Where Is It?

Blair · #1 (**permalink**) 04-08-2007, 08:46 PM

Rebel1 in a round about kinda way, How does a Ford Lover ask if an opposition engine has arrived at your palace of residence?

SSSsssshhhhhh

I don't want to look to eager

Gav · #2 (**permalink**) 04-08-2007, 09:50 PM

It's easy,
There will be vultures circling over the nearest Ford powered Cobra.

Blair · #3 (**permalink**) 04-08-2007, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gav

It's easy,
There will be vultures circling over the nearest Ford powered Cobra.

Rebel1 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 02:25 AM

Blair, there a a couple of us waiting for these engines. The current holdup are harnesses. Another week I think.

Whilst the purchase was a decision based primarily on registration requirements and ease of installation I'm now quite keen to see what the thing can do. It seems the engine has quite some potential.

Here a thread copy from the LS1.com forums to a L76 question posed from an american source.

Quote "The G8 (VE in AUS) has the L98. The bottom end is the same as a LS2 with slightly lower compression but uses L92 heads based on the LS7 design and a ****ty cam. The LS2 used LS6 heads. Down here cam swaps have seen over 320rwkw (430+ rwhp). The L98 has no DOD hardware. The L76 down here had the hardware but it wasn't used or operational. We have seen 270rwkw from the VE with just a tune, exhaust and CAI. There are also cars deep in the 12's unopened and id say within a month some running 11's unopened." Unquote.

As we know the L76/L98 has a bore/stroke of 101.6 X 92mm. What a lot of folks don't know is that the L76 has a bigger brother called the L92 which is 6.2 Ltr making 403 hp and 417Lbs-Ft (6000rpm) in the standard version. Comes off the same line. Same crank, same stroke, same block and liners, same rods, same heads and intake, just slightly larger bore and cam and tune. Evidently the slightly larger bore unshrouds the valves and really gets the heads working.

So the potential is huge.... Good pipes, cold air, and a tune to make 270rwkw ( as above) in the L76 or add a cam and you have 320 rwkw.....punch it out to 103.25 bore, and plug in some L92 slugs to get to 6.2 Ltrs, appropriate cam, tune and they make close to 370kw (500 HP.)

Thats LS7 country

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Rebel1 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:19 AM

Blair, To keep you informed

Got a message today that the engine is ready to ship to me.

Good Heh?

sambo · #6 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:24 AM

Les, who are you getting to "unlock" all the necessary things in the engine's computer? Rough cost? Thanks

Blair · #7 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:26 AM

Maybe when you get your beast you can show us those HACKING skills and post some pictures within your gallery.

I want proof of everything! A picture of the shed, the RMC, the engine and a picture of Spooks girlfriend that you got from WAZZA.

PLEASE

Rebel1 · #8 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:31 AM

Sambo, the unlocking of the puter thingy is part of the deal from the supplier..

I think this goes for every-one who ordered one of these and ordered all the bits and pieces with the engine. Ie. harness, engine mounts, alternator, puter, sensors etc. etc.etc.

I did briefly discuss them flashing the puter with a "tune". We'll see if that happened.

CFheers

sambo · #9 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:34 AM

That's right, I remember my quote had $1000 for something like that but the round number scared me off a little bit. I'm very keen to see/hear all about it when you take delivery!

Rebel1 · #10 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:37 AM

Sambo, Should there be anything wrong with the unlocking/tune, then Power Torque is not far from me.

They are recognised chev performance tuners up here in sunny dry Queensland.

sambo · #11 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:41 AM

Yeah I've heard of them - very handy to have close by. From what I was reading though, it's the relatively short time that these engines have been on the market that means the tuners haven't had a lot of time to crack/explore the the code in the ECUs. But I'm sure if they've charged you for it you'll be fine.

Rebel1 · #12 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:42 AM

Sambo, I've done as much as possible to ensure I got a fair deal.

Short of flying to Ballarat and personally inspecting the thing I've covered all bases on paper to ensure what I'm getting.

Even asked the question is these were NEW engines and not engines replaced/rebuilt after some warrantee claim.

I've been assured they are all brand new.

Cheers

sambo · #13 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:47 AM

Awesome. I'll be in touch for some of that info once I find that lazy 10 grand that I misplaced somewhere.

Rebel1 · #14 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:50 AM

Yep, believe you are right but I'm told that software to tune them has now been released.

However, they are more complex to tune because of the new processor.

One just has to be more careful who one chooses to tune in these early days.

sambo · #15 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 12:55 AM

This really is starting to sound like a darkside/starwars/yoda thread!

Rebel1 · #16 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 01:07 AM

Blair, sorry mate, can't post the pic of the lady said to belong to spooky.

Frankly, I'm not convinced it is Spooky's lady. This one is way too cute and looks a little shy to me. That really doesn't sound like a lady who would be attracted to such a gadabout....ermmm.... playboy type as spooky.