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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: Warlock on February 19, 2007, 11:19:35 AM
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This has nothing to due with jets but I guess neither do outboards... ;D
I've found these two Mullett Machines and I'm gonna buy one just not sure which....
Which one would you rather have...87 Grand National or 89 TurboTa?[attachimg=#][attachimg=#]
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That turbo Trans Am sounds like one hell of a fun ride. On the other hand they made a turbo Grand National also. Witch means there is parts avaliable to make that Grand National a turbo if you wanted to. I think I would have to take the TA. Whats the horsepower to weight ratio on them?
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That turbo Trans Am sounds like one hell of a fun ride. On the other hand they made a turbo Grand National also. Witch means there is parts avaliable to make that Grand National a turbo if you wanted to. I think I would have to take the TA. Whats the horsepower to weight ratio on them?
Grand Nationals are all turbos...The TTA is rated at 250 but is actually 301 on a Dyno..The National is around 275hp...I think the National is a more solid car and wouldn't tend to turn into a rattle trap like the TTA but they only made 1500 tta's and there were 25,000 Nationals produced...The TTA has a Buick motor in it and top speed is a ridiculous 178MPH 'cause of arodynamics..there is a TTA in Tucson with only 45,000 miles on it..The National has a better resale value... There is a National in Phoenix with only 25,000miles..The National has a better resale value and I plan on it being a daily driver...
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Het Goad...What ya' say we hit up the Bon Jovi concert??? I'll drive.. ;D
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Damn Warlock . You got yourself quite a delema . I have never seen with my own two eyes a national for sale around here and I would love to own one . On the other hand the TA is an awsome rare find too with more ponies right off the bat . I guess your screwed cuz your gonna have to buy both.
-beerjet-
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This has nothing to due with jet but I guess neither do outboards... ;D
I've found these two Mullett Machines and I'm gonna buy one just not sure which....
Which one would you rather have...87 Grand National or 89 TurboTa? (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
The Grand National, no contest. The F-body's are P.O.S.'s that fall apart before their powertrains do (and it sounds like you already know that). F a F-body. Grand Nationals rock.
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The Grand National, no contest. The F-body's are P.O.S.'s that fall apart before their powertrains do (and it sounds like you already know that). F a F-body. Grand Nationals rock.
That is initally what I thought when I read the first , but I also have a sweet spot for the TA.
-beerjet-
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Dude step away from the TTA they are piles of crap, F Bodies just plain suck. The GN is the way to go yeah it's only 275 or so Hp but that is stock you can get a lot more power out of them GN with out changing a single part.
Maybe if your lucky you will find that it's a GNX model Grand National. If I recall right the GNX pushed 341hp.
Alot of people don't know that a GNX even existed cause there is only one identifing mark on the entire
car so set it apart from a standard GN.
If your really looking to go fast I got a sick 500+hp Corvette for sale!
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grand national all the way
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Well I drove 3 freakin' hours to look at a National in Peoria for $28K...thinkin' it would be perfect since it was at an Acura lot and only had 28,000 miles on it..I got there at night (great way to buy a car huh?) and I noticed that some of the hardware under the hood had a little rust on it not common with AZ..After a carfax found out that it spent 17yrs in Ill. Low milage but that scares me...So I passed on it...There is another one in Costa Mesa which I have never been to but the guy at the dealer ship tells me that a car from the Cal. coast gets as much rust and salt as an eastern car from the ocean. ??? I have never heard this one before..Do any of you Californians have any insight on this?
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I live/work by costa mesa....PM me the lot dealer info and I will go scope it out for ya.
Also, let me know what to look for.
-Goad
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I grew up in Daytona Florida lived on the ocean front and none of my folks cars ever rusted.
In addition I spent 8 years in the Marine corps of whick I was stationed at several beack cities such as.
Camp Pendleton, SoCAl.
Camp Lejune NC
San Diego, SoCal
Okinawa Japan
Anyhow none of my cars ever rusted from being by the ocean.
May need to call mythbusters on this one I think the guy is full of Sh&t myself.
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I have lived in San Diego my whole life and none of my my cars have rusted out due to it. We get a little surface rust due to humidity but nothing bad at all. The only cars that get real rust come from were it snows and they put salt on the roads, Like the east coast does.
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I've seen many California cars with rust problems, all normally parked with a couple of blocks of the beach, including here in San Diego. Dew, mist, and fog are all going to carry the salt in the air from the ocean a little ways off the water. Arizona has one of the dryest climates in the country and if there's a over concern about rust then the vehicle should be bought from there.
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OK...gettin' alittle >:(! As you all can tell...and some of you may like :DI haven't been posting at all since I have been spending 8hrs a day trying to track down a 1987GN If anyone has a line on one please let me know...If it has low enogh miles I'll go as high as $30,000...I never imagined how hard it is to find one that is one the west coast...The most interesting one is the one in Coasta Mesa but the add says that it's a Cali smog car and I think that is just a pain in the ass and costs HP...any help would be GREATLY appreciated! :)
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I told ya that i would go check out the car in costa mesa for you....let me know
-Brad
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i think Brad has gave the best solution to your prob
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I told ya that i would go check out the car in costa mesa for you....let me know
-Brad
Thanks Brad...I finally found an unmolested AZ GN with 25,500 miles on her so my American GN search is finally over! Hotrod was right I heard the TTA wasn't half the quality of the GN..So yes...the loud mouthed Outboarder is back! ;D
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Thanks Brad...I finally found an unmolested AZ GN with 25,500 miles on her so my American GN search is finally over! Hotrod was right I heard the TTA wasn't half the quality of the GN..So yes...the loud mouthed Outboarder is back! ;D
Damnit! ;D
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sooo.....wheres the pictures of it?
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Inquiring eyes wanna see it :o
-beerjet-
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yeah me 2
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Uhmmm... It's no mystery, they all look exactly the same. ???
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Those cars always give me a chubby . :)
-beerjet-
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Hell yeah!
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Haven't had time to download pics yet but will post some soon...the car came with a car alarm with a pager..I took the Duramax to work and let my girlfriend take the National to work since she has assigned covered parking...Well 15min. ago she calls crying saying the car was stolen since the pager was going off and she looked outside and the car was gone! Now I'm freakin' pissed! >:( She calls it in stolen in the parking lot and the dumbs ass renta fuckin' cop comes up to her and says "The black car?" she says "yea the black car!" The dumb **** says "I didn't recognize it so I had it towed! WTF is that shit!!! >:( Man am I freakin' pissed...Now I'm charged 200 clams to pick the fucker up! Let ya' know what happens but the renta cop company is gonna pick-up the tab one way or another! I can just hear the fukin' tires squeelin' as it was dragged in gear onto the fukin' flat bed! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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oh man, thats messed up.....I'd be over there drop kicking heads as we speek.....keep us up to date with that shit.....
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Wow, that really SUX. Was she supposed to have a parking permit displayed, or did the Dumb Ass just assume someone parked in her spot?
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Well...Since the car was in my name they wouldn't hand it over to the girlfriend so I got ta' get off work and drive all the way across town to met the biggest BEOTCH this side of the Miss...She locked me out of the lot for 30mins. while she looked at the vin on the car and on the back of the Temp plate to make sure it was mine...I couldn't help it..I tried! While she was bent over about 75yards away from me, since I was locked outta the lot, lookin' at the plate I hit the remote start and started that Sonnabitch up 'bout 2ft from her face! Man was she pissed! Finally got the F'n car back outta the dusty ass getto lot for $200 and am still waiting to talk with this BS rentaCop agency...No permits or anything just an apologetic moron with a fack badge!
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I couldn't help it..I tried! While she was bent over about 75yards away from me, since I was locked outta the lot, lookin' at the plate I hit the remote start and started that Sonnabitch up 'bout 2ft from her face! Man was she pissed!
That right there is awesome!
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Finally got some freakin' pics...
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so what was the outcome with the whole deal? who ended up payin for it?
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The security guard came up to me in the parking lot and started kissin' my ass about how sorry she was and how she thought it was an AOL employee since she had 2 of their cars towed and that she always liked me and loves her job blah blah blah...All of a sudden I'm feelin' sorry for her when I'm the asshole (I know you can all agree with that) who got his car towed and paid the $200! To keep a long story longer..The security company is gonna pay me back and when I was asked about it by my boss I told her that the guard was alright and collapsed like a cheap suit..For some reason I ended up feelin' bad for the broad cause she is always cool with me she just fuked up and I hate to see anyone loose their job...What an F'n sucker! Already put 475 miles on the car though....
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"... Already put 475 miles on the car though...."
How's it drive? ;)
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Drove it home from the house in the pic in Phoenix 2hrs ta Tucson and it drove so nicely just give her some throttle and bam! Your right down the road...Love the way the wastegate sounds glad I went for the buick over the TTA good call Hotrod! Don't know how long it's gonna be a low milage car tho. :)
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That's OK, they're actually built to be driven. ;)