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Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:13 pm
I was raised on chevys,I could proble teach you about them. I built a 428HP small block 307ci (hybrid) for my Chevelle,wich acting as my first car when I bought it and started working on it when I was 14. I proceeded to sell it at age 16 to buy a Thunderbird with a swapped 5.0 EFI in it. Don't assume I don't like domestics jackass,just because I badmouthed one of them.
From the age of 14-16 I also worked restoring Brisith roadsters from a gentlemens private collection; This is what ultimately led to the selling of my domestic, V8 powered machines to a small,lightweight sporty chassis.
One of my all time dream car ultimately is a 1957 Volkswagen Beetle,export sedan. (I want to build a 2651CC Type 2 with scat crank,and bug pack heads. Dual 44IMF mukunis:))
Japanese cars aint everything.
Look at the facts willya? I know plenty of guys that drift the S-chassis car that haven't blown their DOHC inline turbo 4's( Also see:AE86,Supra). If the LS-1 is SOOO SUPERIOR why is it that they blew that thing under 15k miles? Thats all I am saying. I am also saying that the effort put out by GM on most of their products is shameful, pathetic and appauling. Look at the Equinox,its got a ****ing BOAT MOTOR thats a PUSHROD 4 CYLINDER in it,thats their new "hot ****" SUV while they old,dated ****ty *** Saturn Vue gets the GM/Honda V6. Just look at the new malibu....enough said there,lol. Aveo? Come on!
The GTO is a muscle car legend. To quote Jim Scouten(sp) "The GTO was not always the fastest on the track,it was definitely close though. The best thing about the GTO was it was always the COOLEST on the track,and the street." That was the GTOs image,the coolest looking,best interior...etc. muscle car. The classys mans muscle car. Not an australian cookie cutter looking car with a pontiac grill,taillights,and shiny exhaust tips. Look at the grand prix,and the grand am;Look how similar they are. The only way I can diffrenciate the two is the small "GTO LS-1" Badge on the fenders.
The Pontiac GTO of old ran true Pontaic Engines. They featured an extra bolt to the transmission bell-housing;Therefore considering by many stronger than the Chevrolet sibling. This car is powered by the LS-1,wich is Chevy as Chevy gets.
Gm did the most slack job they could legitmately get away with on this car,and its extremely dissapointing therefore classified as "not impressive" .
Sure its fast,if its not I'd be worried. The corvette engine in medium sized car,it better be ****ing fast.
I never said I liked The S13s,and AE86s on the drift track. Who said I even watch drifting? Those S13s,and AE86s don't come that ugly in stock form. How many S13s have been mistaken for Sentras? Maximas? Thats just like the GTO being mistaken for a grand prix or grand am IMHO.