| APS Intercooled Twin Turbo LS1 |
| The other fantastic thing about the APS Munro is the soundtrack. As well as being able to hear the boost building, you also get the sound of it in stereo. The multistage by-pass valving sets up some amazing compressed-air operatics with a collection of faffs, blaffs, whoofles, whiffles, warbles and paffs from both sides of the demonic engine bay.
I have never been so tempted to own an LS1-powered Commodore as I am right now. And for me, that's really saying something. |
I honestly don't think I'd ever get sick of hearing 600 horses being whipped up as the throttle is pinned to the floor. Mind you, the noise kind of gives the game away a bit, but for all those kids in VS Calais who can't hear the thing because their doof-doof is shaking the suburb, well, they're all yours and unbelievably easy picking. I know, 'cos I toasted half a dozen of them in one Saturday night. Poor little mites didn't know what hit' em. Still don't.
The rest of the car is, eye-melting yellow paint aside, pure stealth. There's a set of big HSV brakes, but she still runs stock wheels (it needs wider rear tyres) and standard suspension (with obvious limitations). But for $15,000 fitted (might want to think about a twinplate clutch and sticky hoops) the APS Stealth Intercooled Twin-Turbo package (it won't be sold as a kit) absolutely transforms the basic Commodore-based product from a reasonable sort of thing to an absolute mind-bender that even Einstein would have admired.