$10,000 engine mod budget

[yZoH]

Dude... Lukes VN is different,

This bloke obviously appears to know nothing. I suggested the simple road...

 

[Darren_L]

Tell that to the guys with 9secnod VL's... you can play that card until the cows come home, there will always be a newer, better engine that you *should* spend you money on.

4Bangers get mocked and told to buy real cars
V6 Guys get told to buy a V8 cos its not worth the money
V8 (304's) get told to buy Ls1's
LS1 Guys get told to sell it and get an LS2
blah blah blah....

We should all just buy ####ing rocket ships and mod those cos nobody is going to be happy with anyone elses mods...

This isnt a stab directly at you Matt im jsut saying that (although you do it) people need to stop that stupid *upgrade* arguement.
...I'd much rather VN Lukes car than a stock VY Calais for example, muuuch more fun.

aZk.

well said, I completely agree. Starts getting tiring hearing the same old, 'put a LS1 in it' when someone wants advice on how to upgrade a 304

my mild standard stroke 5L, with stock heads, produced 205/206 rwkw on 3 different dynos.
so 250+rwkw wouldn't be out of the question for a big cam stroker

 

[383 hatch]

well said, I completely agree. Starts getting tiring hearing the same old, 'put a LS1 in it' when someone wants advice on how to upgrade a 304

my mild standard stroke 5L, with stock heads, produced 205/206 rwkw on 3 different dynos.
so 250+rwkw wouldn't be out of the question for a big cam stroker

Pffft....Put an LS1 in it.

Na, honestly i completely agree with you and azk.

Not everyone wants the "simple road", if that was the case we'd all be driving around in top doorslammers. No matter what you have, someone will always have a bigger and better engine. I'd have a 355 stroker Holden over an LS1 anyday of the week (actually, i'd even choose a 304 over an LS1).

LS1's are like arseholes nowadays, everyone has one.

Hozy, with that attitude, why are you still rooting around with a 5 litre VQ?

 

[street_runner]

well said, I completely agree. Starts getting tiring hearing the same old, 'put a LS1 in it' when someone wants advice on how to upgrade a 304

my mild standard stroke 5L, with stock heads, produced 205/206 rwkw on 3 different dynos.
so 250+rwkw wouldn't be out of the question for a big cam stroker

what other mods has it got to put out 205kw?

 

[VN_Luke]

if that was the case we'd all be driving around in top doorslammers.

man.... can you imagine the shopping center carpark chaos @ christmas time? lol

 

[Darren_L]

what other mods has it got to put out 205kw?

I've listed the mods in the my ride section
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/vb-vc-vh-vk/99830-82-vh-ss.html

 

[soop]

Holden motor is very capable if you build it right!

LS1 is just an easier starting block if you buy a car with it fitted already. Fug retro fitting though.

 

[delcowizzid]

10000K budget well thats enough to buy and build a stroker but thats about it for the budget really after all the machining tuning etc

 

[OFF T4P]

just the sound of a aussie stroker motor gets my vote

 

[Cúl-Báire]

Twin Turbo 383 FTW!..

No a good 355ci / 383ci build will cost you around the 10k mark, you can save more if you do it yourself, shop around and have bits and pieces already done to the car, etc...