87 t-type turbo regal

Chuck Norton · 06-10-2009, 08:43 AM

I have been fairly well acquainted with the John and Marka Gallina for a number of years. Their turbo-charged stockers were always very fast on the index for whatever class they ran. They could paper several rooms at their house with record certificates. Alan is correct, they used up head gaskets often but then, they were usually pulling a head for a record teardown at every race so it was a regular drill. Marka usually drove the stocker but she had to contend with leaving the starting line when the turbo was spooled to the proper level and that made cutting a light problematic. When they had the car hopped up, it was a bear to drive consistently.

Bill Edgeworth · 06-10-2009, 09:30 AM

After watching John Gallina make a 7 second pass at Mission a few years back in that car that sold at Barret Jackson I would have to say those things look like a real bear to drive. Not exactly auto start friendly. Getting the car spooled up and staged properly looked like a real challenge even for John who had tons of experience with those cars.

GTO/GN · 06-10-2009, 03:43 PM

I have had my 87 Grand National since 2000 and I will say you can make a ton of power with it. But it comes at a price... Breakage!!! I have been drag racing since 1970 and keep telling the guys in the Grand National Club I belong to, one of these cars will never last long enough to last in Stock Eliminator. I raced mine and watch the other guys in the club race theirs and they break to often. A car has to be able to make round after round to run in Stock or even in brackets. Mine flew it went a 9.64 at 140.11 but it was always broke.. I got tired of fixing it so I put a Buick 455 in it and I'm enjoying racing the car now.

chassis1 · 06-10-2009, 04:09 PM

thanks for all the feed back so quickly. I have a customer who had thought to get his feet wet with his car but I will pass this website on to him and let him make a decision on his own......

thanks everyone for the input....

chassis1

06-10-2009, 08:43 AM	#1
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 474 Likes: 108 Liked 89 Times in 19 Posts	Re: 87 t-type turbo regal I have been fairly well acquainted with the John and Marka Gallina for a number of years. Their turbo-charged stockers were always very fast on the index for whatever class they ran. They could paper several rooms at their house with record certificates. Alan is correct, they used up head gaskets often but then, they were usually pulling a head for a record teardown at every race so it was a regular drill. Marka usually drove the stocker but she had to contend with leaving the starting line when the turbo was spooled to the proper level and that made cutting a light problematic. When they had the car hopped up, it was a bear to drive consistently.

06-10-2009, 09:30 AM	#2
Bill Edgeworth Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 258 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 87 t-type turbo regal After watching John Gallina make a 7 second pass at Mission a few years back in that car that sold at Barret Jackson I would have to say those things look like a real bear to drive. Not exactly auto start friendly. Getting the car spooled up and staged properly looked like a real challenge even for John who had tons of experience with those cars. __________________ Bill Edgeworth 6471 STK

06-10-2009, 03:43 PM	#3
GTO/GN Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 38 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 87 t-type turbo regal I have had my 87 Grand National since 2000 and I will say you can make a ton of power with it. But it comes at a price... Breakage!!! I have been drag racing since 1970 and keep telling the guys in the Grand National Club I belong to, one of these cars will never last long enough to last in Stock Eliminator. I raced mine and watch the other guys in the club race theirs and they break to often. A car has to be able to make round after round to run in Stock or even in brackets. Mine flew it went a 9.64 at 140.11 but it was always broke.. I got tired of fixing it so I put a Buick 455 in it and I'm enjoying racing the car now.

06-10-2009, 04:09 PM	#4
chassis1 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: drag city, ne Posts: 92 Likes: 1 Liked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: 87 t-type turbo regal thanks for all the feed back so quickly. I have a customer who had thought to get his feet wet with his car but I will pass this website on to him and let him make a decision on his own...... thanks everyone for the input.... chassis1