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[Dr Terry]

I also imagine you would have liked Holden to release the L34 without choking it, either with the $1500 race kit or part thereof. They needed to be listening more to Harry and far less to their social conservative conscience that was scared of its own shadow. Hell even a middle ground on the road car breathing ... 

Another comment you completely missed LXSS350, it wasn't a "social conservative conscience" it was called ADR27 (not to be confused with ADR27A). This was all discussed a few pages ago, but your mouth was getting in the way at the time.

 

The L34 had to comply with this new ADR27, unlike the XA GT, a year or earlier. GM-H only needed to built an homologation package package, to which the allowed race bits were added. The HO kit had to be made an "accessory kit" because it was NOT road legal under ADR27.

 

In the same way that the US performance cars were being choke by their emission laws, the L34 was the first car here to be so effected.

 

They did listen to Harry, he was the architect.

 

Dr Terry

[xu2308]

 They needed to be listening more to Harry and far less to their social conservative conscience that was scared of its own shadow. Hell even a middle ground on the road car breathing ...... but what they did was get it 75% and then stopped.

Now your talking

Harry and Ian Tate had the 308 V8 all done with the V8 LJ Torana, then GMH go with the Repco done 308 V8, who only tested the engine on the Dyno and not the race track, Should of stuck with the Harry 308 V8 and not the Repco 308 V8, Harry fixed it as the L34 Progressed.

 

Edited by xu2308, 17 March 2014 - 02:52 AM.

[myss427]

We are supposed to be getting the Camaro here but unfortunately only as a HSV not as a Holden. Hopefully they don't hit it with the same ugly stick as most other HSV stuff and sell it at an affordable price. And hopefullyit is better than the US production versions, I hired one in Hawaii and it was a far inferior car to my V2 CV8 in useability and how it drove. And it only had 10,000 miles on it, my V2 has 117,000kM.

 

I totaly agree wiith your with your comment on the Camaro, I also hired one in Hawaii and much prefer my V2 monaro driving dynamics over it, the only thing that made the Camaro better was being able to drop the roof down, could no way live with one that had a tin roof, too cramped for space.

[Shiney005]

Drove a 2009 Shelby GT-H Mustang half way across the States. Compared to my VE SS it didn't go, stop, or steer!!