Holden Performance - Hsv w427

my god!!!! DROOL DROOL DROOL!!!! I'm in love! An LS7, and that interior! WOW. Lets hope someone decides to make a G8 Variant.....
http://www.hsv.com.au/cars/EseriesLS7/w427/w427.asp

my god!!!! DROOL DROOL DROOL!!!! I'm in love! An LS7, and that interior! WOW. Lets hope someone decides to make a G8 Variant.....
http://www.hsv.com.au/cars/EseriesLS7/w427/w427.asp

O yes, its pretty awesome. I guess they figured, "Well if the stupid Americans have the LS3 in theirs, we have to put an LS7 in ours!" haha. They have some cool vehicles over there.

That would be wishfull thinking to have them over here. That is an awesome car.

those Aussies know what they are doing, I wish we had that kind balls here at GM

this reminds me of when i was in middle school and everyone talked about how fast mid 90's skylines where and their uncle just imported one from japan f all that bs this makes me want to import one of these

Wishfull thinking!

badass...i have quite a few aussie customers now and they take horsepower serious down under

i wish i could order them to pluck a g8 base from the assembly line and mod it for me. I dont see why not. Sure, only 427 are being made but technically, it wouldnt be aholden and wouldnt stray away from it. I love it. When i go to sydney, im hunting one down for sure. Anyone notice the price? $150,000+ so you could buy this or two ZO6's. Maybe thats why they wont come over here lol

While the W427 is a pretty cool car for us. I'd rather a Z06 or even a ZR1 isn't a stretch for the money HSV is asking for them. Only 200 are being built too. But don't be surprised if the LS7 finds its way into another model over here.. Or even better piss it off and use the LS9.

While the W427 is a pretty cool car for us. I'd rather a Z06 or even a ZR1 isn't a stretch for the money HSV is asking for them. Only 200 are being built too. But don't be surprised if the LS7 finds its way into another model over here.. Or even better piss it off and use the LS9.


according to their website, 427 are being built. Buy one, and ill buy a ZR1 and we can trade! I didnt know you guys didnt get those, do you get any vettes at all? They dont make right hand drive vettes do they?

according to their website, 427 are being built. Buy one, and ill buy a ZR1 and we can trade! I didnt know you guys didnt get those, do you get any vettes at all? They dont make right hand drive vettes do they?

The 427 was only ever going to be a MAX build and they couldn't quite cut it so it fell well short.
Only Grey Import Vettes here. GM has never officially exported them here in RHD or anywhere as far as I know.

I am in love with the Holden line from GM. The Sportwagon SS-V is probably my favorite "daily driver" car but I have to give it to you Aussies... The HSV cars are just plain and simple BADASS!!!! I just wish I could get a Holden over here. Problem I am afraid of is getting it to pass emissions or safety inspections over here. If it would pass then I would have the trouble of paying for the car and shipping. By the time I would pay for a v6 holden and ship it here I might as well buy a Z06 vette.

By the time I would pay for a v6 holden and ship it here I might as well buy a Z06 vette.

probably more than that! haha
I am also in love with the Holden cars. The G8s we get here are boring compared the Commodores over there. And since the W427 probably wont happen, the car i wish i could import would be the HSV Clubsport R8. So awesome!

Huge brakes - 14.96"

My boss has one of these now! A black one, it cost him $163k to get it on the road. For a stock car it's very impressive to drive.

My boss has one of these now! A black one, it cost him $163k to get it on the road. For a stock car it's very impressive to drive.


Ok how far is Perth from sydney? And is your boss easily convinced? Like, when i get there in June next year, you meet me up, in your boss's car of course, and like, hand me the keys? Yea i think t hats gonna happen!!! Pics at least!

My boss has one of these now! A black one, it cost him $163k to get it on the road. For a stock car it's very impressive to drive.

ummm, yea! pics or something!!!!!!!!:nod:

I can't seem to post any pics! Sorry I'm still new to the forum!

There is a few pics on the Pro Auto website (www.proauto.com.au).

Just go into the performance section then click on the drop down menu that's labelled "Performance" and click on "Pro Auto Cars" and its in there under Pro 427.

It was on the dyno at the time and they had the front bumper off because they were checking out the factory OTR for possible mods. It pulled 400 RWHP in stock trim and gained 35 RWHP from a tune alone.

I can't seem to post any pics! Sorry I'm still new to the forum!

There is a few pics on the Pro Auto website (www.proauto.com.au).

Just go into the performance section then click on the drop down menu that's labelled "Performance" and click on "Pro Auto Cars" and its in there under Pro 427.

It was on the dyno at the time and they had the front bumper off because they were checking out the factory OTR for possible mods. It pulled 400 RWHP in stock trim and gained 35 RWHP from a tune alone.

only 400 rwhp? do they tune the LS7 in this car to be slightly less powerful than in the corvette? I'm pretty sure Z06s put down 450ish to the wheels dont they?

only 400 rwhp? do they tune the LS7 in this car to be slightly less powerful than in the corvette? I'm pretty sure Z06s put down 450ish to the wheels dont they?

They dont measure in Horsepower, over there its i think kilowatts? He may have his conversion wrong. No way for $150,000 you get a g8 gxp powered 427. It may be a little detuned but then again its Australia, no ZO6 to compete with (which is why we always see detuning-to simply make the corvette look better), so it may be in full blown mode lol.


KW divided by 0.7457 = HP
and reverse
HP divided by 1.341 = KW

so

ls7=505 calimed horsepower = 376 KW? Maybe he just meant 400kw instead of HP

http://www.americanmachinist.com/Calculators/HorseToKilo.aspx

so how do i get a australian car to the us? i got a friend that lives down there so he can find me one. just i need the whole getting it over here

so how do i get a australian car to the us? i got a friend that lives down there so he can find me one. just i need the whole getting it over here

It would cost A LOT of money. Not only the shipping, but I assume you would need to get some special permits or something becuase the car will be "Australian tuned". Emisssions might be different, safety regulations might be different. Also, I'm not really sure how you get a left hand drive vehicle to be legal in the US? Besides, you wouldnt be able to go through drive thrus! haha.
I bet, the cost of getting the vehicle here and making it legal here would be almost as much as the car.

If you like the way the Commodores or HSV's look then buy a G8 and then swap all the body parts with some one over here who has an Commodore or HSV!

A lot of guys over here like the way the Pontiacs look so that would be a cheap way of doing it. If not then buy all the body parts from Holden.

It would be cheaper and easier to buy an American G8 GXP, import the bodywork and interior of the W427 (or just go with the VE GTS parts, which I actually like better), and drop in a crate LS7.

I'm actually debating right now over which car to replace my WS6 with this winter. It's going to be either a C6Z or a G8 GXP and the necessary parts to convert it to an HSV GTS. On one hand I really want the kickass-ness of the C6Z, but on the other hand I want seating for four and something really original. Decisions.:bang:

If you like the way the Commodores or HSV's look then buy a G8 and then swap all the body parts with some one over here who has an Commodore or HSV!

A lot of guys over here like the way the Pontiacs look so that would be a cheap way of doing it. If not then buy all the body parts from Holden.

no right hand drive.

and someone said something about emissions. but isnt australia a lot more strick on emissions. that is why like the 05 gto over here was like 400 horse and yours was like 3?? somthing

no right hand drive.

and someone said something about emissions. but isnt australia a lot more strick on emissions. that is why like the 05 gto over here was like 400 horse and yours was like 3?? somthing

that's because all your 05 & 06 GTO's had LS2's and only our HSV Monaro's had LS2's and the rest had LS1's

well what did your ls1 put down?

Depended on the variant.
The Holden Monaro had ~310hp originally, but HSV also sold up to a 400hp version of the LS1 (it was a Callaway engine).

As for emissions, Australia is a little more lenient than the US, but not by much. The biggest thing in Australia, is you don't have to do any "smog" checks in any state, all you have to do is do some inspections to prove the car is safe to drive.

If you wanted this vehicle in the US, it would be easiest to just get a second hand G8, and put an LS7/clutch/transmission in it out of a crashed Z06.

If you wanted this vehicle in the US, it would be easiest to just get a second hand G8, and put an LS7/clutch/transmission in it out of a crashed Z06.

Yeah, I agree if you want to have anything like the W427 without paying a fortune then you'll have to make it out of different pieces of a few cars :

G8 + HSV + Z06 = W427

Getting the HSV bodykit all the way over there might cost a bit though but At least you would have a unique car!

lol still not right hand drive. any way i can make g8 right hand drive?

lol still not right hand drive. any way i can make g8 right hand drive?

Why do you need right hand drive if the car is gonna be in America? If your using a G8 then it'll already be on the side you need!

Just in case I'm confused, when you say right hand drive do you mean the side of the road your driving on or the side of the car that the driver's position is?

Over here when we say right or left hand drive we are usually referring to the driver's position in the car.

over here we mean samething. i would like to sit in right side of car and drive. always wanted a right hand drive. and your right the g8 is on the correct side for america. but i like my stuff different. so i wanted a aussie car

Im doing the holden body swap as soon as i get my GXP....i like the way the pontiac looks but i love he way the holden looks, plus it would be nice to drive down the road and have people say WTF is that car??!?!?!???!

^^^ amen. and just think if you were in the passenger seat driving( right side of car)

If you wanted this vehicle in the US, it would be easiest to just get a second hand G8, and put an LS7/clutch/transmission in it out of a crashed Z06.
Probably easier to get a CTS-V trans, wouldn't it? Isn't the vet's tranny connected to the diff?

our emmisions over here must be harder then u guys, u have heaps of turbo cars etc... we struggle to even get a turbo ls1 etc with permits etc...

well last time i got check for emmissions was . . . . . . . wait i havent. but i dont live in caly where the problem is.

i know it goes by states etc... but over here, im not sure exactly, but if u get pulled up and they look at your motor and see a turbo with no permits, ( which is next to impossible to get ) thats it, take it all off before u can drive again etc...

do u guys have states where they will / wont allow it?

what about importing a lumina ss there located closer then Australia. doesnt look like the w427 but still cool and different. its gotta be cheaper. and people import skylines from japan over here all the time.
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daaayaaam....

forget moving the car here....lets move the designers here...

Why not just import that one. Instead of a American equivilant? That would stand out a lot better than a G8. If Nissan skylines the older ones make it over here why can't those.

heres one for sale

http://www.hsv.com.au/cuv/

Why not just import that one. Instead of a American equivilant? That would stand out a lot better than a G8. If Nissan skylines the older ones make it over here why can't those.

Cause it's a huge massive expensive pain in the ass to do that. Same reason R34's cost $60k here. If there had been a stateside equivalent to the R34 available, you can bet none of the JDM ones would have been imported.

In fact, depending on the state you live in, it may not even be legal or possible.

your better off just shoving an modified ls7 in a gxp and doin the body kit for less than half of what it would cost for the hsv and to get it shipped and moddified for us specs. probably close to 200k!!!wow

http://foreignborn.com/visas_imm/entering_us/7importingyourcar.htm