Tag: GTO

Bankers might not strike you as gear heads.  “They crunch numbers all day.  What do they know about cars?”  But think about it this way: Successful finance professionals make a lot of money and have business relationships with people who buy cool automotive toys all the time. Pardon the pun: Bankrate.com decided to give its […] More »

Forget the 5th Gen. fat jokes because this big-inch beast is rolling heads without a power adder! The 430-cubic inch LS motor under the hood of the 5th Gen. Camaro is gettin’ the job done against another stout competitor; a GTO with a TSP 418 stroker, a built 9″ rearend with 3.70 gears, and what […] More »

Bob Lutz recently told a Road & Track reader that Pontiac was planning to build a GTO before the brand got killed off. It would have been based on the G8 and probably would have looked something like the Holden Coupe 60 Concept above, which to me is a pretty big improvement, looks-wise, over the […] More »

Well. That didn’t take long at all. The guys at Weapons Grade Performance have officially swapped a LS into the well-regarded Subaru BRZ. They’ve dubbed it: “The BRZ06”. According to the article on lsxtv, the swap was fairly simple. They had to fab their own mounts and oil pan, but aside from that, there was […] More »

What could possibly be better than this? It’s a beautiful, clear day. The sun is shining. You’re at a photoshoot by a lake. Your subjects? Two blonde swimsuit models. Dressed appropriately. It’s almost perfect, but something’s missing. There’s not enough… Smoke. Cue the GTO. The tires light up and fill the sky with a white […] More »

Is there a purer form of racing than the arm drop? I mean, there are more accurate ways sure, but you only need a guy in the middle to get a fair race going. In this case, it’s a pretty good match up. In one lane there’s an automatic GTO. Opposing it is a 240sx. […] More »