Day 3 – DuQuoin, Illinois. 325 miles from the start of the Power Tour. As anyone that has participated in a journey of this nature can tell you, you sometimes run into trouble on the road. However unlike cruises and rallies of yore, this voyage has saviors that tend to the flock of hot rodders and renders assistance to those in need. This knowledgeable and ever-giving team is made up of GM Performance Division’s best and is known as the “Motor Medics”.

If you were to call them out individually, this band of unsung heroes also go by Larry, Tim, Wayne and Bill. These guys live to serve and they serve free of charge to stranded motorists on the tour. As part of the Motor Medics team, they man the two Motor Medic trucks – which are cool enough in themselves to be in a car show. Gussied up with WWII-style medic truck livery these trucks mean business. In the 325 miles of the tour, the Motor Medics have performed countless rescue missions on hot rods of all kinds. A few of these missions include repairing a bolt that broke off in the head of Ford Cyclone, correcting an overheating issue in a classic Mopar station wagon, and welding an oil pan back together when someone made the mistake of leaving a jack stand underneath of their car while releasing the jack that was supporting it. To make sure they help every last person in need, this diehard team puts in over 14 hour days each day during the tour and our personal thanks and the gratitude goes out to them for their dedication.

In the ECOtec participant portion of the tour, Brian Lepree from Florida met up with the GMPD team in DuQuoin to show off his beautiful 2008 Sky Redline. Right now it’s a 100% stock SRL, but after some discussion with our buddy Bill Duncan, his next purchase will be part number 19212670 – the LNF Turbo Upgrade Kit. We’ve tried warning people about talking to Bill about the kit because once he starts talking in-depth about it, most people drive straight to the dealer to get it installed. So be wary that you may have to invest in new tires shortly thereafter.

Next stop… Bowling Green, KY! Hometown of the revered, respected and feared supercar – the Chevy Corvette.

Back in August we reached out to all of you to submit the questions you’d like to have answered by the infamous John Heinricy. We got with John to get answers to your questions and posted the entire Q&A as a special treat to you, the GMTunerSource.com fan. Well after that feature was over and John had spent a little more seat time in the Stage 1-equipped Cobalt SS Turbo, we received some more questions from all of you and followed up with John to see what his long-term opinions and observations were of the kit. Mr. Heinricy was kind enough to give us his take, which we have exclusively after the break. 

The LNF Turbo Upgrade Kit for the Cobalt SS Turbo is going to bring the Cobalt SS into a whole new arena in terms of performance and power output and is the only upgrade available to enthusiasts that want to retain their factory warranty. In addition, GM wants to make sure that regardless of which one of the 50 United States you live in, that you will be able to enjoy this new upgrade. That ability comes via the form of a CARB EO approval and is the main hurdle that the team in charge of the upgrade has to deal with to bring this upgrade to all enthusiasts across the country.

The Cobalt SS is a car that screams to be tinkered, tottered and toyed with. However, when it comes to playing with things like engine control harnesses you have to be careful to make sure you do things correctly or you could seriously mess up your car, mmmk? Now we know that tons of Cobalt SS owners are going to opt for the self-install of the kit and that’s all well and good if you’re up to the task but make sure you at least do the following.