car site likes the vxr8

[paul450]

anybody's from here ?

http://www.carthrottle.com/this-bellowing-vauxhall...

[Alex1710]

Hi yes that was me, couldn't help it!

[ARAF]

Alex1710 said:

Hi yes that was me, couldn't help it!

Good for you.

The site looks a little juvenile, Paul. Do you genuinely read that, or just go on there to groom youngsters?

[StefanVXR8]

Never seen so many inaccuracies in such a short amount of posts!

"All VE's and VF's have the LS3"

Really?

I do believe my first VE VXR8 had an LS2, whilst my second had the LS3 and my current third VE has an L98 which is based on the LS2 but with better flowing heads or so I believe............

That aside, your car does sound nice.

I think the Wortec would sell well here.

Stef

[ARAF]

StefanVXR8 said:

I do believe my first VE VXR8 had an LS2, whilst my second had the LS3 and my current third VE has an L98 which is based on the LS2 but with better flowing heads or so I believe............

Stef

Having a different engine to everyone else here, does turn you into a bit of an anorak.

I spent yesterday evening checking the intake manifold specs of the L76 and LS3.

[StefanVXR8]

ARAF said:

StefanVXR8 said:

I do believe my first VE VXR8 had an LS2, whilst my second had the LS3 and my current third VE has an L98 which is based on the LS2 but with better flowing heads or so I believe............

Stef

Having a different engine to everyone else here, does turn you into a bit of an anorak.

I spent yesterday evening checking the intake manifold specs of the L76 and LS3.

[Cooop]

http://www.lsxtv.com/tech-stories/engine/ls1-lsa-l...

[ARAF]

Cooop said:

http://www.lsxtv.com/tech-stories/engine/ls1-lsa-l...

A good precis, but not quite right

lsxtv.com said:

Because the Holden cars do not use the Active Fuel Management, they decided to take the L76 and strip all the components designed into the engine off – which spawned the L98.

is wrong. Holden used AFM L76 engines for auto applications from late 2009 (ish), pre-dating the article by 6 months.

[S800VXR]

TBH you could rename this to Everyone likes the VXR8! Stopped for fuel today and some random stranger starts harping on how nice the car is and what import is it etc etc. took my mates mate out who had just done a Supercar track day with a 430, XKr, aston etc and he swears the 8 was faster and more fun. We did leave some serious No 8s up the road mind..