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Jan 31, 2005 | 07:59 PM

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CanyonCarver

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Originally Posted by 91zxtt

\,...drop a detuned Z06 motor into one of those and beef of the suspensoion a bit to compete with some of the European and Japanese manufacturers.

They did, it's called GTO :chug:

Jan 31, 2005 | 08:23 PM

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91zxtt

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Oh yea. Forgot about that. They didn't sell very many of those either. I think that car looks like a$$. Whoever designed it should be shot.

Feb 1, 2005 | 06:28 AM

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I think that car looks like a$$. Whoever designed it should be shot.

I do agree, it's not very elegant, and @ $30k+????? It could be fixed up with some body plastic. Have you seen under the hood? It's classically simplistic, kinda like a hot rod, I could actually work on the motor.

Feb 3, 2005 | 08:37 PM

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bardabe

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yup. actually the guy who designed my bro's body kit has the new 04 GTO and he already supercharge it. designed a body kit and hood.(idon;t liek it) but the car has ***** I like it that much

Don't look that good
http://www.aedcentral.com:8181/cgi-b...7&L=eng&P=7001

I luv the S-10 though

http://www.aedcentral.com:8181/cgi-b...7&L=eng&P=6001

it would make a good work truck

The grand prix looks jsut lovely. I got smoked by the GTP too. pretty fast.

http://www.aedcentral.com:8181/cgi-b...L=eng&P=100405

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Feb 10, 2005 | 01:15 PM

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I read in my Car & Driver that the Corvette,( Not the Z06), is the best sports car on the raod period. It out performed all the porches, the Viper and many others to get this standing. They said the tracton control system using the medium settings gives the car some impressive numbers. With the control off the car gets way to loose in the corners and you cant get on the throttle early enough. And on the highest setting you dont get enough play in the car to slide the rear around. in the middle setting you have some room to play and you are able to get back in the throttle plenty early enough. The driver picked up a lot of time with the control on instead of off. he was very impressed cause he doest like to drive with traction control. but when he saw the time difference he was blown away.

I thought this was of interest and wanted to post it.

Feb 10, 2005 | 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 91zxtt

The Z06 is $75k. Fastest car under $100k. I'd go with yellow.

Actually the Z06 is not the fastest production car under $75K. The Noble M12 GTO 3-R lists at just over 52K for a complete rolling chassis, and is available in the US but only from one dealership. When outfitted with a Ford 3.0 liter twin turbocharged engine and tranny putting out 350bhp the price goes up an estimated 10-20K. Car and Driver lists the MSRP of the entire setup at just over 74K. Car and Driver's test results on the vehicle are as follows:

0-60: 3.3 seconds
0-100: 8.8 seconds
1/4 mile: 11.4 (I think thats exact, but I do remember it was in the 11s)

I saw the article in the new issue of C&D on page 102, check it out for yourself, its an amazing vehicle at that price! I think it needs to lose the wing though!