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Raced a Grand National at test and tune at our local track Friday nite,the damn things are fast,we have an 1/8th mile track but I treed the guy (.507 to .724) light. I ran a 7.24 to his 7.71.It was a helluva race but we had a good time.I have to give it to him,those V-6's fly!!! I would have to say that IF I ever bought a GM product it would be a GN.

I wish my scanner was up but here are the details
My car: RT-.507 ,60ft-1.67 7.24 ET
His car -RT .724,60ft 1.91, 7.71 ET.
was a damn good race.

Good job...you treed him and out launched him, but it looks like he has a little more on the top end...would have been interesting to see a full 1/4 on that run.

He told me his best run in the 1/4 was 12.50ish so I think I still would have pulled him,but we may go to Gainesville next Wed. and see just for grins,he's a pretty regular racer at the track,just never had the opportunity to run each other before,we'll see soon <g>.

Nice run! :cool:

i want one of those thiungs cause barely anyone around here knows what they are and how they perform. well at least none of the ricers do :D

Got a rematch with tha GH I ran last week or so,we went to Gainesville to see what we would do in the 1/4,we had a great time,First run I smoked the tires and ran a 12.43 to his 12.51 but lost the race,it was cold and I didnt get a good burnout(cheap excuse)...LOL,second and third races I treed him both times and won both races,our best runs were on the last pass,He cut a .618 to my .525 light and I ran a new low for my Stang as did he for his GN,the track was awesome and hooked well.
My new best time:12.11,his new best time 12.40. I hope to see him more often at the track cause it's damn fun to race one of those things.

What's your car weigh?

Typically GN's weigh in at 3800lbs. depending on options/mods. I calculated power based on 3850lbs. for the GN (fuel/driver) and got:

Simple Horsepower Calculations
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Using the ET method, I come up with 399 horsepower

Of couse this says nothing about torque, which dictates alot in 1/4 mile racing.

http://www.dsm.org/tools/calchp.htm

I havent weighed my car,but it is almost devoid of any excess weight,I would guess around 2900 to 3000 with me in it.

Given the weight you provided and plugging that into the HP page I referenced above it produced:

Simple Horsepower Calculations
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Using the ET method, I come up with 334 horsepower

Are you sure your 1/8 mile was a 7.24? Thats a low to mid 11 second 1/4 mile run. Something is not adding up, are you braking at the 1000'????:eek: :eek:

oh yea, GOOD KILL.....SHUT EM DOWN