Young GLHS Enthusiast: GLHS #404

[glhs404]

Hey I'm new on the boards. I am 19 years old and the owner of 1987 GLHS #404 with 25,000 miles. Its almost Bone stock, only modification being black rims that came with the car when I got it. I received this car as a graduation present from my father who also owns an 87 glhs. He bought it via autotrader from a man in Texas. From my understanding the car sat outside in Louisiana for about 12 years without being driven (hence the low mileage). Unfortunatley in this period of time different parts of the engine developed rust and the paint job corroded a little bit. The interior is in nearly perfect condition though.Once the car was delivered we had to have all of the struts and shocks replaced as well as new engine mounts. I then ran it at the High School Drags at Bandemire Speedway in Colorado. Being a first time racer I bogged the launch and ran an atrocious time of 17.1. I still beat my opponent (a Galaxy with a big block V-8). The second run I once again bogged the launch but ran a 16.7, once again smoking my opponent (a V-6 mustang). For elimnations I decided to dial in at 16.5. I had a great launch and ran a 15.5 Destroying my dial-in time . I couldn't take another run because I had eliminated myself, but I came away from it satisfied with my last run. Since then I've had some problems with the grounding wire to the battery and have recently had some issues with the logic module. I just ordered a Mopar stage 2 performance logic module and am having it put in in a few days. Anyways, I thought I would share the story of my GLHS and look forward to posting!

Edit: Ill have pics from high school drags up soon!

[vernonestes]

Hey, welcome to the forums!
Sounds like a cool ride!
Make sure to post some pics when you can!
Best Regards,
Vern

[glhs404]

Thank you, and here are the pics. Im the one on the left in the pic where 3 people are sitting in front of the glhs.

[DeLa1Rob]

I hope you saved the Konis that came originally with the car. They are no longer available new but are easily rebuildable.

robin

[owenkelley]

I have a GLHS too! Fun cars! Welcome to the forums!

[owenkelley]

Originally Posted by DeLa1Rob

I hope you saved the Konis that came originally with the car. They are no longer available new but are easily rebuildable.

robin

I didn't know the Koni's are no longer available, that's a drag. The previous owner of my car replaced the front ones with Billsteins. Anybody got a line on a pair of rebuildable ones? I also need door sills for both door openings if anyone has a spare pair.

[glhs404]

I believe the konis were already replaced before I owned it.

I forgot to mention the tire modification. When I received the car the tires had weather cracking and needed to be replaced. I went to the tire shop and one of the guys there had an Omni GLH and recommended a set of BF Goodrich g-force size 205/55ZR15 88W. So now I'm riding on four of em and couldn't be more happy

[glhs404]

UPDATE: I had the stage 2 logic module put in last night. It runs better but still sluggish. The guy who put it in said that there was a learning curve between the computer and the car and it should run like it used to after about 100 miles.

[67GT500#2100]

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[mr b]

Good luck with the car. I wish I had one when I was 19.