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Just for your info...one of our Divisonal Highway Patrol vehicles had an engine fault which was brought to the attention of the Holden Dealer. They advised to keep driving it.
The engine failed and when stripped down it was found that a hydraulic lifter had failed. New crate engine shipped down from the NT??? and installed.
Now one of our HP vehicles developed a knock and our dealer stripped the engine down to find that a hydraulic lifter had failed and stuffed the camshaft.
So, for those that have installed the 6 litre motors just be mindful if it starts to knock.
Apparently Holden are a tad concerned? The Holden Grenade?
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I am the Nightrider! I am the chosen one. The mighty hand of vengeance, sent down to strike the unroadworthy!
My 1UZ has had about 17 different types/brands of oil in it. Has been rolled upside down. Has been heated to over 120deg C at least half a dozen times. It has 'probably' 250,000km on it. Is now running on LPG and 8psi boost and it's still going like new.
After all this time with crappy old school unreliable engines, you think Holden would look back and realise that the best engine they've ever used was Japanese, like you said RN - jet.
Instead of using yank boat anchors they should have looked east.
matto wrote:ls1 has the least problems of any of there engines according to gm i would have expected that the 6lt would have been as good.
You have got to be kidding. If that's the case then they must have had some shockers.
The initial LS1's were oil guzzling rattling piles of puss and cost Holden an absolute fortune in warranty claims and also GM in the US. US guys were looking at undertaking a class action against GM for these ongoing issues.
Some Oz Commodoes had more than 3 complete engine changes before they got one that was half reasonable. Holden had specialised engine shops try reboring them etc to no avail as the blocks were crap so complete engines were changed under warranty but the same issues surfaced.
An eventual change to Canadian cast blocks apparently eventually resolved most issues so don't buy Mexican block LS1's.
This new issue doesn't look good for Holden if it escalates further.
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Its funny that the fastest form of motorsport still uses 1 cam and 16 pushrods
Take a look at NASCAR probably the fastest sedan racing in the world. again 1 camshaft and 16 pushrods and a Carby.
No point reinventing the wheel if its no faster
That said the Holden motors can be pretty average but the early ones weren't as bad as everyone made out. A heap of motors were done by dealers just to make a bit of money because it was easy to a motor swap and Holden happyly paid
GU 42td wagon for touring
GU ute for the fun stuff
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RN wrote:
Over my 23 yrs of HP duty there are only two cars I have really enjoyed in the fleet:
VL Turbo
did you ever get to drive the cordias?
No, not sure if they were anywhere in our fleet but perhaps interstate.
What about the evos or stis? I know you guys all complained you couldn't fit your big donut-holders in (and had to sit too close to your "customers")... but they must have driven OK???
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After the record was set, the World Motor Sport Council released the following message:
The World Motor Sport Council homologated the new world land speed records set by the team ThrustSSC of Richard Noble, driver Andy Green, on 15 October 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada (USA). This is the first time in history that a land vehicle has exceeded the speed of sound. The new records are as follows:
* Flying mile 1227.986 km/h (763.035 mph)
* Flying kilometre 1223.657 km/h (760.343 mph)
In setting the record, the sound barrier was broken in both the north and south runs.
Paris, 11 November 1997.
Slightly higher tech than a nascar - and can probably go round corners better
