List of publications specific to the Turbo Grand Prix/Turbo STE

Also books for building, modifying and tuning

Articles and Dealer Literature on the Turbo Grand Prix, Turbo STE, Pace Car, Car of the Year GP that started it all

1987-November Hot Rod Mag, T G P Prototype, 305hp, manual tranny (with 220 lb-ft torque for the tranny).

1988 Pikes Peak Racer listed for sale at the Auto Collections at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas (updated 2/07):

http://www.autocollections.com/index.cfm?key=1668&action=details&tab=inventory

1988-February Motor Trend Car of the Year, White Grand Prix SE (one page only).

1988-April Auto Week, small write up with pic of the same 305hp prototype, with engine pic.

1988-November Car & Driver Preview Test, Black T G P many pages, lame 7.8 zero to sixty.

1989-April Road & Track, Red T G P, BEST Times; 0-60 7 flat, quarter 15.3, same mag has a Porsche 944 doing 0-60 in 7.5 and quarter in 15.7, for $36K, what a deal.

1989-May Automobile, T G P Verses SuperCoupe, lame test, quoted manufacturer specs for acceleration times.

1989-May Automotive Engineering, Pace Car one page, black & white pic.

1989-Summer Action Track, Issue 10. Nice Red T G P Prototype Pics, 2 pages, funny extra with T15 Turbo being held by a mechanic over the engine bay, yea right!!

1989-June Motor Trend, Flat out Fastest where Red T G P goes 134mph on long banked oval track.

1989-August Motor Trend Road Test, worst times while testing in super hot Arizona, duh!

1989-September Turbo High Tech Performance (when it was an American Mag), Red nice pics no specs.

1989-October Popular Hot Rodding, single page only, and small bit of info on a black one going on the roundies.

1989-October Detroit News, 10-25-89 article done, no details.

1989-October Automotive Engineering, info only, states engineering terms for power/153kw-298N-m.

1989-October Car & Driver Turbo STE 4-door test in words only, pic of regular 4-door STE.

1989-Yearbook Wards Automotive Yearbook, 1989 T G P and other Pontiac Production numbers.

1989-Year Road & Track Performance Cars 89, another 7.0 0-60 run/different pics, proto engine bay.

1990-January Sports Car International, Black T G P, 2-page, lame 7.8 0-60.

1990-February Motor Trend Car of the year test, only other article of a real TSTE, 7.7 0-60 fastest of this bunch.

1990-April Automobile Magazine, White Turbo STE tested, author had writer's-stress and blasts the car blindly.

1990-May Road & Track special Road Test Annual, lame black & white pics of same red T G P from April-89.

1990-June High Performance Pontiac, 7.2 0-60, best diverse write up of this car/Red T G P.

1990-June Cars.com Review of Turbo STE.

1990-August Collectable Automobile, excellent write up and pics on this collector car!

1990-September Wards Auto World, Rusty Wallace Special black over gold T G P, picture only.

1997-July High Tech Performance, pretty good, someone had friends there helping him sell it.

1998-October High Performance Pontiac, small info, pace car T G P (black & white photo).

2000-December Auto Trader, on-line review and pricing.

1989-Year NASCAR Yearbook Press Guide (no T G P pics), lots on GP drivers.

1989-Year Daytona 500, Men and Machines of Speed Weeks 89, only one pic of a Red T G P Pace Car.

1989-Year Pontiac Relations Press Release for sponsored stock cars, 8x10 B&W Glossy T G P Pace Car.

1989-MY Auto Show Pontiac Relations Press Release, 8x10 B&W Glossy T G P and Engine Bay.

1989-February Daytona 500 Race Day Book, big red T G P Pace Car Pic, best yet, some info.

1926-1992 Book, Pontiac, They Build Excitement, story starting from Oakland Motor Car, mention of T G P and TSTE, no pics.

1929-1995 Book, Standard Catalog of Pontiac, production options, no numbers or pics.

19xx?-2002 Book, Standards Catalog of Pontiac, newer addition, now adds pics of color TSTE, 2 B&W TSTE and a T G P B&W.

1990-MY Manufacturing Year Public Relations Press Release Pontiac, 8x10 B&W Glossy T G P.

1990-June June 24th, Michigan International Speedway, MGD 500, compare T G P to actual race car.

1990-Year AC Delco Rockingham 200/500, NC 500, red T G P Pace Car pic and write up.

1988-MY Dealer, Pontiac Road Cars, only has fold-out poster of White GP SE.

1989-MY Dealer, Driving Enthusiast Handbook, nice Red T G P Pic.

1989-MY 2nd Ed Dealer, Driving Enthusiast Handbook, Red T G P pic gone, now a white GP SE.

There were miscellaneous dealer sheets, post cards, pamphlets, press release flyers as well.


List of Memorabilia:

1988 Grand Prix SE Plastic Model Revel 7171, 1:25 scale, pic shows white, body in white but plastic white, 2 different chrome rims to chose from, also SE as well as T G P Style Aero Kit and spoiler.

1989 T G P Plastic Model Revel 7148, 1:25th scale, pic show a red T G P but the plastic body is BLACK!! Rims are also chrome not gold, model listed as a Grand Prix Turbo, woops.

1990 Pontiac SE Plastic Model Revel 7458, 1:25 scale, plastic is red though a plastic red, 2 different chrome rims to chose from, also SE as well as T G P Aero kit and spoiler.

1990 Pontiac MGD Grand Prix Stock Car plastic Model AMT/ERTL 6916, 1:25 scale, primer gray body, 1 set chrome rims with fat slicks.

1991 Pontiac Mellow Yellow Grand Prix Stock Car Model Monogram 2428, 1:24th scale, black body, 1 set chrome rims with fat slicks.

1989 Daytona 500 mugs with red Grand Prix.

1989 Daytona 500 Hat Emblem Hat Pin with Red Light.

1989 NASCAR Daytona 500 Baseball Cap (which a Red T G P was the Pace Car).

1989 NASCAR Daytona 500 Jacket Patch, originally came with Race Day book listed above.

1989 Car & Driver Collections Card: No. 305-Turbo Grand Prix. Made by Matchbox.

1990 4x6 Post Card, red T G P on tan adobe landscape.

1990 Rockingham International Raceway Hatpin with Red T G P.

Motor Week’s Show #919, available VHS tape of the show testing a Red T G P, Approximately 8 minutes long.

Dealer VHS Tape to educate sales department staff on the T G P, 3:40 minutes long.

Paramount Pictures DVD Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise, Red T G P Pace Car showed 9 times, one of the 5 T G P Pace cars in the movie is owned by Larry Moran.

Another movie (name not remembered) where the lead character is running across the street through traffic on the city streets and cuts off a (dirty) Black T G P.

1989 Red T G P Poster 2 foot by 3 foot, original was dealer item only and very few left, had a Red T G P with “Grand Prix” written on it, which was later changed to “Turbo Grand Prix” and is for sale in numbers at Jeff M’s web site.

Poster 1 foot by 2 foot, painting of Red T G P.

Black Jacket, Red Trim, Red lettering: "Turbo Grand Prix" "NASCAR" "Official Pace Car". Sizes XL only.


List of Service and Parts Manuals

1988-92 Chilton’s Service Manual W-Body/Grand Prix, Cutlass, Regal, Lumina.  Publication Number 8258.  Approximately 2 inches thick, approximately 382 pages, does cover turbo specifics but still all that the T G P and TSTE are as a Grand Prix.

1989 OEM/Helm Publications Turbo Grand Prix Service Manual Supplement, Publication Number S-8910-W-Turbo.  About a ½ inch thick, approximately 200 pages.  Full coverage of Turbo Specific for the 2-door T G P, TSTE not out yet.

1989-90 OEM/Helm Publications Service Manual Update, 1989/90 Pontiac Turbo Grand Prix, Publications Number S-89/90-W Update.  Small, less than ¼ inch thick approximately 60 pages, adds information to 89 Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual and 89 Supplement, but does not include TSTE Specifics other than the same turbo/drivetrain and ECM Electronics both share.

1990 OEM/Helm Publications  Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual, Publications Number S-9010-W, 2 ¼ inch thick, approximately 600+ pages, full up on Grand Prix with quad-4 as well as V6 NA and Turbo Version.  No need for above Supplements and Updates on the 2-door T G P above, or 4-door supplement below.

1990 OEM/Helm Publications Pontiac Grand Prix STE Service Manual Supplement, Publication number S-9010-W STE.  Only Supplement needed with above 1990 Full Service Manual S-9010-W, and above is needed as there is very little info on the turbo, engine, etc.  Mainly electrical diagrams and a small amount of additional info, about ½” think, approximately 200 pages.

1988-92 GM SPO/Service Parts Operations, Engineering Publications Department, Parts and Illustration Catalog for 1988-92 W (printed 9-1991 though there are other print releases that encompass these years) Grand Prix only.  Shows all parts (only 12 parts that do not show up for the T G P/TSTE, not bad!!) as well description sections and exploded parts sections, also man hours and prices for way back when.  Many parts numbers have been changed, some a couple of times but dealer can find updated part numbers.  Nearly 3 inches thick, not going to see someone scan all these on their web site

1990 Pontiac “W” Parts Book, Catalog Code: “25W”.  September 1989.  Extensive parts listing with many details on parts used, really cool info you would not expect and won’t find any where else other than some in the book above.  1 ¼ inch thick, about 350+ pages.

Old 1989 Grand Prix Service Manual, OEM/Helm Publications, part number S-8910-W, too new for the 89 Turbo Grand Prix.  About 1 ¾ inch thick.

Delco Moraine Antilock Brake System III, GM Publication Number 15005.04-1.  110 pages, electrical, mechanical operations, most pages show CAMS and Tech 1 tool diagnostics screen, something most owners will not have access to.
 

1987 GM Product Service Training manual for the 60 Degree V6 (2.8L though much the same as the start of the 3.1L).  Book number 16014.04-1.  Covers these engines from design to application to troubleshooting, including entire engine mechanicals as well as fueling and ignition.  70 pages

1988 Pontiac Service Craftsman Guild TechTrack Turbocharger Troubleshooting Manual.  Book number TT88-3.  8 pages.

1989 GM Technician’s Guide to Noise Investigation.  Includes W-Body Platform as well as N and J bodies.  Book number ST 500-90NVD.  120 pages.

1994 GM STG/Service Training Guild for the 3.1L/3.4L/3100 engines.  Book number GNPT/V6.  Covers electronics for engine and transmission from 1990-1994.  28 pages.
 

List of Owner’s Manuals:

1989 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner’s Manual, part number:

1990 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner’s Manual, Part Number: 10176831B. 355 pages long.

1990 Warranty and Owner Assistance Information, Part Number 10122640A. 30 pages long.

1990 General Motors Maintenance Schedule for BOCP Passenger Cars, Part Number: 10122641B. 17 pages long.

1989 Turbo Grand Prix Owner’s Manual Supplement, version is printed in Landscape and is 30 pages long. Form Number: S-89GP-W-TURBO.

1990 Turbo Grand Prix Owner’s Manual Supplement, version is printed in Portrait and is 33 pages long. Form Number: S-90GP-W-TURBO. BOTH HAVE SAME INFO though a different page count.

1990 STE/4-Door Supplement?

1990 Turbo Grand Prix STE/4-Door Turbo Supplement, Form number: ASC - W-29D8-1969-AXXX.


List of Owner Extras:

Owner’s Operation Cassette Tapes (no CDs were known to be offered) regarding the “Grand Prix” and another regarding the “Turbo Grand Prix”

No Tape or CDs were known to be offered different for the Turbo STE?

Plastic Credit Card Size Key Blanks for your wallet.

List of highly recommended aftermarket engine builder’s books specific to the Chevy 60 Degree V6

1994 Motorbooks International PowerPro Series: How to Rebuild Your GM V-6 60 Degree Engine.  By Tom Currao.  Book number: ISBN 0-87938-841-2.  160 pages and very detailed/relevant to anyone getting serious about these engines!

1988 SA Designs V-6 Performance Book for the Chevy 60 and 90 Degree V6.  Book number: ISBN 0-931472-13-X.  Still very applicable and informative for any serious engine builder working on these engines!

List of highly recommended aftermarket engine builder’s books general

1996 Motorbooks International PowerPro Series; How to Build and Modify Pistons, Rod and Cranks.  By Ben Watson.  Book number: ISBN 0-7603-0079-8.  160 pages.  Very detailed and applicable to any performance engine rebuild.

1989 S-A Designs; Smokey Yunick’s Power Secrets.  By Smokey Yunick and Larry Schreib.  Book number: ISBN 0-931472-06-7.  127 pages.  What was once secrets only known by Smokey and Pro Racers is now available to the public.

1996 HP-Books; John Lingenfelter on Modifying Small Block Chevy Engines.  By another legend; John Lingenfelter.  Book number: ISBN 1-55788-238-X.  165 pages.  Very valuable engine mods and build for performance applications that applies to many engines, specially since some of the 60 degree V6 engine has similar parts as other Chevy V8s.

1995 HP-Books; 1001 High Performance Tech Tips.  By Wayne Scraba.  Book number: ISBN 1-55788-199-5.  168 pages.  Applicable to all engines, really opens your mind to think more than just what others tell you, and you might think.

1996 HP-Books; Engine Builder’s Handbook.  By Tom Monroe.  Book number: ISBN1-55788-245-2.  167 pages.  Compilation of engine tips and tricks from top racers and engine builders, applicable to all engines.

Lit of highly recommended aftermarket turbochargers, and tuning, and engine theory

2002 Haynes; Forced Induction Performance Tuning.  By A. Graham Bell.  Book number: ISBN 1-85960-691-1.  464 pages.  Quite technical and strictly on the mechanical application side of turbos, engines, intercooling, exhaust and etc i.e. no Electronic Engine Management Tuning.  A real eye opener to those who think of just slapping on a turbo for extra power.

2003 Motorbooks International/Workshop Series; How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems.  By Jeff Hartman.  Book number: ISBN 0-7603-1582-5.  271 pages.  Foreign and Domestic applications and theory, very extensive while covering such a wide breast of EMS.

2003 HP-Books; Tuning Accel/DFI 6.0 Programmable Fuel Injection.  By Ray T Bohacz.  Book number: ISBN1-55788-413-7.  115 pages.  For Ford, GM and Honda applications.  Though specific to the use of Accel’s DFI tuning theory, it is still very applicable to anyone tuning an engine with any EMS system!  Ray is very well known for high level and extensive tech articles in many magazines as well as published papers and seminars.

1992 HP-Books; Automotive Supercharging and Turbocharging Systems.  By John D Humphries.  Book Number: ISBN 0-87938-657-6.  176 pages.  Technical guide, not a walk-you-through, you need to learn to apply the many pages of great info.

1984 HP-Books; Turbochargers.  By High Maclnnes.  Book number: ISBN 0-89586-135-6.  160 pages.  Old school info from turbo design-sizing and matching, to ignition systems and intercoolers/water injection.

1993 Motorbooks International; Fuel Injection Installation, Performance Tuning, Modification.  By Jeff Hartman.  Book Number: ISBN 0-87938-743-2.  160 pages.  Fairly comprehensive though covers a very broad base from carbs to fuel injections and foreign to domestic engines.

1997 Robert Bentley Automotive Publishers; Maximum Boost.  By Corky Bell.  Book number: ISBN 0-8376-0160-6.  250 pages.  Design, testing and installing turbocharger systems, very vast, detailed and written to serve novice to expert!  Corky is one of the most knowledgeable, laid-back and personable people you could ever have the opportunity to know, one of those people that deservers a life-time achievement award!

1988 McGraw-Hill; Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals.  By Dr. John B. Heywood.  Book number: ISBN 0-07-028637-X.  930 pages.  Though stated as a “Fundamentals” book, there are nearly 1,000 pages of very heavy theory and application, not casual reading, but is a great source to keep the reader from feeling they know-it-all, i.e. it’s always key to keep an open mind or you will never learn!  Though printed in 1988 the laws of physics seldom change, though view points do.  This book will cover all the thoughts and questions you have now or will every have, from charge motion to combustions to intake manifold design, exhaust flow, heat transfer and all areas within a SI application.  If IMEP, PMEP, NMEP, BMEP, Heat Release, Mass Fraction Burn, Max rate of Pressure Rise, knock/misfire is your desired level of knowledge then look no further.  I cannot stop going back to it; exceptional reference.

1995 Butterworth-Heinemann; Engine Testing Theory and Practice.  By Machael Plint and Anthony Martyr.  Book number: ISBN 0-7680-0314-8.  363 pages.  If you want to tune in the laboratory/dyno cell tuning this is the book to make you do it right!  Does not cover the most important real-world road tuning (street/strip) application but it is a time saving start.

1995 SAE International; Advanced Engine Technology.  By Heinz Heisler.  Book number: ISBN 1-56091-734-2.  794 pages.  Written by a very diverse and vastly detailed instructor at the collage of North West London.  Once again not a casual read, a very complete covering of SI and CI engines (Spark Ignition-Gas and Compression Ignition-Diesels engines).

SAE International; Mixture Formation in Spark-Ignition Engines.  By H.P Lenz.  Book Number ISBN 0-387-82193-7.  400 pages on this one topic, yes the internal combustion engine is more than just fuel being burned.

2003 SAE International; Design of Racing and High-Performance Engines.  By multiple SAE Authors.  ISBN Number: 0-7680-1298-852 papers.300 pages.  Vast array of relevant research, many with some of the best latest-thinking in engine technologies.

2003 SAE International; The Racing & High-Performance Tire: Using the Tires to Tune for Grip and Balance.  ISBN Number: 0-7680-1241-4.  286 pages.  Its about time real-use info for the public was given about a rather unknown and extensive topic!

2006 SAE International; CI & SI Power Cylinder Systems and Power Boost Technology. ISBN Number: 0-7680-1748-3.  153 pages. Collection of papers covering latest theories and application tests for gas and diesel engines and turbocharger use.

Other good reads of reference, and to expand an understanding in this discipline

1999 Robert Bentley; How to Understand, Service and Modify Bosch Fuel Injection and Engine Management.  By Charles O. Probst. ISBN 0-8376-0300-5.  Approx 100 pages.  Though more for Bosch specific systems, book still covers theories of Engine Management Systems in the same context as other EMS based systems.  Bosch is one of the very top leading companies in this field, offering a large library of automotive system references and applications in, that you could spend thousands of dollars investing into.

Robert Bosch; Automotive Handbook.  Updated each year to stay current.  900 pages.  Definitive reference for all automotive technologies.

1996 Motorbooks International PowerPro Series; High-Performance Automotive Fuels and Fluids.  By Jeff Hartman.  ISBN 0-7603-0054-2.  128 Pages.  Once again Jeff does a great job of covering yet another area of automotive theory.

1995 SAE International; Gasoline Additives, Emissions and Performance.  By Stefano Crema of BASF and Timothy Spirk of Shell Oil.  ISBN 1-56091-645-1.  200 Pages.  Very technical and much time is needed to extrapolate useful info for someone working on a road going engine, but the info there is very good!!

1996 SAE International; Aspect of Automotive Filtration.  By John G. Elftherakis and Rod Webb of Fluid Technologies.  ISBN 1-56091-795-4.  100 pages.  If you have ever gotten into wondering the meaning of fluid filtering and technology based thinking, this book is a great read.

There are many other books but these are the main ones, though somewhat cost prohibited in their entirety for everyone except small to large automotive aftermarket businesses.

Other seminars, key publications and authors/experts

Open up another Internet Window and go to these locations and make out your wish list of ultimate learning:

Search for David Vizard.  Look for his books on Civilbooks.com as well as Amazon.com and others.  Also check leading automotive seminars and conferences for his name on the feature list.  Back in the 70s to 80s he was more accessible to the public, but after getting deep into his career and far deeper in knowledge than most could grasp, not as well seen by the public anymore, though he lives anywhere the pros are so best to try and find him in magazine articles as well as trade publications and pro-level access papers.  Many refer to him as a master, which he more than earns!

Search for Ray Bohacz.  Though some of his best and most detailed work is in magazine tech articles over the last 15+ years so its hard to find all his work, but you can look for any of his other publications and seminars on tapes/CDs!

Search for Ken Sperry.  His history can humble the best in this field, he has studied with the greats and has achieved some of the best work out there.  His list goes on including a must see (hours of viewing that necessitates many reruns to digest its contents) video seminar called; Engine Air Flow Development with Pat Baer, available from the link below of Technical Insights.

Pat Bear's name also deserves to be entered, search him out as well (other than the above mentioned seminar with Ken Sperry).  Now working for Chrysler and involved with Mitsubishi, Pat heads up their Dodge Motorsports division.  There are a few great men out there like Pat, just very few running our country.

You will also find from searching for these authors, other key authors to this internal combustion discipline, golden eggs when they are found, enjoy!

Technical Insights; conferences, papers, videos and more (that also covers the below AETC).  There is no better, go here and you will learn of and from the best on the planet!  A bold statement yes, and since I do not impress easy (not that I have to), know this is the place to get the best engine design and racing info available to the public!  http://dansayre.com/ti/index.htm

One of the best seminar/conferences out there is by http://www.aetconline.com/  One quote from their web sight that says it all: "The cool thing about the AETC is how the speakers are actually the brains behind the technologies. Rather than a representative or technician, you get the hear facts straight from the innovator's mouth." Popular Hot Rodding August 2004 (By: Mike Petralia and Scott Parkhurst)

SAE International, where all automotive manufacturing technology is not only started, but applied in the lab and in the field.  Many expert and pro level authors to pick from: http://www.sae.org/technical/books/ground_vehicle/

And for those looking to qualify for employment in the field of engine tuning, no better place to get your education/certification than at: http://www.efi101.com/.  And if you think you already have what it takes, do their accelerated course to get certification in record time for just $5,000, cheap by the standards of most collages and universities today but other than GM-Tech etc, few offer such specific (and delicious) courses to the public!

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Use of their names is only for reference (and respect!).