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Jeff Kuchel 05-13-2025 07:15 AM

New to the sport
 
Good morning everyone. I am planning on building a 2004 Pontiac GTO either for E/SA or F/SA. I have been away for the racing world for a while while I built my trucking company business up. The reason I want to build this car is because I have a really nice one and just wanted to do something different. I would appreciate any advice about building this combination. I know S/SS has a lot of secrets and work that goes into building these types of cars. I?m not into all the drama stuff that goes with this sport just the fun it brings! I have always loved S/SS racing all of my life and you definitely have to love the sound that a S/SS car has!

dragracerray 05-13-2025 07:16 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
Welcome Jeff! Ray

nickh 05-13-2025 07:20 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
You building the car yourself?

james schaechter 05-13-2025 08:06 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
Welcome! That is a good combo. There are a few really nice ones out there racing.

GUMP 05-13-2025 08:37 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
Great combination!

nickh 05-13-2025 08:47 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
Jeff put your build into the class racer build section we would love to follow the build.

jmcarter 05-13-2025 09:31 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
If I was going that route I?d definitely reach out to Lyn Smith for some basic first steps. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Lyn Smith 05-13-2025 09:43 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
Hey ol buddy . If you are going to the RT 66 Nationals this weekend look me up.

Jeff Kuchel 05-16-2025 02:36 PM

Re: New to the sport
 
Thank you everyone for the support and suggestions. I?m going to try to do a lot of the build myself to try to save on money. Could this car run SS? I guess I haven?t seen a newer body style GTO in SS. I?m sorta loss when it comes to planning a build. Could this car run SS/GT with a Pontiac engine or how do people actually come up with a build? How do you know what is a great combination or not? I actually have two Pontiac GTO cars to pick from. The one is a 2004 and the other is a 2005. Is it better to build one for a class that has few cars in it? How does one know these things? I am pretty green when it comes to things like this. I just thought I would ask you all for some advice and answers.

Woodfin 05-17-2025 08:32 AM

Re: New to the sport
 
You can build it as a super stock GT rear drive conversion. Doing that would allow a Pontiac engine. We need others to verify this, but I think a small-block Chevy would be legal in GT because it is a Pontiac "corporate" engine.

Something to consider is that building a GT rear-engine conversion is a massive project and not for an inexperienced builder.

Building a stocker would be much simpler and less expensive.


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