Pontiac G8 GXP - 6.2L LS3 & 6MT

[crisis]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

I'm surprised the LS3 isnt any more powerful than the LS2.

If I remember correctly the LS1 was at various times 125kw, 135kw, 145kw, 165kw, 185kw and 300kw depending on tune/exhaust etc. I think.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

I know, but we don't have any of them.

So everyone is having fun except us...

how would they market it though? does GM europe have something in this category already?

Originally Posted by crisis

If I remember correctly the LS1 was at various times 125kw, 135kw, 145kw, 165kw, 185kw and 300kw depending on tune/exhaust etc. I think.

Ls2 has always been 300kw though, i thought? and Ls3 is 330kw in the vette?

[2ndclasscitizen]

Originally Posted by crisis

If I remember correctly the LS1 was at various times 125kw, 135kw, 145kw, 165kw, 185kw and 300kw depending on tune/exhaust etc. I think.

I assume you mean 225, 235 etc etc. And yes, you're right, it was continually upgraded by Holden, but you have to remember that when we first got it here with the 225kw Holden's and 250kw HSV's, it was detuned as it was at about 260kw IIRC in the C5 Vette's.

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

how would they market it though? does GM europe have something in this category already?

I guess that just like in the UK, as a sort of fun but cheap alternative to the established über saloons. They have pretty much the same lineup as continental Europe with a name change and the big Holden.

Currently the biggest, most powerful Opel on sale is the Vectra OPC, a front wheel drive hatch/estate with a 280bhp turbocharged V6 which is a segment below the Commodore.

[fpv_gtho]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

I assume you mean 225, 235 etc etc. And yes, you're right, it was continually upgraded by Holden, but you have to remember that when we first got it here with the 225kw Holden's and 250kw HSV's, it was detuned as it was at about 260kw IIRC in the C5 Vette's.

Yeah GM only ever had a version for the C5 Vette and Camaro/Firebird which was around 220/225kw, but the Corvette had the "base" engine by most reports. Every other version had been detuned, and the 260kw and 285kw versions Holden/HSV had were upgraded with cams, extractors etc IIRC. Thats why LS1 Edit was so popular, as in effect it was just undoing everything Holden had done to choke the engine.

[crisis]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

I assume you mean 225, 235 etc etc. And yes, you're right, it was continually upgraded by Holden, but you have to remember that when we first got it here with the 225kw Holden's and 250kw HSV's, it was detuned as it was at about 260kw IIRC in the C5 Vette's.

Um yeah