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Re: 2007 Holden Commodore SS
Glad to see Australia is finally kicking butt over in America. No offence intended. The platform of the commodore since it's inception in 1979 has always been based on an Opel design. Mechanically and design wise it's gone through alot of changes since then. At one point early on they were available with pretty gutless 4 cylinders and some 6's. The mid 80's they were using Nissan straight 6's and various V8's. About 1988 they started using an Aussie made 5 Litre 304ci V8 on certain models and the V6's were old 3.8L Buick designs. Some models received a stroked 355ci V8. in 1995 the Buick engine was refined to a less harsh running sequential injection 3.8L V6. In 1996 on some models (including mine
) they used a 3.8L supercharged V6 (L67). I think around 2000 the V8's became a 5.7L (LS1). Now the V8's are 6L. Thats pretty much the Holden commodore history in a very small nutshell.
Glad to see Australia is finally kicking butt over in America. No offence intended. The platform of the commodore since it's inception in 1979 has always been based on an Opel design. Mechanically and design wise it's gone through alot of changes since then. At one point early on they were available with pretty gutless 4 cylinders and some 6's. The mid 80's they were using Nissan straight 6's and various V8's. About 1988 they started using an Aussie made 5 Litre 304ci V8 on certain models and the V6's were old 3.8L Buick designs. Some models received a stroked 355ci V8. in 1995 the Buick engine was refined to a less harsh running sequential injection 3.8L V6. In 1996 on some models (including mine
) they used a 3.8L supercharged V6 (L67). I think around 2000 the V8's became a 5.7L (LS1). Now the V8's are 6L. Thats pretty much the Holden commodore history in a very small nutshell.
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