Grand Nationals were the original Hellcats of the drag strips!!
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I have to agree with that.
@gumps19863 жыл бұрын
I can’t see why you’d think that when there were much faster cars years before the GN was even thought of?
@moisesortega36843 жыл бұрын
All G bodys had factory power back then.
@christophermorales15093 жыл бұрын
No, they were far more dominant. You’re giving the Hellcat too much credit now.
@timcartwright46793 жыл бұрын
@@gumps1986 There were very very few cars from the sixties that ran quicker than these cars did. Once they were tuned they were even more dominant.
@marcoceccarelli64153 жыл бұрын
The last decade when America was America the 80s.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Reagan, Ratt, Regals & Run-Dmc = Radical!
@3rd-eye-neenja5633 жыл бұрын
@@nedaCFilms 💯👍
@jacobvanausdeln16963 жыл бұрын
You’re right, truly the last decade America was slow.
@tylercouture2163 жыл бұрын
90s and 2000s weren't bad at all
@peter22133 жыл бұрын
Minus the power ban
@fernandochaves9665 Жыл бұрын
Awesome footage. A stock drags event where the cars are actually stock. It's like a document of its era. I prefer this unmolested, real cars over modified ones; they are slower but a lot cooler!
@nedaCFilms Жыл бұрын
100% buddy
@sbf_fox24345 күн бұрын
@@nedaCFilms How many of those turbo cars had increased boost though? Manual boost controller in the vacuum line for the waste gate.
@nedaCFilms5 күн бұрын
@@sbf_fox2434 the cars running low-mid 13s lol
@jasonvoorhees69843 күн бұрын
That white t type was running 13.6. Seems like an increase in boost @@sbf_fox2434
@kennydemartini21693 жыл бұрын
I lived at the dragstrip in the '80s with my IROC-Z. This brings back memories, especially the ones of never being able to beat one of those damn Grand Nationals! They were the king then.
@MarkNOTW3 жыл бұрын
Yep I owned an 87 T Type back in the day. Smoked everything!
@nedaCFilms2 жыл бұрын
Yep, best time I could pull in my IROC-Z in complete factory stock trim was 14.7 quarter mile and after advancing timing to 14 degrees, synthetic oils, K&N filters in the factory air lid and tire pressure to around 18psi I managed a best 14.2 time.
@sebbonxxsebbon6824 Жыл бұрын
Best time in my 1985 Corvette was 13.93 seconds at 97.97 mph.@@nedaCFilms
@CoyoteFTW3 күн бұрын
Nah the 5.0 foxbody was king
@Not_on_u_tub3 күн бұрын
@@MarkNOTW The GNX was truly amazing.
@tonywalker23343 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this video when u think back to 1987 if you lived it you now really understand how good we had it.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
It was a great decade to be part of!!!
@CarefulWithThatAxeEugene3 жыл бұрын
The best decade for music and cars!!!
@MarkNOTW3 жыл бұрын
No doubt man
@christophergaudreau92656 ай бұрын
I was 15 yo . . . AWESOME time to be a kid 😊
@philtripi9937 Жыл бұрын
The T/A running a mid 14 with 5.0 auto was impressive.
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman5 күн бұрын
bout what my '85 210hp TPI 305 HO Bandit II Trans Am ran when I bought it new & ran at our local drag strip
@wood42784 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of those Mustang Notchback's
@stevebueno55983 жыл бұрын
Me either i love them!
@scottstrang83473 жыл бұрын
Same ! That's probably one of three cars from that era that I would buy today. I'm not even a Ford guy but I absolutely love that car.
@babas9903 жыл бұрын
I just picked up me first car s couple weeks ago. A 79 turbo hatch
@Joetrout3 жыл бұрын
Went 11:80’s back in 89 with my 88 notchback just gears, slicks and little juice.
@TheVenom83433 жыл бұрын
@@stevebueno5598 That's why I'll never sell my 1980 351w swapped Notchback!!!
@RToddRothrauff10 ай бұрын
Wow, there I am at 2:56 getting stomped by a Grand National. Hard to believe this was 37 years ago. I still have the timeslip from that run. My 1985 Olds 442 was considered quick for that mid-80s era, but not "fast" by any means. That car had two things going for it. It was extremely consistent, (it ran 16.5s when new and 16.5s with 90k on the odometer 7 years later), and it was a wonderful road trip car.
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman5 күн бұрын
my aunt bought a new burgundy/silver '86 Ttop 442, great looking car & a joy to ride in {she wouldnt let me drive it, I was 21} & very reliable but yea they were boat anchors with that 180hp! I had just gotten a new '85 black/gold Ttop Bandit II Edition Trans Am with the 210hp TPI 305 HO & I loved that car until I sold it in '98 with 275,000 miles on it & it never gave me any trouble other than routine stuff like a battery, fan belt, lots of BFG white letter rear tires etc, great car, added a $2000 Alpine stereo with 2 12s & 2 10s with a 2000w amp in '90, beautiful to look at {especially with the limo tint glass legal at that time} & a helluva chic magnet so it was {still is} great to be a lifelong bachelor & wish I had kept it! My Hi Skool car was a brown Ttop '78 Z28 that I had until '92 & it was also a chic magnet but nothing like the T/A! I grew up in Georgia where they filmed Smokey & the Bandit & got to see the T/A coming out the back of the trailer when they were filming the summer of '76 & I was hooked on those cars ✌💖☮
@booniedavillier50422 сағат бұрын
That's pretty cool
@geraldpope3779Күн бұрын
Being a teenager in the 80s this video has every car I thought was cool. As a young kid in the 70's I dreamed of owning a 60s/70s muscle car but sometime around the mid-80's things started to change. In early 88 I got my first one; a black 85GT 5-speed. Then a 90 LX 5.0 Hatch and finally a 92 LX 5.0 Hatch. Daily drove my Fox bodies for 25 years.
@nedaCFilmsКүн бұрын
we would've been brothers from another mother back in the '80s through '90s my man lol.
@thefoxdoctor10724 жыл бұрын
What an awesome video brother! I can honestly say that just about every day I think of the good ole days when foxbodies, grand nationals, Iroc's could be seen at every intersection and when you went to dragstrip or even the street races you didn't have $100,000 cars racing and the 12sec car were the cars to watch and the 10-11sec cars you were like at awe over them.... The Good Ole days 👍👍👍
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was such amazing times to be part of. Far more innocent than today. No one can ever take those memories from us and I'll do my best to keep digging through my archives and stirring up that nostalgia bro lol.
@thefoxdoctor10724 жыл бұрын
@@nedaCFilms I know I'm not the only who appreciates these videos you put out and I know personally that your channel and you are my favorite on KZbin 👍👍👍 and you are right about that, no one can ever take those memories away.... Thank you for these uploads of such an awesome period in time!
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
@@thefoxdoctor1072 thank you so much bud. Deeply appreciate the kind words.
@thefoxdoctor10723 жыл бұрын
@@nedaCFilms You are very welcome brother! Thank you for sharing your videos. I can watch them everyday...
@largelarry21263 жыл бұрын
Around Indy back in the 60s and early 70s we only had five or six true 10 sec cars on the streets. Three Hemi cars and one big block Camaro and a big block 55 Chevy. Indy had a bunch of 11 sec cars and hundreds of 12 sec cars roaming the streets and drive-ins. Street racing was the thing to do and I was out every weekend.
@troypatillo16883 жыл бұрын
I know the GNs were dominating that day but that race with the 5.0 Mustang vs GLH was a damn good race.
@rjmzz4302 жыл бұрын
Goes like hell!
@nedaCFilms Жыл бұрын
Yeah man, that’s great drag racing 😉
@LTV_inc11 ай бұрын
I had an 83 Shelby Charger it was faster than anyone knew.😊
@Keplerb-od1lr3 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to find stock vs stock drag racing videos so this compilation is just awesome. There weren’t many Grand Nats in my town so the 5.0 Mustang was king in the 80s and early 90s.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Yep
@superstallion97 Жыл бұрын
And no rwd v8 dodges muscle in existence, unless they were from the 60s/70s
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman5 күн бұрын
@@superstallion97 yea MOPAR was strapped for cash hence the revolution of the K car but they recovered! Wish MOPAR was MOPAR again
@JJj-xratedgt3 күн бұрын
No car satisfied the masses like the GT MUSTANG 3PDL CARS. BUICK WAS IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN. STILL LOWEST ET I heard was 13.50-13.52! All the talk of the others and couldn't make that WALK! TODAYS "STOCK"NUMBERS ARE SPOKE OF 10s. Line up the PURE STOCKRS OF 2000s!
@raypeto22503 күн бұрын
I love em all, but being an 80s teen, the Grand National hands down ruled the streets back then.
@allstardave75763 жыл бұрын
I can remember going to local Buick dealerships and looking at Grand Nationals, wishing I could afford one as a 16 year old. Well, here we are in 2021 and I’m 48...wishing I could afford an 87 Grand National😆
@StandardGabriel375Ай бұрын
My earliest trips to the dealership, people were saying they like Cavalier Z24 😂.
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman5 күн бұрын
My buddy was lucky enough to get a new '87 GNX & I was jealous as hell even tho I had an '85 Bandit II Trans Am
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman5 күн бұрын
@@StandardGabriel375 my sons mother who was living with me at the time had an blue '89 Z24 hatchback & it was a cool little car
@3efunding432 күн бұрын
same here, just happened to get a couple in the early 2000's. :)
@NBSV123 сағат бұрын
The sweet spot was about 15 years ago. Could find decent ones with the V6 for reasonable money. Now many are V8 swapped, clapped out, and expensive.
@Not_on_u_tub3 күн бұрын
Would love to see a Dodge/Plymouth GLHS - Goes Like Hell... Some more. Those were a beast.
@benjiarehart28782 жыл бұрын
I bought a Mustang 5.0 LX 5 speed new in 1987 when I was 23 years old. Still own it. On the street I don't ever remember getting beat by any other stock cars back then. Beat new Corvettes, IROCS, and Trans Am's. Never got to race a Grand National in it, but did get beat by one in my 1981 Z28 pretty bad before I got the foxbody. I went to the dealership the following day to look at buying a new 87 GN. But the dealer wanted $18,500 for the one they had on their showroom floor. Too rich for my blood Thats why I bought the Mustang. After trading in my Z28, I got the car brand new for $9,500. Still have it, but its not stock anymore. I use to go to Bowling Green Ky., and watch the Grand National races where Kenny Dut weiler ran his Green twin turbo GN. Many Mustangs there including Deputy Gene's fast foxbody. Great times. Some of these video clips are from Beech Bend. Who knows, I might have been in the audience. The best I could do was 14.1 in the quarter when I raced mine back then. Now it runs 10:23 at 128 m.p.h. I know I its not that fast compared to today, but back in the mid 90's it wasn't too bad.
@rjmzz4302 жыл бұрын
That's a fast car running in the 10s be proud!
@rolltide95472 ай бұрын
You got lucky. I work at dragstrips in 80's and 90's Buicks owned mustangs then.
@oldtimerf76029 күн бұрын
I bought a coupe in the fall of 88, it was an 89. Bare stripper. I managed 14.13 at 98.46. It had the 2:73 gears, I imagine with the 3.08s I might have cracked the 13s.
@rolltide95479 күн бұрын
@oldtimerf7602 Fast one I have heard of if bone stock.
@jayfkncool425810 ай бұрын
Amazing how all this cars are still around , I bought my 87 mustang when I was 19 and the gnx where the ones to beat That's the reason I turbo charged my mustang, after I did I was the nightmare of all this back in the days , 500 plus horsepower Then the ball bearing multiple fin turbos showed up and God I went crazy, 1000 plus horsepower, had detuned for the street and still use it around the inland empire los Angeles area.
@nedaCFilms10 ай бұрын
500hp in a 3000lb. Foxbody Mustang is stupid fast lol
@stephensnyder10553 күн бұрын
Thanks for the Sunday morning cartoons for adults 👍🏻
@SteveoGTO4 жыл бұрын
Love me some turbo Buick's!
@JT-sl3ui3 жыл бұрын
The Grand National was such a special but unexpected build. True classic GM muscle car without a V8.
@ztwntyn83 жыл бұрын
I love this footage!!! It’s great seeing these cars stock.
@tomwinner5350Күн бұрын
I like to come and watch these races so I can appreciate how fricking fast my car is.
@Cash21123 жыл бұрын
Buick: Going fast with class!
@1971002jmac3 жыл бұрын
The six cylinder GNs made the irocs and the 5.0 mustangs look slow.
@TheWizardofOblivion Жыл бұрын
Fastest living room ever built!
@EmeraldEnchantments3 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a blue 5.0 5spd iroc with t tops and rear louvers.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
The 190hp 5-speed L69/G92 H.O cars and the 230hp 5-speed LB9/G92 TPI cars were badass
@squeekfrogman87873 жыл бұрын
I still love the generation. Just a sexy car. 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@marcoceccarelli64153 жыл бұрын
It's a shame they can't build cars like that nowadays.
@EmeraldEnchantments3 жыл бұрын
People don't realize almost every aspect of a cars shape and lack of simplicity is up to the government not the manufacturer.
@281cobracar74 жыл бұрын
Nice to see these regular people driving stock 80's cars and real life 1/4 mile times. Back then I had a 85 Mustang GT 5-speed that I drove across country (California) and back. It ran a 14.8 quarter mile stock. Also had an 88 LX 5.0 5-speed, 1/4 mile was 14.4 stock and a 89 Saleen which ran a 14.0 1/4 mile modded. Still have the Saleen. I would love to have a new GT-350 or Bullitt but the wife, kids and house come first. I'm just happy to have what I have including the memories. Also I'm a big fan of your videos. Glad somebody had a camera back then. Lol.
@MarkNOTW3 жыл бұрын
I had an 86 LX 5.0 when they were a special order car and an 88 GT. Great cars. Great times.
@nelsonvanvickle886211 ай бұрын
I graduated HS in 86’. One of my first cars was an 87’ Monte Carlo SS, that I thought was “fast”. Every once in a while I’d be granted the pleasure of test driving my friends IROC-Z, and was always amazed at how much more powerful and better handling it was. It blows my mind that my 22’ Canyon, a 2WD truck, is faster off the line than both of those cars were and traps higher in the quarter mile. It’s also smoother and quieter at highway speeds than most luxury cars were during that late 80’s, early nineties era. Credit modern tech and engineering, but I do miss the snarl of that V8!!
@randyw59643 жыл бұрын
Awesome video being a teenager in the 80s those were all my dream cars!!! And the thing was you could actually afford a cool car back then! When I graduated high school and 90 I bought a 91 Camaro RS 5.0
@IROC4003 жыл бұрын
So this strip was just outside the Grand National plant or something 😆
@CamaroAmx3 жыл бұрын
They were just that popular at the time. Amazing to think since it’s so rare to see them today. There were more in the first round then I’ve seen on the road or in person in the last 25 years.
@bowlofsoup123 жыл бұрын
That drag strip is home too the buick nationals every year though. So it is a home away from home for turbo buicks
@CamaroAmx3 жыл бұрын
@@bowlofsoup12 I knew a guy that had an 87. It looked really good and ran great. He found out the frame was rotted so he got rid off it. Don’t know if he sold it or scrapped it.
@Mr_Clean3 жыл бұрын
That looks like beech bend raceway Park in bowling Green Kentucky which is actually just outside the factory where they make Corvettes.
@trentonharris55213 жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Clean Yes, most of it was Bowling Green. There were a couple of clips that weren't. Don't know why, but you could tell because the return road was on the left side of the track and the grandstands weren't there. In several of the races, you can tell the stands are on the left side as well.
@Whyteeford4 күн бұрын
Those Regal Turbos running mid 13s completely stock was super impressive. Luxury rockets..
@patrick280zx3 жыл бұрын
Finally stocks cars racing, love to see all stock original cars drag racing each other. It's a little boring to see custom one's because there are so many that are modified and never stock.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way.
@stevebueno55983 жыл бұрын
That was awesome!! I love all those cars!! The best part no imports!
@oscarderrick3 жыл бұрын
I love it..I was born in 1970, so I grew up with these..thanks for the videos
@timp211173 жыл бұрын
This is very cool footage. I used to take my GLH-S, my 88 Mustang GT and my 89 Taurus SHO to the track, warranty be damned! They were all sow by today's standards, but they were all, in their own way, a blast to drive. I think the SHO (wife's car) was my favorite. Hearing that Yamaha V6 at redline was music to my ears. We roasted the clutch in the SHO at the track one weekend and limped home. We took it to the Ford dealer and they replaced it under warranty because the factory installed clutch was incorrect. According to the service manager, they had supply issues at the factory, and instead of waiting for the proper clutch, they installed one from a Ford Escort, which was never designed to handle the power and torque of the Yamaha engine. I didn't tell them the clutch was cooked at a dragstrip!
@RyanGallager3 жыл бұрын
Where has this channel been all my life! This is all GOLD!
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ryan
@V8AmericanMuscleCar4 жыл бұрын
5:19 That was awesome start of red FOX! 👍
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he put on a holeshot SHOW!!! Lol
@WaltKFish4 күн бұрын
Luv them fox body mustangs 😎
@scottboyer84503 жыл бұрын
Lesson: Grand Nationals were FAST!
@rjmzz4302 жыл бұрын
They were!
@cognitivedissonance75397 ай бұрын
My 87 GN isn't stock but the coyotes and ss camaros around here know that 100%......
@oldtimerf76029 күн бұрын
I bought a 1989 LX 5.0 coupe new to drag race. It came with 2:73 gears, and I never bothered to change them. Best time at NED was 14.13 @ 98.46. Sideways a bit on the 1-2 shift. On the track, the GNs would get me because they iced down and got pushed to the line to keep them cold. On the street, fully warmed, I could get them every time. Never lost to an Iroc or firebird that was stock.
@chaelodoul94016 күн бұрын
I call 🐂 💩. No way a stock 5.0 could touch a GN or Turbo T 86 or 87. Maybe you had luck with the earlier models that were ovens under the hood with no intercooler. But no way you were beating 86 or 87’s.
@DrBIeed3 жыл бұрын
I could walk around that track blind folded. Dads owned his GN since it was new in 87.
@theeducatedredneck41443 жыл бұрын
The blue IROC turning a 14:26 was impressive.
@mtnbos4 жыл бұрын
Wow what an amazing video! All my favorite cars from the 80s👍🏻
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Marc!
@neilouellette30043 жыл бұрын
Reminds me back in the mid to late 80's when I was in my mid 20's. Making big $$$ as a Union Pipe-welder. Every Friday night I would race my 87 IROC 5.7 or my 88 Honda CBR1000F Hurricane up at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine. Had a Hypertech Stage 2 chip in the 1987 IROC 5.7. Those were great times and meeting great people.
@johnhernandez3773 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love these cars of my generation born in 1979 the footage was recorded in 1987 so I was just 8 at the time. If I can find one from 1993 when my dad bought his '93 SVT Cobra I was 14 just 2 years shy of 16 getting my DL license but my Dad was the one who taught me how to drive a 5 speed plus he used to be a street racer back before the war so with our Cobra with just simple mods especially the 3.73's he had the dealer install and exhaust (Flow Masters) makes me wonder what she would have ran with my old man behind the wheel. The Grand National was badass and my favorite was the Daytona Shelby so Buick dominated that era such a shame they DC'd them. Wish they showed the GTA Trans Am that came out in white with the gold honeycomb wheels. Those cars on this video brought back lots of memories as a kid. Nowadays everything has to be electrical with these sensors that are a nuisance. Now we are in 2021 you are seeing electric cars so sadly the sound of a V-8 will be a thing in the past and all we are going to hear is just the tires squeak then the sound of the wind while these electric cars go down the track. The future of the Muscle Car I hope will live on. I rather spend money at the pump than look for a damn plug so "my electric car" can get juiced up 😡
@jemillmilton82572 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed this video my man..! Thanks..!🔥
@TurboMalibuV63 жыл бұрын
So this race was actually filmed in 1987.....before the Grand National was discontinued. I'll bet FORD was glad of that! Haha!
@DONTCALLMETHAT3 жыл бұрын
EVERY auto maker was glad of that 🤣
@johncholmes6433 жыл бұрын
Well now Ford has the EcoBoost which beats a lot of stock junk
@glahut933 жыл бұрын
My 93 SVT cobra mustang will beat that gn
@TurboMalibuV63 жыл бұрын
@@johncholmes643 I have a completely stock 2019 Denali HD Duramax with 11,500 miles and it will (slightly) beat the F150 EcoBoost.
@TurboMalibuV63 жыл бұрын
@@glahut93 It's 6 more years newer than the GN. I would hope it would.
@gsxerwhite3 жыл бұрын
This was right about the time my Dad started taking me to track on Saturdays. Great memories 👍🏻
@briancenti54233 жыл бұрын
Had two Formula 350's, a '91 and an '87, friend had a G/N and others with mustangs. sold these cars for years at a few dealerships. this video is by far on spec to what these cars actually did. i'm so shocked. you guys brought back so many memories of the fabulous 80's. can watch this all day. the G/N's were in the high 13's, the 350 IROC in the low 14's. i just subscribed, finally a place/video that is true to form. props Guys.
@notchback933 жыл бұрын
The turbo regals were far ahead of anything being built in America at this time as far as power and speed everything else was just blowing smoke 💨
@johncholmes6433 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness we have the EcoBoost
@tehagent13213 жыл бұрын
@@johncholmes643 Im not too big of a fan of Ford, but gotta say Ecoboost is where its at. I can either get 28mpg average or be a rocket. Sometimes both. Until the 2020 Ranger I bought, Ive been a GMC Truck guy for the last 20 years.
@derekstine9373 жыл бұрын
It's awesome to see these classic cars
@GroundScrape3 күн бұрын
When i was 16 i worked at a body shop in Johnston R.I.. we did work for a Buick dealership in Bristol. All summer long my job was to drive Grand Nationals back and forth. It was a 45 minute drive and it was amazing!!!!
@stephelawson2 жыл бұрын
1989 Turbo Trans-Am 20th Anniversary 👍🏻 That’s the King of the 80’s
@nedaCFilms2 жыл бұрын
There’s footage of one in another video on the channel
@cognitivedissonance75397 ай бұрын
The low mile Pace car versions with GN motors are for sale in the low $20's for nice ones. GN's sell for $40's+....... Something to think about.
@IceTTom7 ай бұрын
Great commentary, videoing from start to finish with launch plus second half, and reading trap time and speed 👍🏼
@TheWizardofOblivion Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Every bit a walk down memory lane! Thank You!
@carlwilkins98693 жыл бұрын
Back in Detroit everyone had a 5.0. Only the guys with money had the Vettes and GNs.
@Hot80s3 жыл бұрын
like probert he used make a run from windsor to detroit & back with his GN for some coke
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Same on the east coast. Some guys had Formula 350 and GTA Firebird Tram Am and Camaro IROC-Z models. The 230hp 5.0 TPI manual 5-speed and 245hp 5.7 TPI cars ran as strong as the 225hp 5.0 Mustangs.
@joelcaleb17813 жыл бұрын
It's a really cool video to watch, those times are respectable but back then that was downright pretty fast. Amazing how much faster your today's muscle is
@nickcaruth89394 жыл бұрын
PLEASE KEEP THESE RACES COMING.......I LOVE IT
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Btw, there's loads of vintage '80s and '90s footage. Sanctioned racing as well as street racing...
@davidnorth34115 ай бұрын
Dikstra had a 3.55 on the last few runs during this campaign , boost was good . Watching Vise Grip garage this week. he has a Parker his little team has been wrenching on , the newest addition was new turbo , vac lines , clean injectors , with all the electrical do dads, it’s sounds amazing .
@CamaroAmx3 жыл бұрын
Had an 89 Shelby Daytona in high school. Fun car. That was about 13 years after this was filmed.
@headhoncho48904 ай бұрын
This was too cool. I was just starting to drive when these cars came out. Wishing I could on one then
@nedaCFilms4 ай бұрын
@@headhoncho4890 thanks! Was a magical decade ❤️
@anthonyspagnola76703 жыл бұрын
I owned a 1987 grand nash back in 87 I'm from the boston area were we have 4 seasons and in the fall I would run a 13.5 or 13.6 but in the summer months july and aug it would only run about 14 .5 or 14.6 that was the only downfall. but let me tell u that was one hell of a machine I had the 87 iroc 5.o tpi and the monte as 5.0 high out put, but nothing compared to my 3.8 v6 sfile turbo. I wish I was 24 again lol thanks so much for the videos.
@buckysti11 ай бұрын
Brings back memories. Always wanted a Grand National, but was outta my reach. My 1979 Z-28 did run in the low 14s with some mods. Admittedly, these cars look like they are moving in slow motion by today's standards.
@nedaCFilms11 ай бұрын
Low 14s were very respectable. I still consider anything under 13.9 to be even today.
@davidpate609510 ай бұрын
The cars had so much personality back then. What a fun time to be an American!
@nedaCFilms10 ай бұрын
The mid-late ‘80s were magical ❤️
@ITRIEDEL2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I had my first car in 2004. It was a 74 Chevy Nova I rebuilt. I pulled a 14.4 @ 98mph. I would consistently run 14.9-15.5’s all day. When I hit 14.4 the run felt right and I felt like I hit the lottery. I use to tell everyone it ran a 13.9 because 14 second cars were just avg for the time. Crazy how far we’ve come. My 2020 GT500 runs 10’s from the factory which were straight race cars in the 80’s. With 9 second cars coming from the factory and every mustang and Camaro has 1000hp, makes me miss the simpler times like these.
@robcrossan62743 жыл бұрын
Cool to see these cars run stock. Was almost like the muscle car era never left. And this is before all the civics and diesel trucks . Just muscle cars running the track as it should be
@robertcook45902 жыл бұрын
I love this ✌being born in 81 I can finally relate to a drag racing video
@nedaCFilms2 жыл бұрын
There’s a few more on the channel featuring ‘80s models battling ‘60s-‘70s models.
@dustinmccain1215 Жыл бұрын
Love seeing what bone stock cars turned. My 91 Z28 305 Auto turned 14.76, 87 Formula 305 turned 15.88, 82 Z28 CFI turned 16.4
@aphil45816 күн бұрын
My 87 t type ran in the low 12's with 17.5 lbs of boost. 94 octane.
@MarkMeadows9011 ай бұрын
It was always those dominating T-Types and Grand Nationals. Those GNXs were badass cars as well.
@nedaCFilms11 ай бұрын
The GNX where ultra badass lol
@ltunedkc3 жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in 1985, I pretty much lived at the drag strip for several years in the mid '80's. First trip down the strip I was a passenger in a '82 T/A 4 speed, then I ran my own '67 Cougar GT, '82 Mustang GT, '82 RX-7, and last my 2005 Focus ST. Our strip (KCIR) in Kansas City closed about 10 years ago. I've been to St. Louis once since then but miss it dearly.
@davidcarder63643 жыл бұрын
I love these vids, i was a teen in the 80's mustangs& I ROCKS were everywhere with a few regals.i watched an omni GLS spank a 70 or 71 GTO at fomoso raceway in Bakersfield years ago.you should have seen the look on some peoples faces.
@heathpittman43353 жыл бұрын
Great video! Reminds me of when Grand Nationals were out running my 5.0 at the drag strip :)
@pierrelenormand17623 жыл бұрын
Never in my wildest dream would I've hoped to see so many of these cars race at the time they were built end enjoyed. Thank you Sir for this gem and the others muscle cars videos too. Cheers from France.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@slickone91353 жыл бұрын
GLH vs a Grand Natty. T Types and 305 442s. This video is awesome 👌
@yellowveedub4 күн бұрын
Ah the 80s! I built a 1984 VW gti motor swapped with a 16v. With a few other parts. Ran mid 14s on street tires. My buddy still owns it to this day 😊
@tomhurley9743 жыл бұрын
great video miss those days so much funner back then.
@mustanghuey893 жыл бұрын
Thats pretty cool didn't think there was that many buicks left around.
@chrisauten20393 жыл бұрын
That t type turbo regal at 0:53 is one seriously cool color that I don't think I've ever seen before on one of those type cars. My favorite is a light lemon yellow colored one I saw once.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pretty rare color.
@scarface96172 жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaking, wasn't that a bench seat with a column shift!?
@tracywheat4560 Жыл бұрын
Rosewood is the color. Bench seats, and column shift came on the turbo limiteds.
@michaeljordan60083 жыл бұрын
I could watch this all night.
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
We have tons more on the channel. #MuscleCarTimeMachine for tons of classic pure stock shootouts.
@michaeljordan60083 жыл бұрын
@@nedaCFilms - Great, you have a subscriber.
@johndoe-zb8bm4 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the upload my man...💯
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@trailerparkcryptoking5213 Жыл бұрын
My rusty old ‘72 C10 would have hurt a lot of feelings at this race!
@ronaldmorrison60132 жыл бұрын
This is my 15th time watching this and I still enjoy it.
@willpowers47624 жыл бұрын
Video gold ! 😁 thanks !!
@tr3ynag4ta3 жыл бұрын
Best decade for these too 🔥 Luv the Foxbody, even doe a lot of folks don't like em. Also the IROC Camaros, I wish I coulda experienced this era of muscle. The ones we got now are nice, but these musta been REALLY impressive fo the time, so fo me, I would have liked to experience the hype 🤣 big respect fo posting this vid, a lot of dudes be talkin about these whips to this day. That lil Omni hatchback was no joke too! its the aesthetics 😩
@michaelfrailey49023 жыл бұрын
That was very enjoyable to watch
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@loum70082 күн бұрын
Nice video!!! It's hard to know if all those turbo cars were stock. The GN's were awesome at the dragway. At New England Dragway they ran on slicks and with the intercooler iced down for 45 minutes.I was in an 86 GLHS and wish I had some videos from back then!
@Kgio-21123 жыл бұрын
Best time to be alive!
@iggyfritz71503 жыл бұрын
I remember watching guys put the cars back on the trailer and leave the dragstrip when Grand National Buicks showed up
@sabbathoneseveneight86433 жыл бұрын
I loved it when the Camaro guys would show up with their "stock Iroc Z-28" with heads, Cam and gear🤣
@iggyfritz71503 жыл бұрын
@@sabbathoneseveneight8643 myself was a mechanic at a Chevrolet dealership back when the Iraq Z's came out and I got the test drive quite a few of them
@iggyfritz71503 жыл бұрын
@@sabbathoneseveneight8643 A Sabbath fan too that's awesome 👍
@lightningvolt12733 жыл бұрын
GREAT VID!! Thank you for uploading I really enjoyed it👍🏼
@bigbird78383 жыл бұрын
Damn Buick is killing everyone’s ass!!!! Awesome 👏🏼
@ct3pfd8173 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable nostalgia 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.. i remember,,,,,
@stonewall30413 күн бұрын
2:50 Olds Trans Am? LOL!
@yukonjack.3 күн бұрын
😂🤣🤣 You beat me to it.
@jacksonmarshallkramer50874 ай бұрын
The 442s and Hurst Olds were sick looking. With an LS swap, it would be killer.
@nedaCFilms4 ай бұрын
@@jacksonmarshallkramer5087 yeah I really like those 442 models too.
@sabbathoneseveneight86433 жыл бұрын
Just the way i remember it. Nothing was touching a Buick GN, T-type or God forbid a 87 GNX. Got to love those 87 5.0 coupes though👍
@nedaCFilms3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that coupe was blasting out 14.1s which was very impressive! That red '85 GT put on a freakin show too lol, 14.4 was very respectable time. That IROC-Z hitting 14.2 was good as well.
@robertelmo77363 жыл бұрын
Thing is, back in the day they weren't many stock (at least Mustangs)...GN's were no problem lol. I do remember some out there with big turbos and the like though.
@ChrisBrown-pz2gu3 жыл бұрын
@@robertelmo7736 yeah, all the GN's were stock 🙄
@r8alvar3 жыл бұрын
My dream is to own a GNX. My 6 and 10 year old told me when they work they are going to get me one. The look on their faces when they told me that brought a tear to my eye because I know they are lying.
@ninopozzi32064 жыл бұрын
Got love those Turbo T-Types and the Buick Grand Nationals,kicking Asses and taking names(Mustangs,Vett’s,Camaros,etc)so they didn’t kick there Asses Twice🤣😂👍🤙🤟⚫️⚫️
@immortalmp17204 жыл бұрын
Dang mustangs were taking off early even back then lol
@wood42784 жыл бұрын
Not early just F O R D I N A A R C Y S E T
@immortalmp17204 жыл бұрын
Not that day they werent.
@billgates16823 жыл бұрын
@@immortalmp1720 He's talking about the one that red-lighted
@sabbathoneseveneight86433 жыл бұрын
The only thing taking off early was the Chevy products out of the competition🤣
@gsxerwhite3 жыл бұрын
@@wood4278 Ford backwards is Driver Returns On Foot
@largelarry21263 жыл бұрын
For the first time in my life I was rooting for a Mustang.
@johncholmes6433 жыл бұрын
Why?
@largelarry21263 жыл бұрын
@@johncholmes643 non turbo
@jakebob51013 жыл бұрын
That Omni GLHS honestly gave that Mustang a ass whoopin'.
@BLACKLACDTS4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Those little Foxbodys gave them turbo Buicks hell
@nedaCFilms4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, those LX notchback coupes were right on their heels lol. 14.1 was impressive for a box stock Fox!
@nickcaruth89394 жыл бұрын
yes they did
@wood42784 жыл бұрын
Gotta love those Notchback's
@cajunairman3 жыл бұрын
I loved running the event at Beach Bend. I did all I could to spank those pesky hairdryer cars! After 35 yrs, finally got around to buying the one that got away, a two-tone 87 Turbo T. I still love my 5.0s. I hated that I red lighted in the semis. The left lane had a dip which would let the manuals roll a bit. I didn't hold the car in with the parking brake. I could have at least made it to the finals. I made every one of those Buicks nervous that weekend! Good times. Thanks for sharing the memories.
@jimmycline47783 жыл бұрын
I hated those mustangs, they beat my IROC! Not every time but to much of the time! All of them beat my Monti Carlo SS back then!