Featured Car - Eric Ruybalid's 1984 T Type


I'm a Pepper, you're a Pepper!

Eric found this car at a reliable used car lot for $2900 and traded in a low 13 second V8 Monza and his beloved Vega to get the T-Type. Eric was thrilled that the car lot owner really didn't know how special the car was.

Eric refers to his Buick as the "Dr. Pepper" car, due to the unique color.

Motor

  • Stock with booster plate on oil pump
  • Stock camshaft, turbocharger, injectors, heads, intake, downpipe.
  • Test pipe in place of cat.converter and dual mufflers out back.
  • Walbro 307 hotwired feeding a 237 regulator.
  • 9" K&N on the end of a homemade fresh air kit.

Transmission/Rear End

  • Original THM200-4R with home rebuild
  • 18,000 GVW transmission cooler
  • Stock rear

Suspension/Tires

  • Stock T Type wheels
  • Stock front tires
  • P265/50R-15 tires on rear
  • Lakewood "Traction Action" bars

Body

  • Stock

Interior

  • Stock with added coolant guage and oil pressure guage.

Performance

  • 15 flat at 90 with the wrong torque converter in the car. Was a 1300 stall when Eric got it and he has since installed the correct converter, but no new times.

Eric Ruybalid
gneric@juno.com

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