SpeedHunters Features the Syborg - GMC Syclone

SpeedHunters just posted an article on Adam's Syborg GMC Syclone. This Syclone has lots of unique features that allow Adam to use the truck for a ton of automotive events.  Everything from Autocross to the Mohave Mile.

Turbonetics turbocharger

The truck is still powered by a turbocharged V6, but instead of the factory 4.3 Adam is running a 283 cubic inch aluminum “Bowtie” V6 from GM Performance. The motor work also includes a custom sheetmetal intake manifold, a Canton Racing Accusump system, and Big Stuff 3 engine management.

Great to see Adam get this project on the road, and using it the way he intended. Head over to SpeedHunters for the full article and pictures.

Eight Second GMC Syclone For Sale

Everyone needs an eight second quarter mile car/truck/suv in their life.  This GMC Syclone that has been converted to rear wheel drive is offered for sale on eBay, just three days left. With nearly 1300 rear wheel horsepower it has run as fast as 8.45@166 mph.  V6 - Bowtie 262.  If its something you need, check out the eBay link below.

Bed mounted turbocharger and intercooler

OVER $80,000 INVESTED
AS OF 7/25/2012 THIS TRUCK MADE 1273 HP AND RAN 8.45 AT 166 MPH AT ATCO RACEWAY IN 97 DEGREE WEATHER...SURE TO GO FASTER IN THE FALL... 

GMC Typhoon / Syclone 1992 Motorweek Road Test

GMC Typhoon / Syclone 1992 Motorweek Road Test

7.59@185 mph GMC Syclone

Jamie Hackings GMC Syclone

Its not all wheel drive anymore, but it still runs a V6. From what I can gather, its a Bowtie block, large 88 mm turbo, and runs in the 275x tire class. Its nasty fast with a 7.59@185 mph 1/4 mile pass.

Jamie Hacking's Syclone runs a new personal best at the 2011 World Cup, ends up having a problem in Eliminations and has to hit the brakes.
X275, Harrell Engine & Dyno.
-Congrats to Jamie on a new best and an amazing truck, we got to take a look up close and personal at the truck and it is super clean. Jamie was also a nice guy and took a few minutes to talk to us, especially the trucks biggest fan, seen in the pictures.

November 5-6, 2011 at Maryland International Raceway in Budd's Creek, MD.
16th Annual U.S. Army World Cup Finals: Import vs. Domestic.

Jay Leno's GMC Syclone

Jay Leno does a walk around of his 1991 GMC Syclone. He is pretty knowledgeable of the truck.  He says he has owned it since new. It looks to be in pretty good shape, but the cladding could use some polish.  I wonder if he has a Typhoon too.

Top 10 Muscle Trucks : Hemmings

This article is about 5 years old now, but it still holds pretty true. You might see a Raptor in there if it were updated. Here is what they had to say about the Syclone and Typhoon.

GMC Syclone and Typhoon
Most of the rest of the muscle trucks on this list were chosen because they were at the pinnacle of performance in their day. But the Syclone and the Typhoon are still at the top of the performance truck heap. What started out as an idea from the program manager at GMC to stuff the Buick Grand National's turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 into the S-15 morphed into something a little more sinister--a turbocharged 4.3-liter V-6, making 280hp and 360-lbs.ft. of torque, backed by an all-wheel-drive system and lowered suspension. Body cladding and special interiors completed the package, which became the Syclone pickup in 1991 and the Typhoon SUV in 1992-'93, both produced by Production Automotive Services for GMC, and both capable of mid-13-second quarter-mile times. Like the Buick Grand Nationals, owners either hermetically sealed the trucks or they modified them to within an inch of their lives--the web site www.syty.org has reported a Syclone clicking off a 9.89-second quarter-mile time.

Robert has gone 8's in his V-6 Syclone. They are still a bit of an oddball truck.


Source: Hemmings

1992 GMC Sportmachines. Meet the 1992 GMC Syclone