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Just cause the G man is away... no need to skip tradition!!

Woot, it's friday, what's the plans for the weekend peeeps?!

For me, today I'll be giving the ute a bit of a tidy up/clean out and organising some skid tyres for the dorifto at basky on sunday.
Saturday will most prolly see me running around like a headless chook trying to finalise preperations for drifting (read: bogan power oversteering) the ute before heading to Launnie to crash at prewers ready for the trip to hoe-bart...

Sunday... DORIFTO!!! ... or spinning off every corner, one or the other

Three funny adds from VW... advertising the new golf or some s**t

These adds are a crack up though!!

http://www.leftlanen... deos/#more-1817

Happy B-day Nathan, have a good one champ, look forward to meeting up with you next week sometime (you comming to the car show in Devo??...)

Extra V8 muscle for Holden Commodore

By Toby Hagon
The Sydney Morning Herald
Friday November 18 2005

Petrol crisis, what petrol crisis? Holden is about to switch to 6.0-litre V8 power for its flagship models, reports TOBY HAGON.


If you're about to buy a new Holden Commodore SS or V8-powered Calais or Statesman, be warned: Holden is only weeks away from replacing its 5.7-litre engine in favour of a 6.0-litre V8 claimed to deliver a class-leading 264kW of power.

The new engine, codenamed L76, will arrive next month in preparation for stricter emissions regulations that come into force for all new cars sold from January 1 next year.

Drive understands the existing 5.7-litre V8 engine, codenamed LS1 but also known as the Gen III, does not meet the new Euro 3 emissions regulations.

Holden is yet to confirm the L76 for the Commodore. However, Drive sources suggest it will be phased in from late December so Holden dealerships have the new models when the new regulations come into effect.

Significantly, it is not the same 6.0-litre engine fitted to the HSV range. Holden's performance-car division has the 6.0-litre V8 that's used in the latest Corvette. The Holden 6.0-litre (the L76) is an engine primarily designed for truck use, according to Drive sources.

The engine switch also explains why Holden has crammed so much equipment into the Commodore SSZ limited-edition model, with extras such as bigger brakes, leather trim, Bluetooth phone connection - and only a $49,990 price tag. With the arrival of the 6.0-litre Commodore SS, Holden can ramp the price back up to its usual $51,000-plus.

The flagship of General Motors V8 range, the 297kW LS2, will be kept exclusively for the performance HSV models, providing more incentive for buyers to upgrade to the flagship of Holden's performance line-up.

For the number crunchers, the L76's claimed 264kW is 5 per cent more than the 250kW currently squeezed from the 5.7-litre. More importantly for owners, particularly those looking to tow, is the increased engine capacity also has the potential to quell one of the bugbears of the outgoing LS1; lacklustre middle-rev-range performance.

Such output improvements from the new 6.0-litre are also expected to deliver spin-off benefits in fuel consumption, which is crucial as high fuel prices continue to cause headaches for motorists.

The L76 is also expected to appear in other locally made Holden derivatives, such as the Statesman, Caprice and Calais.

As Drive went to press, it was unclear about the future of the V8-powered Adventra four-wheel-drive, which has been a flop since going on sale in late 2003.

Engineering the 6.0-litre L76 for the low-volume Adventra appears to make little sense, given the costs involved.

The arrival of the new L76 V8 engine gives Holden a perfect chance to address one of the major issues of the existing V8 - the clunky four-speed automatic transmission.

Now that rival Ford is offering a world-class six-speed automatic transmission on some models, Holden is under increasing pressure to respond.

Drive.com.au



Holden is set to fit an all-new V8 engine to its Commodore range by the end of December. Codenamed L76, the all engine displaces 6.0 litres and is also referred to as the Gen IV.

The fourth generation ”small-block” V8 was initially designed for use in various large off-roaders in the United States, including the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade.

As well as providing more power and torque than Holden’s outgoung 5.7-litre LS1/Gen III V8 engine – which was also sourced from the US but can’t be made to meet new emissions regulations coming into effect in Australia in January, 2006 – the new 6.0-litre engine will include displacement on demand technology. The so-called DOD can shut down up to four cylinders when maximum output is not needed to improve fuel economy.

It will also boast variable valve timing, for improved output across the rev range, and could even be mated to a six-speed automatic transmission.

The Gen IV line-up will also include a range of engine capacities and configurations for use in other models for sale in America. In both iron and aluminium construction, they include capacities of 4.8 litres, 5.3 litres, 6.0 litres and even a 6.2-litre flagship capable of delivering 298kW, which is 1kW more than the current HSV LS2 V8.

A recent press release issued by General Motors disclosed the following details on the new engine.

Engine: 6.0-litre all-aluminium V8

Codename: L76 or Gen IV

Power: 264kW

Transmission: Can be matched to a six-speed automatic

Features include:

-Variable valve timing
-Displacement On Demand on 5.3L and aluminum-block 6.0L engines
-Revised cylinder block design with externally mounted knock sensors
-High flow cylinder heads
-Electronic throttle control
-Enhanced quietness and smoothness
-Improved torque for better low-rev performance
-Up to 7 per cent fuel economy improvements over the outgoing Gen III
-Reduced emissions to help meet new 2006 regulations

Drive.com.au

Righteo, I got myself a copy of koRns latest CD (see you on the other side) poped it in the puta wanting to rip it as MP3 files (to make an MP3 compilation for the ute )

Problem is it comes up with some stupid licence agreement and you cant access the music files!

Once you agree to the licence it loads it's own player... it has an option to save the music files to your puta but only as WMA files... my head unit will play these files but unless you save them as WMA (lossless) you can only get a s**tty bitrate of 192kbps... I normaly use 256kbps!

How can I get around all this crap?