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!