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superchuck500 said:
Fair point - but I don't think anyone is actually saying that the old guard need to adapt. I think what they're saying is that rejecting the show as terrible is a judgment based on perspective and bias.

Don't adapt, that's fine - but also recognize your limits when it comes to judging something. "I didn't get it" is a fair subjective response. "Worst ever - aliens will laugh at us" is something different.
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I see your point.
 
0rion said:
Exactly what I noticed and wondered if that was a true gnx.
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superchuck500 said:
I think this was about 10 years ago by now, but one day I was at our friends' place - they were having a party. This was approximately early 40s, everyone's got kids and stuff, it's just a cook-out. I start talking to my friend's next door neighbor Bob, who I had gotten to know a bit over the years that they lived there. He was a nice guy, I think involved in boat-charters or something. Just a clean-cut looking white dude from the suburbs and whatnot.

So that day, though, we're just drinking a beer and chatting, and we started talking cars - sports cars in particular, of which I am also fond. He mentions that he had a Grand National when he was younger, and of course I was like "damn, that's a hot rod! Tell me about it . . . " So he goes on to tell me that not only did he have a Grand National, he had it set up for racing - additional aftermarket equipment and I think even nitrous at one point. And it was hella fast.

But this was illegal street racing in the outskirts of the DC area, like Maryland mostly. He was really good and got to be known as "Grand National Bob" - and I'm like "holy sheet! This story is awesome." He raced in all sorts of impromptu and planned street drag races - often for a lot of money. He said it actually got to be a bit dangerous, he developed a reputation and people would come looking for him. But his adventures as Grand National Bob went on for a couple of years.

He basically chose to retire. He sold the Grand National and left that chapter behind. HA! I asked him questions about like an interrogation for about an hour, great story.
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There are 2 major differences between the '85 and the '86/87, and that was the turbo and wiring harness. My '85 had a "pushing" turbo, so it didn't have an inter-cooler and pushed air into the intake. The 86/87 did have inter-coolers and pulled the air through the cooler, and because the air was cooler and compressed it could pack more air into the intake, and that created more HP. Mine wasn't that great with after market parts, so I didn't really fool with it.

I had to replace the crank shaft sensor and it cost $400 for an '85, but I saw that the '86/87 was only $50 because it was more common. I bought the '87 sensor and had to buy an '87 wiring manual so I could re-wire my connection for the '87 sensor, even though it was the same sensor it was wired differently.

Just a little history lesson about how there were literally 2 different Grand Nationals. They looked identical, but way different.
 

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