The Holden V8 is a water-cooled naturally-aspirated 4-stroke gasoline engine featuring eight cylinders arranged in a 90 degrees vee-formation. It is an overhead valve design featuring two valves per cylinder with a camshaft centrally located in the engine block above the crankshaft, driven by a timing chain attached to toothed sprockets, with ...

Jun 21, 2017 · The LS1 and its variants have proved very popular in all facets of street machining, but we’re here to tell you that there is life in the venerable Holden V8 yet. There are thousands of Holden-powered cars in drag racing, burnout and circuit competition, and countless more doing duty as street cars.

The most significant change to the VC Commodore of March 1980 was the engine upgrading to "XT5" specification. Now painted blue and thus known as the Blue straight-sixes and Holden V8s, these replaced the Red units fitted to the VB and earlier cars. [30]

Aug 25, 2021 · Holden V8s won countless races and championships in their day, most famously in the Australian Touring Car Championship and its successors. Continually updated over the years, the Holden V8 received digital fuel injection, improved cylinder heads, and other refinements in its final stages of factory development (below).

Jul 8, 2004 · Possibly no other engine other than the small iron block Chevy motors have had so much racing development. Today road registered twin turbo Holden V8 street machines are making 1,600 bhp on pump gas at our Summernats. If you like interesting GM V8 history, here is the most rare GM V8.

The Aussie V8, which made its public debut in the wildly extroverted Holden Hurricane (a 2-seater show car), was an advanced engine for its day, being quiet, torquey and easy-going. Furthermore it was available in all HT models. Until then all 'local' V8s …

But now the Holden V8 – which powered Monaros and Toranas, Kingswoods, Commodores, Statesmans and Caprices since 1969 – is set for the knackery. There is no reprieve. It will be replaced by a 5.7-litre Chevrolet V8 in the Commodore and long-wheelbase cars.

The Holden V8 was a V8 engine produced by General Motors–Holden in Australia between 1969 and 2000. The Holden 'bent eight' was the first and only Australian-designed and built V8 engine to be produced in volume. More than 541,000 Holden V8s were produced over a 30-year period.

Jun 22, 2017 · History of the Holden V8 part one: Red Motor 253, 308 & F5000. We take an in-depth look at the history of Holden's Aussie-built V8 and the many changes it went through over 30 years. WhichCar is the home of Street Machine magazine.

Aug 22, 2024 · How Holden’s new V8 powered a new generation of HSV performance heroes, luxury long wheelbase variants, and exports to the Middle East. HSV received the new LS1 engine, too, tuned to 250kW/473Nm thanks to a freer-flowing air intake, a dual exhaust system with extractors, and a tweaked computer.