Modifications
Performance Parts
- Modified LT1 Gen II 5.7 Liter V8
- RAISS Ram Air Intake System
- BBK 52MM Throttle Body
- Air Force 2 Deflector for RAISS
- F-Body 3.5 in. MAF w/ Granatelli Composite Housing
- Ceramic Coated Y-Body Short Ram Dual Intake Pipe
- Ported & Powdercoated Intake Manifold for 58MM TB
- Outerwears Water Resistant Pre-Filters
- Dual K&N Air Filters
- Scorpion Racing Aluminum 1.6 Full Roller Rockers
- GMPP LS2 / LS6 Yellow Beehive Valve Springs
- Clear Image Ceramic Coated Tri-Y Headers
- Random Technologies 2.5 in. Cats
- Hooker Super Competition 2.5 in. Cat Back Exhaust
- Hooker Aerochamber Mufflers
- Summit Racing H-Pipe
- Meziere 43 GPM Electric Water Pump
- Samco Red Silicone Hoses
- Red Optima Battery w/ Custom Billet BUICK Holder
- Taylor ThunderVolt 8.2 MM Spark Plug Wires
- 6 Speed F-Body EGR & Solenoid
- Custom Billet & Stainless Steel Parts & Caps
- PCMforless (Bryan Herter) PCM Programming
- Hypertech 53,000 Volt Coil
- Hypertech 160 Degree Thermostat
- Kewlauto Red Smoothie C4 Corvette Fuel Rail Covers
- C4 Corvette Composite Valve Covers
- MSD Opti Spark Cap & Rotor
- Chrome Tuff Stuff Alternator
- Innovative Wiring Meziere Water Pump Harness
- Innovative Wiring Battery Cables
- Innovative Wiring Headlight Harness w/ Relays
- Innovative Wiring Opti Spark Harness
- Under Hood Auto Meter Fuel Pressure Gauge
- Performance Built 4L60E Transmission
- TransGo Stage 2 Shift Kit
- Edge Racing 3000 Stall Torque Converter
- Hughes Finned Aluminum Trans Pan
- Bowtie Overdrives Tubular Transmission X-Member
- Eaton Posi Carrier
- 3.73 Gears
- SSBC Force 10 Brake Calipers
- Baer Brakes Decelarotors Rotors
- Goodridge G-Stop Stainless Steel Brake Lines
- Bilstein Shock Absorbers
- Eibach Pro-Kit Impala SS Lowering Springs
- GMPP Red Powdercoated Sway Bars
- UMI Performance Upper & Lower Rear Control Arms
- Energy Suspension Poly Graphite Bushings
- Moog Problem Solver Hard Parts
- Metco Red Powdercoated Driveshaft Safety Loop
Car Audio & Video
- Factory Radio w/ EQ & Cassette
- Radio Modified w/ MP3 Jack
- Factory Concert Sound Speakers
- Pioneer 6 Disc CD Changer in Trunk
- I kept the sound system stock because I want to...
- ...keep the FACTORY COULD HAVE BUILT IT Theme...
- Besides... I'd rather listen to the Music...
- ...made by my healthy LT1 ;)
Interior
- Mint Factory Gray Leather Interior
- Center Console & Floor Shift Conversion
- Modified Drivers Seat For Floor Shift Conversion
- Custom Made Gray Leather Shifter Boot
- Dash Gear Indicator Functions w/ Floor Shifter
- Column Shift Handle Deleted
- Leather Shift Handle Dyed to Match Interior
- A Pillar Triple Gauge Pods w/ Auto Meter Gauges
- Custom 200 MPH Speedometer
- NOS Steering Wheel & Air Bag
- Gran Sport Logos on Headrests
- Gran Sport Dash Emblem
- Dash Designs Dash Cover
- RK Sport Pedals by MBA Billet Accessories
- Custom Billet Door Pulls
- Billet Radio Knobs
- Billet Tilt Lever & Hazard Button
- Billet Engraved Seat Belt Anchor Covers
- Billet Coat Hooks
- Halon Extinguisher w/ Billet Bracket
- Custom Made Trunk Kit by AudioFX
- Embroidered Spare Tire Cover
- Red & Gray Wheelskins Steering Wheel Cover
- 200 MPH Speedometer
- White Face Gauge Cluster
Exterior Styling
- Original Dark Jadestone Metallic Paint
- Pinstriping by Brodude & Mackie
- Front License Plate Bracket Delete
- Flat / Flush Hood Ormament
- Grille w/ word BUICK Deleted
- ROADMONSTER Emblems
- Polished Stainless Steel Exhaust Tips
- NOS 1980s & 1990s Gran Sport Emblems
- Custom LT1 Badges
- ROADMONSTER Emblems
- Hella 100 / 80 watt Headlights
- Innovative Wiring Headlight Harness
- O-Z Racing Nova ST 18 x 8.5 Wheels Vintage 1990s
- Pirelli 285 40 18 Assimetrico Tires
BUICK never built a
Roadmaster Gran Sport...
So I did.
( Art by Barry Cleveland. See page 8 )
Dwayne Vance Art arrived April 27, 2009! (See pg 13)
This is my "Dare to be Different" project...
Just like the Gran Sports of the '60's & '70's....
This car is "Fast With Class!"
LT1 V8, Ram Air, Performance Built 4L60E Trans...
Leather Interior, Floor Shifter, Power Everything ...
O-Z Racing 18" Wheels, 285 40 18 Pirelli's...
Eibach Springs, Bilstein Shocks, you get the idea... 
What'cha wanna do: Car Show? Race? Road Trip?
The RoadMonster is ready for ANYTHING!
Everything has been modified or upgraded
Everything
Top to bottom. Front to back.
I've always been a Buick, Olds,
Pontiac, & Chevy fan.
I grew up driving full size
rear wheel drive GM cars...
When Chevrolet reintroduced
the Impala SS in 1994,
I thought GM nailed it.
The LT1, leather interior,
center console, 17" wheels, etc...
Do you remember the Darth Vader ads?
These ads were great!
What have done is to build
what I think the
Buick Motorsports Division
"might have built"
if they were to build a
Gran Sport Roadmaster
back in 1994 when GM
reintroduced the Impala SS.
I tried to keep the Gran Sport Theme
true to the great
Gran Sports of the '60's & '70's.
There are a lot of custom parts,
and a lot of modifications,
all of which were available
in the mid-nineties.
I hope you enjoy looking at my project.
She was fun to build.
She's a blast to drive too!
Modifications:
Engine
LT1 5.7 Liter Generation II Reverse-Flow-Cooling V8
RAISS Ram Air Intake System w/ Air Force 2 Deflector
Ceramic Coated Corvette Short Ram Dual Intake Pipe
Dual K&N Filters w/ Outerwears Pre-filters
52mm BBK Throttle Body
F-Body 3.5" GM MAF w/ Granatelli Composite MAF Housing
Meziere Electric Water Pump w/ Red Powdercoated Body
Goodyear Hi-Miler Blue Hoses : soon to be replaced by...
Red Samco Silicone Hoses
Scorpion 1.6 Ratio Aluminum Full Roller Rocker Arms
GMPP LS2 / LS6 Yellow Beehive Valve Springs
MSD OptiSpark Cap & Rotor
Hypertech 53,000 Volt Coil
Taylor ThunderVolt 8.2mm Spark Plug Wires
Chrome "Tuff Stuff" Alternator
Optima Battery w/ Cutom "Buick-Logo" Billet Holder
Autometer Fuel Pressure Gauge
Six Speed F-Body EGR & Solenoid
LT4 Composite Valve Covers w/ Chrome Hardware
Red Corvette "Smoothie" Fuel Rail Covers by Kewlauto
Exhaust
Clear Image Automotive Tri-Y
-Ceramic Coated Headers
Random Technologies 2.5" High Flow Cats
Hooker Super Comp 2.5" Cat Back Exhaust
Hooker Aerochamber Mufflers
Summit Racing H-Pipe
Polished Stainless Steel Exhaust Tips
Transmission
Performance Built 4L60E
Edge Racing 3000 Stall Torque Converter
Bowtie Overdrives Tubular Trans Cross Member
-In Red Powdercoat
Hughes Finned Aluminum Trans Pan
TransGo Shift Kit
Suspension
Energy Suspension Poly-Graphite Bushings
-replace all rubber bushings
Eibach "Impala SS" Lowering Springs
Red Powdercoated Impala SS Swaybars
Bilstein Shock Absorbers
UMI Performance Red Powdercoated
-Upper & Lower Rear Control Arms
Moog Problem Solver Parts
-replace all other wear items.
Driveline
Metco Red Powdercoated Driveshaft Safety Loop
Eaton Posi Carrier
3.73 Gears w/ GM ABS Reluctor
Interior
200 MPH Speedometer / Custom White Gauge Cluster
Original Mint Gray Leather Interior
Modified Driver's Seat for Center Console Conversion
Center Console / Floor Shifter Conversion
Column Shift Handle Deleted
Dash Gear Indicator now functions w/ Floor Shifter
Custom Gray Leather Shifter Boot
MBA Billet Aluminum Pedals
Stock Stereo Modified w/ MP3 Jack & CD Changer
A-Pillar Gauge Pod w/ Autometer Arctic White Gauges
"Gran Sport" Embroidered Floor Mats
Headrest GS Logos by SLP
Misc. Gran Sport & LT1 Emblems
Exterior
Original Dark Jadestone Metallic Paint
New Grille with the word BUICK deleted
Flat Buick Tri-Shield Hood Ornament
LT1 Emblems by Car Motorsports
Custom "Ram Air" Badges by Emblem Pros
1990's Buick Regal "Gran Sport" Emblems
ROADMONSTER Trunk Insignia
Front License Plate Bracket Delete
Pin-Striping by Spider-Man, Mackie & Brodude
Brakes
Stainless Steel Brake Co. (SSBC) "Force 10" Calipers
BAER Brakes Decelarotors Rotors
Goodridge G-Stop Braided Stainless Brake Lines
Wheels & Tires
Vintage 1990's O-Z Racing Nova ST 18" x 8.5" Wheels
Pirelli Assimetrico 285 40 18 Tires all around
Custom Billet Aluminum
Seat Belt Anchor Covers w/ Engraved Buick Logos
Accelerator, Brake, & Parking Brake Pedals
Steering Wheel Tilt Lever
Door Pulls / Handles
Hazard Button
Radio Knobs
Coat Hooks
Hood Strut Covers
Fire Extinguisher Bracket
Hood Strut Support Brackets
Buick Tri-Shield Optima Battery Holder
Coolant Cap w/ Engraved Buick Tri-Shield Logo
Power Steering Cap w/ Engraved Buick Tri-Shield Logo
Windshield Washer Reservoir Cap w/ Engraved Buick Logo
Latest Modifications!
Samco Sport Red Silicone Coolant Hoses
Custom 200 MPH Speedometer
Red Smoothie Fuel Rail Covers
GM Performance Parts Emblems
Billet PCM Bracket w/ Buick Logo
See page 9.
Future Plans:
See page 14
I never intended to build
a show quality RoadMonster...
But that's what I built...
The project got carried away...
...Has that ever happened to you?
Awards & Trophies
-"Best Engine" 4th Annual Knights of Columbus Show June 6, 2009
-"1990's Decade Winner" Texaco Car of the Decades October 3, 2008
-"2nd Place Nicest 90's & Up" Stop & Smell the Roadsters Sept 7,2008
-"3rd Place 1965-2008 Modified" Buick COA NW Regionals Aug 17, 08
-"Best Engine" Day in the Park Show. Dallas, OR. July 27, 2008
-"1st Place 1980-2008" 99W Car Show McMinnville, OR. Aug 9, 2008
-"Best Full Size Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile" All GM Show July 13, 08
-"Dare to be Different" Les Schwab "Best of the NW" Show July 12, 08
-"Best of 1980-2008" Dallas Cruisers Traffic Jam June 21, 2008
-"Showoff of the Week" CarDomain January 7, 2008
-"1st Place 1988-2007" Buick Club of America Meet August 19, 2007
-"Best of 1980-2007" Dallas Cruisers Traffic Jam May 19, 2007
-"Dare to be Different" Parr Lumber's 4th Annual August 5, 2006
(See pages 15-19 for more show pics)
Jack likes Roadmasters too!
See page 10 for History.
Buick Club of America
Member #43314
Buick Modified Division
Member #109
There are 20 pages with over 2200 photos
showing everything I have done
to build the RoadMonster...
Special Thanks to my daughter Sam who made
the "Buick Tri-Shield On-Fire" Logos
and who attends all the car shows with me.
Also to my son Rob who helped me build
this car & who also supports me at shows.
Rob also does most of the show detailing.
Thanks to my friend Cesar who not
only does all of my embroidery,
but has become a good friend.
Thanks to my buddy Nes who
does all of my photoshop,
vexel, & other artwork.
He's the best!
Finally, thanks to my wife Christine,
who allows me to spend time & money
on this project, even when both are tight.
She goes to all the shows with me as well.
She knows this hobby keeps me sane.
Well, as sane as I can get ;)
Thank you all very much!
Many thanks to all of you who
have visited my CarDomain page!
My RoadMonster's ride page
has had over 200,000 hits
since it's creation back
in November '04!
page 1....................Introduction You Are Here
page 2....................Gran Sport Theme
page 3....................Interior & Trunk
page 4....................Under The Hood
page 5....................Transmission
page 6....................Wheels, Tires & Suspension
page 7....................Headers & Exhaust
page 8....................Recommended Vendors
page 9....................Modifications
page 10..................History
page 11..................Restoration & Help
page 12..................Part Numbers
page 13..................Art & 1:25 Scale Model
page 14..................Future Plans
page 15..................200 MPH Speedometer
page 16..................Shows 2006
page 17..................Shows 2007
page 18..................Shows 2008
page 19..................Shows Attended 2009
page 20..................Upcoming Shows 2009
page 21..................Shows 2010
page 22..................page under construction
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Posted by: WestSideZ28
06/29/2009, 04:21pm
Yea thanks for the comment. i was askin about the center console because im buying a 96 caprice and i want the floor shifter but i want cup holders and i dont think the impala centers have them.