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Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: JD LWB on October 29, 2005, 19:35:25: Hi Guys

Anyone know much about the Holden 308 V8 engines? :twisted:
Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: Stormin on October 29, 2005, 20:07:59: If I'm not mistaken, some ambulances had them in. Pretty quick I believe. Can any of our medical members verify :?
Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: TUFFTEE on October 29, 2005, 20:24:48: James Hello! Hows Trix? I found this on google? it might Help?

http://www.southgate.com.au/history.htm
Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on October 29, 2005, 22:42:59: Quote from: "Stormin"
If I'm not mistaken, some ambulances had them in. Pretty quick I believe. Can any of our medical members verify :?

Not British ones, except perhaps some of the Chevrolets, but Holden is simply the Aussie branch of General Motors.
They build the awesome 'Vauxhall' Monaro
Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: thermidorthelobster on October 29, 2005, 23:14:00: Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
They build the awesome 'Vauxhall' Monaro

"Awesome" and "Vauxhall", words you seldom see together :)

(I had a couple of company Omegas a few years back...)
Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on October 29, 2005, 23:40:23: Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
They build the awesome 'Vauxhall' Monaro

"Awesome" and "Vauxhall", words you seldom see together :)

(I had a couple of company Omegas a few years back...)

Well it's not actually a Vauxhall, apart from the badging

I almost bought a Omega 2.5TD CDX estate (the B*W engined version) before I got the Discovery.
My plan was for a big estate car (for the BWSOW) & a decent-ish 90, but we ended up with a Discovery & (at the time Volvo estate)
Title: Holden 308 V8 engine
Post by: thermidorthelobster on October 29, 2005, 23:57:22: Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
I almost bought a Omega 2.5TD CDX estate (the B*W engined version) before I got the Discovery.

I had the Saloon. The Beemer engine was a dog in that detuned incarnation; underpowered. There was an "S" button on the auto box which I originally thought stood for Sport, but in fact stood for Smoke, because if you pressed it and booted the throttle, the cars behind you would disappear in a big cloud of it.

The engine is apparently capable of much more though, as Jeremy Fearn has won plenty of events sitting behind one, so I'm told.

I subsequently had the V6 for a few months whilst my Volvo V70 was on order, and that was also pretty underwhelming. The seat cloth was quite plush on the TD though.