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Originally Posted by MAFIATL
So tell me that the GEN3 sucks cause it does. And you know that every third Holden and HSV GEN3 engine get sold in one of there cars always have some major problem with it and thay still do today. That poor workmanship.
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Hmm .. I own both a Windsor 5.0 (2001) and a GenIII (2003). The Windsor is a nice, reliable, sweet engine .. but it is no competition to a GenIII in stock form (which the vast majority are). My GenIII was one of the "defective" ones (replaced under warranty) .. but I would never say a Windsor is better put together engine. It's just it's older design allows wider tolerances in assembly. [ I've slapped together a 383 Mopar with rings and bearings which had heaps of piston slap, but didn't use anything like the oil consumption many LS1 owners put up with! ] The GenIII uses a lot of trick stuff (as stock) and they seem to cut corners in assembly (like not using torque plates?). However, IMHO the Windsors "ruggedness" comes at a price though .. reduced potential power and increase fuel consumption.
.. still love Windors though!! Great little engines ..
28-09-2005, 08:55 AM
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