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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- Subject: Re: 1994 Pontiac GTO
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:26:23 GMT
- References: <93019.151315JRB122@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, JRB122@psuvm.psu.edu () says:
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- >There was a thread on this net not to long ago imagining a '94 GTO- what
- >body style, powerplant,etc. The concepts were based on a Grand Am coupe
- >with a 3.4 Twin cam v6. This idea, though nice, would not correctly extend
- >the true concept of the GTO into the '90s. The GTO in its inception in 1964
- >was a LeMans, a compact car (for the period) fitted with a huge 389 cubic
- >inch engine. Correctly extrapolating this concept to current times would
- >involve fitting the current Korean built LeMans with a huge engine like the
- >3.4 twin cam V6, or the supercharged Bonneville SSEi 3800 V6, yeah, yeah, or
- >even Cadillac's Northstar V8! Yeah! We'll MAKE it fit! I positively LOVE
- >that reassuring feeling of understeer! Yeah, and, and, 3 inch swaybars
- >front and rear to keep it flat in the corners and help it achieve that skate
- >board- like ride that denotes high performance. 16 inch gatorbacks keep it
- >in contact with the road and provide that GRRRRUUUUHHHHH noise when parallel
- >parking. 4 wheel disc brakes, too! Lookout, Viper owners, the REAL GTO is back!
- >Hey, where is Chief Pontiac, anyway, is he listening? Actually, I know I'll
- >get lots of flames for this post cause so few can take a joke and will not have
- >read this far. 8-)
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- >
- > Rob
- >
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- joke??? what the heck? i thought it sounded like FUN! :-)
- kinda like the Festiva mentioned a while back, with the SHO V6 in it....
- who knows..:-)
- DREW
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