86 Grand National takes me to school!!!

[lyonsd]

Originally posted by john_86stang:
The stock motor seems to be real tight, so I plan on just NOSing it till it goes south. Should I be able to get mid to high 12's on a 150 shot. I plan on using the Nitrous Express fogger setup.

What are you going to use, NOS or Nitrous Express? Can't use both.

Let's see, you need mid 12s to beat the GN. You might get there with a 150 shot of nitrous. But you're going to need some sticky tires.

I have a 75 shot (NOS #5115), and along with under-drive pulleys and off-road H-pipe & cat-back, I went 13.132@108.17 (on street radials - slicks would've put me in the mid 12s with that trap speed).

You could also do it without any nitrous.

Since then, I've ported the stock heads a little, added a bigger cam, a Cobra intake, a Pro-M 77mm mass air meter, MSD digital 6 ignition, long tube headers, Romac balancer, Moroso 7qt oil pan, Griffin radiator, and aluminum driveshaft. I haven't run it at the strip, but I kept up with a '98 Camaro SS on the top end and pulled on him on the low end. And since they're running 106-109 trap speeds, I figured I should be too, which is very close to what I was running before these mods and with the nitrous.

I have a '87 GN. Never ran it bone stock. But I have a chip and downpipe on it. I ran a best of 14.1@96. Not very good at all. I was on street radials and don't have posi. But I managed a 2.1 60' time. I think it's hurting on the top end. I've been getting knock, which causes the computer to pull the timing. 14.1@96 is what I'd expect out of a bone-stocker.