Pontiac GTP?
Pontiac GTP? I have a chance to buy one of these cars, a 1 owner '97 white coupe w/48k original miles. I know this guy--he's a customer of mine, a guy who takes good care of his things, and this thing is immaculate, completely stock and always garaged w/limited cold weather use. Anyway, I can buy this thing for well under $4k, and am about to drop the hammer, but first...Does anyone have anything bad, or good to say about these supercharged Grand Prix cars? This one is fully loaded, white, w/blk leather gut. BTW, this guy has a 425 HP Hemi Charger on the way--he's 65 and quite the character. Any help from you guys regarding the Pontiac GTP would be appreciated. I know nothing about them, but this looks like a good little reasonably priced toy... WJ 
I have a friend who has a 99 or 00 GTP. Supercharged 3800 v-6. Not really a fast car. He has had to put multiple sets of breaks on the car, replace blown head gaskets, and several other small problems. Car is unmodded and used as a family car, so no racing or beating on it. I know it does not have many miles on it either.
I had a 98 GTP.
Nice car but it definitly wakes up (& needs it) when you throw in a cold air, custom PCM & smaller pulley.
I did that with mine & it was a night & day difference.
There'a allot more that can be done, but those 3 are usually the 1st mods to these cars.
Nice car but it definitly wakes up (& needs it) when you throw in a cold air, custom PCM & smaller pulley.
I did that with mine & it was a night & day difference.
There'a allot more that can be done, but those 3 are usually the 1st mods to these cars.
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
I have a friend who has a 99 or 00 GTP. Supercharged 3800 v-6. Not really a fast car. He has had to put multiple sets of breaks on the car, replace blown head gaskets, and several other small problems. Car is unmodded and used as a family car, so no racing or beating on it. I know it does not have many miles on it either.
they are nice comfy cars, that have some *****. would make a great DD, and that price is perfect. just make sure he shows u the maintenance records and what not. at that price i wouldnt turn it down. and like butch said with those little mods it really wakes it up. i say buy it.
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wj, i am actually looking for either a monte SS or a grand prix GTP, they are very very nice cars for the money, and they go pretty good too...we really havent seen many grand prix's in the shop so thats prob. a good sign.
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
When he brought it in for the breaks and the head gasket, he was told those are common problems with the GTP's.
It had 100K on the clock & ran perfect.
I have a 99 GT. It isn't the supercharged one, but it makes a good daily driver. You can't beat the price and the fact that it is in such great shape. The mod market for the 3800 V6 is big. There are many things that can be done to make these cars fast. They are fun to drive and comfortable. You will like it.
warren- they run great when maintained and the supercharger oil is changed routinely but handle like *** . really depends on what your looking to get outta it . then again for 4g's its a steal
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In regards to the GTP, I bought a 2002 Supercharged GTP with 14,000 miles on it. This car belonged to an older man and was in mint shape. The car is loaded. I put a K&N air filter in it and that is all for the moment and I love the car. The only drawback that it is FWD, as I am used to driving RWD. I get a lot a compliments on the looks of the car: 2 door white with black leather and the premium wheels (soon to change). Car has every ooption possible. I say buy it, you cannot go wrong. Good Luck!
Originally Posted by badpewter-z
warren- they run great when maintained and the supercharger oil is changed routinely but handle like *** . really depends on what your looking to get outta it . then again for 4g's its a steal
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I can atest to that, my friend had a 1997 GTP that was in the driveway and a guy came knocking at the door to tell her that her was on fire. Turns out it came from under the hood and unfortunately the car burned to the ground. I love my GTP so far, hopefully the engineering is better from 97-02.
Originally Posted by RemiSS2002
97 GTP's have one bad thing about them. they are known for electrical fires under the hood.
Thanks everyone for the valuable input. I'm going to pull the trigger and buy this thing as a little project car. Think it'll turn some heads before I'm done w/it and maybe raise the benchmarks for respectability at the track. Maybe. Slowhawk V6 tuning?? WJ 
Last edited by WJ SOM SS; Nov 4, 2005 at 10:40 PM.
