A modern-day Pontiac GTO has plenty of assets to brag about, with practicality certainly being one of them. Still, we’re pretty sure the engineers who designed it didn’t envision the Aussie-imported muscle car as a... log splitter.
Nevertheless, this is precisely what we want to talk about right now, a GTO that uses its muscles to bring you that helpful wood. You can see the thing in action in the footage below and you should know that this is one of the good models.
To be more specific, you can have a GTO with either an LS1 V8 or an LS2 V8. The first was only sold for the 2004 model year, while the second subsequently took over. Not only did the 400 hp, 400 lb-ft (542 Nm) LS2 models bring more power, but the drivetrain and the brakes were also upgraded.
Its creators claim “You can split a two-month supply of wood with about the same amount of gas as required to mow the average lawn. Since you already own the power supply, the "Stickler" costs only a fraction of that for a less efficient self-powered hydraulic splitter. You can split an entire cord of wood in an hour.”
You also receive a safety switch that allows you to shut down the engine without having to enter the car.
Hey, let’s be honest here - we don’t even care if this thing is all that efficiency. The sound alone makes this activity cool as hell, so we’d like to have a go at it.
To be more specific, you can have a GTO with either an LS1 V8 or an LS2 V8. The first was only sold for the 2004 model year, while the second subsequently took over. Not only did the 400 hp, 400 lb-ft (542 Nm) LS2 models bring more power, but the drivetrain and the brakes were also upgraded.
This may look like a DIY job, but it isn’t
Don’t rush to credit the guy in the adjacent clip for having built this. In fact, we are dealing with something called “the Stickler”, basically a massive wood screw that can be bolted to the hub of a car.Its creators claim “You can split a two-month supply of wood with about the same amount of gas as required to mow the average lawn. Since you already own the power supply, the "Stickler" costs only a fraction of that for a less efficient self-powered hydraulic splitter. You can split an entire cord of wood in an hour.”
You also receive a safety switch that allows you to shut down the engine without having to enter the car.
Hey, let’s be honest here - we don’t even care if this thing is all that efficiency. The sound alone makes this activity cool as hell, so we’d like to have a go at it.