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Hi all just wondering if someone could please help me with a 5.0 I just bought as a builder.The guy I got it from tells me it is from a VQ stato which judging by the engine covers it is this era.The only confusing thing I found is when removing the crank it had 308 cast on it I thought that after the VK they all went 304.
The engine is VU595003 and cast near the timing cover is 14fo.
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vn - vs 304(308 crank casting is normal as far as I know) Jim in Adelaide...Hindsight is bad vision! Edited by user Thursday, 18 February 2010 6:01:14 AM(UTC)
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VU prefix is VN to VS 304 except VSIII ute and Statesman with 179kW engine
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Yes AFAIK they left 308 on them.
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The only thing different between a 308 & 304 crank is the offset machining of the big ends - the actual casting remained the same, so the 308 stayed.
That engine number is smack on for an early July 1990 EFI 5L.
I have 5 V8 commodores recorded with July 1990 build dates, and engine numbers ranging from VU5949xx to VU5956xx.
The casting number - 14th June 1990 - confirms that period, so it has come from either a VN or VQ, and the tag number (the end of the VIN) would be between L446xxx & L449xxx.
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Thanks very much for the help guys.
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Mick, all VU engines ive seen have had SVU prefixes, so its probably VN. At a stretch it may also out of an early build VG Holden S ute.
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I have recorded a couple of July 90 built HSV VQ SV90s that have VU prefixes - I think SVU was only very early VQ motors, and was finished by this period.
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Mick my engine is SVU613051 a little later than the first engine in this thread.
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