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RLC GMC Typhoon Diecast 2025

SyTyRegistry — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 16:25:26 +0000

It’s official: the next Redline Club GMC Typhoon drop from Hot Wheels is scheduled to arrive in the next few days, on August 12, 2025. To be able to purchase this truck, you MUST be an RLC member. Membership cost is $9.99 a year when you sign up on the HW RLC website. Like the last RLC GMC Typhoon release, these will most likely sell out insanely FAST. Ebay is already littered with presales at double the cost of what you will pay directly from HW. Want to become an RLC member? Click the link to visit the RLC website directly.

Images are from Official Hot Wheels / Mattel

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Johnny Lightning Collectors Tin 2025

SyTyRegistry — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:09:01 +0000

The new Johnny Lightning Collectors Tin 2025 will be featuring a 1992 GMC Typhoon that will come as a Version A and B release in 2 colors – red and metallic green. From what is available online from diecast collectors and resources, the Version A release will happen in January of 2025. Pre-orders are available on numerous websites and prices are from $65.00 for a single tin and $135 for both tins.

VERSION A:

1964 Olds Vista Cruiser – Pacific Mist Ply
1992 GMC Typhoon – Solid Red
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback – Ivy Green

VERSION B:

1964 Olds Vista Cruiser – Jade Mist Ply
1992 GMC Typhoon – Custom HOK Metallic Green
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback – Arcadian Blue

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SyTySoGT Cladding Removal

SyTyRegistry — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:01:07 +0000

One of the most distinguishing features of the Syclone, Typhoon, and Sonoma GT is the aggressive style cladding that appears on the trucks. The cladding gave the trucks a much wider and lower stance compared to the rest of the S-Series lineup. The trucks use a variety of mounting pucks, support brackets, rivets, washers, and screws to fit and hold the cladding to the body.

Some pieces are interchangeable between the three trucks. These pieces are the front and rear bumper cover and support. For both the Syclone and Typhoon, the only pieces that are interchangeable between the trucks are the front fender arches and door cladding. The remaining pieces on the Syclone and Typhoon from the under door cladding, rear arches, rear quarter and rear corner pieces are all unique to either the Sy or Ty and cannot be swapped. This is due to the pickup vs SUV body style and how the mounting tabs are located on the cladding. The Sonoma GT has less aggressive styled cladding that differs from both the Syclone and Typhoon altogether. It is held in place mostly with brackets, C-clamps, and screws.

With the trucks being over 30+ years old, the cladding is well known to have become brittle and easily broken. If you plan to fix or replace your cladding, the following schematics give a detailed view of the location of all of the mounting pucks, support brackets, rivets, washers, and screws.

If you plan to replace or fix your cladding and it still has the stock rivets, you WILL NEED to drill them out to remove the cladding. Sportmachines offers a complete cladding replacement kit for both the Syclone and Typhoon.

Due to how the cladding is attached to the trucks, some bolts are hidden behind other cladding pieces. This is mainly the front fender arches and rear corner pieces on all 3 of the trucks. If you are planning to remove all of the cladding, the best method is to start with the front and rear bumper assembly for any of the trucks. For the Sonoma GT, the remaining cladding can now be removed in any order.

For the SyTys, with the front and rear bumpers removed, you will want to remove the front fender arches. Then move to the rear quarter panel pieces (everything behind the door), starting with the arches and then the lower front quarter and corner pieces. Lastly, the lower door skirt and door cladding should be removed last.

SYTYSOGT FRONT & REAR BUMPER CLADDING

SYTY FRONT FENDER ARCH & SGT BUMPERETTE

SYTYSOGT REAR QUARTER PANEL CLADDING

SYTYSOGT CAB AND DOOR CLADDING

NOTE: GM did not provide schematics for the door cladding piece. To remove, open the door. There are 5 rivets on the bottom of the cladding piece you will need to drill out. With the rivets removed, you can now remove the door cladding by sliding it in an upward motion and GENTLY pulling the bottom out so it will clear the mounting bracket.

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SK Kustoms Goes 9s

SyTyRegistry — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:46:44 +0000

On October 4, 2024, at Great Lakes Dragway in Wisconsin, Sean Krupa, owner of SK Kustoms in Chicago, IL launched his 1993 GMC Typhoon into the record books once again by breaking his previous recorded time of being the quickest single-turbo V6 AWD Typhoon in the world!

From Sean’s previous run last April of a 9.87 @ 139mph, he decided to push his Typhoon a little more this time around. After 3 runs, his fastest was a 9.39 @ 144mph this past weekend making it his new personal best as well as the fastest AWD V6 Typhoon currently in the world. Recently Sean did some dyno tuning which the truck pulled just shy of 800hp while fighting wheel slip on the barrels. It is estimated the truck is around 880whp.

The setup includes a 4.8L stroker Bowtie V6 with Brodix heads and a custom cam. A Precision GEN2 8080 Sportman turbo spools up the power which is tuned via a Holley EFI ECU. To handle the power this truck puts down, the transmission was upgraded to a 4L80-E which is still connected to the stock Borg Warner 4472 transfer case. Custom powdercoated 17″ CCW Classics wheels wrapped in 275/40 and 315/35 drag radials keeps Sean’s Typhoon stuck to the pavement.

Sean has been working over the years to progressively get this Typhoon to it’s current power level. When he’s not under the hood of his truck, he offers tuning services and his expertise in SyTys under his business name, SK Kustoms. As impressive as a 9.39 is, Sean mentions that the truck still has more in it and will be pushing it further with at least another 10psi of boost. His goals? An 8 second time slip. Another track date is planned for the near future and we’re amped to see Sean gather that 8.99 or better time!

11/8/24 UPDATE!

Sean has once again broken his own record with a time of 9.26@149MPH. While it wasnt the 8.99 he was aiming for, we still congratulate him for another insanely fast run!

9.26 146MPH Worlds Fastest V6 AWD Typhoon Record Reset…AGAIN!!! We fought traction with this 50° day but made a solid pass after numerous attempts!! Unfortunately broke the rear differential the last attempt for an 8! I can’t even be upset, 115k miles on that bad boy all stock diff!! We will fix and come back out swinging again next year!! As always thank you again for the support!!! Now time to prep this Beast for the make over this winter!

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Radar Love

SyTyRegistry — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:02:01 +0000

We’ve got a thing and that’s a-called Radar Love
We’ve got a wave in the air
Radar Love

When it comes to the GMC Typhoon, the topic of color combination comes into play. Unlike the Syclone, which was only produced in midnight black, GMC offered the Typhoon in a small variety of colors for the 1992 and 93 model years. With black still being the most common color produced, most recognize the other common colors of frost white, apple red, bright teal, and forest green, with the unique, lower-production colors being aspen, royal blue, and garnet. However, most do not realize that during production, GM used two new colors for testing but never released them as available for the Typhoon. These colors are known as Radar Blue Metallic and Raspberry Metallic.

GMC used four Typhoons for paint testing, with two trucks being painted Radar Blue and the other 2 being Raspberry. The Radar Blue trucks were a 1992 and 1993, while the 2 Raspberry trucks are both 1992s. Interestingly, all four trucks do not have RPO codes for either color, so the glovebox decals indicate the trucks as being different colors. It was speculated that these trucks might have been repainted at the factory, but upon further inspection of one of the Radars and Raspberry trucks, these were not re-paints and went through the standard production paint process. There are no other outstanding features on all four trucks that were changed other than the paint. A fun fact about the Raspberry Typhoons is that they adopted the nickname “Barbie Trucks” by employees and can be found written on the PAS documentation. Both Radar Blue and Raspberry ended up being production colors that GM would use after both the Syclone and Typhoon ended production. You can find both colors on the 1994-97 S-Series trucks, predominately on the S10/Sonoma platform. Even on the S-Series trucks, both Radar Blue and Raspberry are considered to be uncommon colors.

Today, both Raspberry Typhoons still exist and are privately owned. Out of the 2 Radar Blue Typhoons, only the 1992 truck is still known to exist. Attempts have been made to locate the missing 1993 Radar Blue, and the last location was noted as in the UK in 2002. Pictures surfaced at one point of a wrecked “Radar”, but were later discounted as false due to the wrecked truck originally being a forest green color.

Radar Blue is a unique color as it will appear different hues of blue or purple depending on the amount of light exposure. In direct sunlight, the truck takes on a purple hue, while in the shadows and indirect light the Typhoon appears much more blue. One interesting area of the truck is that the cladding is a matte finish versus gloss. When the Syclone was produced, the cladding was painted with additives to give the cladding a matte finished look. The same formula appears to have been used for this truck. It is unknown if the missing 1993 was finished the same way or was a gloss finish like all 1993s are.

Recently at this years SyTys@Carlisle 2024 event, the 1992 Radar Blue was brought out into public and put on display for the first time since the early 2000s. The truck previously sat in a state of disrepair in Texas and was supposedly being restored. Occasionally pics would be posted, but nothing detailing any sort of progress. The owner passed away and the truck was able to be purchased from the family. It now resides in Florida, and since its purchase it has slowly received the attention it needed to properly maintain and fully restore it back fully to it’s former glory. While the restoration is not fully complete, the Radar Blue Typhoon is now drivable.

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Ivanushki International

SyTyRegistry — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:52:28 +0000

Ivanushki International is a Russian boy band founded in Moscow in 1994. Appearing in one of their music videos named Topoliniy Puh (Poplar fluff) is a 1992 GMC Typhoon! Now, we don’t know Russian, but from watching the video and using a lyric translator the song is exactly what any boy band would sing about – being in love with a girl.

The music video is shot on the coast, and in various scenes you see the Typhoon being slung around in the sand during the video. At one point, you see the truck pull up and at least 2 girls get out. The band also seemingly dances around the truck and taunts the driver with waving their shirts acting as if the Typhoon was a bull in the ring. Cue in some outtakes of playing basketball, some campfire fun, a bit of laughing, and some heartfelt singing into the mic with your boys and you have a perfect teenage summer fun music video. N*SYNC and the Backstreet Boys probably couldn’t have done it any better. Back to the Typhoon – it’s a 1992 due to the presence of door escutcheons and likely a low VIN truck due to the blacked-out GMC letters on the grille.

So that leaves us with many questions like – who owns the truck, what number is it, and does it still exist? We can’t currently answer these questions. It appears Ivanushki International is still together and making music and possibly could be contacted. If we can get any updates or new information, we will be sure to post what we find.

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1992 Pilot GMC Typhoon For Sale

SyTyRegistry — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:25:30 +0000

The 1992 Pilot GMC Typhoon for sale is 1 of 3 trucks that was sold to PAS in 1992. Recently the community saw the sale earlier this year of the GMC Syclone Pilot Truck 001 which former PAS president, Chuck Mountain, owned. This 1991 GMC Syclone was reportedly sent to PAS, Inc. when new and remained in the company’s possession until Mr. Mountain purchased it in January 1994 before PAS closed its doors for good. Unfortunately, Mr. Mountain recently passed away, and the pilot Syclone was listed on the popular bidding site Bring-A-Trailer where it was listed at no reserve and ended at $80,000 on 8/4/2022.

Along with the Pilot GMC Syclone, Mr. Mountain also owned 1 of the 3 1992 Pilot GMC Typhoons. Like the Syclone, PAS received these Typhoons and Mr. Mountain ultimately purchased one of them for his own personal use. The Typhoon owned by Mr. Mountain is truck #0010. The two other Pilot Typhoons are listed as #0009 and #0011 and their whereabouts are currently unknown.

The 1992 Pilot GMC Typhoon from Chuck Mountain is currently up for sale and is listed on Hemmings for bidding.

This 1992 GMC Typhoon—finished in one of the less-common color combinations offered in 1992—is reportedly one of the first 10 of these vehicles built, and it was the property of Charles Mountain, the former President of Performance Auto Services of Troy, Michigan, the specialty builder that constructed these special SUVs (and the Syclone pickups) for GMC. The selling dealer—a nationally recognized restorer and vintage car specialist—says that it has a “plethora of documentation that supports the car,” including the original Bill of Sale written by the President of PAS to himself. The vehicle is also transferred with “many classified documents that were never seen by the public.” The selling dealer refers to this Typhoon as “a running and driving project” that was under refurbishment when the original owner passed away.

Hemmings goes further to discuss some of the generalized history of the GMC Typhoon along with giving details and descriptions of the truck for sale. Overall the Pilot Typhoon looks as if it was mostly sitting while Mr. Mountain owned it. With just under 47k on the odometer and still riding on the original Firehawk SVX tires, we would consider this a lower mileage truck. We do see some surface corrosion in the engine bay and some very light surface rust on the underside of the frame, both of which can be easily cleaned up. The paint looks to be in good condition with a few chipped areas. The most noticeable exterior issue would be the missing cladding pieces on the driver’s fender and rear quarter panel, however it appears the truck does come with replacements. The interior does have some wear and tear and could use a deep clean. Overall, the truck seems to be completely stock and in overall really good condition. The official PAS documentation and extra goodies that come with the sale of the truck definitely help add to the value.

With Chuck Mountain’s Pilot Syclone going for $80,000, it is hard to say what the Pilot Typhoon will bring. We are unsure why the choice was made to list the Typhoon on Hemmings rather than Bring-a-Trailer given the successful sale of the Syclone. Our initial thought would be that the Typhoon may not get as much exposure now, which may be beneficial to the winning buyer. If you are looking for a GMC Typhoon and want a truck that has direct historical value and is one of the more rare color combos, this may be the truck to bid on! Good luck to those who are planning to make their best offer!

UPDATE!
12/16/2022

The 1992 Pilot GMC Typhoon has been SOLD! Congratulations goes to Tom, the owner of Sportmachines who had the final bid to win the truck!

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The Great Typhoon Debate

SyTyRegistry — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:40:23 +0000

The GMC Typhoon was the successor to the Syclone, but unlike its pickup truck brethren, the Typhoon saw 2 years of production with 2497 units built in 1992 and 2200 units built in 1993 before making its mark in the history books as one of the fastest SUVs ever made. Even shortly after production stopped, the line was drawn the owners & enthusiasts took sides. Long have owners of Typhoons argued which year is superior to the point where memes have been created, sarcastic jokes made, and groups of people pledge their loyalty and will strongly defend their choice of the year.

We often see enthusiasts asking what the differences are and if you are looking to become a future owner, it should be part of your research going into a purchase. To the untrained eye, the 92-93 Typhoon appears to be the same truck, but those who are familiar with the sporty turbocharged SUV know much better and the differences between the 2 years go much more beyond just a variety of available colors. Some differences are more obvious while others are much more subtle and easily overlooked.

While this is an incomplete list, it does cover all of the major and most of the minor visual variations you will find between 1992 and 1993. If you have an item we missed, contact us so we can add it to the list!

EXTERIOR BODY

The Typhoon was built off of the GMC Jimmy 4×4 platform. Both year trucks have the same cladding, rims (center caps featured silver painted GMC letters), and one-piece grille design.

92s have door escutcheons around the handles (often known as “door thingies”), factory unpainted black plastic
93s feature NO escutcheons
92s Typhoons have silver-colored decals
93s Typhoons have gold-colored decals
92s have two tone grille – gray headlight buckets & center with matching body color surround
93s have a full monotone 1 color grille that matches body color
92s have a “square” style roof rack (if equipped)*
93s have a “rounded” style roof rack (if equipped)*
- Note: The roof rack was an option for both 92 and 93. Not all trucks received racks.
92s tailgate handle latches are thinner*
93s tailgate handle latches are thicker*
- * The font on the tailgate handle latch differ between 92/93
92s EARLY production trucks will have black GMC letters. This was later changed back to red somewhere before midway into production.
- Recent info and documentation was found that PAS used Black GMC letters to distinguish the trucks from the standard GM line (since it was PAS who did final assembly the trucks). GM did not agree to this and forced PAS to go back to the standard red lettering.
93s ALL production trucks came with red GMC letters

INTERIOR

The Typhoons shared the interior items such as dashboard, gauge cluster, center console, and steering wheel. Most of the differences came with the seats, leather trim and accessories:

92s have NO overhead console
93s have an overhead console with lights and various storage compartments
Radio: While this isnt a defined difference in production years, it should be noted that the radio was an option and came with either cassette or cd player.

Door Panels:

92s leather door card inserts have a pleated/bunched up look
93s leather door card inserts have a smoothed look with single horizontal seam (same concept is carried into the side panels in the rear seating area)

Seats:

92s front/rear seats have leather fronts with light gray cloth sides and backs. The Typhoon logo is embroidered into the front seat headrests in silver.
92s have manual lumbar control via hand pump bulbs.
93s have full leather front/rear seats which are also found in the GMC Jimmy SLT platform. Often referred to as “fat man seats” due to the comfort level versus the 92 seats.
93s have electronic lumbar controls via switch on the front seats

Cargo Net:

The 92 cargo net mounts directly onto the tailgate.
The 93 cargo net mounts onto the body in the tailgate opening

ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN / MISC

The Typhoon utilized the same turbocharged 4.3L V6 and 700R4 transmission found in the GMC Syclone. All GMC Typhoons were produced with the “Syclone” upper intake, however a popular modification over the years has been to modify the intake with the Typhoon logo to look factory. No Typhoons were produced with a Typhoon logoed upper intake.

92s have a metal loop transmission dipstick
93s have a locking plastic tab transmission dipstick
- Note: There are 2 separate GM part numbers for 92 and 93 dipstick tubes
92s – Some trucks have the metal intercooler cover, while others do not (cosmetic metal piece that sits atop the intercooler reservoir)
93s – All have an intercooler cover (cosmetic metal piece that sits atop the intercooler reservoir)
Rear drum backing plates differ between 92 and 93
Wiring harness differs between 92 and 93
The exhaust hangers differ between 92 and 93

So there you have it! The most comprehensive list of the major differences between the 1992 and 1993 GMC Typhoon. The most notable differences come from within the interior and exterior color variances. Hopefully this list will help assist in better distinguishing a Typhoon’s production year based on some key features.

Will this list decide which one is better? That is ultimately your choice to determine which year your loyalty lies. Will the battle ever end and a year finally be declared a winner? We certainly think not and the clash of 92 versus 93 will rage on until the end of time between owners and enthusiasts.

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Hot Wheels Syclone Conversion

SyTyRegistry — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 16:26:10 +0000

With the Hotwheels Syclone release gaining popularity among owners and enthusiasts, we’ve seen numerous photos of collectors and hobbyists customizing the trucks with unique paint and wheel modifications.

Check out this video where Garasi Koe shows us how he took a Syclone and did a conversion to a Typhoon! The result looks fantastic and we can only hope that maybe Hotwheels is paying attention and will do a future release themselves of the GMC Typhoon!

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Forza 4 SyTy Returns

SyTyRegistry — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:05:46 +0000

Dust off those Xboxs, the Syclone and Typhoon are back once again in Forza Horizon 4!

Known for being one of the better interactive racing games available, Forza gave us the option to drive a variety of cars that you could afford to buy in reality but also ones that we only could ever dream of owning. Set up with a reward-type structure, the more you drove in the game and progressed, the more vehicles you could unlock.

The Syclone and Typhoon were available for a short while on Forza Motorsport 4. With the Series update No. 28, the SyTy makes a return and is available to unlock one again to reign terror in the world of digital tracks and racing. The Syclone can be yours if you complete 50% of the seasonal playlist in Summer, with the Typhoon coming after 50% in Winter.

It didn’t take long to see customized Syclones appearing all over Instagram and being uploaded to YouTube, featuring racing footage, as well as tips and tricks for modifying your turbocharged truck. While there is limited footage of the Typhoon available, we anticipate the same level of hype and excitement to surround it.

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