My 2005 Pontiac GTO*

* award wining :) (see bottom of page)

This page was last updated on June 23, 2007

Current list of Modifications!

bullet Stainless works Long tube headers with off road pipes!
bullet Stainless works prototype 3' exhaust (see exhaust clips below)
bullet NGK TR-6 spark plugs & Granatelli wires in BLUE :) matches the car pretty well!
bullet Volant Cold Air Intake (Pictures)
bullet Car Motorsports custom floor mats
bullet Kenwood stereo with Sirius - (More Details)
bullet BRAKES
  Front - Wilwood Superlite 6 Piston Big Brake Kit with slotted rotor (PICS)
 

Rear - Wilwood Superlite 4 piston Big Brake Kit with slotted rotor (PICS)

bullet Dyno tune by Kirk at Vector Motorsports (see dyno sheets below)
bullet King springs - stock ride height but progressively stiffer - I think it actually raised the rear end up a little bit.
bullet 18' rims and tires - Decided to go with the TSW Mondello and Falken Azenis RT-615 (More pics)
bullet Nitto NT 555R Drag Radials (275/40 17) on stock rims for the track :) (LINK)
bullet Koni adjustable shocks
bullet Hotchkis Sway bars (including upgraded bushings)
bullet Extreme Performance Aluminum Driveshaft 3.5" (Pictures)
bullet GMM Ripshift (Pictures)
bullet Spec stage 3 clutch and Flywheel (Pictures)
bullet Replacement rear end with 3.91 gears, Kaaz LSD and Harrop diff cover (Pictures)
bullet HPE Stage 3 5.3L cylinder heads (2.055 intake valves and 1.57 exhaust valves) (Pictures and videos)
bullet HPE S-Cam (238/242, .608/.612, 113 LSA)
bullet ASP underdrive pulley
bullet Nitro Dave's (Website) LS2 plate kit with NX Solenoids (currently setup for 100hp shot) (Pictures)
bullet 860 Performance automatic bottle heater
bullet Trick window switch (set to turn on at 3000 rpm's and off at 6000 rpm's)
bullet Timing Tuner - used to pull a some timing when using the spray
bullet DynoTune Nitrous (Website) Fuel pressure gauge, Nitrous pressure gauge and LC-1 Wideband A/F ratio gauge (Picture)
bullet BMR stub axles and CV Shafts - due to a little incident at the track (Picture & Video)
bullet Factory shift light activated by Chris White - (Website)
bullet Autocross grills - (Picture)
bullet Finally the most important mod - 20 sided fuzzy dice (picture) Power gains vary depending on the roll :)

To do (when I can afford it) - I am accepting donations :)

bullet BMR strut tower brace - Blue
bullet Got a little somthing planned for the winter months :)
bullet Probably more but that is all I can think of for now

 

VIDEOS

NEW VIDEO added 10/7/06

Best run to date (ran 10/7/06 - Slip below)

You can almost hear the axle's snap :) (2nd run of the day - 10/7/06)

Nitrous purge video

Videos from after the heads and cam install

Startup - The engine started right up - major relief.

Smoke - So I was warned that there would be some smoke from the coolant and oil burning off but it is still scary seeing the smoke pour out of the hood :)

Idle - This is after the car had been idling for a while.

Exhaust clip #1

Exhaust clip #2

 

Dyno information

Current as of 7/22/06

Dyno Graph - Headers, exhaust, cold air intake, heads and cam. 2nd run with n2o

Dyno Graph - Headers, exhaust and cold air intake

 

Racing stuff

Current as of 10/7/06

1/4 mile time slip with nitrous - I was in the left lane (best run to date) - ran on 10/7/06

1/4 mile time slip before nitrous (was run at Ubly Dragway, probably the worst track in Michigan - time should have been quicker)

1/4 mile time slip before engine work (I was car #528)

Sorry the quality of these are not that great, they were taken using the video mode on a digital camera (it has no zoom)

Drag Strip 1 - probably the worst launch ever, still beat the bike

Drag Strip 2 - Poor truck, it never stood a chance :)

Drag Strip 3 - 10/9/05 - 13.375 @ 105.38

Drag Strip 4 - 10/9/05 - 13.013 @ 107.52

Road Course - my first track day at Gingerman Raceway (this isn't very interesting)

 

Awards!!!

The car won its first awards on 7/16/06 at the Bay City Rides 2nd annual car show.

1st place in Loudest / Best exhaust competition

3rd place in Domestic Wild class

7/22/06 at the 2nd annual 2kc Motorfest

Crowd's favorite car

 

Other stuff

Mid-Ohio - Pictures of the my trip in 2005 to see the Rolex Sports Car Series at Mid-Ohio raceway

 

Send me an e-mail if you like

 

All videos should play fine with either Windows Media Player or Quicktime - But if you run into problems get Quicktime.

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