Holden Commodore, Insurance, Aerodynamics.

[Peter Jaramaz]

Hi Danny,

The VN onwards V8 would physically bolt in no problems.

Your main problem, depending on state, is the other mods that need to be 
made as the car may need to comply with emmissions regs for the year of the 
motor rather than the car. Stuff like unleaded type fuel filler neck (prob 
VL would fit), cat con, EGR(already fitte dI assume), air box(regs state 
you can't alter induction setup) etc. Also, they may get picky and require 
overall drive ratio (i.e box->diff->rubber) be very close to original as 
this can affect driveby emissions.

Don't get me wrong - its an excellent conversion and I definetely recommend 
it but theres a lot of hidden work.

BTW a 350 Chev bolts in. Castlemaine Rod Shop supplies a kit. A friend dit 
it to a VB SL/E on LPG. Ran very well. Best of all its a sleeper (i.e stock 
outside) - blown quite a few respectable doors off :-)

Peter
(Still wrestling with this damn MIME option - arrggghh)

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From: 	Danny Barrett
Sent: 	Wednesday, April 29, 1998 7:11 PM
To: 	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject: 	RE: Holden Commodore, Insurance, Aerodynamics.

I like the idea of the extra power from the V8, but are you SURE that the
VN/VP V8s will drop straight in??? I don't want the bother of stuffing
around with crossmember modifications, and the like. This is my one and 
only
car, and I can't afford to have it off the road for too long (putting in a
VK EFI would have it off the road for long enough, as it is...). In any
case, what sort of mileage might I get with the 5.0, and a 5 speed box?

I assume that by a "red motor head" you mean the head from a VB, or 
earlier,
and not the red head from an EFI Black motor??? Is your red motor converted
for ULP??? And please don't tell me to get a 3.0L VL motor... Firstly,
they're the noisiest brutes I've come across, and secondly, I have heard
nasty things about having to do all sorts of crossmember mods (otherwise, I
would go for the VL over the VK any day...).

How can I get into contact with Shannons??? I live in Hobart, is there an
office down here?

Thanks for the advice...

Danny Barrett.

>Danny,
>
>Just drop in a 5.0L VN/VP much better and Shannons won't even ask any
questions
>(join a car club and they'll let you have race insurance as well for not a 
>great deal more).  As for licensing, not a problem as the VC came standard
with
>a 5.0L.  The VK was a pretty crap attempt at pollution control, but if you
want
>to go this way throw the heads and air pump away and replace with red 
motor
>heads if possible.
>
>If interested I have a red motor for sale, 179 with 4 speed (XU-1 close
ratio),
>motor built for racing (but was never raced at the track), 10K genuine 
road km
>since rebuild (used to drive it to work everyday).  Fully race prepped 
heads,
>etc, etc.



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