Crazy Fast Buick Grand National & Some Gun Vids
 

Finally uploaded some of the last vids I had on my GoPro (And cell) - here they are...

At Cecil County Dragway last Wednesday night. This thing was insane, and sounded even better in person:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3y2ZgZz6AA

SRT-8 Jeep Grand Cherokee vs. Chevy Trailblazer SS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnuUeNSjUhI

S&W .44 Magnum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0xIRoMzYw4

7-30 Waters chambered Thompson Contender:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QM7zS9H9nw


That's it for now.

good vids, what were the mods to the tbss and srt jeep? for being close, stock for stock in hp, I dont get why the jeeps beat them so bad. I have a buddy who had a slightly modded tbss, and would get eaten alive by the srt jeeps

it has to be the a combonation of gearing and wieght. the TBSS is heavy

Hmm...

TBSS: 395/400 - 4552 lbs
SRT8: 420/420 - 4606 lbs

The SRT8 has a tuner, exhaust, intake. Not sure on the TBSS, though he did say he was modded and was running quicker than the other TBSS that was there.

What gearing? A short first is a big deal.

Both were stock gearing. SRT8 has 3.73's and TBSS has 4.10's.

not sure what year that SRT8 is but first is either 3.59 (older trans) 4.696 (newer trans).

1st gear TBSS 3.06

Jeep:
1st 3.59
2nd 2.19
3rd 1.41
4th 1.00
5th 0.83

TB:
1st 3.06:1
2nd 1.63:1
3rd 1.00:1
4th 0.70:1

Those 1-2 splits more than make up for the 3.73/4.10 deal. That's what I was getting at. It is one of the reasons why swapping from an M22 4-speed to a T56 or a TH350 to a 4L60 nets a good gain in older cars.

All the transmissions were the same on the SRT8, the WA580 NAG1. Ratio is 3.59. The 4L60E on the TBSS is 3.059

Launch ratios:

SRT: 13.39
TBSS: 12.54

2nd gear:

SRT: 8.16
TBSS: 6.68

That's a big difference.

Private Party pricing currently for '06 model year, with 50,000 miles, my zip code...
SRT8: $27,500
TBSS: $18,800

Huge price difference, wow.

MPG...
SRT8: 11/14
TBSS: 13/16

Stock 1/4 mile times...
SRT8: 13.4 @ 102 (Edmunds.com)
TBSS: 14.3 @ 96 (Edmunds.com)