No El Camino for you! Pontiac pickup will be named G8 ST

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12-09-2007, 03:13 AM

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By the way, for the drag racers, it is a solid axle...no IRS in that thing.

dont know what orfice your pulling your info from, but there will be no more solid rear axle in any pontiacs anytime soon, including the whole g8 lineup. everything is irs. the payload is even extremely low due to the irs.

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12-16-2007, 11:48 AM

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By the way, for the drag racers, it is a solid axle...no IRS in that thing.

http://www.holden.com.au/pdf/choosea...Z_SpecFeat.pdf
Holden says no solid axle for you!!

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12-18-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TriShield

Black is tempting too.

I had the last version brought into California and got it legalized. Right hand drive and all. It takes some getting used to. It looks cool but in the end I felt like I was driving a Pontiac Sunfire with an S10 back half. It does have independent rear suspension but not very good. Mine was red with an HSV upgraded engine. We dyno’d it at 430 to the ground

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12-18-2007, 10:14 PM

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I had the last version brought into California and got it legalized. . . . We dyno’d it at 430 to the ground

Killer! What's that thing weigh?? I'm getting a motorcycle soon, and I think I might get one of these instead of a Camaro!

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12-18-2007, 10:58 PM

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Its gotta be black....oh and have a silver stripe at the bottom. Wait I might be a little biased in this opinion

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Lets see I already have the basic design and the LSx. But I kept the solid axle

. How much did the IRS hurt the cargo capacity?

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12-19-2007, 12:00 AM

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Its gotta be black....oh and have a silver stripe at the bottom. Wait I might be a little biased in this opinion

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Lets see I already have the basic design and the LSx. But I kept the solid axle

. How much did the IRS hurt the cargo capacity?

Right with ya.

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12-19-2007, 03:06 PM

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Killer! What's that thing weigh?? I'm getting a motorcycle soon, and I think I might get one of these instead of a Camaro!

I had to weigh it to get it legalized - it was 3786

Cargo capacity was like I said - S-10 esque

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12-19-2007, 06:10 PM

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I had to weigh it to get it legalized - it was 3786

Cargo capacity was like I said - S-10 esque

Sounds pretty cool. I'm not too familiar with S-10s... can you fit a small motorcycle in back??

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12-19-2007, 06:40 PM

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Sounds pretty cool. I'm not too familiar with S-10s... can you fit a small motorcycle in back??

yes- with the tailgate down

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12-20-2007, 02:18 PM

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I think the GM rated cargo capacity for the mid 80`s El Caminos was only around 800Lbs IIRC. But mine didn`t mind having the other side of 1200# in it. The tow capacity was 5000# if you have the right rear axle ratio though

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12-21-2007, 08:09 PM

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Killer! What's that thing weigh?? I'm getting a motorcycle soon, and I think I might get one of these instead of a Camaro!

You should get a bike, and have it matching paint jobs!

Throw the black bike in the back of the black pontiac

I love this thing! Best cross over ever

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01-07-2008, 02:26 PM

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When is it coming out?

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01-08-2008, 02:19 AM

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yes- with the tailgate down

This car will swallow an ATV.

With the gate up.

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01-08-2008, 03:48 AM

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Cant wait to see those on the streets!!! ever since i saw it for the first time a few years back i always wondered if they would bring more holden vehicles to the states. And damn those aussies, lucky bastards!!!! LOL