![]() While we were all watching this incredible and inspecting the engine, the Hoonigan team was setting up a special surprise for the driver of this vehicle. This car was built to drift, and burnout is the most show-offish way possible, and it accomplishes that goal quite well with the driver, Jose, behind the wheel. All of that power is sent through a six-speed manual transmission, and right next to the shifter sits a hydraulic e-brake which makes sliding this gigantic machine around corners easy as pie. Everything from burnouts to drag racing is made quick work by this incredible machine and the crazy man who made it all possible. Under the hood of this 2006 Pontiac GTO is a massive LS3 V8 engine that has been forged and supercharged to produce an insane 800 horsepower. ![]() With a ton of modification and some ridiculous driving skills, this thing quickly amazes any on-lookers lucky enough to find themselves in its presence. While this sounds like an incredible feat from a production car in the early 2000s, because it is, it's nothing compared to this sick 800 horsepower GTO. When we say that you could get some great powerhouses in these cars, we mean it as the LS1 came as the standard or base model option with the higher trim boasting a 400 horsepower LS2. These reasons include its sleeper aesthetic, iconic namesake, and ridiculous engine options. The 2004-2006 Pontiac GTO is one of the coolest cars on the used American muscle car market for many reasons. Supposedly noisier than any other muscle car available at the time.And with 800-horsepower, who's going to stop it? At the same time, the exhaust note became increasingly louder. The system activated flaps on both mufflers that bypassed the stock exhaust routing to improve airflow and when combined with the Ram Air induction system, deliver additional power. It was there to activate the company's new and innovative Vacuum Operated Exhaust (VOE). So why was Pontiac so vocal about the 1970 GTO? Well, it was all about a dash-mounted button that had the words "exhaust mode" printed behind it. At 360 horsepower, it was slightly less powerful than the existing 400-cubic-inch Ram Air IV mill (370 horses), but the 455 delivered more torque at 500 pound-feet (678 Nm).īased on numbers alone, the GTO was nowhere near as powerful as Mopars powered by the 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) HEMI or Chevrolets fitted with the mighty 454-cubic-inch (7.4-liter) LS6. These threats were backed by an even more aggressive-looking GTO, as well as a newly introduced 455-cubic-inch HO V8 engine. Here's one example: "about now, a lot of pseudo performers are wishing they could slither off to a nice, quiet garage." The company's printed ads suggested that the GTO's performance and looks would simply humiliate the competition. With a facelifted model on the way for the 1970 model year, Pontiac's marketing department agreed to advertise the muscle car as "The Humbler." It looked far more aggressive too, thanks to its 1968 redesign. In 1969, the Pontiac GTO was in its second generation and it was faster and more powerful than ever. It all happened at the peak of the muscle car era when customers had at least a dozen of high-performance cars to choose from. One that advertised the company's then-new vacuum-operated exhaust system and angered General Motors' management. But no, this story is about "The Humbler," a name used for a marketing campaign in the early 1970s. ![]() I could talk about how it wears the same badge as the iconic Ferrari 250 GTO, or about how it introduced functional air scoops in the 1960s. ![]()
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