Aussie SS
I'm watching Barrett-Jackson and they said GM confirmed today the UTE will be brought to the US as a Pontiac. Definitely cool to see more of the Aussie vehicles heading our way.
My 2002 VU SS which was the ute version of the VX Sedan, have added the monaro bonnet since the pics to try get underbonnet temps down.
Runs a 800hp Garret Ball Bearing Turbo, 3.5" Dump into twin 3" pipes, a custom cam and ported heads with 1.7yt Roller Rockers. The engine is out at the moment and getting a forged standard stroke bottom end after a cylinder lost compression and it collapsed some lifters. Probably a bigger custom turbo grind cam too because the original was really a NA cam. Was 392 rwkw at 10psi before the motor went and is being built to easily see 15 psi!
Runs a 800hp Garret Ball Bearing Turbo, 3.5" Dump into twin 3" pipes, a custom cam and ported heads with 1.7yt Roller Rockers. The engine is out at the moment and getting a forged standard stroke bottom end after a cylinder lost compression and it collapsed some lifters. Probably a bigger custom turbo grind cam too because the original was really a NA cam. Was 392 rwkw at 10psi before the motor went and is being built to easily see 15 psi!
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From: Ingham/Townsville, QLD, Australia
Motors been done in my ute I'm running it in at the moment, ended up staying 346ci with SCAT I Beam Billet rods, ACL Forged dished pistons C.R dropped to 9.0, stuck with the 228 cam, and ditched the yella terra rockers cause they kept breaking. 2000kms to go on the motor then we go for 16 psi!
Also a couple of pics of my mates HSV VX Clubsport R8, 20" mags, full leather Coulson seats, sunroof, M6. Enjoy
Also a couple of pics of my mates HSV VX Clubsport R8, 20" mags, full leather Coulson seats, sunroof, M6. Enjoy
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so do we all agree it was a HUGE mistake to let the aussies to the gto, well for one there ugly, they dont sell, they only made it for a few years, and now we got a bunch of our ls1's down under, wtf send those motors back lol
btw im sure they are fast but imo they are ugly, but clean non the less
btw im sure they are fast but imo they are ugly, but clean non the less
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From: Katherine N.T Australia
Mate we had the LS1 quite a bit before the GTO. And it powers quite a few more models than that over here. And yeah I agree the GTO is ugly but Holden only designed it that way to Americanise it. Our Monaro design is much cleaner and nicer on the eye IMO.
holden had ls1's in the monaro before they designed the gto?
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From: sydney Australia
My 03 VY SS Here are some pic's of my 03 VY SS it has mafless tune, 4into1 headers, twin 2 1/4 system,has 3500 lock up converter, 3.9 gears with drag radials ran 12.88@104mph full weight
And here it is towing my race car back to the pits
And this is Australia's fastest LS1 and possibly the fastest Powerglide LS1 in the world with a 7.00@207mph
And here it is towing my race car back to the pits
And this is Australia's fastest LS1 and possibly the fastest Powerglide LS1 in the world with a 7.00@207mph
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From: Katherine N.T Australia
We throw them all away. MAF's have been proven to be a restriction because of that and the superior throttle response Speed Density tuning provides it has become common place in our scene to run MAFLESS. Hell even HSV (The Australian GM Performance Devision) released cars MAFLESS. The days of SD tunes not being able to compensate for weather changes are long gone with custom operating systems like EFI LIVE's OS3. I don't understand why US Tuners haven't embraced this method. Perhaps their understanding of it isn't as sound as ours.
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I look at these cars and I just don't see it....I dunno, I respect that there fast and that they carry obe of the best american 8's ever made. But for some reason they do not appeal to me. I guess muscle is different in australia. To me seeing an LS1 in these cars is like seeing an LS1 in a miata or rx7....respectable and great engineering but just not for me regardless if it comes stock with it. They seem pretty weak looking, more sleeper like...which may be a good thing i guess.
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From: australia
I look at these cars and I just don't see it....I dunno, I respect that there fast and that they carry obe of the best american 8's ever made. But for some reason they do not appeal to me. I guess muscle is different in australia. To me seeing an LS1 in these cars is like seeing an LS1 in a miata or rx7....respectable and great engineering but just not for me regardless if it comes stock with it. They seem pretty weak looking, more sleeper like...which may be a good thing i guess.
do they need a ram hood?
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From: Katherine N.T Australia
I look at these cars and I just don't see it....I dunno, I respect that there fast and that they carry obe of the best american 8's ever made. But for some reason they do not appeal to me. I guess muscle is different in australia. To me seeing an LS1 in these cars is like seeing an LS1 in a miata or rx7....respectable and great engineering but just not for me regardless if it comes stock with it. They seem pretty weak looking, more sleeper like...which may be a good thing i guess.
I look forward to going to Alaska next month and driving some of the US's finest