Vauxhall Monaro GTO Conversion / Show Car Tiburon - Guy on my Forums

[GeneralPatton]

Older guy on my forum who has a crazy Tiburon (used as a show car), as seen below, also have a Vauxhall Monaro GTO Conversion which is his daily driver. He originally went the Holden route but wanted to be unique, and says he is the only, if not one of the very few who has a Vauxhall conversion in the states.

I currently have 2 cars that I am proud of, The Tuscani is a complete show car, and the Monaro is my daily driver
This is a profile for my Tuscani show car ( I do drive it around on sunny days), it has went from a daily driver many years ago to a garage space hog, but everything about it is all about speed and looks, I have taken it to many race tracks ( fastest ¼ mile on street tires 13.2 seconds) and to many car shows. It dyno’ed in at 346 whp and can turn the tires in to molten rubber in a heart beat… All work on this car was completed by me and my friends – Enjoy!


I currently drive my 2006 Monaro CV8Z GTO Conversion, it has a supercharged LS2 and has 454 hp at the rear wheels – a few pictures at the bottom

Tiburon:
















ENGINE
Balanced/Blueprinted/Forged 2.7l V6
Ported and polished heads, Lower IM, & S/C manifold
Billet 7.5" Overdrive Crank Pulley
Wolfe Racing polished fuel rails and valve covers
YaYa Poly Mounts Front & Rear
Weapon R Engine Damper
Fidanza Cam Gears
290CC Injectors
Eaton S/C @ 10psi
NX EFI Hitman 75 Wet
NX Window Switch
2 - 5 lb custom painted bottles
NX N-Tercooler
Koyo Performance Radiator
Nology Cool Wires
AEM CAI
Russel Stainless Lines
Summit Anodized Fittings
SSA Headers
SSA Catback Exhaust
Split Second MAF VC2 Voltage Clamp @ 5V
Wideband Tuning by Zeitronix
RRM Strutbar
Apexi Neo Fuel Computer
KartBoy Shifter Bushings
Optima Yellow Top
Fidanza Flywheel
Clutchmaster's FX400 Clutch
Phanton Grip LSD
X-Tune Oil Catch Can

GTO:
























2006 Vauxhall Monaro GTO Conversion
LS2 Magnuson Supercharged @ 7PSI
Volant Custom CAI
SLP Headers
SLP Loud Mouth Exhaust
SLP Drag Bags Rear
ROH DriftR Wheels 18x9 18x10
Toyo TR1 - 245 Front / 275 Rear
GMM Race Shifter
Complete Vauxhall VZ Package Imported from UK/Australia
454 RWHP / 454 RWTQ
12.23 1/4 mile on street tires

The guy is crazy what he does with cars! He also has a 1970 restored Nova SS hes had for over 25 years. I give the guy props what he does and the amount of time/money he puts into this hobby.

[MikeyB.]

Both are very sexy cars!!!!

[bpipe95]

we have a local guy here in Rochester that did the manaro conversion a few years back. the numbers the GTO is putting down are pretty weak. I wonder why?

[mikecentola]

the tiberon is a little over the top imo... the conversion on the gto is nice, but numbers do a seem a little low for being a supercharged ls2

[WhiteMKIII]

I love the etched plexi glass behind the amps, looks really well done

[GeneralPatton]

Originally Posted by WhiteMKIII

I love the etched plexi glass behind the amps, looks really well done

Yeah, the guy have an etching machine worth thousands of dollars, he made this:



The Wolfe Racing Piece on the intake:


And all the Plexiglass work:


The Tiburon is over done because it is strictly show car. It used to be his daily driver, but when he redid it a few months ago, he decided to go all out. Now it is stored for shows and some nice sunny weekend days.

[GranMassaX]

tiburon is fugly, IMO... but Im not a fan of over the top show cars. GTO conversion looks good though.