I suppose that new engine plant in melbourne isnt producing any engines?Quote:
holden motors ever built holden no longers makes motors
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I suppose that new engine plant in melbourne isnt producing any engines?Quote:
holden motors ever built holden no longers makes motors
I love it when people who drive jap cars bag Holdens. I used to do it till I actually drove one. They're not as bad as everyone says, sure they use older, pushrod technology but it works. Find me a honda that you can modify engine wise to make the same power and torque while staying na for the same money? That's right there isn't one. LS1's are the easiest motors to get power out of, sure they're in big heavy cars, but the ss commys I've driven hven't handled ike a boat as everyone says:rolleyes: It's the same deal with the ford motors, the new boss 260 and 290 are awesome motors, my brother's GT made 240kw at the wheels STOCK and a ****load of torque. Now I'm not bagging Honda, I still drive a civic with a b16 swap and there's an s2000 in the garage along side the adventra (ls1 powered). My next car will most likely be a Commodore purely for the fact I won't have to spend as much cash as I would have to get power out of the motor. Sure my Civic handles well but at the moment I want more off the line and at the lights:) Plus I love rwd and if you're into Honda's then you gotta pay a pretty penny to get into a rwd;) So to everyone bagging the LS1's 2's etc maybe you should look at the corvette's i the states, there's a reason why they're considered one of the ultimate sports cars;) If you want torque, don't look at a Honda unless it has a snail attatched to it lol;) A cammed V8 is an awesome experience to drive:)
ha ha ive got a holden ive spent 40 gs on
40g on motor work or everything ie body interior etc? All I'm talking about is motor, any car is gonna cost heaps if mod the entire thing lol;)
and i've got a nissan
spent that on the whole thing but my point was who doesnt know holdens ha ha next time your in sydney call into finagan automotive there you will see the holden i worked on for years the sony auto sound commodore V8 supercar oh yeah an tell him darryl says hi
and also GM motors has given holden permision to reproduce even more of their v6 engines based on orders from the melbourne plant
The only reason holden can't compete with honda is because honda's market is worldwide, and holden's is mostly local. Now I'm sure Holden would love to go worldwide but they probably can't afford to. If they tried to, their cars would probably have to be more expensive and they wouldn't be able to compete as far as value for money goes therefore sending them up s*** creek.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stabo
Anyway I reckon one of the best v8's ever invented is the LS7 in the new ZO6. 500 hp. 0-100 in 3.5 (.1 sec slower than an enzo and quicker than porsche carrera gt, merc slr, ford gt, ferrari f430, dodge viper etc) and it's cheaper than all of them.
How did 'best v8 engine in the world' come to be best car with a v8 engine?
totally different:rolleyes:
Its funny to note how some of you associate holdens with the typical male booner, its pathetic that you can generalise so much. You would probably be the same to hate all ***onese because of a minority group...
Its funny how you all bag the LS1/LS2 when there are people running 11s without forced induction, that includes the happy gas aswell ;) Oh and why does the engine have to have OHC technology when its running on a proven formula that works..?
Not to say its the 'best' engine of course, because there is a lot of variables that need to be covered, as one can not determine the 'best' engine just because it revs to 13,000rpm or because it does 700klms on a full tank.
One thing that Holden/GM engines have over other brands is that they can produce a powerful 5.7 or 6.0L V8 at a reasonable price. Nevermind pushrods, when you look at DOHC engines, show me a car with that DOHC V8 engine at a price of under AU$100,000. Holden is successful in bringing the V8 muscle car experience to families who can't afford an exotic and are not willing in driving a "traditional" muscle car which is not practical for everyday commute to pick the kids up.
Allright forget the car thing but for the money it took for the engine to be built (excluding design, tooling, etc) it'd easily have the best dollar to hp ratio for the motors of those cars. I think it'd be interesting to find out which company does have the best dollar to hp ratio out of all the mass production motors out there. Funny if it went to the daihatsu .7 litre turbo donk.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve