<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GOAT8U2:
Out of all those cars, the EVO 8 is hands down the best value. And its all year round racing on top of that.
Here in IL, AMS (local shop)has the fastest stock block, heads and turbo Mitsu EVO 8. It ran a 11.83 in the 1/4 on street tires and bolt ons!!
STOCK BIG 16G TURBO!!! Over 450 dyno pulls to date tuned with a wide band sensor every time.
My buddy has a 03 EVO 8 and had a 02 WRX. He traded in the WRX for the EVO, said they were not comparable for the money, even the STI. And for $1200 AMS can get the EVO 8's to run high 12's all day long on pump gas. They have over 450 dyno runs on the shop EVO 8 and their performance package upgrades are dialed in on these cars big time. They give the fuel maps to you in the fuel computer (AFC) for each package so its tweaked out just like if it were on the dyno getting tuned. You can not find that with the GTO.
The GTO with a blower would cost way more when you were done, and would not run an 11.8 on street tires, let alone street slicks. Due to the low psi it would have to run due to stock compression and the bottom end blowing apart, its not worth the money to try to compete. On top of that, the GTO would run even slower in the rain and snow.
The WRX is a nightmare to work on compared to the EVO 8. Pontiac dropped the ball here as I would rather buy the Dodge SRT4 Turbo over that thing, even if the GTO was $20,000.
What happened to that prototype I saw years ago in some mag? That was a GTO.
69 GTO Convertible
(Future Twin Turbo)
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Awwww......I dunno about that mate!! Contact Bill Lee of Bill Lee Performance in Perth, Western Australia or Castlemaine Rod Shop in Sydney and find out what you can do to an LS1 for $1200 USD.
As for the racing in the rain bit, watch the Australian V8 Supercars on Speed....they race in the rain. Not like in NASCAR where they ***** themselves at a raindrop falling on the windshield.
