hello, my buddy and i are going to race once the weather brakes. i no i cant beat it by my not haveing an srt.

my question is do you think the srt xfire would take out his 87 grand national..

 

From what i have read, if he has the 276 hp v6 it would be very close, but i believe the srt6 would take it in the 1/4 mile the stock GN at 13.5 1/4 mile and most stock srt6 can do a little better than that. Danny

 

yes he was telling me he does 1/4 in 9s. which is crazy fast. he wants to race my xfire in may

 

87 Buick GNX maybe the quickest Buick of all time. Stock 0-60 is listed as 4.7 sec. and the 1/4 mile at 13.5. Stock to stock looks like a drivers race.

 

but are u talking about for a ltd or the srt xfire

 

That would be a stock SRT, I am not sure about the limited numbers.

 

im not going to beat anybody lol

 

If he( truly) runs in the 9"s forget it . He should"t even want to race you are a srt6

 

he wants to race to shut my mouth. thats all it is who every wins get's to talk about it at work."we work togather"

 

I don't think I've ever seen a "STOCK" Buick GNX.....did they make any?

Tell him you'll race him for a 1/4 of a mile of the Dragon.

 

yea they all have turbo on them. so its pretty fast. i think i talked just a lil to much and i cant bag it up..

 

yea they all have turbo on them. so its pretty fast. i think i talked just a lil to much and i cant bag it up..

 

Yes that's true......I use to work at a Buick dealer.
What I was implying, (even though they were "Hemi" fast from the factory) very few were left stock, such as your co-workers.
Fortunately most drag strips don't have curves, but the FBI still purchased a few dozen of them.

 

Am I the only one who wishes Photoman would find this thread?

 

If he owns a GNX (which is different than a GN), he will shut your mouth.

 

More like sew it shut...

...if he is running in the 9s he will more than likely rip your tongue out and then sew your mouth shut...not a good idea.

 

I have beaten a modded Turbo T, but he has now upped the boost and not sure about the outcome now. There are some beasty Buicks out there, and I think the GN, GNX Turbo T were all underated hp # on sales slip.

 

They most definitely were. It made the insurance companies get that "warm fuzzy" feeling.

 

Having owned an 87 GN, I can say that if it is truly stock, it should be a good race.

But, I doubt many people would be able to just look at one and know if it is stock or not.

If it is modified, than it could be anywhere from a 13.50 car to a 10.50 car. I doubt serioulsy that he runs 9's in the quarter. That takes some doing.

His weakness is that he has to build boost before launching to run fast. If you can somehow have the starter stage you first, then start the race as soon as he stages, then you will have an advantage until his boost spools up.

They usually (but not always) make more torque than hp. So if he builds boost, and has sticky tires so that he can leave hard, just hope you have a strong enough top end charge to catch him or it's gonna be over.

 

hey has told me that nothen on the national is oringal. never the less i still want to race him..