L76 6.0 litre Crate Motor

[Nigel Pearson]

Les your absolutley right i have gained something from all this as i used the info to pressure my supplier who in fact called holmart and basically relented and the premium that i paid was the cost of a good lunch. I like you have held back expecting the pricing to go down, but time marches on and the product isn't exactly flowing thru the system that fast.

Thanks for your comments and input.

[Rebel1]

Nigel, You are most welcome.

Frankly, I really don't know why you wish to dispose of the L76. Mind you, I'd love an LS2 but the extra $ cost just didn't add up.

I guess the LS2 is GM's performance engine and they have done all the tuning work thereby making it a drop in and go.

The L76 however, is an engine with tremendous possibilities and future potential. The tuners are only now starting to understand the vagrancies of the E38 ECM. The new 07 LS2 will/use this same ECM .

We are never happy with whatever engine we have. Looking thru the Australian forum you'll find folks with LS1, LS6, and LS2 all fiddling to get more and more from them.

The only thing that concerns me with the L76(in a minor way) is the presence of the DOD hardware as opposed to the L98( same basic engine minus DOD hardware). Reading heaps on US sites it appears that the ramp profile on the DOD affected cam lobes are gentler than on the non DOD lobes. This is what has restricted the L76 as the emphasis by GM was to optimize the fuel usage with little or no effort towards performance. After all, it was designed to be an SUV engine.

So a simple cam change and tune will really wake the L76. ( I would surely get a tune and possibly a cam if I had a LS2 anyways) . So the approx $3000 saved in buying the L76 will go a long way towards putting a cam in the L76.

Cheers and best of luck with your build

[Nigel Pearson]

The only reason for selling is that i have already secured an LS2 from a donor HSV GTO Monaro with under 20 K on the clock so i've gat all the matching goodies, all hang ons incl 6 speed trannie plus air box, flow meter, electronic accel pedal, ecm cats, O2 sensors and so on, otherwise i would be building on th L76. If i don't sell it i might swap it for the Corvette motor in the family ski boat and flog off the old cast iron anchor.

thanks again

[Rebel1]

Oi, that olde cast iron anchor wouldn't be a ford would it?.

They are good engines.

[Blair]

Originally Posted by Rebel1

Oi, that olde cast iron anchor wouldn't be a ford would it?.

They are good engines.

Don't you DARE!