re: How cool is this? For Sale: 1987 Buick GNX With Just 8 (Yes, Eight) Original Miles

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Ehhh.... most all the tests I recall from back then showed the GNX wasn't all that much quicker than a regular GN.

While being about 10 grand more.

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I didn't mean a GN. Buick made the Regal available with a less potent turbocharged V6 before they made the GN version.

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The timing lights are tripped by the tires, not the bumper.

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The pre-stage and staging lights are very low and always tripped by the tire. The trap and timing lights are higher and can be tripped by the bodywork and will be on any drag car. Now the stock ride height of a GNX would probably not catch the trap and timing light beams but one set up for racing would. This is why all the NHRA and IHRA have max spindle to front projection numbers. Why do you think so many stock bodied drag cars have beam trippers sticking out of the front, they sure aren't there for looks. It is the red part on the front of the bumper here and will be exactly the max spindle to front length for the class.

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Not only that you should be lined up equal at the start as well.

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This is only partly true, the difference can be as much as 16" between TIRES. The staging beam and the guard beam (what starts the time and measures for red lights) is 16". So a car that shallow stages and one that deep stages may be as much as 16" apart. Some people will shallow stage because of the way they react to a sportman tree. With a shallow stage along with the driver's reaction time and the cars reaction time a driver can go between the 2nd and third bulb for example.

With a long nose (or beam tripper equipped) car vs a short nose car the distance from guard beam to the ET stop beam could be over 3 feet shorter for the long nose deep staged car.

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That was way back and way slower.

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Yeah. That's why I said the GN and GNX were completely different animals.

An 87 GNX is not way different than an 87 GN.

Crappy three link notwithstanding.

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Cool find but not a fan of that car. Screams cheap 80's GM right in !one with the Cadillac Cimarron.

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This. Cars and trucks from the 1980's were all plastic and very big POS. One was lucky if they got 75K miles out of one.

Thing will go from one rich collection to the other, never seeing the street.
Those were awesome cars

Weak attempt