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Old 08-23-2008, 02:50 PM
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Ok, so a friend of mine has a stock 97 Buick LeSabre with a 3.8 V6 in it, and we used to go cruising a lot. We walked quite a few kids in Hondas with fartcans, and the looks on their faces after we smoked them was priceless (assuming they don't run the next red light). Anybody else have this sort of fun with their land yacht DDs? This is mostly a question for non-LS series DD's, but those are ok too.
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i like the regal gs... nice 240hp sleeper
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Originally Posted by black_phoenix
i like the regal gs... nice 240hp sleeper
and can run 13s easily with a few boltons
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my yacht doesn't do too bad.
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I had a bonneville with 250,000 miles. could cruise with the A/C on at 100 mph and still get 19 mpg.
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when i was in highschool i had to drive around in a 77' lincoln town car. that thing was a boat. i raced this girl i hung out with who just got a new celica. actually beat her on the last turn after i got it on 2 wheels takin the corner.
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My land yacht does ok. It's just an old *** Buick Regal with a 3.8 V6 too.
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do trucks count, i use to do it in my 2000 ext cab GMC 5.3 w/ a few bolt ons. they really don't like it when a truck beats them.
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Originally Posted by Vee 6
My land yacht does ok. It's just an old *** Buick Regal with a 3.8 V6 too.
Yeah of course. What a POS grandma car.
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Originally Posted by Rushin
Yeah of course. What a POS grandma car.


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Originally Posted by Rushin
Yeah of course. What a POS grandma car.
...and slow!


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My DD does great to ricers although they don't know what it is half of the time. Not necessarily a yacht tho
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I consider my MC SS to be a "Land Yacth" It's an 07, V8 and whatnot. I hate the damn car, but, it does kill ricers rather easily. Got a 3000 GT, an engine-swapped Honda Civic (Apparently had a VW V6 crammed under the hood? Slow as ****, poor guy), an Acura TL or whatever, and a couple 2009 Civic Si's.
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I have a 1997 regal GS.. It's a land yacht, I've had some pretty impressive kills in it when the time is right. I have a few mods for it, but have been too busy to put them on yet Gotta love the value that these cars give.

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ive beat a few civics and an old subaru with my baby land yatch lol, 94 buick century, 3.1 baby. i give that poor thing so much hell. it was my great grandmas, still only has 45000 miles on it

im seriously considering putting a boosted 3.8 in it, pushing as much as i can out of the stock blower. just to be an insane sleeper lol .
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My old winter beater '94 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon, complete with simulated wood panels ran a 15.19 @ 92 MPH, bone stock with the 260 HP iron head LT1. It surprised many street racer wannabe's.
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Wow, cool to see a variety of Buicks here as beaters or land yachts lol.
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My land yacht does ok, its more like a PT boat though
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Originally Posted by AMitc31100
actually beat her on the last turn after i got it on 2 wheels takin the corner.
hahahha!!! no ****** way dude!
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Originally Posted by black_phoenix
i like the regal gs... nice 240hp sleeper

260hp/280 tq exact same as a GP, monte carlo, Impala

its the same 3.8 SC setup in all those cars. whats even worse. theey can run faster times than us with less power. 352whp is all one needed on clubgp.com to run 11s.

the 3.8 in terms of the 1/4 is a superior engine to the 5.7 ls1. 3.8 hits max hp and tq way quicker and hold its long enough to be effective in the quarter mile. but we all know this well....... i hope.

if someone argues this ill just slap you with the Buick Grand National Stick.

though the buick regal GS's were not land yachts and weigh less than ls1s.



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