The GTO

[97v6Silver]

its not actually a grand am, its a car potiac has had in australia for a while now, of corse it didn't have the v8 over there

 

[szer0]

Yeah, the new GTO is a disgrace to the old one. Personally, I think it's a beefed up cavalier.

 

[97v6Silver]

well the old gto was just a regualr car (nothin fancy) that pontiac stuck a big ole engine in sorta the same concept except the car part came from austalia...

 

[Esel]

Yeah, the original idea was put the biggest engine in a medium-sized car. GM wouldn't let Pontiac put a big engine in a small car. But the old GTOs had attitude. It drove down the street and it looked like a GTO.

This new one just looks like a Pontiac.

 

[5-SpeedStallion]

its not actually a grand am, its a car potiac has had in australia for a while now, of corse it didn't have the v8 over there

Actually, many of the Holden Monaro's sold in Australia have had the 5.7L 300+ hp V8's for years.

kW x 1.341 = hp

245hw = 328.545hp

 

[Ooomph]

its not actually a grand am, its a car potiac has had in australia for a while now, of corse it didn't have the v8 over there

Actually, Holden's been putting LS1's in anything that has wheels for years. They've got at least 5 seperate platforms carrying the LS1 now. I'm not a fan of the GTO's but the LS1 is bulletproof. Mods are more expensive due to the Corvette tax but they produce great numbers. Look for twin turbo kits soon for the GTO, pushing the bone-stock motor to 700+hp, easy. Keep in mind that the LS1's found in Camaro's and WS6's were not the same LS1 found in the Vette, the GTO's is, on the flipside it weighs 60 lbs. more than a Cobra, 225 lbs. more than a Mach 1. Unlike the Vette which weighs nearly 500 lbs less than the Cobra.