Pontiac Grand Prix

*The Last American Indian Story* For a myriad of reasons I sold my “69” & “74” Z/28 that were both custom in 2004 after 35 and 30 years of ownership! I had bought a brand new 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix before selling the Camaros and for a FWD it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t the Z/28s, but I loved the updated Coke bottle shape and styling. So I embarked on a new path in the winter of “04”. A path that I didn’t know would became that of The Last American Indian! With the 1997-2003 Grand Prix being the last American designed & built Pontiac and the end of Pontiac as a car company occurring just a few short years later! This car was not lower! in fact on initial build it sat 1.5" higher, but the car increased in weight by 300 lbs. an additional 80 lbs. was removed, & relocated, from the front nose area of the car, most of which sat 14" - 20" ahead of the front axle center line, part of this was the relocation of the battery to the trunk spare tire well. The entire frame structure and dead spaces (lower firewall & rear cavity structure, control arm area) were filled with structural urethane foam, contributing 22 lbs of the 300. 30 lbs was added to the rear impact bar. Slightly more than 340 lbs of weight was relocated to the rear half of the car and all weight added and moved was below center line of gravity which effectively lowered CG 2" and the roll center 3.5" and re-balancing the weight to 54/46 weight distribution. This resulted in .87g lateral acceleration on the skid pad test (300'). Likewise the braking improved to 147' at 70 MPH. Both HP and gear lockup were substantially increased.