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manifoldsrme

Post subject: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:25 pm

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My name is Brian and I have been restoring a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix. It had been in storage for 5 years and parked because the PMIII went bad, this is the death of most of these cars. I fixed the system however and the brakes work EXCELLENT! I drive it on my commute 2 or 3 times a week and it runs well. It is a love hate relationship. I love the car, but I hate all the issues it seems to have. Every time I fix something two more things seem to go wrong. I guess I am a gluton for punishment! :lol:

I also have a 1986 Firebird, and a 1985 Tuned Port IROC Camaro. Here are some pics of the TGP.

I look forward to browsing around here and using the resources the site has to keep my car on the road.

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hotrodolds

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:41 pm

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Welcome. I'm a sucker for the TGP. I missed a black one a few years ago, and I am so kicking myself for it.

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dblackston88

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:44 pm

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Welcome, very nice tgp

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mshipman89

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:09 pm

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Welcome, thats awesome man

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dsh1106

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:41 am

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Welcome

Nice TGP, I've seen a few around but nothing as nice as yours.

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white4d96

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:31 am

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Beautiful!

I'm parting out a black/tan cloth one, PMIII failure and trailing arm mounts are rotted out. Thinking about swapping the powerplant into a Fiero if I can find a good one.

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manifoldsrme

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:00 am

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I parted out a black with tan interior TGP last fall to get this one in better shape. I also have almost any spare part now as well. Thanks for the compliments guys.

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BigManAndy

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:31 pm

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Welcome!!

Awesome car man. Ya just don't see too many of those.

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hotrodolds

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:24 pm

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Even more rare is the GP STE...same turbo driveline...in a sedan.

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cannon

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:27 pm

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Welcome to the site. Thats one clean TGP you got.

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95-GP-SE

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:34 pm

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Welcome.
I also have a TGP that I just bought and currently working on restoring

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white4d96

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:22 am

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hotrodolds wrote:

Even more rare is the GP STE...same turbo driveline...in a sedan.

The STE's are pretty rare, but you are referring to the T-STE which is UBER rare. I've only seen one on craigslist in NY before.

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hotrodolds

Post subject: Re: New to the site with a 1990 McLaren Turbo Grand Prix

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:43 am

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Ah, I didn't realize there was a trim level difference like that. A guy I used to work with had one...it is the only way I know about them. He had modded his some, and it sounded awesome, and looked good, too.

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Mr.Angry.GTP

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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:30 pm

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Welcome to GPONA.

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