Your extra dose of Buick..

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu) 06/06/2014 at 14:55 • Filed to: None

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1962 Buick Special from GT5. But, it's not an ordinary Buick tough, it's belongs to Ted & Sue Richardson, and it's a "Gran Turismo Award" Winner back in SEMA Show 2003. In the game it was pushing 588 hp thanks to it's massive list of aftermarket kit. The list is just incredible, take a look:

Engine :

-455 Buick

-TA Performance Stage 2 Street Eliminator Aluminum Heads

-TA Performance Hydraulic Cam - .542/.550 lift; 238/248 duration; 112 lobe center

-TA Performance Forged Rods

-JE Pistons 8.5:1Accel Gen VII electronic fuel injection

-F-1 Procharger supercharger from ATI

-Intake manifold, headers, exhaust, motor mounts, supercharger intake tubes and all brackets, hand fabricated by Ryan Butler

Brakes:

-Baer Pro+ 13.5" rotors, Alcon 4 piston calipers (front)

-Baer Pro+ 13.5" rotors, Alcon 4 piston calipers (rear)

Wheels: Budnik 'Arrowhead' 17x8 front, 17x11 rear

Tires: Michelin Pilot Sport, 235/40R17 front, 335/35R17 rear

Frame/Chassis/Suspension:

-Art Morrison frame rails

-Fabricated sheet metal housing by Scribner welding

-Ford 9" 3rd member

-31 spline axles

-Stainless Steel control Arms from Heidts

-SuperRide II front end from Heidts

-Air Ride Shock Wave system front & rear from Air Ride Technologies

-Roll Cage and all remaining pieces of frame/chassis hand fabricated by Ryan Butler

Trans & Clutch:

-Richmond 6 speed

-McCloud bell housing and twin disk clutch

-Clutch/brake pedal assembly from Kugel (modified by Ryan)

Body/Interior:

The following body modifications/fabrication done by Ryan Butler

-Rear quarter panel line and wheel opening modified

-Wing windows removed

-Gas door moved to top of rear quarter panel

-All floor metal Body fabricated to roll cage, which is bolted to frame

-Firewall, front inner fenders, roll pan, core support all hand fabricated

-Front end modified for supercharger inner cooler

-Dash and gauge pod

-Wheel tubs

What a machine..

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mycarneverruns87 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 06/06/2014 at 15:03

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GT5 photo or not, that is a sexy car!

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > mycarneverruns87 06/06/2014 at 15:07

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Yeah!

Here's the real-life version:

Blondude > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 06/06/2014 at 15:15

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That car was so ridiculously OP in GT4. I absolutely love it.