With over 260 horsepower and 260 lb.-ft of torque on tap, the factory LNF engine is a formable powerplant to have residing under your hood. GM is committed to the Sport Compact enthusiast and as such, is releasing the LNF Turbo Upgrade kit for the Pontiac Solstice, Sky Redline and HHR SS. This upgrade kit includes a new engine calibration and upgraded MAP sensors that turn those 260 ponies into 290 stampeding horses!

GMTunerSource worked with Todd Christensen at GM to help put us in touch with the lead engineer of this upgrade, Bill Duncan, at GM’s High Performance Vehicle Organization to give us an exclusive inside look at the new LNF Turbo Upgrade Kit. After many meetings with Bill, we are very excited about the new kit. GM really did their homework and has delivered a knockout upgrade for LNF owners.

Read the rest of the story at www.GMTunerSource.com

For more information or to register please visit www.GMTunerSource.com or click http://tunersource.gmblogs.com/blog/archive/2008/09/10/lordstown-assembly-plant-vip-tour

Below is the schedule of events going on during the day at the Mid Ohio Sports Course.

Sunday, June 22

8:00am Track opens for VIP ECOtec Roll In

9:00 Final Practice – KONI Challenge ST

9:30 End of VIP ECOtec Roll In – Owners must be in place by this time

9:40 On-Track Activities

10:00 Cobalt team paddock tours

10:00 KONI Series Drivers Autograph Session (Honda Pavilion)

10:35 Start – Formula BMW Race

11:00 Guest welcome, Cobalt driver/team intros – Chevy hospitality area

11:00 Cobalt team paddock tours (if needed)

11:30 Lunch – Chevy hospitality

12:30pm Recon Laps – KONI Challenge ST

12:45 START – KONI Challenge ST race (2 1/2 Hour Time Limit)

3: 45 START – Formula BMW Race

Come cheer on the production-based Cobalt SS teams during the Koni Challenge race, plus get behind the scenes with the Chevy staff, teams

and drivers. Don’t own a Cobalt? No problem – any ECOtec-powered GM vehicle is eligible.

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
7721 Steam Corners Road
Lexington, OH 44904

Sunday, June 22th
9:00am – 4:00pm

Register quickly because SPACE IS LIMITED and we need to send out the tickets in time for the event!

What is included:

• VIP Parking
• (2) General Admission Tickets
• Private Tech Talk with GM Engineers/Teams
• Full Catered Lunch
• Goodie Bags

What is the cost?

• There is no cost. It’s FREE!

What you need to do to get in on this?

• Be able to bring your Cobalt (or other ECOtec powered vehicle)
• Make sure you can go on Sunday June 22nd
• Have the urge to have a great time
• Respond quickly! Registration ends , June 16th at 3:00pm (eastern)

ITINERARY
To be posted.

The agenda and activities are work in progress, so please note that these items are subject to change. Please check back for updates!

Send an email to corey@theoryconcept.com or call 954.428.1800 with your name, mailing address (no PO Boxes), telephone number, and email address. You will receive a package the week of June 18-20 containing maps to the event, (2) tickets to the event, and (2) access passes.

Also, EXLUSIVE opportunity for those that attend this event…

GM is planning a VERY limited space Lordstown Assembly Plant Tour, and everyone that attends this event will have first dibs on the tickets to go to the plant and get the experience of seeing a 2008 Cobalt SS being built from beginning to end! This is an EXTREMELY VIP opportunity and the first 50 cars to attend the Mid Ohio Sports Course KONI Challenge race will be eligible to receive tickets to this upcoming event. To clarify, in order to be eligible to attend the Lordstown Plant tour you must register AND ATTEND the Mid Ohio Sports Course KONI Challenge. At the race we will take first come first serve registrations for the Lordstown Plant Tour.

Send an email to corey@theoryconcept.com or call 954.428.1800 with your name, mailing address (no PO Boxes), telephone number, and email address. You will receive a package the week of June 18-20 containing maps to the event, (2) tickets to the event, and (2) access passes.

Of course, the Tour staple’s where on hand like the Pontiac Solstice SD290 and Jason Whitfield LSJ Aveo, were on display and garnished the majority of attention as usual. If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out these cars at a Tuner Tour stop near you, make sure you do because both of these vehicles you have to see to believe. We know a lot of guys like the go fast cars more than show cars and the Columbus show had you covered there with the new “terror of the streets” 2008 Chevy Cobalt SS Turbo on display for fans to check out. These bad boys are at your dealer now for you to see in person, but if you’d rather check them out in an informal and comfortable setting and ask some questions to guys that actually know the guts of the car, come by any of the GM Tuner Tour events and ask away! Enjoy the pics from the show!

Visit www.GMTunerSource.com for more info or check out the Flickr Gallery from the show here!