Attention Ford Fanatics! Join GTR High Performance for our annual caravan/cruise the the Fabulous Fords Forever Car Show at Knott's Berry Farm. This years event will be on Sunday April 22nd.
The official car show hours are from 10am-3pm. GTR will organize a caravan that will "cruise" out to Knotts on Sunday morning (4/22) begining at 7:30am in the GTR parking lot. We will depart to Knotts at approximately 8:30am and arrive to the Knotts car show by 9:30, which will give plenty of time to enjoy the show. The exact route to the Knotts car show will be revealed on Sunday at the GTR parking lot.
While we are waiting for everyone to arrive at GTR, we will have a "mini" car show of our own at the GTR parking lot. That will be an appetizer for the main course: the Knotts show. Hanging out at GTR before the caravan leaves will give everyone a chance to mingle, check out some REALLY nice cars and meet new Mustang enthusiasts, like yourselves.
For anybody unfamiliar with the Knotts Show, it is THE LARGEST FORD ONLY CAR SHOW ON THE WEST COAST! This year, over 2000 Ford vehicles are expected. Naturally, Mustangs are always the largest group in attendance and the highlight of the show. The car show is free for spectators and parking is also free, so there is no excuse NOT to go!
In recent years, the GTR caravan has averaged about 75 cars that join us for the cruise to Knotts. Seeing a LONG line of Mustangs driving is quite a site and (to me at least) is the best part of the day! I'd much rather be driving a Mustang than just looking at a Mustang! Anyhow, this is an open invitation to all, so come join us for a Ford-filled day of fun! Hope to see you there!
GTR High Performance
Thanks to everyone for coming out. We had a great time!
GTR Customer Appreciation Day Car Show & Dyno Day on Sunday, November 13, 2011
GTR Autocross Day at Autoclub Speedway on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Take a look at the videos provided by two of our customers located on the Customer Gallery page.
Below is the 1998 Camaro Z-28 of Gonzalo, President of GTR
1998 Camaro Z-28 with 155,000 original miles belonging to Gonzalo (President of GTR) & Lauri Topete! Only upgrades done to the vehicle inlcude: Magnaflow catalytic Pipe, MAC Cat Back exhaust and K&N drop-in panel filter...all else is stock! Dyno tested to 302 HP at the rear wheels on our in-house DynoJet Chassis Dyno. We outfitted this Camaro with a BMR suspension handling kit which included lowering springs, larger diameter front and rear sway bars, KONI yellow adjustable shocks and struts, and 17x9.5" wheels wrapped in Toyo R888 DOT approved competition tires (275/40/17 size).
The Camaro performed extremely well! With such few and basic modifications, our test Camaro was the fastest "Muscle-Car" of the day at the autocross event (by a large margin of over a second!). We faced very stiff competition by muscle cars with over twice as much horsepower, larger brakes, and more exotic suspension upgrades and still came out on top! We managed to outrun a new supercharged ZR-1 Corvette, along with several other newer Corvettes, a 2011 Boss 302 Mustang, and a field of supercharged Mustangs also from our camp! In addition, our Camaro also crushed nearly all competitors from Japan and Europe inlcuding cars that normally dominate the autocross such as Mazda Miatas, Honda S2000s, BMWs and Porsches. Not bad for a 13 year old car with basic bolt ons! This proves that to create an exceptional handling car, it simply takes a proven, well-matched and balanced suspension package that is complimented by sticky tires to get the best results. Credit our in-house "hot-shoe pilot" Ricardo Topete for navigating the Camaro to a best time of the day of 39.1 seconds! For perspective, only a couple of cars managed to break into 38 second territory!
Look for GTR's 98 Z-28 Camaro at future autocross events and feel free to pick their brain on what your vehicle needs to be competetive or dominate an autocross or road racing event!