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Old 11-07-2002, 06:30 PM
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You're sadly mistaken. While I disapprove of one owner laughing at another's choice of vehicle when they've honestly put work into it, there is one core fact you've failed to notice; in 1987, the turbo Buicks were the fastest cars in America in the 1/4 mile STOCK! Honestly, with the mods you listed, he's probably putting out somewhere in the range of 400+ horsepower and as much, if not more, torque. He'll be routing it to a Posi-traction rear axle with stump-puller gears through a GM Turbo400 or 750 series 4speed automatic, and those things had stout torque converters. He's going to powerbrake, spool it to 15lbs of boost, take you off the line with the added advantage of the drag racer's layout REAR WHEEL DRIVE, and be at the tail end of those 1320ft in about 11-12, maybe ten seconds. You are toast.

Now, if you ask him to autocross against you, then it'd be him on the receiving end.

By the way, the GN's and GNX's were put on serious diets compared to the other cars on their platform. They weigh about 100lbs less than a Regal or Monte Carlo.
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