Whattza Holden?.

[Shannen Durphey]

Matthew Harding wrote:
> 
> At 05:36  7/05/98 +1000, you wrote:
> >>From what I'm told, the Holden V8 is a completely Australian designed engine
> >(but I could have been told a heap of crap...). As for the V6, I believe it
> >is a Buick. However, with the "Ecotec" V6, it is basically loosely designed
> >on the previous Buick re-hash, and not, in reality the same engine, although
> >the cubic displacement is still nominally 3.8L.
> 
> actually the Holden 308 V8 has some very close similarities to the small
> block chev...  the 350 Chev crankshaft is used in the 308 to stroke it to
> around 383 ci.
> 
> do you think a Chev crank would bolt into an aussie designed engine ?  hmmm
Whatza bore-n-stroke on the 308?  Looks like roughly 4.18
inch bore, and 2.8 inch stroke (assuming no oversize to
build 383).
I'd like to toss some numbers back and forth if you have
them handy.

Shannen