Holden Alloytec 3.6 V6 de-tuned for production!

[wilsonnw]

Sorry to bring up 'Holden' again, but it's late at night and I have had too much Dr. Pepper oh and the Tigers won, Gold I tells ya.

Anyhow, I have been looking at crate motors based on the old GM 3800 V6 that has been cutting chaff for Holden since '88/9. Why? don't ask, I like my EF thankyou very much.

I noticed that the only way an alloytec 3.6 motor (the new-new one for holden) leaves the Michigan plant is in the 190kw form. There is no mechanical difference between the 179 and 190kw versions (exec to hi-spec commy).

Holden is de-tuning the bloody things to create a value for money proposition that can be manuvered quickly to combat the BF and 380 Magna - what a joke ;-).

So what's the point? This: Any kid with an commy 'exec' can spend $500 on a chip flash (based on US Cadillac CDS mapping) and they will play the "I'm 100kgs lighter, with shorter gears, and 8kw's up on you Mr BA man!" game.

Bugger.