They stopped making the GN because they stopped making the G-body Regal, and no other reason. The only "business decision" made was to go to the fwd chassis due to it being a lower cost to GM and getting with the times as other mnfers were going to fwd platforms. In 88 they went to the fwd unibody chassis and the leftover engines ended up in the 88 only TTAs. Its a shame they didn't offer it in the C4 or as an option in the TA after 88. A 3.8T in a smaller lighter car has to be a riot.
originalRADMAN- haha and it's been a while since I've watched this video and I wrote my last post before watching it again... the vette gets a car length, priceless.
imadrunkenfooL11 - I raced a 2008 dodge challenger with a 6.1L Hemi 425hp@6000rpm/420ft.-lbs@4800rpm (which has 25hp and 20ft.-lbs more than the '07 Vette" And completely whomped him.. We raced about 5 times and I pulled on him every time. BUT HOW COULD THIS BE!? My WE4TT isn't bone stock, just heavy duty stuff cause i beat on it. But i know I'm not running more than 300 hp, and I'm still pumpin 15psi. Why did I win? BAD ASS Factor that's why.. My car was built to bully V8 cars.
@RegalTurboT87 - The 07 Vette weighs in around 3300lbs and Challenger with over 4100+lbs. Even IF you beat the Challenger - doesn't mean you could beat the c6 vette which weighs 800lbs less than the Charger. A stock C6 with 400HP and only 3300lbs will do 0-60 in 4.2 seconds from the factory. A stock GN (lightened edition) runs Low 5s High 4s (only with tweaking to the turbo) A regular GN is in th high 5s. The vette driver in this video didn't know how to drive stick. BTW Z06 0-60 3.8 500+hp
Stock GN's and GNX's do not run times anywhere near what a stock C5 or C6 vette is capable of. You are dreaming. Post some videos of your car at the track and we'll see.
Well, the 2008 corvette runs the 1/4 mile in 12.8 seconds at 113.5 mph and the 1987 GN runs it in 14.2 at 95 mph, again both stock. So you sir, are incorrect. The Grand National's were fantastic cars and very innovative, but if they are completely stock compared to a new Corvette, they don't stand a chance.
GrandNationals/Turbo T are some of the funnest cars you can ever drive...Why would you drive a car that looks like a rocket--Corvette-- when you can roll around in something that is low key and smokes the vette??
you all suck. so what, a "modded"grand national beat a "stock corvette". a bone stock GNX with no mods would never be able to knock off a new Vet tho. look up the specs for it sheesh. I love the GNX but thats the way it is stock vs stock.
omg u just set urself up..i kno the driver mauro..his regal t type(which isnt even a GN) is stock and gave him a car and a half and still beat the vette. tisk tisk lol
let's NOT forget the 1989 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am (TTA) which had 10 more hp then the 1989 Formula Trans AM GTA WITH the TPI 5.7 and the TTA made 340 ft-lbs. of torque @ 2800 RPM while the 5.7 made 345 ft-lbs. @ 3200 RPM
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2009 Corvette ZR1,Nissan GTR is nothing to paly with in the Quarter in stock trim.GNX are fast machines but, they are way out of there leauge. I had an Idiot says his Daddy GNX would smoke an Ultimate Aero 2009 model and that's the fastest Car known to the Humans on Planet earth......
dude u have no idea wut ur talking about. personally im a pure corvette guy and always have been. but my brothers grand national is eating up the new zr1's like nothing cause it is a raw power machine. 9.52 sec quarter bitch.
Tell me 2 get a life & I'm a bitch.1st of all ur right here commenting on the video just like me...so think about that 1 Einstein...I'm a little bitch.Who the hell is on here whining because an 07 vette got beat by a 20 year old car.I think most would agree, ur the little bitch.Y does it bother u so much that the vette got smoked.There are options, Prozac has been shown to work wonders or in ur case perhaps assisted suicide is the more plausible solution.
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yeah a century? what a dickhead corvette's are way faster than those piece ass buicks if they were anygood they would be making them now, oh i forgot they were built so terrible, that's why they don't.
No they stopped building them because TRs were whooping the girly corvette's asses. Just as the Syclone did in 91 and the Typhoon did in 92. In 87 your daddy's stock vette was not beating a GNX with slicks or otherwise. Chevy couldn't stand the fact that a family car was kicking the shit out of there pride and joy. Execs at GM weren't too happy either.
BTW the only piece of shit around here is yourself faggot.
Do some research little kid..they stopped production of Gn's because customers were complaining they were paying more for a corvette that was getting smoked by a REGAL!!! And since corvettes sold more they made a business decision.. But since ur uneducated and prolly drive a v6 camaro at best you wouldnt have known any of that.
@H2Prince Your "facts" are as accurate as is your command of the English language. Where did you do the "research" as to the reason General Motors halted production of Grand Nationals? Please quote your sources.
@H2Prince back then vettes were shnitty, i had one it had 235 horses stock, (it had it written in the console beside the shifter like it was something to be proud of) so in 87 vettes had less horses than any sweey ride does now
@H2Prince LOL Just loved that comment. The funny part is that the 3.8 liter V6 in Camaro that you are referring to, is the same V6 cast iron block that went in the Grand National " GNX - WE2 or 4" option which had 274 hp 360 ft/lbs of torque. the camaro engine well its redux of course and massaged down. but the bore and stroke were essentially the same if he had any brains, he could take that V6 a twist here and a twist there. reprog the EEPROM after a dropping in a new turbo of today = zoom!
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Corvette's are and always will be better than GNx's and if you put some slicks on a zr1 vs. 8 or 9 grand in a buick that vette would rip ass back in the 80's my dad never lost on the street to a buick or in the 1/4 mile all with a corvette if you can drive, no piece ass buick will beat you unless your a pussy with an automatic.
I guess your daddy never lined up against a Syclone with his VETTE. I have Sy that is stock minus a KB Chip, exhaust and has ran is quick as a 12.49. 60 ft times in the 1.6s. Try that with a stock Vette on the street!!!! Another piece of GM turbo technology that is still hard to beat today! By the way, Im not bashing Vetts, I actually love them! My garage consist of a 76 Stingray, 88 Iroc, 86 Iroc, 82 Z28 , 03 Mustang GT conv, and last my prized GM possesion 91 Syclone!
@Speedracer91sf Your ignorance of technological issues is only exceeded by your need to glorify your father's past exploits. It's readily apparent that there are serious issues as to the "father/son" relationship in your case. This is so sad. I'm certain everyone on this forum is curious why Daddy's vette is so dear to you. Great traumatic experiences are often the cause for these needs. Sigmund Freud has insights to these matters. His thoughts are avaiable at any library.
There is a 21 year or so technology gap there and the 08 zr1 runs about 100k! It should suck the paint off anything on the road. What is funny though, you can invest maybe 8 or 9k in a stock GN and get about the same straigt line performance as the 08 zr1.
My "boat" will beat a ZO6. Sure they ran high 13's/low 14's stock (which raped vette's then), but I highly doubt you'll run into a stock one on the streets. My friend fired off a high 12 with $5 invested in one. $5. Adjustable wastegate rod and some 116=12's. Lets see a subaru do that with a $5 part haha
I take no offense to your comment but my boat as you call it.... is a str8 killer its nowhere near stock I never said it was plus anything u do to a Vette is gonna cost you a lot as for the the sti's thing tell that to the people I've beat plus you saw the video the 60,000 Vette got smoke by a 21 year old GN.
yes, GN's are all black. If its not black its likely a t-type or a TurboT which was made in 87 only and they have the exact same drive train as a Grand National, and then of course theres the GNX which was also all black and had a different turbo with a ceramic impeller,etc and various other performance mods over a standard GN or t-type/turboT,etc
doesn't matter how good the car is if the guy behind the wheel doesn't know how to use it... i saw a viper lose to a stock passat cuz the guy in th viper had no clue how to drive it.
i own a 87 GN and i love it when catz in their "hondas, nissans, vettes, mustangs ,STi's and lancers" look at my buick like if it was a granny car rev their engine wait for the light and get owned then when I let them catch up to me they stare again with an angry puzzled look wondering what happend? hahaha its a turbo buick that's what
no offence but a stock g.n aint no killer car certainly wont go near an sti,your boat runs 14s an sti 13s there not even close,i use to sell grand nationals at gm in 1987 and they were ok but no top end
No I never said I hated vette's wouldn't mine owning one someday. I just think it's funny, boosting a vette would cost 4 times as much as just upping the boost on a Grand National. Which will still beat the vette. If this vette were a Z06 then the GNX would have some trouble for sure and would loose to a boosted Z06. Though it would depend on the mods.
a gnx is a 13.2 car trapping 104 mph a z06 is 11.5 at 127 how do you see that as a close race...please enough with you clowns and your stories of grand nationals beating vettes,i know them well ans as soon as it gets hot the grand national becomes a high 14 second car
I bet the guy sold his corvette. Man what a bad investment, does he have any idea how bad he just lost to a t-type? Haha I think he did! He had a front row seat to the "your $60,000 vette just got beat by a $15,000 20 year-old Buick show!"<<<<To all my GN and T-type and those lucky few GNX lovers, thats right lovers!
no hate to the Buicks cuz there six..but uh i dont know if u can hear the corvette didint lay into it until 1/4 down the track...and also...those buicks push enuff boost and ull school any stock vette....boost the vette...and thats a whole different ball game...nice try trying to talk down an amaerican ICON... hate em cuz they get all the attention
I own a 78 GN but DAYUM that vette sounds good!!
W31350 8 months ago
They stopped making the GN because they stopped making the G-body Regal, and no other reason. The only "business decision" made was to go to the fwd chassis due to it being a lower cost to GM and getting with the times as other mnfers were going to fwd platforms. In 88 they went to the fwd unibody chassis and the leftover engines ended up in the 88 only TTAs. Its a shame they didn't offer it in the C4 or as an option in the TA after 88. A 3.8T in a smaller lighter car has to be a riot.
turbomoore 9 months ago
originalRADMAN- haha and it's been a while since I've watched this video and I wrote my last post before watching it again... the vette gets a car length, priceless.
RegalTurboT87 1 year ago
originalRADMAN- All those specs didn't help the vette here.. learn to drive your car, a win is a win.
RegalTurboT87 1 year ago
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samsoninthepit 1 year ago
SOUNDS LIKE THE VETTE IS CRYING........IF U SEE A GN U BETTER LEAVE IT THE FUCK A.L.O.N.E...........
terron1919 1 year ago
SOUNDS LIKE THE VETTE IS CRYING....
terron1919 1 year ago
Damn the Vette got a car and the move and still got ownd.
TwiztedTurbo 1 year ago
imadrunkenfooL11 - I raced a 2008 dodge challenger with a 6.1L Hemi 425hp@6000rpm/420ft.-lbs@4800rpm (which has 25hp and 20ft.-lbs more than the '07 Vette" And completely whomped him.. We raced about 5 times and I pulled on him every time. BUT HOW COULD THIS BE!? My WE4TT isn't bone stock, just heavy duty stuff cause i beat on it. But i know I'm not running more than 300 hp, and I'm still pumpin 15psi. Why did I win? BAD ASS Factor that's why.. My car was built to bully V8 cars.
RegalTurboT87 2 years ago
@RegalTurboT87 - The 07 Vette weighs in around 3300lbs and Challenger with over 4100+lbs. Even IF you beat the Challenger - doesn't mean you could beat the c6 vette which weighs 800lbs less than the Charger. A stock C6 with 400HP and only 3300lbs will do 0-60 in 4.2 seconds from the factory. A stock GN (lightened edition) runs Low 5s High 4s (only with tweaking to the turbo) A regular GN is in th high 5s. The vette driver in this video didn't know how to drive stick. BTW Z06 0-60 3.8 500+hp
originalRADMAN 1 year ago
No, a Stock 87 GN can waste a new Vette. i have a stock GN and it does. it beats all small block cars and some big blocks.
1A221 2 years ago
Stock GN's and GNX's do not run times anywhere near what a stock C5 or C6 vette is capable of. You are dreaming. Post some videos of your car at the track and we'll see.
RMHCyric 2 years ago 3
Well, the 2008 corvette runs the 1/4 mile in 12.8 seconds at 113.5 mph and the 1987 GN runs it in 14.2 at 95 mph, again both stock. So you sir, are incorrect. The Grand National's were fantastic cars and very innovative, but if they are completely stock compared to a new Corvette, they don't stand a chance.
colefernandez47 2 years ago
@1A221 no way a stock heavy gn can take a light stock c7
bongoboy5000 1 year ago
GrandNationals/Turbo T are some of the funnest cars you can ever drive...Why would you drive a car that looks like a rocket--Corvette-- when you can roll around in something that is low key and smokes the vette??
Garcia0384 2 years ago 3
you all suck. so what, a "modded"grand national beat a "stock corvette". a bone stock GNX with no mods would never be able to knock off a new Vet tho. look up the specs for it sheesh. I love the GNX but thats the way it is stock vs stock.
imadrunkenfooL11 2 years ago
how do you know what was modded and what wasn't?
sinusbradycardia 2 years ago 2
cause a new corvette has way more power than an old GN. obviously the GN was modded cause the vet got kicked
imadrunkenfool 2 years ago
corvette always have had more HP than GNs but GNs still wooped the old ones ;)
bobrageagainst 2 years ago
omg u just set urself up..i kno the driver mauro..his regal t type(which isnt even a GN) is stock and gave him a car and a half and still beat the vette. tisk tisk lol
skoobertdoo 2 years ago
let's NOT forget the 1989 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am (TTA) which had 10 more hp then the 1989 Formula Trans AM GTA WITH the TPI 5.7 and the TTA made 340 ft-lbs. of torque @ 2800 RPM while the 5.7 made 345 ft-lbs. @ 3200 RPM
bullitt774 2 years ago
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2009 Corvette ZR1,Nissan GTR is nothing to paly with in the Quarter in stock trim.GNX are fast machines but, they are way out of there leauge. I had an Idiot says his Daddy GNX would smoke an Ultimate Aero 2009 model and that's the fastest Car known to the Humans on Planet earth......
orlnz 2 years ago
His daddy's GNX must be heavily modded then. Still, the gnX is pretty impressive considering that the technology is 22 years old.
sinusbradycardia 2 years ago
dude u have no idea wut ur talking about. personally im a pure corvette guy and always have been. but my brothers grand national is eating up the new zr1's like nothing cause it is a raw power machine. 9.52 sec quarter bitch.
shinkicker1992 2 years ago 3
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Wow looks like your a youtube gangster your a fucking pussy 35 year old virgin driving his mom's grand national get a fucking life bitch.
Speedracer91sf 3 years ago
Tell me 2 get a life & I'm a bitch.1st of all ur right here commenting on the video just like me...so think about that 1 Einstein...I'm a little bitch.Who the hell is on here whining because an 07 vette got beat by a 20 year old car.I think most would agree, ur the little bitch.Y does it bother u so much that the vette got smoked.There are options, Prozac has been shown to work wonders or in ur case perhaps assisted suicide is the more plausible solution.
sinusbradycardia 3 years ago 3
Oh speedracer, where are you?
sinusbradycardia 2 years ago 2
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yeah a century? what a dickhead corvette's are way faster than those piece ass buicks if they were anygood they would be making them now, oh i forgot they were built so terrible, that's why they don't.
Speedracer91sf 3 years ago
No they stopped building them because TRs were whooping the girly corvette's asses. Just as the Syclone did in 91 and the Typhoon did in 92. In 87 your daddy's stock vette was not beating a GNX with slicks or otherwise. Chevy couldn't stand the fact that a family car was kicking the shit out of there pride and joy. Execs at GM weren't too happy either.
BTW the only piece of shit around here is yourself faggot.
sinusbradycardia 3 years ago 4
Do some research little kid..they stopped production of Gn's because customers were complaining they were paying more for a corvette that was getting smoked by a REGAL!!! And since corvettes sold more they made a business decision.. But since ur uneducated and prolly drive a v6 camaro at best you wouldnt have known any of that.
H2Prince 2 years ago 11
The reason GN production ended was because the Regal became a front wheel drive platform in 1988.
twal1011 2 years ago 3
@twal1011
FWD owns
tsxws 2 years ago
@H2Prince Your "facts" are as accurate as is your command of the English language. Where did you do the "research" as to the reason General Motors halted production of Grand Nationals? Please quote your sources.
drbogo321 1 year ago 3
@H2Prince back then vettes were shnitty, i had one it had 235 horses stock, (it had it written in the console beside the shifter like it was something to be proud of) so in 87 vettes had less horses than any sweey ride does now
bongoboy5000 1 year ago
@H2Prince LOL Just loved that comment. The funny part is that the 3.8 liter V6 in Camaro that you are referring to, is the same V6 cast iron block that went in the Grand National " GNX - WE2 or 4" option which had 274 hp 360 ft/lbs of torque. the camaro engine well its redux of course and massaged down. but the bore and stroke were essentially the same if he had any brains, he could take that V6 a twist here and a twist there. reprog the EEPROM after a dropping in a new turbo of today = zoom!
mannybz 9 months ago
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Corvette's are and always will be better than GNx's and if you put some slicks on a zr1 vs. 8 or 9 grand in a buick that vette would rip ass back in the 80's my dad never lost on the street to a buick or in the 1/4 mile all with a corvette if you can drive, no piece ass buick will beat you unless your a pussy with an automatic.
Speedracer91sf 3 years ago
"dad never lost on the street to a buick or in the 1/4 mile all with a corvette"
What kind of buick, century's most likely.
sinusbradycardia 3 years ago 2
Well, your dad never met my GN!
buickgn1971 3 years ago 5
I guess your daddy never lined up against a Syclone with his VETTE. I have Sy that is stock minus a KB Chip, exhaust and has ran is quick as a 12.49. 60 ft times in the 1.6s. Try that with a stock Vette on the street!!!! Another piece of GM turbo technology that is still hard to beat today! By the way, Im not bashing Vetts, I actually love them! My garage consist of a 76 Stingray, 88 Iroc, 86 Iroc, 82 Z28 , 03 Mustang GT conv, and last my prized GM possesion 91 Syclone!
westfabrications 2 years ago
syclones are f'n badass, still the fastest accelerating production pickup if i recall correctly.
haharoadkillking 2 years ago 2
@Speedracer91sf Your ignorance of technological issues is only exceeded by your need to glorify your father's past exploits. It's readily apparent that there are serious issues as to the "father/son" relationship in your case. This is so sad. I'm certain everyone on this forum is curious why Daddy's vette is so dear to you. Great traumatic experiences are often the cause for these needs. Sigmund Freud has insights to these matters. His thoughts are avaiable at any library.
drbogo321 1 year ago
I am vette guy but I do admit the GN was way ahead of its time from 84-87. And the GNX was a vicious monster!
pbee73 3 years ago
GN owns all it surveys.
bfgoodrik 3 years ago
Turbo buicks will never be duplicated again.
buickgn1971 3 years ago 3
Stock for stock the LS3 would suck the paint of the GN regal.
meadowz06 3 years ago
There is a 21 year or so technology gap there and the 08 zr1 runs about 100k! It should suck the paint off anything on the road. What is funny though, you can invest maybe 8 or 9k in a stock GN and get about the same straigt line performance as the 08 zr1.
sinusbradycardia 3 years ago 2
Yeah right, Who was asking you Lips?
buickgn1971 3 years ago
Vette`s are for bitches. Nice KILL ACE! ;-)
SteveXnycperformance 3 years ago
Not even close
boss12 3 years ago
I LOVE IT!!!!!
Belle0010 3 years ago
I want a GN, I'll pass on the vette!
texastexas1 3 years ago
My "boat" will beat a ZO6. Sure they ran high 13's/low 14's stock (which raped vette's then), but I highly doubt you'll run into a stock one on the streets. My friend fired off a high 12 with $5 invested in one. $5. Adjustable wastegate rod and some 116=12's. Lets see a subaru do that with a $5 part haha
1quickWS6 3 years ago
wow, amzing, GNs ownin vettes
tadeh3 3 years ago 2
I fuckin hate rich old people...That old FUCK got his ass owned by that 3.8 bad ass
scott93257 3 years ago 3
I take no offense to your comment but my boat as you call it.... is a str8 killer its nowhere near stock I never said it was plus anything u do to a Vette is gonna cost you a lot as for the the sti's thing tell that to the people I've beat plus you saw the video the 60,000 Vette got smoke by a 21 year old GN.
streetkings64ss 3 years ago
ok, gn's are black and the video was shot at nite, c'mon i wanted to see that ass whoopin the buick did.
fabiolas4 3 years ago
not all GN's are black, ur thinking of the GNX
blown3800riviera 3 years ago
yes, GN's are all black. If its not black its likely a t-type or a TurboT which was made in 87 only and they have the exact same drive train as a Grand National, and then of course theres the GNX which was also all black and had a different turbo with a ceramic impeller,etc and various other performance mods over a standard GN or t-type/turboT,etc
0verload 3 years ago
Actually the 1982 GN was painted a dark silver gray, but 1984-1987 GN's came black.
meangreen69Nova 3 years ago
My bad. I forgot about 82, you're right. It was 2 tone wasn't it? grey/silver and black or something?
0verload 3 years ago
doesn't matter how good the car is if the guy behind the wheel doesn't know how to use it... i saw a viper lose to a stock passat cuz the guy in th viper had no clue how to drive it.
Poptartza 3 years ago
i own a 87 GN and i love it when catz in their "hondas, nissans, vettes, mustangs ,STi's and lancers" look at my buick like if it was a granny car rev their engine wait for the light and get owned then when I let them catch up to me they stare again with an angry puzzled look wondering what happend? hahaha its a turbo buick that's what
streetkings64ss 3 years ago
no offence but a stock g.n aint no killer car certainly wont go near an sti,your boat runs 14s an sti 13s there not even close,i use to sell grand nationals at gm in 1987 and they were ok but no top end
camirocz 3 years ago
What a joke. Another rich old guy in a Corvette. BUICK POWER!!
1quickWS6 3 years ago 2
thats how it always goes.....gn brake for vettes.....i did the same thing to one on the street....they get pissed! lol
87spools 3 years ago
No I never said I hated vette's wouldn't mine owning one someday. I just think it's funny, boosting a vette would cost 4 times as much as just upping the boost on a Grand National. Which will still beat the vette. If this vette were a Z06 then the GNX would have some trouble for sure and would loose to a boosted Z06. Though it would depend on the mods.
RoberBabro 3 years ago
a gnx is a 13.2 car trapping 104 mph a z06 is 11.5 at 127 how do you see that as a close race...please enough with you clowns and your stories of grand nationals beating vettes,i know them well ans as soon as it gets hot the grand national becomes a high 14 second car
camirocz 3 years ago
that maybe but atleast my car will run at 110 degrees without over heating with me running the ac full blast lets c a v8 do that
madundy 3 years ago
why my car doesnt overheat,you think every v-8 overheats are you nuts or what?
camirocz 3 years ago
I bet the guy sold his corvette. Man what a bad investment, does he have any idea how bad he just lost to a t-type? Haha I think he did! He had a front row seat to the "your $60,000 vette just got beat by a $15,000 20 year-old Buick show!"<<<<To all my GN and T-type and those lucky few GNX lovers, thats right lovers!
RoberBabro 3 years ago
no hate to the Buicks cuz there six..but uh i dont know if u can hear the corvette didint lay into it until 1/4 down the track...and also...those buicks push enuff boost and ull school any stock vette....boost the vette...and thats a whole different ball game...nice try trying to talk down an amaerican ICON... hate em cuz they get all the attention
ITRIEDEL 3 years ago
dude....
skoobertdoo 3 years ago
Laying the smack down 20 years later.. LOVE IT.
aasimovski 3 years ago 3
lol,nice
skoobertdoo 3 years ago
damn,the GN probably has a trans brake.
Thetornprince06 3 years ago
nope no trans brake
Mauro186 3 years ago
damn, then what a launch!
Thetornprince06 3 years ago
that's fast
cheng001 4 years ago
Damn that shit was tite!
baysho510 4 years ago
so, the vehicle on the left is an 87 gn
andrewjmd1 4 years ago
Yes.
badassv6 4 years ago