So Brett got to drive an '04 GTO today...

There was a photo shoot today at OSW for a certain Pontiac magazine...and the GTO was the feature car! The car was having some issues though, and wouldn't run better than high 14's. So Brett got to drive it over to Vinci's dyno...that's the last I've heard. I'm sure he'll be on here tonight bragging.

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So who's Bret and where did he get to drive a GTO?

Brett Downs, he is the co-owner of MASC Performance. His name on this board is LT1Brutus.

The car's sweet. It has some timing issues. After speaking w/ a few Australian companies that I carry parts for, it turns out that the Monaro has an "abuse management system." If the cars computer detects repeated abuse it pulls timing...LOTS OF IT to save the automatic. The GTO we have was the 2nd one to hit the shores (4 total) so it is believed to have a Monaro computer. This was evidenced by the fuel guage not working, the temp guage being way off (centigrade we think) and a couple other little glitches. Well, the theory is that it has 762 Magazine miles on it...so its been thorougly abused. Our Australian associates told us how to ground out the "abuse management" to make it forget that it's been abused. We'll see if it helps. After being on the dyno and having its computer gone through it felt a whole lot better. We also think it may have had some 87 octane in it. The dyno first registered 211 rwhp, then 242, 247....we cooled the car for 45 minutes, went through the computer and suddenly we pulled 262 rear wheel with 278 ft. lbs. That's still somewhat low to me, but up .....WAY up compared to the first run...where it stumbled off idle. It turns out that the computer reconized Foot-braking and turns on "torque management" which dumps the timing. Tomorrow we'll run it w/out footbraking it and reset the abuse managment logger every run.
You get a lot of looks on the 408 EWExp when you're driving a car w/ manufacturer plates on it that doesn't exist yet in most people's minds. If anyone knows someone in a Supra, F-150 lightning, or Mercedes E55 that says they tried to race me...tell em I'm sorry, but the car was on loan.

Abuse management system eh? Wow, that is f*cking gay.

This might be of help to you guys. It is taken from here. (http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17545)

Our abuse mode settings are a lot more severe than those seen on anything in the US. The GTO Program is a hotch potch of odd timing maps, and Aussie style abuse. Let them know if you want that we have a program already that will give them 330rwhp on their Dynojet.....

email is ls1edit@austarmetro.com.au and their web site is http://users.senet.com.au/~dtech/

That wont do any good unless the car came with the AUS/SAUDI version of ls1edit and the car had a 03 monaro PCM.

This is a piolt car and there are 6 of em here that have been mentioned.

brett your going to sonics tonight right?

holy crap...........new cars are so friggin gay.............it just makes me want to build an oldschool carbed motor and say F all the computer stuff.

Well I'am GUESSING the the guy in the e55 may have been a guy names jesus ... I'am sure some of you might know him he had a redsupposed 1000+ Hp supra.. he owns aerocomp racing...



I could be wrong but I dont see many people trying to race there new e55 but hey I could be wrong...




Ed

Originally posted by ~293~
I'am sure some of you might know him he had a redsupposed 1000+ Hp supra..

ive seen him dyno it personally.........hehe........it IS 1000hp (crank)

Hey Brett- So the 1 of 4 GTOs that you drove, was it the actual GTO that is suppose to come to the states? When is the car going to be on sale at the Pontiac dealerships? Just curious! -joSShua:usa:

Jesus also has an evolution and when i went to the track the other week also saw him in a 9 sec 1st gen eclipse GSX. So i would say he's not hurting for money.

Originally posted by z28guyWI
Jesus also has an evolution and when i went to the track the other week also saw him in a 9 sec 1st gen eclipse GSX. So i would say he's not hurting for money.


well duh.........hes jesus......the son of god!


but for real........yeah.......hes friggin loaded


video of his E55 racing an 03 cobra (http://69.57.157.70/03cobravsE55.wmv)

Originally posted by jon_we4
That wont do any good unless the car came with the AUS/SAUDI version of ls1edit and the car had a 03 monaro PCM.

This is a piolt car and there are 6 of em here that have been mentioned.


yes i think these guys have the version that works with the GTO's PCM.

http://users.senet.com.au/~dtech/othercars.htm

at least 330rwhp , i mean cmon most f-bods get low 300s with single exhaust.

330 with an A4 and no modifications but tuning?

the 04 holden ls1edit is in beta (as im sure you know) but the 04 ls1edit for the GTO's is not even at that point yet. No doubt it will be a varation of the holden, but as no PRODUCTION cars have hit our shores yet we will not know for a little while.

ANyone know when they are expected to hit our shores?

also what kind of costs, including dealer mark-ups?

ship is scheduled to leave on oct 27th right now. Should be in California sometime late Novemeber.

33,000 Est. MSRP + $650 if you want a M6

Okay guys, just got back from our extensive testing session. As this is a GM car and we were technically forbade to do any work to it we could not utilize the LS1edit/EFILive or any of our Australian tuners reprog solutions. We were able to temporarily fake it out. The idea regardless was to evaluate a STOCK A4 goat, not a tuned one....yet.
This IS the first A4 GTO and we now believe that its early status led to a large mistake: The ECM's torque managment and abuse managment system was still programmed for the Monaro's 270 hp....not 350hp. Regardless we never got timing up to where it should be...the best we could do was 22* @ WOT compared to the LS1 vette we had out there which was running @ 29* in stock trim.
The OFFICIALS from GM say Thanksgiving Day is the official release date. We will be attempting to get a 6-speed to test before then and evaluate it. According to some inside sources another magazine has pushed one of the 6-speed test cars to 12.95 in the 1/4 mile. I can fully believe that since we were able to get a 14.0 in 99* ambient temperature with severe timing issues that caused the car to studder, bog, and run 2.3-2.7 sixty foot times (depending on how severly the abuse managment reacted).
You will all be amazed at the quality of the interior, the tightness of the body lines, and the appearance of the car in person. The Blaupunkt stereo makes the 95 Z28's Bose stereo (the best in my opinion) sound cheezy. The sound was soooo crisp and combined with a Cadillac quiet interior with NO squeaks or rattles it sounded great.
We will be posting a few photos on the about us page of our website in just a few days.

Man, I really wanna sell Pandora and finance one... I don't think GM will be offering any 0% financing with them though.:(

Mike, you forget that I have connections everywhere. We'll be purchasing 1-3 GTOs in the next 4 months w/ a dealer we have a good relation with. Don't forget that leasing is a great option to forgo upfront cost.

[Evil grin]Ree-hee-hee-heally....[/Evil grin]

You could use mine as one of the test mules for parts of course!