I won this 98 Pontiac Grand Prix GT for $500!! Is it Junk? 

....and it came with an S/C. Add in high octane fuel and you have a sleeper.

the problem was the rest of the car. had ‘99 GT 4 10 years. at around 127k things started going. radiator, alternator, heater core, computer wiring harness, transmission. finally said enough and got a Camry SE.

Buick. That is not a "GM Corporate Engine"- it just survived

Your yard looks like neighborhood junk dealer

@@Acadian72 Randy's or..?

They are great cars especially the supercharged ones

My best friend had a 1998 grand am gt and it was super nice. Think the worst aspect of these were the strut towers rusting out if you live in the rust belt like I did. The rest is solid as a rock

They were very nice looking cars for the time

The 90s grand am GT's man.. nothing like them!

@@outmybitness They were all one of a kind.

my dad had a gtp with the surpercjarger. was super small, didn’t add much but added a cool thing to see on the dash the amount of boost and it made some cool noises😂😂

I own a 2000 GTP. I have a few mods on it, and it's a fun car to drive.

@@Alex-pn5bk same with my dad he had a smaller pully and a tune and I thought it was quick not really all that fast tho

@@ziptiecentral1943 probably was fast for the time

Was it the lower intake gasket?

@@dextermorgan4337 the recall was on the front valve cover

@@nealklausegger8389 they could never make up their mind because I’ve had 3 and two had recalls for the front valve cover and my other one had the same recall for the rear cover 😂

Same with my 01 Regal GS. 235k miles on original engine and trans. Still runs and drives perfect. Unfortunately the NY winters have not been kind to the old girl and it's rusted quite badly.

Mine goes bonkers. I changed it and it still does it

@@carhoarder602 check the wires to see if it's grounding out. Check your new sensor with a volt meter on omhs for resistance.

@@carhoarder602 ditto, temp gauge in my 3400 impala still shuts off after I've changed the sensor and harness twice, it's protect mode... The computer shuts off the temp sensor which shuts off the a.c. and turns the coolant fans on full blast! I've changed every part I can think of trying to figure this out and after 4 years haven't come anywhere close, however just like this grand prix when the temp gauge works (temporarily after reconnecting the battery) my transmission slips something god awful but as soon as the temp gauge shuts off it shifts normally so I know the trans is fine but still can't pull a code that helps! Forums didn't help at all either!

I swear! Mine started to go bad and it wouldn’t shift out of first if i didn’t let it get to operating temp. Confused the shit out of me 😂

@@ImBouttaBust69 thanks for letting me know About that 😂 have a 3800 impala

The maf can also cause the jumpy idling

Yea i had a 02 gt 40th anniversary edition and the trans went bad and then it was all neutral gears eventually.

Doing regular trans fluid and filter changes helps. My 01 Regal GS has 235k on the original trans. But I have seen plenty go bad well before 150k.

I at one time had a 1993 Pontiac sunbird le 2dr sport coupe with manual windows 3spd automatic transmission Delco am/FM asskicker stereo lol and the external add on options auto reverse cassette tape player with seek, and it was glacier metallic blue well the gm version anyways glacier metallic blue is a dodge color my best friend had a 89 dodge power ram w250 12valve 5.9 Cummins 5spd getrag transmission and 4x4 that was glacier metallic blue beautiful truck and my sunbird was the same color,it had a non ac heater box type setup third brake light mounted under the center of the deck lid spoiler car was a 2.0 h.o. 4cyl and unfortunately cracked the head on my uncle first before I bought it and he fixed it but I started having coolant loss and white smoke out of the exhaust so sure enough where the bosses for the cam followers are the head cracked and this was not an easy head to find and I ended up selling it for scrap to a junkyard for the body and transmission until he noticed it had 124k miles interior smelled like antifreeze because the head, and the only head I could locate was up in Michigan for $1,250 for the bare casting no cam followers bolts, bearings caps nothing else, and the junkyard I sold it to is actually a recycling yard they put better matching 14 inch tires on it and pulled the le specific aluminum sport coupe wheels off they were 13's and got ahold of a cavalier head and a used Beretta gt head they already had that needed machine work used the best of the two, pulled the new bolts,cam,cam followers and caps off the motor and put it back together and ended up selling it to family to them car went to around Dayton Ohio but glacier metallic blue 93 Pontiac sunbird le bright red pinstripe 93 composite front headlights and the le specific tailights and the gold spoiler because of the original one got broke the car stuck out would be easy to spot and some sort of Oldsmobile fwd 14 inch aluminum polished wheels that would fit the sunbird lug bolt pattern was put on it, I would have kept the specific 93 sunbird le aluminum wheels they had newer tires but they were 185/65r13 still though was a great driving car while it ran right and if people don't understand the Delco asskicker stereo look up 88-90 Buick Regal limited fwd lol

After market trans fix GTP GXP ,AND SS. 3300 - 4000

​If your going to keep these cars add a big transmission cooler and fluid service including filter .I switched my fluid to transmax synthetic and added bottle of lucas no issues and 408000 on motor and trans 2004 gt 3.8 no oil consumption using 5-40 synthetic . Oil undercoat the entire car chassis lines doors trunk quarters fenders drill 1/2 holesin rocker sills spray oil inside rockers saves these cars

I totally agree everything works perfectly on it. basic maintenance and Santa will fix it back up to almost perfect..

@@outmybitness just minimal time spent to get tge bare basics. In his younger days, Randy would have appreciated that car. There are folks in the same position with litle money. For them it would be a massive up grade from walking!

I got the same one! Well, it’s a gt but it’s top swapped lmao but I agree, the whine never gets old

I wish you were my neighbour.