Stock 0-60 Times??

[84GNTTYPE]

My physics professor was doing a problem the other day and wanted to know what we though our cars did 0-60mph in.

I wanted to throw a TR number at him, but I had no idea. So what did a stock 84 GN run when it was new??

Thanks!

 

[6SENSE]

Ive seen two figures documented, both from Car & Driver tests. December '83 issue had 8.0 seconds, and July '85 had 7.5 seconds. This was on a '84 GN and a '85 GN respectively.

1/4 times were 15.9@87 and 15.7@87.

 

[cool 84]

I want to say 4.7 for the IC cars and 5.6 for the hotairs. It's amazing they did that good with the original 215-65-15 tires of the day.

 

[cool 84]

Originally posted by 6SENSE
Ive seen two figures documented, both from Car & Driver tests. December '83 issue had 8.0 seconds, and July '85 had 7.5 seconds. This was on a '84 GN and a '85 GN respectively.

1/4 times were 15.9@87 and 15.7@87.

Maybe I'm wrong. Now look what you've done. I have to dig through a huge pile of magazines for the next hour lol.

 

[6SENSE]

Wow, posting at the exact same time

Just looked up the intercooled results. Got two #s on them too. Car & Driver had 4.9 and Hot Rod had 5.85. In C&D they mentioned how only one production line auto sold in the U.S. would beat the TR, and that was a $50,000 Porsche 911 (0-60 in 4.6). GNX 0-60 in C&D was 4.7.

1/4 times were 13.9@98 (C&D), 14.3@98.4 (HotRod), and 13.5@102 for the GNX (C&D).

 

[6SENSE]

Originally posted by cool 84
Maybe I'm wrong. Now look what you've done. I have to dig through a huge pile of magazines for the next hour lol.

Im pretty sure that December '83 was C&D. I just have one page for that one.
Im looking at copied pages my brother got for us years back from the library when we first got hooked on these cars.

 

[cool 84]

The one I'm looking for and I can't seem to find is from 83 and is written by C. Van Tune. It's a 3 page copy from a magazine, Hotrod maybe, that showed a cutaway picture of the intake manifold and the car doing a smokey burnout. It came with the car when we bought it along with a ton of magazine articles from way back and a Powersource manual and literature from the factory.

 

[BlackBuick84]

I have an article from I think C&D on the 85s. 0-60:7.5 0-100:22.9 ET:15.7@87 Those seem a little on the slow side to me.

 

[fireberd350]

Originally posted by cool 84
The one I'm looking for and I can't seem to find is from 83 and is written by C. Van Tune. It's a 3 page copy from a magazine, Hotrod maybe, that showed a cutaway picture of the intake manifold and the car doing a smokey burnout. It came with the car when we bought it along with a ton of magazine articles from way back and a Powersource manual and literature from the factory.

I am looking at that exact article right now. it was written by John Baechtel however and was in HOT ROD August '84...heres the results:

curb weight: 3400lbs
weight dist: 56 front/44 rear
Fuel Econ: 15-16/20-22
0-60: 7.5
1/4: 15.5@89.89
Skidpad: .77g