Featured Car Neal Whyte's 1987 Grand National
Featured Car
Neal's 1987 Grand National wrinkling the slicks and lifting the wheels!
Photo courtesy of Peter Dimas
Neal's 1987 Buick Grand National has run as quick as 10.74 @ 124 MPH, is all steel and weighs in at a hefty 3680 pounds.

Accomplishments:

  • Muscelecar Nationals 1989 first place for show
  • Muscelecar Nationals 1990 first place for show
  • Muscelecar Nationals 1991 first place for race turbo modified class
  • HRP 1991 winner street tire trophy
  • Classic Car Show 1996 second place for show
  • Noble shootout 1997 winner race
  • Noble shootout 1998 winner race
  • Car Club Bash 1999 first place show
  • Buicks at Bristol 1999 second place Turbo Mod. Street

Performance milestones:

  • 10.74 @ 124 MPH

Features:

Motor

  • Stock block 231 bored 0.030" over
  • JE pistons
  • Stock rods and crankshaft
  • Blue printed and balanced by Conley's Performance Plus
  • Race ported/polished heads
  • Big valves
  • TE63-1 turbocharger
  • Stretch intercooler with cold box

Transmission

  • THM200-4R Transmission with high stall converter
  • 3.90:1 differential ratio

Other

  • M/T 28" tall slicks
  • Southside bars
Neil Whyte
nwhyte@swbell.net


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