂
What model year is this car
Please get your hands on a grand prix GXP...FRONT WHEEL DRIVE V8 MADNESS AT ITS BEST
and ya dont need ethanol to run a smaller pulley...you can go down to a 3.3 with a proper tune, plugs, headers...anything below that you cam it...and then intercooler, and THEN ethanol. ive met one person running e85 IRL back in my l67 days, and they had a 2.8 pulley.
*Torque steer intensifies*
@@shawncarson8131 its like ice skating, except you know at any point your transmission could explode
Ughhhhh I wish you had a more knowledgeable l67 owner for this review
HydroFlask Harry ya this was kinda hard to watch and listen to lol
Agreed 100%
I have a 91 regal coupe with l67 (this engine) swap
Indiana! Nice 👍🏻
i had a couple of GTP's in the past. i am GOING to buy another L67 car. i came across a guy that collects them. he has for sale a 2001 GTP with 100K miles minimal rust (PA car), or a 2001 bonneville SSEi with 55K california car NO rust.
bonneville SSEi vs. GTP 4 door ( i have kids i want a 4 door anyways)
which one?
3:35 Come to northeast Ohio and drive my 03 Matrix XRS
You have to jab the gas to get the boost going
Mr. Regular.. i would really really love to see you reviving regular cars lets say from Russia, eastern block of europe. etc. Like a Skoda 120, it motorized even finland.. Lada 2101.. Really deviates from the us, and i don't know if it is avaitable anywhere around US.. maybe you could try
Ravenshade666 yeah those don’t exist here sorry
@@anglegrinder they actually do, but you can not call it regular :D i guess we need another mr. regular :D
What part of indiana where u in? Im from Indianapolis
I had a new one in 2001, could not keep in out of dealer repair...GM build quality was so cheap and plastic. The engine didn’t give any problems tho, just everything else.
Phenomenal vehicle! Yeah there's a few rattles here and there but they can be fixed. I bought the BMW M series and what a piece of fucking shit it was the fucking thing broke down every fucking day! Finally the engine took a shet at about 90,000 miles and they wanted 15 grand to repair it! Fuck it I'll take a GM Performance Engine over any other engine and the platforms in some cases outperform the European Elite asshole brands! The biggest problem is Americans don't like to service their Transmissions at a 30000 mile interval because they think everything should last forever therefore in one of these cars if you don't service the transmission it will go out at around 200,000 miles other than that it would last pretty much forever just like the engine
This was an industry-wide problem; I was just replacing the drivers-side inner door handle on my kids 99' Camry-- the thing just snapped in half. It is of course cheap beige plastic, as is the rest of the interior. Now while I say this was common across the entire auto industry in the 80's & especially the 90's- where domestic vehicles used cheap plastic interiors, they also suffered from poor fitment; large gaps, squeaks & rattles, etc... Japanese vehicles used the same cheap miles of beige plastic, the major difference being that all the pieces were well fit with no gaps, and time was spent ensuring no rattles or squeaks would occur.
My 2012 Subaru STi has a 'real blinker' too. No speaker or anything. Pulled the relay to replace it with a modified one for LED turn signals plus that highway one-touch-lane-change business.
On another note ughhh GM "leather" and plastic from this era are just the worst. I had an '87 Volvo 740 Turbo with leather and it was 13 years old when this car was brand new and the interior was in nicer shape. Also managed 165 hp and 185 lb-ft from a 2.3 L 4-cylinder.
The supercharger will do what it's supposed to if you use your right foot
Wow this guy knows nothing about the car.
-Performance shift changes the commanded shift time to be shorter, and will command more pressure at the lines, making a firmer and shorter shift. Older transmissions will typically feel little to no difference because worn clutches will mean longer shifts and near maxed out commanded pressure (to the point it throws a code P1811)
-The L67/L32 has a boost bypass valve that diverts all boost under no or low load. It is actuated by vacuum so you will feel the blower once you are on it. You can bypass the valve at the vacuum lines (I had to do this when I broke mine by accident), the car will jump and buck since the blower is always on, kind of annoying.
-If you get a smaller pulley, most can get away with opening the exhaust, a colder intake, and tuning for no knock. An intercooler will help quite a bit and does not cost that much, but larger injectors are almost never needed.
-Most people tune their own with DHP or HP tuners, you don't have to "know a guy" unless you do not want to undertake tuning (which is not that hard these days).
9:35 It's not me, but it's definitely something I'd do.
Nooo, Tom Brady wouldn't say bad words on TV... Would he?
"Mr. Regular drives Tony Hinchcliffe's Buick"
Hehe.. These superchargers typically only boost under load..
I have a cammed 3800sc in my 88' Fiero with a Ferrari rebody.. It pulls wheelies rips 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds and 11.3 in the quarter mile..
buckets of rust just go look at all the existing videos..... you even see gtps ru. 13s on 3.4 pulleys.....
11s with wheelies is more than believable in a fiero ..... i bet it could do 13.00 and wheelies with a stock pulley on drag tires....
There's states where you can't turn right on red?
I believe New York is like that, especially in the Big Apple. As for other states, I don't quite know.
NYC is no turn on red.
Yea I live in Buffalo, NY and there a few that lights that are no turn on red. Completely randomized too it seems, not really set near like school zones or something.
Georgia is one of them.
the supercharger doesn't kick in at low speeds.
Chrysler 300m test
Good idea
They're all in the junkyard
Friend in high school had the Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 2 door version. Same supercharged engine, same w-body chassis. Great looking car but man was the interior a joke in terms of build quality.
As I've gotten older, I like the Buick Regal version a lot more, the Grand Prix is kind of tacky now days, especially the interior.
The Buick has no sense of style, so I can't really call it tacky, bad, good or dated. Plus the interior is WAY nicer than the Grand Prix, it rides nicer and has a lot more sound insulation. Great highway car, lots of power to cut people off or drive 90mph up a mountain grade if you want to be a dick lol.
What supercharger did these have on them? The Eaton m62? Or the Eaton m90? I have a m62 on my cobalt ss/sc.
HITMIX HYEPOCK m90 gen 3, some of the gtp’s came later with the gen v tho and that’s a popular swap
Eaton M90 Gen III for almost every S2 3800. S1 L67s had the M62, and the Grand Prixs of '04 had the Gen V M90.
These use the Eaton m90 with a stock 3.8 inch pulley.
U ever drove a 2000-2005 Pontiac Bonneville?
CJ Morales ssei?
Any trim
I drove a base bonneville but ive always wanted to drive an ssei or gxp
Indiana oh yes lol my state
Buick reggggaaaaallllllllllllllll
Hey that regal could had smoked that VW and yes you would had look like a prune
need to run enthonal with a smaller pulley? tf this guy is really uninformed
im running a 3.4 pulley and supporting mods with pump gas bro, you dont need e85 to mod a 3800 imao
Fucking Indiana boys right on.
I have the ls with a shit load of problems. The power steering whines like a bitch. So everyone thinks I drive a gs. But I dont. Regal problems.
Love fake boost gage
It's not a manual....
Lol .... “smaller pulley then you need to run ethanol..” no, no you don’t!
My head hurt so much watching this mainly from the car owner lmfao he should know more about his own damn car lmfao I'm running full Bolt ons smaller pully 3.5 from the stock 3.8 and base tune on 93 so should be high 200hp and mid to higher 300tq. But bone stock or modded right when you go full throttle whatever rpm ur gonna get boost idk wtf this guy is talking about
You are good looking
Coolio
So Aziz Ansari owns a Buick?
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH NO
...really? It even has the similar hood release location, dash layout and general interior as a Mazda Millenia? WTF Buick, seriously. Regal looks like a Chinese copy (a quality one, but still).
HORRIBLE cupholder design
RIGHT ABOUT THE FRONT CUPHOLDER I ONLY USE THE BACK CUPHOLDERS NOW. I'VE BROKEN MY FRONT ONES 5 TIMES AND ALWAYS SPILLED DRINKS
No need for ethanol in this car. He doesn’t now much about this car or modding it.
It was really hard to listen to the car’s owner
One question: Why?
lol the passenger clearly knows nothing about the car or superchargers......
The bypass valve used to divert the air away from the intake manifold is vaccume actuated you dint need highway speeds to use the boost just 1/4-1/2 throttle......
Annother point it doesnt need it till higher up 🤪. Also false superchargers are used for lower end torque and boost is usually equal throughout rpm range since there is no turbine spooling up !!! This video is just garbage the inly good about it is the car and when he punches it....
Veeee sixxxxx
A Regal ain't a Regal witout some 34s on it playa...
Anything else is just a Buick. ✊
PAKTRA PRODUCTIONS stfu ya donk
@@anglegrinder 🤣
No, Regal's are usually found in auction lots and trailer parks. Now, the Caprice? That's the prime donk material.
Ew.
Damn this dude is lost