raced a Grand National tonight...

DILO2001GT · 11-12-2005, 12:27 AM

so yeah followed him on the highway and lined up at 50 mph. no one was in sight, not in the front nor the back. so i give it three beeps on the 3rd we both hit it and i pulled a car and held it for about 2-3 seconds than he walked me like no other. i mean he put 4 cars on me like i was standing still. so from 50-100 he ended up with the 4 cars. he had his wife and 2 kids in the back lol. they both were no older than 4. one was in a car seat lol.

only did one run cuz obviously another would have made no sense. he then got on the mass pike so i couldn't talk to him about it. i know they are fast but that turbo was LOUD i could hear it over my loudmouth 1's with my off road X. the thing smelled too but yeah i admit i got owned. i love the sound of the BOV though just not as its raping me. i am guessing this thing was a low 11 second player. he was from florida and im in massachusetts and the thing is mint absolutely gorgeaous. im most likely putting the car away within a week or so before the weather gets real bad with snow so hopefully i run into him in the spring or summer time

03YellowPony · 11-12-2005, 12:38 AM

I test drove one back in 88. MAN are they FAST! Broke loose the rear wheels at 50MPH!

HC_CrAzYHoRsE · 11-12-2005, 01:27 AM

there's a guy 2 streets down from me that is suppose to be the grand national "guru" of the area, some guys drive 5-6 hours to get their grand nationals tunned and modded by him. once when i drove down his street there were about 2 dozens of them all lined up in front of his house ...pretty cool sight.

TattooTears · 11-12-2005, 02:23 AM

Haven't had the chance to run into one of those, but from the sounds of it I don't think I want to.

HC_CrAzYHoRsE · 11-12-2005, 02:29 AM

i did run into a couple of em' before, i tried taunting them for a friendly run, didn't work. same thing happened a couple weeks ago with a WS6 ...same results[sm=boosign.gif]be a good sport and race me dang it!

TommyV8 · 11-12-2005, 05:01 AM

You very rarely ever see those things on the street. Good kill.
But WTF is up with him racing with his wife and kids in the car?

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ORIGINAL: TattooTears

Haven't had the chance to run into one of those, but from the sounds of it I don't think I want to.

If you run into a stock or near stock one, you'll destroy it with the Vette. In stock form the '87, fastest year for the Turbo Regal, ran about 13.8-13.9 @ 100. My dad's GN, which is having some kind of stutter or miss, wasn't even that fast at the strip; I run mid-13's and I murdered him.
Two points to remember though:
1. In 1987, 13.8 @ 100 was blazing fast, nothing else stock could touch it.
2. Being turbo cars with a stout bottom end, they are very easily modded into the 11's and, with some internal work, 10's, and they'll still look and sound stock. You just never know.

757GT · 11-12-2005, 02:50 PM

They are badass cars.

ByPopularDemand · 11-12-2005, 03:38 PM

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ORIGINAL: HC_CrAzYHoRsE

i did run into a couple of em' before, i tried taunting them for a friendly run, didn't work. same thing happened a couple weeks ago with a WS6 ...same results[sm=boosign.gif]be a good sport and race me dang it!

And yet they lovne to pick on my v6

DILO2001GT · 11-12-2005, 05:26 PM

yeah my bottle was pretty much empty so i didn't get that much hp ouuta the bottle. i didn't even feel my car kick like i usually do so it woulda been closer. i would love to race him from a roll but he had these sh!t tires on there so i don't think he would hook all that well. but yeah this thing was quick faster than i expected to be honest. i thought my car off the bottle woulda hung with him but apparently not. oh well i can't wait to see him again to ask him whats done to the damn thing.

TommyV8 · 11-12-2005, 05:34 PM

They are much better from a dig than a roll; they're all automatics and are designed more for low-end torque (rated at 355 @ ~2000 rpms[:-]) than top end hp (rated at 245).