6.0L V8 from holden

[SlickHolden]

I'm not rich but i'm a pain in the arse

[Sid447]

.......But on the Boss engine that was the same as the ecotec engine, holden wouldn't give it some balls so it pretty much sat all it's life @ 147-152kw. When i spoke to a guy that tunes them he said my engine was better stock but the ecotec responds very well to bolt on's, If both cars were fitted with the same exhaust i would get 5-7kw extra, the ecotec would be over 10kw and more RWKW, It's got better flowing heads it's easy to stick a larger throttle body and cold air intake and get 10kw more power. He told me this engine should have been 165kw stock with around 320Nm, But the alloytech was coming and holden didn't want it to piss on it.

By Ecotec "slick" are you meaning the Buick 3.8 V6?
(Ecotec was just a GM marketing name).
That engine is in a very low state of tune. But for a 1962 vintage all-iron ohv engine it's been through a lot of changes!

A good write-up on it here:
http://www.gnttype.org/general/v6hist.html

[clutch-monkey]

yeah, i had one of those in the VN. "rattletec" was more like it wouldn't have minded 165kw though....

[SlickHolden]

By Ecotec "slick" are you meaning the Buick 3.8 V6?
(Ecotec was just a GM marketing name).
That engine is in a very low state of tune. But for a 1962 vintage all-iron ohv engine it's been through a lot of changes!

A good write-up on it here:
http://www.gnttype.org/general/v6hist.html

There not the same engine. VS brought on the ecotec my car has the Buick V6. So many parts will not fit into my cars engine well really all internal parts wont the EFI is different heads pistons manifolds the works,
Best thing about the 2.
Buick V6.. Low down power
Ecotec V6.. Smoother quieter more top end power.
True Buick based but the ecotec is really it's biggest upgrade it shits on my engine for smoothness and quietness, They also don't have the fuel problems that plagued many VN-VR V6's, Even the manifolds dont crack anymore what a shame they aren't interchangeable.
Looking at your link the Buick don't go past the 92?

For me now i can see nothing other then the L67 in my car one day

[Sid447]

There not the same engine. VS brought on the ecotec my car has the Buick V6. So many parts will not fit into my cars engine well really all internal parts wont the EFI is different heads pistons manifolds the works,
Best thing about the 2.
Buick V6.. Low down power
Ecotec V6.. Smoother quieter more top end power.
True Buick based but the ecotec is really it's biggest upgrade it shits on my engine for smoothness and quietness, They also don't have the fuel problems that plagued many VN-VR V6's, Even the manifolds dont crack anymore what a shame they aren't interchangeable.
Looking at your link the Buick don't go past the 92?

For me now i can see nothing other then the L67 in my car one day

Yes,
This one's a bit better:
http://www.answers.com/topic/buick-v6-engine

L67 transplant? That'd be good; fair bit of involved engineering though.

Some decent info here too:
http://www.kitcarusa.com/kb.php?aid=62

[SlickHolden]

Yes,
This one's a bit better:
http://www.answers.com/topic/buick-v6-engine

L67 transplant? That'd be good; fair bit of involved engineering though.

Some decent info here too:
http://www.kitcarusa.com/kb.php?aid=62

I was told why not go a LS1 instead. But honestly i like a 6 and a powerful one also, A nice fast 6 that keeps with V8's is more rewarding then a V8 that keeps up with V8's.

I'm trying to work out my engine in there i pretty sure it's not the LN3 which i think was the series 1 VN. It might be the L27?.
L36 is the ecoetec engine. It's complicated like the LS Chev engines.

The 3800 was on the Ward's 10 Best Engines of the 20th Century
No-one would believe it

[2ndclasscitizen]

This is a bit off-topic but apparently the HSV Walkinshaw has the best 5.0L engine. I can't remember where i read it but I wonder if it's actually true.

It has 180kw, the VT Clubbies and HSV SS commys had 195kw. Though 180kw is pretty awesome for 1988.

Upon reading MOTOR's review of the Brocky VK Grp A SS, it appears I was wrong. The 304 in that had 196kw!!!!!!!

[HSVLVR]

Upon reading MOTOR's review of the Brocky VK Grp A SS, it appears I was wrong. The 304 in that had 196kw!!!!!!!

That's strange. But there again, it's a Brocky Group A SS.

[fpv_gtho]

Well if the Grp A road cars had anything like the race cars rev range its not too surprising. Most 5l's around that time wouldve topped at about 5K rpms, so if someone could keep the power going till even just 6K there'd be some good power to be made.

[HSVLVR]

5-6rpm is alot for that car. If it was a turbo, it would do alright as long as the revs stay the same.

[fpv_gtho]

Not really. Phase 2 GTHO's done 7000rpm and Phase 3's still done 6000rpm. Thats 1969-1971.

[HSVLVR]

Not really. Phase 2 GTHO's done 7000rpm and Phase 3's still done 6000rpm. Thats 1969-1971.

Got me there. but would it run good on turbo since it has such high revs?

[fpv_gtho]

Depends on the variables. Its not really down to whether it would run good or not either, any engine can run good with a turbo if its setup right and integrated into the whole package.

[HSVLVR]

Depends on the variables. Its not really down to whether it would run good or not either, any engine can run good with a turbo if its setup right and integrated into the whole package.

Yeah but..

[2ndclasscitizen]

IIRC nota recently posted that he got his to rev to 6250 rpm when going for a high speed run