87 gn vs 99 lightning

[buickbert]

ok here it is, my best friend has a 99 lightning. it is completely stock with the exception of a flowmaster muffler. he kinda laughed at me when i told him that my little v6 would tear him a new one. he doesnt know a great deal about cars (performance ones at least). i knew i would kill him cause my 88 iroc used to take him up until 1/2 way through 3rd, and it only had k/n. i was very very happy when that car got stolen, insurance gave me (fair market value for it, 4500!) that just happened to be 1/2 what my gn cost. well long story short, we pulled up to the light the first night that i brought the gn home, he was power braking the lightning, so i just kinda gave my car a lil gas and brought it up to 4 psi. light turned green and we were off, the gn hooked right away and kinda jumped sideways, the lightning launched straight with a fair amount of tire smoke. at 2nd gear i had 3 lenghts on him, at od he was about 7-8 behind me and he didnt get any closer then that. when we got back to the house he was dumbfounded. for a while he only wanted to go out in my car to pick on ppl. well the fun has ended, i spun a bearing so im in the process of getting a new motor put together. .30 over forged trw's, billet mains, gn107 poston cam, ported/polished heads with oversized valves and 3 angle valve job, ported intake/plenum, afpr, t-44, poston headers, and stock intercooler for now. fm cost a lil too much for me right now. before i spun the bearing it was running low 13's with stock motor, rebuilt trans with art carr kit and 9' conv and 4.10 out back. ( i know i know stock 3.42's are better, i also working on that too. what do you guys think the new setup will do?

 

[ACLR8R]

It will probably run close to what mine has, as the combo's are fairly similar. Oh you gotta get the 3.42's back in there.

 

[wishihadabuick]

nice kill. I just traded in my 04 srt-4 for an 03 Lightning and im loving it, but still someday plan to get a GN, possibly just as a track car. Anyway, Ls can be modded pretty damn quick too, so watch out! did you say you were running low 13s when you did this?

 

[ACLR8R]

To bad the short block on the Lightning isnt as stout as the srt's. Just got to be easy on the lightnings powdered rods! Fun trucks though

 

[buickbert]

did you say you were running low 13s when you did this?

yep, but in all fairness, 1-he is quick to mash the gas and spin, 2-stock air filter, plugs, everything and he is 9000 over an oil change! i tell him all the time to do it.
like 13.3 to 13.5 range
buickbert