Pontiac GTO engine is a nice touch since GM pinched the name from Ferrari 60 years ago car auto cars
wasn’t the first or the fastest muscle car, but it was the one with the best marketing behind it. Naming an over-engined American family sedan after a hand built Italian V12 sports car produced in tiny numbers with the specific aim of being the greatest closed-wheel racer in the world was a delicious bit of mischief that got the Pontiac talked about, and almost certainly got on Ferrari fans’ goat. Just like this engine-swapped 412 will.
Pontiac and Ferrari GTOs had precisely nothing in common besides the name, but this survivalist-themed 412 currently up for auction definitely does have some Detroit DNA. Its 5.0-liter V12 has been yanked out and replaced with a V8 from a, in this case a 6.0-liter aluminium LS2 from a 2005 GTO, rather than an old iron block 389 or 400 used in 1960s Ponchos.
The fourth-generation GTO got an upgrade from 5.7 to 6.0-liters for 2005, boosting power from 350 to 400 hp , which means it’s much stouter than the original V12, which was rated at 335 hp . Plus, it’s hooked up to the GTO’s six-speed Tremec, whereas most 412s were wheezy three-speed autos, and is probably going to be a heap simpler and less expensive to keep running.
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