This fall I took the plunge and supercharged my GTO. It is incredible!
Here’s the video of the car.
A big thanks to East Texas Muscle Cars for the great build.
The car now has 620hp measured at the crank if you factor in a 15% drivetrain loss.
This fall I took the plunge and supercharged my GTO. It is incredible!
Here’s the video of the car.
A big thanks to East Texas Muscle Cars for the great build.
The car now has 620hp measured at the crank if you factor in a 15% drivetrain loss.
East Texas Muscle Cars one of Texas’s premier GTO tuning shops has raised a bit of ruckus in the automotive world. ETMC has decided to a V6 Camaro and challenge the almighty Nissan GT-R’s Nurburgring record.
Good luck to Steve and the crew at East Texas Muscle Cars [...]
Caroftheday.org has been dormant for a little while, mainly because I don’t want another car everyday. I’m a satisfied GTO driver.
This weekend another car joined the official “Caroftheday.org” stables. (my garage)
My wife is the proud owner of a Mercedes 2006 SLK 55 AMG. She has long been [...]
First let me apologize to any readers of COTD there may have been, it has been nearly 6 months since my last post and I don’t see a lot more posts in my future.
“Car of the Day” has been a problem I have had for years. A problem that caused [...]
Regular readers of Car of the Day know that we at COTD are great fans of the new Pontiac GTO. I’ve written plenty of info on the GTO. One of the great things about the GTO was the amount of performance and quality that you get for the price.
Nissan [...]
In 2004 GM imported an Australian muscle car and sold it to the US as the Pontiac GTO. It was 40 years after the original GTO was first introduced to the world. The GTO may not have been the retro-mobile along the lines of the upcoming Camaro or the new [...]
Today, Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond film is released. With the rebooting of the 007 franchise, Bond is back in a car from Britain, the way it is supposed to be. Ian Flemming meant for his English secret agent to drive English cars. For most of the franchise [...]
If you want nearly 400hp. If you want 4 doors. If you want it all for less than $20k, then the Trailblazer SS is for you.
With the bottom falling out of the SUV and truck market the Trailblazer SS has become the cheapest way to your [...]
Well it should be no surprise that lame cars come with lame names. I’ve documented on this site before the lame-ness of the Camry and even pointed you to the great Anti-Camry Blog.
Autoblog has taken a little bit of time to produce the Top Ten Gibberish Car [...]
This October 23rd was another trip to the strip for the GTO. The location for tonight’s racing was the Texas Raceway in Kennedale and is billed as “the FASTEST little racetrack in Texas“.
It was a cool autum evening with temperatures dipping into the 50s at race time. Thursday [...]
The LS6 was the first mainstream LSX engine to cross into the 400hp territory. It was originally the engine for the C5 Corvette Z06 and was rated for 405hp.
In 2004 and 2005 General Motors took their top of the line V8 and slammed it into their smallest Cadillac and [...]
Not to toot my horn but…..
On October 22nd, 2008 “Car Of The Day” has won the much-sought-after and higly-coveted internet award of BLOG OF THE DAY!!! That’s right, it is so important it needs all caps. So, it’s not a Nobel Prize, but it is our [...]
Ever want to get away? I’m talking about getting so far away that there are no roads, no hotels, no restaurants and no people. As a self admitted car nut, I’d like a cool vehicle to help me accomplish that goal.
Well EarthRoamer has created such a vehicle. It is [...]
October 16th, 1959 the original El Camino was born. At Car of the Day we don’t spend a lot of time looking all the way to the 50s for topics. The El Camino is about to be reborn. And not simply reborn as half-car and half-truck. It will be reincarnated [...]
Hyundai has quietly been making better and better cars over the last few years. Quality cars that are best know for good build quality and great feature sets. The same way Acura did back in the 80s and 90s. Hyundai is now bringing an honest to goodness luxury car to [...]
I was going to entitle this “Sleepers!” However, I didn’t think it was proper to use an exclamation point after “sleeper”. By their very nature sleeper cars are understated and very much anti-exclamation point.
Cars that fast without advertising to world that they are fast. Motor Trend’s WOT says [...]
The greatness of the turbo-charged Cobalt SS is being extoled all over the automotive press. It is a quick, slick handling, enconomy, and legitimate sports car. The 4-door version is now available.
Autoblog.com says about the SS Coupe and a recent comparsion by C&D:
Fortunately, the latest [...]
Dodge has a new pickup for 2009. Well it’s the same Ram, but the new body-style.
The 5.7 liter Hemi has been tweaked for more power. 390hp and 400lb-ft of torque. The regular cab short bed version can get to 60mph in 5.7 seconds and pass the [...]
This week Police cars have been making the news.
One of the big stories is the new and improved Dodge Charger police car. The Dodge Charger is still a fairly new car when it comes to seeing duty for the boys in blue. This is the [...]
Well its time for an another run down of some interesting autmotive posts for the week.
GM and Chrysler merger?
This has been a rough season in the automotive industry. Sales are way down across the board. A person doesn’t have to go far to find negative news about the car industry.
The New York Times is reporting that GM and Chrysler are exploring a merger. A [...]
What do you do with 10,000 pens and a Mercedes that needs a paint job? Obviously, you glue the pens all over the Mercedes and create a Mercedes Pens.
The Mercedes Pens is something of a celebrity at Art Shows and at Car Shows, however it is at [...]
One of my favorite cars of all time was the BMW M Coupe. I lusted after, shopped for and test drove this ultra rare BMW.
This car was only made for 4 short years and less than 3000 came to the US. Only 690 got the newer M3’s [...]
The Spugly Car of the Day is the Pontiac G6 GXP Street Edition.
I’m actually a fan of all things GXP even the G6 GXP. GXP represents the best Pontiac has to offer in each model. The G6 GXP features a 3.6 liter V6 good for 252hp, not [...]
Here’s an interesting Autotrader find. A 2002 Maserati Coupe with 49k miles for $27k miles.
It looks like the current economic environment isn’t just hitting the SUVs, but is also causing some deals to show up in the used exotic car market. The Maserati Coupe has 4.2 [...]
Well its time for an another run down of my favorite autmotive posts for the week.
Last week Porsche and Nissan have been bickering over the Nissan’s GT-R Nurburgring lap times. Porsche actually purchased a US spec Nissan GT-R to run around the famed German track. 
When the dust had settled Porsche run the Nissan around the track with time of 25 seconds slower [...]
