I just saved $5000.00

[NASSTY]

Don't worry!
Rebel1's son, Conforming1 will eventually turn him back, make him see the error of his ways.

[boxhead]

The force is strong in you.

[schipps]

You know you other guys can't resist the force...Look deep within you son...
As Les said, too good to resist.

cheers from another Darksider

[acecob]

yuk !!!!!!!!

[stefanog]

Pete, not one to hide your thoughts on this matter by the look of it

Rebel 1, don't know what you been thinkin boy, but, if this is what tickles your fancy then go ahead and make that change We WILL still speak to you regardless

Stef

[HSVREDSLED]

Nice donk choice.

[Tenrocca]

OK Les - 1644 posts and not one progress pic in your gallery.....for all we know that new damn fine donk of yours could be going on a go cart :-)

[LoBelly]

Et tu, Brute.

[Rebel1]

my story and I'm stickin with it

[sambo]

Just spent a few hours reading about this L76 on the ls1.com.au forums and it sounds like a great option over the awesome but more expensive LS2. Basically you've got euro 3 compliance, nearly 270kw, over 500nm and with a bigger cam you can make LS2 power easily. Out of the box it has mounds of low down torque - eg, very streetable.

Any idea on stock levels or whether these deals are limited time only?

[Plums]

I reckon you'll be able to get them for a while yet and the price will only get better with time.... A damn fine choice I reckon!!!

[Rebel1]

Sambo....I don't know how many are available, but although the deal may improve I wasn't willing to take the risk.

What I do know is that there are a number of folks on this very forum whose all up cost of a similiar but second hand engine is greater than I've paid and this deal is all new.

The engine in crate form is about $6500.00 GST paid. I wanted all the bits and pieces to turn the engine into a running engine. ie. Alternator, ecu, loom, starter , O2 sensors, FBW accelerator, etc etc. They will even remove the code on the ecu that you dont need or prevents the engine from being started. That ended up about $10,000. Great price when a crate LS2 costs about $9000.00 without all the bits.

For some-one willing to scrounge the bits and pieces then maybe they could save more.

Other folks on here would have a better idea as to the potential of the engine but as far as I'm concerned it's essentially an LS2 bottom end with possibly better heads and intake, marginally lower compression, and a smaller cam.

Given most of us swop cams, fit better headers, change tune etc, then I figure I can make this thing, at least as good as an LS2.

cheers

[Rebel1]

Sorry, I told a fib ... I heard there were 30 of them.

Don't know if that is the end or not.

[sambo]

Great news! So the current L76 engines that are being snapped up would only need a software 'tweak' to enable AFM? Otherwise it might be worth waiting until the local L76 has this feature out of the box.

[Rebel1]

Sambo, the L76's have the hardware and software but it is switched off in the PCM. I don't know if ALL the hardware is there for the DOD. I know the VVT hardware is not there at all.

The current L98 doesn't have any of the hardware but does have the software in the PCM.

That media release just confirms the suspicions around the marketplace. ie. Holden will be introducing the DOD and maybe the VVT in 2008.

The quest for better emissions and mileage from large engined cars is behind all these moves.

However. another problem for Holden Australia is "Will Australians accept their V8 sedan sounding like a 4 banger on the highway". I'm told there are all sorts of testing being done on exhaust systems.

Cheers

[sambo]

Sounds to me if we want the power on tap then that's the price we'll have to pay (no burble on the highway). What gets me is that we're shying away from the Kyoto agreement but have some of the tightest emissions controls in the world. Go figure!

[Rebel1]

What upsets me more so Sambo is that Governments and industry dont follow the same rules. Industries get exemptions. Much of our local public transport doesn't comply at this point in time. Don't get me going on the diesel electric trains we have spewing tons into our atmosphere every time they pull away from a station.

It's the same with this lack of water problem we have. Last night one of the public affair shows detailed some industries using megalitres of water per day and pay bugger all for it. I know we need industry for jobs but I'm also aware of the huge profits these companies are turning over.

I appreciate we all have to do something but the imbalance is hypercritical.

My rant for the day.

[Rebel1]

Originally Posted by sambo

Sounds to me if we want the power on tap then that's the price we'll have to pay (no burble on the highway).

Actually Sambo, in researching this DOD thing, my mind got to wander on the possibilities to cobra owners.

Hows about an L76 DOD enabled powered cobra fitted with a T56 using a 3.31 diff and side pipes?. Cruising the highway at 100klm in sixth the thing would fire on the left then you'd havta wait an age for it to fire on the right side. It would sound like a ferguson tractor.

Pete (PCC) would love it. Rather than his neon lights he could inject aero smoke making fluid into the pipes and lay down dotted smoke trails. Knowin him tho, he'd use the colored smoke for more effect.

Only kiddin Uncle Pete

[sambo]

Interesting concept! However from what I've been reading in my few months on this forum, how many of you lads are going to leave the engine standard once it passes rego? First job, knock out that damned DoD!

[Rebel1]

Originally Posted by sambo

However from what I've been reading in my few months on this forum, how many of you lads are going to leave the engine standard once it passes rego?

Ermmm.....all of us.

Us cobra fellas don't do things like that.

never