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I have been wrenching on cars almost my entire life. My preferred make is Pontiac (thanks to my father) and I currently only own 3 of them (Gen. 4 Trans Am, 'New' GTO and a G5 GT). My old G6 vert (w/GXP body kit) is pictured above. I parted that out because the car had almost 200k miles and had ALL KINDS of mechanical issues. My current project is a Brazen Orange 2006 GTO, where NOTHING is stock. The motor was stroked and sleeved and went from being a regular LS2 (6.0 litre - 364 cid) to an amalgum of LS parts-being a true LSX. The motor is now 6.9 litres - 421 cubes (throw back to the 60's Pontiacs), it's also a eal"Ram Air" - with an independantly driven (my own design), as well as modewrately over driven LS9 blower - which I rebuilt and smoothed the inner casing by hand. I have slightly ported LS3 (823) heads, JBA longies and high flow mids, hooked up to a Magnaflow 3" exhaust w/ electric cutouts. The suspension is fully adjustable, with coilovers on all 4 corners. The front are BC Racing coilovers, Whiteline adjustable (one degeee) camber bushings and adjustable Whiteline sway bar. The rear has Strange / G-Force Engineering coilovers, shock extensions, Whiteline adjustable sway and Polyurethane bushings all around. The brakes are 6 piston front, 4 piston rear Brembo's from a Cadillac CTS-V. There are braided stainless steel brake lines, and Drilled / Slotted rotors underneath. Wheel and tires are also from a Cadillac CTS-V (Sedan). The hubs needed to be specially bored to fit the hub on the GTO. The front wheels were sent to Weldcraft in Livonia, MI. to be narrowed 1/2", from 9" to 8.5" to help fit in the wheel wells. The rear wheels were left the stock size and are 9.5" wide. They were PVD coated in Chrome and wrapped in Continental Extreme Contact Sport tires. Front size is 265/40 19's and the rears are 295/35 19's. Because of the wider wheel and tire combination, the car also needed to be mini-tubbed and the lower control arms had to be notched. The car has a Sport Appearance Package (SAP) spoiler, as well as a reproduction set of SAP front Grilles (painted the body color). In addition, there are a TON of other custom touches I made all around the car. I imported a set of Holden VT tail lights and began to combine those together with a set of broken 2006 GTO tails. I modified a broken trunk insert to further change and enhance the look of the rear of the car.

Member Since: Jun 16, 2022

Last Active: Apr 25, 2023

Location: Woodstock, IL.

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