I guess people like the turbo V6 C4
10-22-2009, 10:56 AM
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I guess people like the turbo V6 C4
I uploaded this video on YouTube
I guess people really like this car, look at the email I got
I guess people really like this car, look at the email I got
Never thought I could make $$$ of of it 
I guess people really like this car, look at the email I got
I guess people really like this car, look at the email I got
-----Original Message-----
From: YouTube <no_reply@youtube.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 22, 2009 10:43 am
Subject: Apply for revenue sharing for your video Buick GN Turbo V6 in a C4 Corvette
Dear swiftwood,
Your video Buick GN Turbo V6 in a C4 Corvette has become popular on YouTube, and you're eligible to apply for the YouTube Partnership Program, which allows you to make money from playbacks of your video.
Once you're approved, making money from your video is easy. Here's how it works: First sign into your YouTube account. Then, complete the steps outlined here: http://www.youtube.com/ivp?v=_JQ-UiRV_4M. Once you're finished, we'll start placing ads next to your video and pay you a share of the revenue as long as you meet the program requirements.
We look forward to adding your video to the YouTube Partnership Program. Thanks and good luck!
The YouTube Team
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From: YouTube <no_reply@youtube.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 22, 2009 10:43 am
Subject: Apply for revenue sharing for your video Buick GN Turbo V6 in a C4 Corvette
Dear swiftwood,
Your video Buick GN Turbo V6 in a C4 Corvette has become popular on YouTube, and you're eligible to apply for the YouTube Partnership Program, which allows you to make money from playbacks of your video.
Once you're approved, making money from your video is easy. Here's how it works: First sign into your YouTube account. Then, complete the steps outlined here: http://www.youtube.com/ivp?v=_JQ-UiRV_4M. Once you're finished, we'll start placing ads next to your video and pay you a share of the revenue as long as you meet the program requirements.
We look forward to adding your video to the YouTube Partnership Program. Thanks and good luck!
The YouTube Team
© 2009 YouTube, LLC
10-22-2009, 11:06 AM
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cool, lets us know how much they pay you in real money 
10-22-2009, 11:24 AM
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I just gave your youtube video an extra "hit" you now owe me approximately .000000000001% of a cent 
I've seen the video before that car rocks! You got to love how the front hops a foot to the left on launch. Guess that's a old Grand National set up in there? Congrats on the www recognition.
I've seen the video before that car rocks! You got to love how the front hops a foot to the left on launch. Guess that's a old Grand National set up in there? Congrats on the www recognition.
10-22-2009, 11:32 AM
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I'd be interested to find out what the weight distribution is.
10-22-2009, 11:37 AM
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10-22-2009, 11:58 AM
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Those Buick turbos are crazy fast. That must be a straight axle in the car.
nice thing about a boosted 6
10-22-2009, 12:07 PM
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I remember seeing this video years ago! I love how it jumps sideways off the line! And thanks to you I can't stop occasionally digging through craigslist just waiting to find a Turbo GNX engine!
Last edited by CooterCatchinVette; 10-22-2009 at 12:16 PM.
10-22-2009, 02:52 PM
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It jumped sideways b/c the tire warm up was a "one tire fryer"...just the right side. So when he launched, the right hooked better than the left and it went left.
Sick car. Not a fan of the one wheel peelin' mobile though.
Sick car. Not a fan of the one wheel peelin' mobile though.
10-22-2009, 09:27 PM
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WHY? You wouldn't come close to duplicating that cars performance. In fact a stock GNX engine wouldn't be any faster than a stock LT4. As for weight a 3.8L Buick weighs within 35lbs of what a cast iron SBC weighs. Since the SBC engine is set back 4" behind the ball joint in a C4 Corvette, your wasting your time.
BTW there is not a single thing on that engine even closely releated to a stock GNX 3.8L engine.
That particular engine has over the counter StageII alum cyl heads, from when NASCAR Bush GN cars ran V-6's. They were also used by Carl Wegner and Jim Ruggles on the Indy turbo Buick V-6's. The block is ex NASCAR over the counter block with a billet crank, Lentz rods ect.... Top of the line unobtainable engine parts by the days standards, just about like going to one of the GM teams today and asking to buy an RO7 to put in your Corvette. What that guy has is 10's of thousands of dollars worth of a real deal racing engine, not some **** poor Disco 1970's 3.8L production car engine with a turbo stuck on it.
I can't believe that people are gullible enough to think that this guy just yanked a GNX engine, dropped it in a C4 and now it runs 9's.
Try building a SBC with similar money invested and similar quality/generations of real racing parts in it and see what happens.
Will
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10-22-2009, 10:55 PM
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1985 c4, 400+ ci. all pro, cylinder head, single quad, nitrous..NMCA qualifying @Milan Mi.
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10-23-2009, 02:45 AM
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Hey Wait a minute.. you guys cant fool me.. The "experts" say corvettes make terrible drag cars, Those are Jettas or Subarus under those glass bodies..you know "real race cars"
Lol.. I would love to see that blue one in action.. looks pretty wild.
Lol.. I would love to see that blue one in action.. looks pretty wild.
10-23-2009, 05:41 AM
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10-23-2009, 11:08 AM
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WHY? You wouldn't come close to duplicating that cars performance. In fact a stock GNX engine wouldn't be any faster than a stock LT4. As for weight a 3.8L Buick weighs within 35lbs of what a cast iron SBC weighs. Since the SBC engine is set back 4" behind the ball joint in a C4 Corvette, your wasting your time.
BTW there is not a single thing on that engine even closely releated to a stock GNX 3.8L engine.
That particular engine has over the counter StageII alum cyl heads, from when NASCAR Bush GN cars ran V-6's. They were also used by Carl Wegner and Jim Ruggles on the Indy turbo Buick V-6's. The block is ex NASCAR over the counter block with a billet crank, Lentz rods ect.... Top of the line unobtainable engine parts by the days standards, just about like going to one of the GM teams today and asking to buy an RO7 to put in your Corvette. What that guy has is 10's of thousands of dollars worth of a real deal racing engine, not some **** poor Disco 1970's 3.8L production car engine with a turbo stuck on it.
I can't believe that people are gullible enough to think that this guy just yanked a GNX engine, dropped it in a C4 and now it runs 9's.
Try building a SBC with similar money invested and similar quality/generations of real racing parts in it and see what happens.
Will
BTW there is not a single thing on that engine even closely releated to a stock GNX 3.8L engine.
That particular engine has over the counter StageII alum cyl heads, from when NASCAR Bush GN cars ran V-6's. They were also used by Carl Wegner and Jim Ruggles on the Indy turbo Buick V-6's. The block is ex NASCAR over the counter block with a billet crank, Lentz rods ect.... Top of the line unobtainable engine parts by the days standards, just about like going to one of the GM teams today and asking to buy an RO7 to put in your Corvette. What that guy has is 10's of thousands of dollars worth of a real deal racing engine, not some **** poor Disco 1970's 3.8L production car engine with a turbo stuck on it.
I can't believe that people are gullible enough to think that this guy just yanked a GNX engine, dropped it in a C4 and now it runs 9's.
Try building a SBC with similar money invested and similar quality/generations of real racing parts in it and see what happens.
Will
10-23-2009, 11:16 AM
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That blue one has a pretty bad bounce after hitting second gear. He better check his shocks. 
10-23-2009, 02:35 PM
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Not going to swap. Just curious to get my hands on one of these. Found a few of them pretty cheap in TX. As for the turbos. Hell no! Engines by Unser if I were ever thinking to.
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10-24-2009, 08:05 AM
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I was thinkin I need a little more than that...maybe I'll ask Chris to let me "use" one of his bullets to dump in the car....LOL
Last edited by mseven; 10-24-2009 at 08:09 AM.
