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#1 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 1:48:43 AM(UTC)
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Does anyone know how to tell a Canadian grey motor from one made in Australia
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#2 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 2:22:09 AM(UTC)
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Hi lawrence.

There is no such thing as a Canadian grey motor, if you are referring to the Holden 6. The only ones made in North America are the 2 (or was 3) original prototypes & these are cast in Michigan USA, not Canada.

The early Holden 6 grey mo
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#3 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 4:34:56 AM(UTC)
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the 179 hp myth.

If nissan motorsport is nismo, then doesn't that make honda motorsport Homo?
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#4 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 4:34:56 AM(UTC)
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the 179 hp myth.

If nissan motorsport is nismo, then doesnt that make honda motorsport Homo?
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#5 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 5:00:57 AM(UTC)
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HP on the side of 308 blocks. And the XU-2 being an LJ.

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#6 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 6:43:05 AM(UTC)
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Hi Guys.

I think we should start a Holden myth list.

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#7 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 6:43:05 AM(UTC)
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Hi Guys.

I think we should start a Holden 'myth' list.

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#8 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 6:52:32 AM(UTC)
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What about factory auto GTS327? Or the one doing the traps for years that no 307 4spd HK was ever made.

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#9 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 7:11:42 AM(UTC)
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FX wagon?

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#10 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 7:11:42 AM(UTC)
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FX wagon?

If nissan motorsport is nismo, then doesn't that make honda motorsport Homo?
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#11 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 7:45:21 AM(UTC)
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Oh yeah, The famous words "I heard"
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#12 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 7:52:20 AM(UTC)
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Hi Guys.

The one about the 307 manual not being available, was a mistake by one of our better known motoring journos. He read an early HK sales brochure (pre-Monaro) which states that the Powerglide was mandatory with the 307 V8, because back then no S
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#13 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 7:54:17 AM(UTC)
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we should start a list like you said.

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we should start a list like you said.

If nissan motorsport is nismo, then doesn't that make honda motorsport Homo?
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This about 150 motors cast in canada comes from, page 70 in street machine hot holdens number 3. the first 3 prototypes tested in aus, in 1947 were entirely built in detroit. they say.
The HP on the side of 308s block is true, but there are myths about
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This about 150 motors cast in canada comes from, page 70 in street machine hot holdens number 3. the first 3 prototypes tested in aus, in 1947 were entirely built in detroit. they say.
The HP on the side of 308's block is true, but there are myths about
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#17 Posted : Monday, 11 February 2008 10:13:33 PM(UTC)
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HP on the early 179 and 308 blocks is certainly true. The myths are all about it actually meaning anything other than 179 or 308.

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#18 Posted : Tuesday, 12 February 2008 2:23:40 AM(UTC)
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we know it's true that they had HP, but it didn't mean high performance, so these jokers on ebay who sell the 'block and forged crank for a bulletproof motor' are wrong.

If nissan motorsport is nismo, then doesn't that make honda m
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#19 Posted : Tuesday, 12 February 2008 2:23:40 AM(UTC)
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we know its true that they had HP, but it didnt mean high performance, so these jokers on ebay who sell the block and forged crank for a bulletproof motor are wrong.

If nissan motorsport is nismo, then doesnt that make honda motors
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#20 Posted : Tuesday, 12 February 2008 8:40:50 PM(UTC)
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Now i had a HP 308 block. i do believe it had a steel crank. i taped the top of the crank with a hammer and it rang like a bell, the other 308 crank did not ring. the crank had HP on it where the other had 308. the HP had forge marks 3 to 5mm wide, the ot
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