Thread: Mystery Man in a Grand National

Its a gorgeous day today, so I decided to get out to the country side, away from everybody, and just get lost. I just wanted to get out on the open road, maybe find a nice place for a photo shoot, find some cool winding roads. I'd been driving for about an hour and a half and maybe saw one or two cars on the road. I approached a stop light, which seemed out of place to have a stop light in the middle of BFE. While waiting for the light to turn, ( which was ridiculous because there was noone out there, or so I thought) a blacked out, kinda beat up grand national pulls next to me. These windows were so dark I swear they had to be painted. It sounded pretty good, but I figured if he took care of his motor like he did the body on that thing, it may be a good kill for me. I can tell he wanted to go because he kept creeping up, anticipating the green light. It turns and we're off. By 60mph I have him by about a car and a half. Then I hear an all too familiar, yet unexpected sound. "ssssSSSSSSSS PSSHHH SSSSssssss" and he was gonzo. I humbly let off the gas, realizing that I had just been sleepered by a beat up Grand National with a fuggin jet engine. I kept going on the same road hoping that he'd stop so I could check that thing out, but he vanished without a trace. Well played Mystery Man, well played.

Originally Posted by KeithGTP03

"ssssSSSSSSSS PSSHHH SSSSssssss"

Grand Nationals are no joke, even with alittle bit of driver mod, they will smoke our cars.

One of my dream project cars, I hope to have on someday.

Originally Posted by sdavis11b

Grand Nationals are no joke, even with alittle bit of driver mod, they will smoke our cars.

Oh I know...but my buddy had an ol beat up grand national that ran like chit and I could take it with a N/A prix that I had. This one looked like chit but sounded pretty good. I didnt expect this thing to be boosted.

You do know they are the old syle 3.8 turbo, they're kind of like the cousin of are cars.

we have the new style 3800, a little more up to date.

some guys swap L67/32 bottom ends in their gn's, seen it on the gn boards

one of the few good things to come out of the 80's

Originally Posted by KeithGTP03

Oh I know...but my buddy had an ol beat up grand national that ran like chit and I could take it with a N/A prix that I had. This one looked like chit but sounded pretty good. I didnt expect this thing to be boosted.

Aren't all the gn turbo? The first year or two they weren't intercooled and were pretty slow but then they intercooled them and they were faster than the vettes of that year.

No, my buddies was a 4.1L N/A V6. I thought they all came that way. He said his car was rare, but I dont know if thats true. I know it was slow and trashed. But this dudes car had to have some major work done to shoot past me like he did.

All I know is that Im 0-2 in the last two kill attempts. Time to go find a pre 11' mustang gt slumpbuster to get my confidence back.

Originally Posted by KeithGTP03

Well played Mystery Man, well played.

Don't ya hate it when people do that.... it really messes with ya cause he is laughin all the way to the bank while u are left wondering many things.....

Originally Posted by GP2002

Don't feel too bad about this loss. It sounds like he had a large turbo with not enough stall on his torque convertor to make up for it. Therefore, he lagged in the beginning, but when the RPM was high enough to build boost, he was in the power band. I'm not trying to make you feel any worse about what happened. However, it would have been far worse a loss for you if his combination was set-up properly.

Could have been a combination of not enough stall and a big effin turbo.

I had a friend that put a single turbo on a FWD 3000Gt that was known to make 1200 hp in some GN set ups.

That thing had such a lazy first 1/8th mile but the top end was ridiculous.

I have nothing to add, but since I first read this story all that comes to mind is that movie where the car is blacked out and kills people that race him.... anyone?
kinda older movie and little cheesy.....

Isn't there a guy around SW WI that has a super built GN that hasn't been washed in years and I mean 10+ years and I think it sits under a tree that drops sap all over it. But I think its under 11 in the 1/4.

Originally Posted by Pepino

I have nothing to add, but since I first read this story all that comes to mind is that movie where the car is blacked out and kills people that race him.... anyone?
kinda older movie and little cheesy.....

Isn't there a guy around SW WI that has a super built GN that hasn't been washed in years and I mean 10+ years and I think it sits under a tree that drops sap all over it. But I think its under 11 in the 1/4.

The Wraith is the only thing that comes to mind.

When I started reading the OP's story it reminded me of quite a few years ago. I was in my Stealth which has 15% tint and I was actually on my way to the race track. It was a cool morning so the windows were up. I was siting at a stop light and I see this black Fox body with blacked out windows creeping up in the left lane.

Light turned green and he just paced me, kind of gassing and letting off, trying to get me to go. I wasn't about to get busted for street racing so I let him keep up the act. Besides he would have crushed me. We catch the next light and he sits on the trans brake and launches the f#ck out of it and is gone like a rocket.