Holden 308 V8 engine

[JD LWB]

Hi Guys

Anyone know much about the Holden 308 V8 engines? :twisted:

[Stormin]

If I'm not mistaken, some ambulances had them in.  Pretty quick I believe. Can any of our medical members verify :?

[TUFFTEE]

James Hello!  Hows Trix? I found this on google? it might Help?

http://www.southgate.com.au/history.htm

[Bush Tucker Man]

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

[thermidorthelobster]

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...)

[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)

[thermidorthelobster]

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.