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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:57 pm 
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Year and Trim: 1989 Oldsmobile 88 Royale Brougham Regency - FE3
Anyone have one of these that they can comment on with regards to reliability and ride stiffness? I'm looking for a 3.8 ONLY powered Intrigue and would like one with the Autobahn package, hoping it has stiffer suspension in addition to the better gearing and sound system.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:13 pm 
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My Intrigue is the 3.5L GX (totally not what youre looking for), but Ive looked into the autobahn package a little bit and the suspension is not different. It has bigger front brakes (same as Bonneville SSEi, which I switched to using the brackets from my Bonneville and simply ordered SSEi rotors), 3.29 gears, 128mph speed limiter, and H rated tires were stock.

For suspension, there are TONS of options, since its just a grand prix. I have Eibach sport lowering springs, a GMPP rear sway bar and KYB AGX adjustable struts and quite honestly the car is a blast. The 3.5l has more power than the 3.8 stock and it really screams, shifting at 6600rpm. Obviously a 3.8 would be more moddable, but stock the 3.5 is pretty peppy.

Mine has 198k right now and ive been beating the snot out of it for a few years, pulling my race bike to the track and generally railing the car on a daily basis. For a W body, it seems to be holding up quite well.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:28 pm 
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Good to know about the suspension, I will be lowering it with Canuck Motorsport springs.

The Shortstar is a powerful motor but I've always loved the 3.8l so am looking for a 98/99 with that engine and no sunroof. I love the look of the OSV Intrigues and am looking to copy that look with the lowering and similar wheels at least, maybe a custom bodykit mod to it as well down the line.

Does the Autobahn package come with special badging to identify it?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:34 pm 
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No special badging that Ive seen.

The OSV was cool as hell.

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