Surprising Performance From 1994

[Way2Slo]

Hey everyone. New to the boards, long time reader. Anyways, after the ongoing discussion of performance lately with Buick and all the other subdivisions of GM, I thought id share this video with all of you. The first car I ever drove was my moms 1994 Buick Regal. It was originally rated to do 9.0s to 60 mph, and 16.5, average in 1994. So I took it to the track last spring, and was surprised to find out how underrated the car was. Interesting how they listed the car with only 170 hp. Stock 1997-2002 Grand Prix GT coupes were loosing to the regal, no joke.

www.gtpaul.com/Matt/Videos/regal157.WMV

Interesting nonetheless that stock Regals, without the M90 are running the same speed 10 years later. Anyways, thanks for reading.

[desmo9]

Either the clock's broke, or a sneaky pete resides in the trunk.

[Swahili]

Nice run Way2Slo. There's some pretty good power in those 3.8s. Good torque too. The second car I ever drove was my parents '95 (I think) Regal and even with my beginner's license some guy in a punked up Civic had to be put in it's place. I miss that car.

[Way2Slo]

Originally Posted by desmo9

Either the clock's broke, or a sneaky pete resides in the trunk.

Dont insult my intelligence It would be in the 14's with that..

Thanks Swa, they have some balls. I miss driving it now, as I drive an escort for some better mileage. I hate Fords....

[69Chevy]

My parents bought a used (80,000miles) '94 olds 88 with a 3.8. we had to have two new engines in it before they traded it on an '02 Suburban. Those are the only major engine failures I have ever heard of in that entire family of engines.