I’m with you brother. I actually have this dream of putting an e85 tune,etc. in and going back in time to blow the doors off those ‘fast cars’ back in the late 80’s early 90’s
Haha, yep.
The ones I've seen all use VP to run those times, and some sort of water spayer.
That will be an interesting race! Almost all of the GN's I saw racing stock went mid to high 13's. We raced at Quaker City Drag strip in Salem , Ohio. It's called Quaker the Breaker because it goes up hill near the end of the quarter mile. It's about 2 tenths slower than it should be. My 84 Monte Carlo (1987 GN drivetrain) ran mid 12's with Eagle GT tires, 93 octane a TA-60 turbo and chip. Car ran low 11's at Norwalk with a TA-61 turbo. The 2003 Z-06 Corvette I raced numerous times ran 12:70's at 112.00. I ran mid 12's at 108, that's what torque can do! I only lost once to him when the wire came off my alternator. The GN tests referenced before I'll bet were either 1984 0r 1985 GN's. They didn't have an intercooler and ran high 14's. The 1986 and 1987 Regal T-Types and GN's were a different animal! Given the GN has a bigger turbo, it could get interesting! The 18,19,20 5.0"s with the 10 speed auto are amazing! Hard to believe, but they can run very high 11's STOCK! That's what 33 years more technology can do! I had a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere 426 Hemi that would run mid to high 13's totally stock. My 2015 Ecoboost Premium PP auto and Ford Performance tune would easily stay with it! That's almost 50 years difference in technology!
That could be for sure. GM seems to on occasion make a gem of an engine that basically can't be killed and then surrounds it with shit. 3800 and 5.3 (before afm) in their trucks are examplesA friend of mine had a 1989 turbo Trans-Am pace car that had the GNX engine in it. He would always bring up an article, might have been Motor Trend, that stated in the road test it was the fastest 50-70 mph car they had ever tested. The problem with that car was the transmission didn't seem to be up to the task. He went through 3 transmissions while under warranty. After the third one Pontiac told him 'don't come back, you're done'.