Tech/Horsepower

Bottom line on this category: Drag racing, modifications, random automotive discussion.

This may be my least discussed topic, but it’s passion #3. I’m a car guy. I love all things that make horsepower. Here’s what I own:

• 1986 Ford Mustang SVO Competition Prep – one of the rarest Mustang’s ever built, a 2.3l 4 cylinder (that thinks it a V8) road racer. A lot of fun.
• 2002 Trailblazer LTZ – daily driver and old reliable, I don’t plan to talk about it much but worth mentioning.
• 2004 Saturn Ion Coupe – wife’s daily driver, affectionately referred to as “Plastic” or “Tupperware”.

I have spent a great deal of the past six years working on and racing GM 3800 Series II V6 engines, known as L67/L32 and most commonly installed in late model Pontiac Grand Prix GTP’s. I currently have a joint drag racing project with a friend from Toledo and his 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP converted to a 67mm turbo. Though I believe we’ll be retiring it in favor of a Pontiac Firebird with either a turbo 3800 or a V8 (LS1). I’ll know more this weekend when I go up for the North American International Auto Show.

My best friend (an extremely talented mechanic and performance engineer) is working on a NHRA Division III dragster project with a local race team. Can’t wait to hang with him this summer!

Also, I co-run the largest local automotive community in Columbus with my brother, who is a horsepower guy as well. I’ll probably be racing and tuning his supercharged 1998 Pontiac Firebird Formula some this year.