How fast are Grand Nationals? - Page 2

03-15-2002, 11:50 PM

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Originally posted by Coupe5oh

whuhh? am i just uneducated about GN's or does the car get a bottle full of alcohol?

Yeah, he filled up a little container under the hood with alcohol( not the kind you drink if thats what you're wondering

) From what he said, it's injected into the incoming air and lowers the temperature some, so that he can run higher boost while using 93 octane pump gas and not have to run racing fuel which is expensive. I don't know too much about turbos, but there is also a 97 turbo camaro in town that I would like to meet up with this summer.

Unit 5302 · 03-16-2002, 01:12 AM

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Originally posted by exgmguy
A lightly modded GN on slicks can easily go 12.30's.

Super. I'm talking just an intercooler. It's not gonna happen.

91GTturbo · 03-16-2002, 02:15 PM

With just an intercooler, no 12.30's aren't possible without uping the boost and adding a little race gas. He still probably remained stock, only adding a boost control, so some would say the car is still stock. When dealing with GN's, stock has many definitions. I'm around plenty of them all the time, the guy that tunes my car specializes in them, so they have many definitions for "stock", always remember that.

Oh, and as far as the alcohol container, you can buy a kit that converts the windshield wiper reservoir, that way when someone checks under the hood, they have no idea.

Turbo99GT · 03-16-2002, 02:50 PM

The GN is probably my favorite car, but I have to laugh when people say "barely any mods" or just adding this or that. Poweradder cars are very easy to make faster. A little race gas and 2 turns of the boost knob & slicks and my car runs 10s from 11.70s at full weight. I added the turbo, but you see it doesn't take much to go faster when you have a blower or turbo. Adding boost to me is a serious mod because it can have serious consequences if not treated properly. Anyway, they can be made quite fast with the right amount of money pumped into them like any other car. I recently saw a 10 sec CRX that would surprise anyone on the street.

red82gt · 03-16-2002, 03:41 PM

Hey Turbo99GT, Nice car! Judging from the article, it sounds like the boys in MM&FF were a little harsh on you for not having the right safety gear

Oh well, your changing a lot of peoples mids about the 4.6 2V with #'s like that, especially in only one run!

03-16-2002, 02:15 PM	#23
91GTturbo Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Valdese, NC Posts: 361	With just an intercooler, no 12.30's aren't possible without uping the boost and adding a little race gas. He still probably remained stock, only adding a boost control, so some would say the car is still stock. When dealing with GN's, stock has many definitions. I'm around plenty of them all the time, the guy that tunes my car specializes in them, so they have many definitions for "stock", always remember that. Oh, and as far as the alcohol container, you can buy a kit that converts the windshield wiper reservoir, that way when someone checks under the hood, they have no idea. __________________ 91 single turbo vert

03-16-2002, 02:50 PM	#24
Turbo99GT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 71	The GN is probably my favorite car, but I have to laugh when people say "barely any mods" or just adding this or that. Poweradder cars are very easy to make faster. A little race gas and 2 turns of the boost knob & slicks and my car runs 10s from 11.70s at full weight. I added the turbo, but you see it doesn't take much to go faster when you have a blower or turbo. Adding boost to me is a serious mod because it can have serious consequences if not treated properly. Anyway, they can be made quite fast with the right amount of money pumped into them like any other car. I recently saw a 10 sec CRX that would surprise anyone on the street. __________________ 99 Silver GT Auto DTA Built Engine w/P&P heads, TDC Turbo (T-76), Built 4R70W, PI Multi-Disc 3200 T/C, Eaton 31 Spline Carrier, Strange 31 Spline Axles, Aeromotive 1000 HP fuel system, 66lb injectors, MSD DIS4, Accel DFI Gen VII & Mac 3" cat-back. Built by Jade Performance Best on Nitto D/Rs 11.698 @ 120.898 @ 12 psi (built block) Best on Slicks 10.922 @ 122.95 (stock longblock)

03-16-2002, 03:41 PM	#25
red82gt Sober voice of Reason Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 1,514	Hey Turbo99GT, Nice car! Judging from the article, it sounds like the boys in MM&FF were a little harsh on you for not having the right safety gear Oh well, your changing a lot of peoples mids about the 4.6 2V with #'s like that, especially in only one run! __________________ 393W: AFR 205's, hydraulic roller, TKO600.

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