Killer Mike’s Grind National | Old V6 to New V8 - Episode 2
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- With just over three weeks remaining, the crew at Suppy’s shop in Southern California was beginning to comprehend the work that lay ahead to prepare Killer Mike's Grand National for the 2024 Grammy Awards. As revealed in episode one, the Buick's original 3.8-liter turbo six faced a terminal rod knock, prompting the decision to install a 640-horsepower supercharged LT4 crate engine. However, achieving this required a comprehensive overhaul, essentially starting from scratch.
The rear-end and exhaust came out first, followed by the transmission and suspension. However, removing the engine proved more difficult than the team originally thought. Once out though, it was time to 3D scan the engine bay so Grimm could start fabricating up some new parts, and then wheel the car outside for a thorough degreasing and engine bay repaint.
Stay tuned for these developments and more in the upcoming episode of Killer Mike's Grind National!”
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Saw Suppy and clicked. Would watch him rebuild a toaster oven.
I second this, saw suppy and clicked. Miss him on hoonagan
Same
The world needs more Suppy & Grimm this is nothing but a tease
Truth
I was so hyped when I saw the thumbnail!
showed up to find out if this was there new channel - would subscribe for sure
My guys!
Turning into one sweet ride 😏
Dude... this sucker is ALL YOU!!
Goat!
Suppy and Grimm leaving Hoonigan was a big mistake and the beginning of the end of that brand, but I'm so happy to see them again. More of this.
There was a mass exodus at Hoonigan. Every personality left, so Suppy and Grimm leaving was no surprise. I’m excited to see what all of them can do on their own.
Great to some of the Hoonigans still on CZcams. I will watch them where ever I find them.
Great job Suppy & Grimm‼️
It's dope to see the old Hoonigan guys do their own thing. Each one of their channel is so good !
Man that GN put up a fight.....sheesh. Looking forward to following along. And forget the haters. The GN has been a dream car of mine since I drove a brand new one in 84 (friend of mine worked for a Buick dealer and let me to take it for a test drive). This thing is going to be awesome with even more power. Thanks for inviting us ~ Chuck
Thanks for watching and following along Chuck! We're excited to share more from this series
They definitely broke some irreplaceable parts lol.
That's probably true.
The fact that they even did this swap when Killer Mike's dream car was the V6 that smacked 80's cars asses is lame. Build up the v6 to be a killer build and smack current muscle cars and still have that classic GN Sound !
Im not much of a purest but the GN whole deal was the fact that it was a turbo v6. I have a swapped olds 442 and its awesome. But i just think that some cars you keep OG. But then again it sounded like the engine was blown up so the swap makes some sense. Watching then destroy that air box was tough though.
Yeah, they new they'd get crushed for the airbox, but the engine was toast, so it made sense for this car.
Please keep this up guys. These type of episodes with these guys building is what made us love hoonigan. If y’all are keeping those OG vibes I’m a fan. Keep rocking boys glad to see y’all again. 🤘
Always loved these cars, no way would I ever put an LS in one. A regular Regal I'd LS swap in a heartbeat. The turbo 3.8 is already fast and you're modifying a one of the few 80's classics worth something.
Cool to see Paul Giomatti wrenching.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS
The Hoonigan split has been great for content lol. I get a lil bit of everyone, everyday.
wait suppy and grimm back together damn we need this again with hert
Mister Zachery in the background
Shout out to Vin for showing what the boys were up to. Would have missed this!
Anything with suppy is good content and even better craftsmanship 💪
THESE GUYS DO EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE WAY YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT. HOPE NO ONE GETS HURT.😏
You'll made a easy job difficult for yourselves!! 😂😂😂 G-body parts are out there pre-made for LS swaps !!
Excited to see the results!
Got a great team there!
i have a GN and this was painful to watch, but makes mine worth more lol.
To be fair, cars from that era could be kind of a nightmare to work on.
You are not wrong.
Facts! That's why I bought a '18 cts-v over a GN.. '87 GN was my dream car but after 24 years working on fighter aircraft, I jus didn't want that smoke of maintenance and upgrades to go faster.. 🫡
nice to see the folks I enjoyed seeing at Hoonigan!
💪🏾 I’m in the process of doing the exact same thing those that want to talk see me at the red light or just buy your own and shut it lol
Hell yea suppy and grimm been wondering where these guys been.
You guys! 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤ (I guess I missed E01. Bummer.)
Suppy, Grimm and the guys glad to see your doing content again. Love GNX’s waiting to see next episode. Finally who’s ‘73-74 LTD and what is the story. Would love to see content on that.
You gotta hit that old stuff with some "knock'er loose spray" soak it down wait a few minutes & boom 💥everything is free😎
Probably the most talented combo on the planet. Real talk
Hahaha. The self realization.we suck at this ! That was funny. But seriously great job guys.
If anyone is just coming to cry and complain about how these very talented men are destroying the very “soul” or “ethos” of this car than you are watching the wrong content. Please resist embarrassing yourself crying over someone else’s hard work. 🤦🏽♂️😂
Thank you!!
Another way to look at it is to stop whining and crying about backlash after you rip apart an iconic, clean GN and give it a run of the mill LS corporate motor seen in Pick up trucks and Camaro’s. At least they changed the name of the car to that stupid ‘Grind National’ moniker because now it’s just a Regal. I’d love to bid on that factory 3.8 SFI drivetrain though. I could use the extra parts for my T Type. 😊
Changing from a knocking motor to a different, reliable engine with 2-3 times as much horsepower is always a win in my book. Is it a bad decision financially? Probably. It's still hot rodding and cool. If anyone else wants to do this, just buy a normal Regal and make it into something great.
Agree. How dare they replace a blown engine!
It is what it is!
It does suck to see a GN altered, but if it wasn't dead nuts factory when found, it doesn't matter anyways.
After 30 years in the game, I haven't met many cars that I wouldn't cut up to make my own or someone else's vision of more fun!
Mannnn as much as I love the stock drivetrain in these things, LT4 only makes sense to swap! Its too easy not to add modern power and reliability
These guys are soooo not Hagerty, and that’s wonderful. I hope it works out better for them than it worked for Tony.
That’s good … cause, you know, this is Hemmings 😏
i seen Suppy and Grimm. I had to watch
Minus another GN. Car worth money is now just another V8 swapped car.
With a blown motor it’s not worth that much. Running/driving GNs are selling for $20k and up. I know it’s all relative, and some GNs are advertised for six figures, but it doesn’t seem like they all command that kind of price.
I wonder how much money they made back selling original Grand National parts to collectors.
Suppy and Grimm!
Why am I just hearing about this!! Got alot to catch up on
WTF Soupy that car is an icon and ya'll just destroying parts that are worth quite a bit dang just getting more and more ratchet huh Soupy!?
If this is suppy and grimms new home consider me subbed.
@11:03 Grim are you okay?? You got the eyes of a dead man
What did you guys do with the motor?
Tons of money in all those old parts. Thousands. And they just cut it up and break them 😂
lol, you guys are sucker for punishment.. That motor and trans should come out REAL easy if you just asked a Buick guy hahaha!
So they put an lt4 in a grand national 😮 such a disgrace
More HP
Hold up, did Suppy leave Hoonigan too??
It is not a GN and/or Turbo Regal anymore. I remember Hoonigans raced a GN against a modern SUV, but did not change the old valve springs in the heads, which critical for boost to enter the intake valves. They failed to mention the LC2 V6 stats would wipe the floor with the majority of today's V6s. *Please let real Buick Turbo gurus work on this car.* These motors (LC2) can handle 8s/9s when fully built along with a girdle.
Grimm!
FYI customer stated please retain factory ac unit. Hahaha
That liberty v6 turbo can be modified & make way more power than any NA v8.. there's a reason the GN is still listed as world's best drag car...
These episodes need to come out faster
A Gn is not a Gn without the turbo 6. It’s just not
Painful to watch. You don't know to remove the lower ball joints to let the spring pressure off? 😱
Ya what a shame v8s are cool but rebuilding a v6 with sleeves and twins you could get 1000 plus comfortably and it still be a grand national
Bottom line, do what you can afford to do... nice job fellas, I'm here for the content
100% agree!!
Sometimes you have to go Grizzly.
He then ended up getting arrested during the Grammys, which was super weird.
Remove the brakes. Remove spindle. Remove tension off coils, remove coil spring. Swing the a arm down. Remove a arm bolts 😂😂
Not only they probably charged mike a fuck load to destroy his buick.
If by destroy, you meant that we kept it on the road for another 30 years, then sure... we destroyed it.
HERE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF "YOU'LL PAY FOR YOUR EDUCATION, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER"...🤭😏😎😉
Just my opinion but I believe no one is going to pick up Sargeant after his contract has expired. I believe he is in the same category has of Mick and mazepin. Sargeant does seem to have some improvement
Butchers 😵💫
Man that was painful to watch…
Suppy!
Y’all should include prices for stuff
If you guys are selling the transmission, I'll buy it.
I really hope they can reinstall better then remove
We can reinstall
RIP BUICK GN should have went to O&S Performance inc
Is that trans for sale
😎
c'mon guys. You could have at least done a custom twin turbo setup to honor the cars legacy.
So i just watched a GN get converted into a regal?...huh
T-Type would like a word lol
No, you just watched a Grand National get converted into a better Grand National.
Turbo T 😂😂😂😂
They're fabbing parts that are already made with higher quality detail for the swap!! Not to mention that car is worthless for resale! It's now a forever car!
@@Cutdawg30Owner don’t give a fook about resale value.
Team 69!!
You remove the lower ball joints..😢
What is grim doing with his arms while he is talking
Love KM, but why do this to a GN? You could've kept this and gotten another t type to put a v8 in. Sad.
Lol motor worth money but you cut the turbo😂😂
This content is fire. But more rated R suppy and less PG suppy. Also hemmings has produced some great series pieces with Musto, Alana, and Jethro. But they have an image problem. When someone says Hemmings I still picture those ads that used to air on My Classic Car and the rest of the TNN lineup circa 1997.
Hang with us man because some great content coming up that will change your mind... we promise!
Do u wanna sell the wire harness
Should have just bought a monte carlo and not destroyed the Gbody
I wonder what deal with the devil killer mike signed....... Or who "they" threatened
Oof, I mean I get it but some cars should maybe be restored instead of modded but to each their own I suppose. Cool but it also makes me kind of sad.
Screw the purists! Ls/lt swap the world!
Can’t make every cry baby happy 😂, to each their own.
So many complaints, would you let someone else tell you what to do with your car?? How do you people even know it's their decision? Their just payed to work on it 🤣
😢
When your done removing everything don`t forget to take off the Grand National emblems too, because it`s no longer a GN it is a Regal with a LT4
Who says we didn’t …. 😏
So by that logic, if you drop a 572 in a '70 Chevelle SS, it's suddenly just a Malibu with a 572... got it.
That vin says different
@@Uncle05Sam no it’s a Chevelle with a 572… The Buick Grand National are well known and legendary for there V6 turbo not for a LS swap or a LT4 power train…
Oh well
Lmao
No your not going to get anyone that knows or matters lol every grand national needs a LSX swap even if it’s got 2k miles on it gm should’ve put a v8 turbo in that car from the jump
I agree
Yeah strip that down and get old stuff outta there.
Your killing the spirit of the GN, it’s having a V6 turbo that made the car so legendary. I would have beefed up the original engine and a modern larger turbo.
The original engine in this car was junk - it had a rod knock, and the cost to rebuild and reengineer it would've been just as expensive and a helluva lot more time consuming than doing the swap. Plus, a direct injected supercharged V8 only enhances the cars overall potential.
I own a LC2 powered 86 T-Type and an LS powered 67 pontiac. The performance of the LT will be great but u can't substitute the distinctive sound of the Buick V6. That car needed to stay Buick powered for sure.
The whole point of the Regal Grand National & T-Type was having that turbo V6 & how it was GM's fastest production car at the time.
Putting in a V8, no matter how powerful just ruins the ethos of the car.
You should've just found a regular Regal & built that instead.
You understand that this was a tired car right, and what we're doing is not only enhancing it, but giving it another 4 decades on the road...
Man, if you really cared that much you’d buy your own and 🤫.
I don't care. They're the ones who posted the video. I drove these Regal's when they were new & was quite impressed but still bought a Mustang GT convertible instead.
The GM "J" body cars are nose heavy & the rear end gets very squirrelly under hard braking. But they're quite comfortable highway cruisers.
@@drivebigmuscle8080 I didn't get to finish watching the 1st episode so I don't know how "tired" this GN was BUT my comment stands because even though you call it
"enhancement" you're ruining what made the GN (and T-Type, which is more rare btw) "special".
And you could've given this car "another 4 decades on the road" just by restoring it to original.
I think you meant "G" body broski (Grand Prix, Monte, Cutlass & Regal). The J bodies I think were the Cavaliers, Sunbirds, Cimmarons etc. @@Vampirebear13
Why not just buy a regular Buick Regal instead of ruining a Buick grand national..
They're not that rare - they made over 30 thousand of them...
@@drivebigmuscle8080Probably not even half that left.
Because they already have the GN.
Its just a v8 grand national, never was a fan of any v6 motor
smh...watching you kids play mechanic is crazy.id like to know who idea it was to power wash the engine area? lol
And what's wrong with that exactly?
skipped through seen an ls being put into a nash lost interest good way to ruin a nice car build the v6 and put it back in.
If you guys are crying about keeping it nostalgic, they don't have the time Or want to wast the money And time to restore it. They're getting it back on the road and they're gonna drive it and enjoy it. Most people that have the original engine don't even want to put miles on it. And to be honest, the v6 engine needs to be updated with modern technology. It will run better and last longer the way they tuned them You need a dinosaur in order to tune it.
It’s ok they did a swap, but shame on Hemmings and a big fat thumbs down for letting them cut and tear out rare pieces enthusiasts need. You can rebrand this GN, but give someone else some help while doing it.