Water Injection Thread

[David A. Cooley]

At 12:27 AM 12/30/98 -0500, you wrote:

>
>What figures are Grand Nationals putting out for the quarter? They are
>the mid-eighties turboed Buick Regals, right? Displacement? Boost?
>

A Stock (FACTORY) Grand national will whip out mid 13's in 70 degree
weather on factory tires... this is on 17PSI boost
They are 3.8L (231 CI)
Factory rated them at 245 HP, 330 Lb/Ft torque... A factory car on a dyno
was putting 245HP at the rear wheels!
That made crank HP about 300.
For very few dollars (Bypass the catalytic converter, new chip and better
tires) the GN's would nail high 12 second 1/4 mile times at 106-107MPH...
For $1000, you could have low 12's.
This is all with a 3500 Lb car!!!

Lawrence Conley of Humble, TX took his 86GN and got it running 9.90's.
Factory block, forged pistons, ported/polished heads, bigger cam, bigger
turbo etc... And it was as streetable as the day it was bought (Except
getting in and out of the roll cage was a pain!)
His last TR, an 83 regal with a stage II 4.1L V6 was 1200+ HP, and ran a
best of 7.83 @ 178MPH in the 1/4 mile... all on a single turbo, no Nitrous,
and on 117 octane VP C16 racing fuel.

Later,
Dave

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