Getting a Grand National
10-26-2006, 09:59 AM
#22
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RE: Getting a Grand National
Buy a roller fox coupe, build a budget stroker for it, stick the sauce on it and run 10s all day.
Guy around here collects GNs and GNXs. He has 11 GNs and 4 GNXs, one of which has 11 miles on it!!! There is also a GN at my local track that runs low 7s in the 1/8th hitting the brakes well before the traps (bracket racer). He is in this vid I made a while back a couple times (this is just an everyday test-n-tune day at our track):
http://www.4fit.mustangsofburlington...s/PiedComp.wmv
Guy around here collects GNs and GNXs. He has 11 GNs and 4 GNXs, one of which has 11 miles on it!!! There is also a GN at my local track that runs low 7s in the 1/8th hitting the brakes well before the traps (bracket racer). He is in this vid I made a while back a couple times (this is just an everyday test-n-tune day at our track):
http://www.4fit.mustangsofburlington...s/PiedComp.wmv
10-26-2006, 11:39 AM
#23
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RE: Getting a Grand National
ORIGINAL: 88blackgt
now what is real hard to find is a GNX, and t types are more rare than GNs
now what is real hard to find is a GNX, and t types are more rare than GNs
They also arent as well cared for as GN's so theyre usually cheaper although they might need some work.
10-26-2006, 12:06 PM
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RE: Getting a Grand National
GNs are cool, but they handle like crap.
If you just want a car to go straight at the drags then it is a cool car.
Back in the day when I was much younger I used to race a guy with a low 13 second GN at the track and on the streets. My 90 Coupe with a Paxton was a real sleeper...stock wheels etc...I could only run high 13s in the 1/4..no traction..but on the street I would walk away from the GN and if we hit any bending roads..the GN was left way behind..
Throw some NOS or a blower on your car....
If you just want a car to go straight at the drags then it is a cool car.
Back in the day when I was much younger I used to race a guy with a low 13 second GN at the track and on the streets. My 90 Coupe with a Paxton was a real sleeper...stock wheels etc...I could only run high 13s in the 1/4..no traction..but on the street I would walk away from the GN and if we hit any bending roads..the GN was left way behind..
Throw some NOS or a blower on your car....
10-26-2006, 02:23 PM
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RE: Getting a Grand National
ORIGINAL: PJB
T Types arent as rare, atleast around here.
They also arent as well cared for as GN's so theyre usually cheaper although they might need some work.
ORIGINAL: 88blackgt
now what is real hard to find is a GNX, and t types are more rare than GNs
now what is real hard to find is a GNX, and t types are more rare than GNs
They also arent as well cared for as GN's so theyre usually cheaper although they might need some work.
10-26-2006, 02:33 PM
#27
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RE: Getting a Grand National
GN in 87 was a 245 hp stock car, GNX in 87 which was the only year it was produced was a 278 hp car.... but screw the horsepower check the torque those bad boys are putting down... The GNX over was outperforming the vette during that time period... Only downside since its more of a collecters vehicle parts are gonna be more expensive... I'd take a late model GN/GNX over a fox any day.
10-26-2006, 02:39 PM
#29
RE: Getting a Grand National
ORIGINAL: Ninety5five0
Its up to you man. Grand nationals are turbo, and yes, they are fast as hell. But there is always gonna be cars that are faster than yours. And sn95's are pigs, heavy as all get out. And your mods arent all that great,I wouldnt expect that much out of it, your maf is too big, and LT's are not necassary at all. Really the only thing helpin you alot there is gears.
Its up to you man. Grand nationals are turbo, and yes, they are fast as hell. But there is always gonna be cars that are faster than yours. And sn95's are pigs, heavy as all get out. And your mods arent all that great,I wouldnt expect that much out of it, your maf is too big, and LT's are not necassary at all. Really the only thing helpin you alot there is gears.
I love fox's and plan on eventually owning one myself but seriously stop slamming on people for their choice, I bought a sn for the looks and all of the above, if i wanted a 5.0 for straight acceleration i would have bought a fox...
This isnt directed soley at you Ninety5five0 but at alot of the sn-95 flamers out there...
10-26-2006, 03:11 PM
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RE: Getting a Grand National
ORIGINAL: LCBlackDep183
Sn 95s are not PIGS... Im getting really tired of hearing people talk trash about them... The weight of a sn95 is in the same wieght class as any modern mustang, and so what if the fox is 4-500lbs lighter slap a extra 30hp on a sn and they're the same. PLUS with a sn-95 you get a better suspension, 4-wheel disk breaks, a MUCH more modernised and efficent engine, a sound proof interior, bucket seats, AREODYNAMICS, and alot of updated electronics ranging from the window motors through the ecu...
I love fox's and plan on eventually owning one myself but seriously stop slamming on people for their choice, I bought a sn for the looks and all of the above, if i wanted a 5.0 for straight acceleration i would have bought a fox...
This isnt directed soley at you Ninety5five0 but at alot of the sn-95 flamers out there...
ORIGINAL: Ninety5five0
Its up to you man. Grand nationals are turbo, and yes, they are fast as hell. But there is always gonna be cars that are faster than yours. And sn95's are pigs, heavy as all get out. And your mods arent all that great,I wouldnt expect that much out of it, your maf is too big, and LT's are not necassary at all. Really the only thing helpin you alot there is gears.
Its up to you man. Grand nationals are turbo, and yes, they are fast as hell. But there is always gonna be cars that are faster than yours. And sn95's are pigs, heavy as all get out. And your mods arent all that great,I wouldnt expect that much out of it, your maf is too big, and LT's are not necassary at all. Really the only thing helpin you alot there is gears.
I love fox's and plan on eventually owning one myself but seriously stop slamming on people for their choice, I bought a sn for the looks and all of the above, if i wanted a 5.0 for straight acceleration i would have bought a fox...
This isnt directed soley at you Ninety5five0 but at alot of the sn-95 flamers out there...