*Get your track gear!* 👉 shop.fullboost.com.au It's great to see engine development of older engine platforms is still alive and well in Australia. We caught up with the team from LX360 Racing for the low down on their wild new naturally aspirated Holden V8 combination that is delivering incredible results.

lots of people miss the point the engine is still all australian made and engineered and developed by australian experts like Pete Murray whom ive said for years is the best induction porter in this country.. The ford cleveland and windsor are all american engines, the holden v8 was all australian and this is version 2 by australians yeh na yeh fark yeh.

@johnbrooks9523

Жыл бұрын

BINGO! Other smallblocks have had zillions of dollars & gazzillions of hours pumped into them over the decades. Now we get to see what a tiny fraction of that development can produce in our humble local product. Give this tiny trend another year or so & we'll be seeing a Thousand HorsePower at the flywheel of a carbied Holden. The crate lovers will certainly lurve that.

@toddc6682

6 ай бұрын

The Ford Barra is all Australian too! 💪

@aramoana01

5 ай бұрын

Yeh fark yeh

@steventosi8067

3 ай бұрын

🍻🇦🇺mad khunt fark Yeah 😂 Aussies 5L💨

@Trpmanne

3 ай бұрын

Apparently designed in detroit

This Holden based engine is definitely a ripper 8,900 rpm’s Sounds so good 👍🏻

awesome no LS no BARRA, and NA what a beast😀

@johnbrooks9523

Жыл бұрын

You nailed it. A real engine with no plastic & no taxi block.

Super impressive results boys - happy to see the 5L platform still being developed!

@MrTroytroy

Жыл бұрын

It’s not really a 5.0 Litre and there is no components in the engine made by Holden🤷 but it’s interesting/impressive engineering from an old architecture.

@Dizman76

Жыл бұрын

@@MrTroytroy Thanks for clearing that up for the rest of us, that there's barely any holden left in an engine that makes over 3 times the power that the factory could ever make. We never would have known, especially since they barely mentioned any of the work that went into building the engine in the video.

@MrTroytroy

Жыл бұрын

@@Dizman76 I was only pointing out the hypocrisy of some people calling this a ‘Holden’ or ‘5.0’. But that wasn’t in the video for you. So I made it easier for you.

@matthewhealy3940

Жыл бұрын

​@@MrTroytroy you are a f@$kit, I bet you got a 2k barra !!!

@kyliejm2

Жыл бұрын

@@Dizman76 😂

Congratulations to everyone involved in this engine build and the car owner sticking to what he wanted and getting a great result . Loved the sound of the holden v8 would make a excellent ringtone 😊.

700HP out of an NA small block would've been impressive enough, and to scream out past 8000RPM, unf!

@genemounce8302

Жыл бұрын

IF ya feel so inclined, give ole Zach @zsrengines a ring. He has several SBF combinations that make well over 700hp n/a on pump and race gas. I'm currently saving up to get in line for a build. 🤞

I love how a V8 revving out is captioned as "Foreign applause". Kinda on point...

These blokes are nothing short of artists 👌 There is a heck of a market emerging for something like this with a lot of us collecting older, Holden V8’s and the LS scene with older sales prices being quite played out. Excellent video/content as always FB

Massive coming together of experienced heads. Good on you guys.

Well done to everyone involved. Great products and Pete's airflow knowledge is amazing.👍👍

What a beast of an engine. Great show, thanks!

These guys are amazing and what a result with the old Holden engine And 411 cubes 😮 what a motor

That is incredible. What an effort !

What a weapon ! almost 9000 rpm and the sound !

Great to hear how they achieved the end result. Fun project.

Incredible

I'm loving that a Holden based engine is producing such incredible power/torque and RPM numbers.

@jonsimmons4150

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I would like to see this on a proper calibrated braking dyno. Bet it aint 800

@johnbrooks9523

Жыл бұрын

@@jonsimmons4150 Either way, it's still gunna develop a little more than your fool injerkted, turkey turboed, hand grenade, taxi motor.

@jonsimmons4150

Жыл бұрын

@@johnbrooks9523 instead of talking trite, how about you pop along to the you tube channel "nicks garage"- there its done properly, like chasing 800hp with a 440 supercharged big block. You "might" learn something by seeing how its done properly ( even tho its still old school)

@jonsimmons4150

Жыл бұрын

@@johnbrooks9523 goto "nicks garage" and "richard holdener" on youtube. No fairy tale numbers and make believe. If you think companys put 10's of millions into a engine and design work to make grenade ones that blow under warranty, you are just plain stupid. If you think a v8 6.7 carby and tunnel ram can thrash a 6litre v12 with fuel injection you really are with the fairies.

@johnbrooks9523

Жыл бұрын

@@jonsimmons4150 No, the fairies are your friends, not mine. As mentioned in the soundtrack... This little carbied Holden donk is to be bolted into a fairly well sorted LX Hatchback. It only has to cope with 1/4 mile runs at full noise & hopefully, it'll hang together. If the car can cope with the engine & transmit whatever the engine produces, we should see some records tumble. You can have your overcomplicated, predeveloped exoticar tinpot junk. Modern engines designed with multiple cams, computerised fool injection & all sorts of other you beaut technological variable fiddlyarse trinkety crap are usually fully developed before they hit the road & any comic book wanker can insert a hotrod chip to make them go fast. The first generation Holden V8 was tuned to produce a lowly & safe 240 BHP. Bathurst history records that given a particular set of prevailing rules, the Holden V8 could outrun & outlast every other commercially available mass produced engine on Earth in a race environment. Stick a Holden V8 in a fair fight & it's likely to tear all comers to shreds as has been demonstrated many times. You've mentioned your experiences with other junk elsewhere in these comments & you still cannot understand how underdeveloped the Holden V8 always was. Well, Someone has finally tossed some serious development at a Holden V8 & it only has to survive 1/4 mile runs. Go get your bigtime megabuck quadcam V12 & see how far you get against a humble little Holden now that one has finally recieved the love she needed. No one bothers to run fruity V12s in drag racing because such junk breaks in an instant the minute you ask it to do any real work. Enjoy your chintz & your fairy friends with their overcomplicated & unreliable expensive toys. The Holden is a faithful & affordable product that delivers the goods with a minimum of stupidity.

Impressive build quality 👌

I love my 5ltr holdens but this is just amazing. Great work guys.10/10 🇭🇲

Beautiful build!

Winning life goals there 👌

great show guys hope all goes well with the iron lion.

Piece of art

Good stuff Angelo ,

Ahhh stuff it i had to read the comments. The fact that you can unbolt a majority of the parts on this motor and bolt them onto a factory cast holden V8 block, its still a holden based motor. Everyone saying its not a holden, is like saying a reid case power glide with all aftermarket parts isn’t a power glide anymore.

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

Lol but the comments is what makes it all better and provides the entertainment we need😂😂

@johnbrooks9523

Жыл бұрын

@@domdagostino8833 Oh yeah! The comedians have come out to play on this one.

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

@@johnbrooks9523 and so have the uneducated😂

What a sound 👌🏼

Wow, that's impressive and serious smarts in that collab. Some serious reverse engineering.

That's one very VERY Spicy meatball😱😱

Remember that interview with Win Percy years back about taking the Holden 304 to 8500 rpm ! Talk about good dna from the get-go 💪👍

@dinosshed

Жыл бұрын

Larry Perkins altered the factory holden moulds to produce engine blocks and cylinder heads that were virtually indestructible. The standard holden engines weren't capable of competition use, due to poor design. Unfortunately, Larry only produced 50 blocks and 100 heads at the Holden foundry. The standard casting was rubbish in comparison.

Awesome!

Nice work! There was a Holden engine built by Trick and Manswetto back around 2007. Made near the same numbers. Similar comp ratio, C14 fuel and spun to around 9000rpm. Was in a blue VK with TRACX1 plates. Sounded unreal.

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

Correct it was a Twin Carby set up and sheet metal manifold. and was an animal of a engine. Had around 16.1 comp and Made 800 if I recall and was ahead of it’s time.

@MrPig208

Жыл бұрын

753 that one made back then wasn't it?, still impressive as hell

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPig208 it was around that as I saw it punch out 600 on a chassis dyno so would be about right

@damon8772

Жыл бұрын

The Vk ran a 9.42.

@turbotorana4336

8 ай бұрын

@@domdagostino8833 that engine made 753hp so was near on 200hp less,and that engine blew up

Good stuff, & a great job well done.

Spectacular motor. What a project! Some great brains there. And agree, that 9,000rpm doesn't sound half as fast as it shows on the tach.

Is there a little chance you guys could create an "off the shelf" crate version of this build? All us old school bogans would love having this option, as you guys have already done the research. Beats going the yank options !

@onedayiwillmakesomecontent

Жыл бұрын

Am sending the link to my mate, who has a HG monaro, and gets salty every time I send him a boosted LS video! 😂

@dons1932

Жыл бұрын

Bro, few bogans out there would afford a 150K engine like this lol.

@onedayiwillmakesomecontent

Жыл бұрын

​@dons1932 have you seen burnout cars lately? Those guys are not drinking cab sav, and do wear thongs! 😂

@johncarl5505

Жыл бұрын

You know there's a Nova in the US that does 12000 rpm. Some LS engines can reach that as well. Yank options aren't so bad, but it's damn expensive.

Well done guys sounds sooooo good I love it :)go the holden

Nice work boys

That O5 power baby! 😁🇭🇲

My ears started ringing when I heard the compression ratio ☠ cheers for the video

Killer engine boys

I,ts the "Ducks guts" Maxie shut the gate on that one 👍👍👍👍😎🇭🇲

everyone so well spoken loved this keep pushing the holden envelope

(Waits for the whingers claiming TP block makes it non-Holden) This is a dream Holden Build, top tier knowledge and experience involved.

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

You my friend are the winner for today and the most intelligent comment unlike some of the others today🙌🙌

@MrPig208

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dom, always been a fan of your hatch and the combo's in it. This engine is only something I could dream of, for now I'll stick with my 355 and add some spray haha

@MrPig208

Жыл бұрын

​@domdagostino8833 how do you find the MSD Alternator? I killed my Bosch VT 120amp over the weekend and looking at the MSD Dynaforce

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPig208 Hey Mate, I am yet to put it to the test on the street and driving with it and the first time I have gone to the MSD. I have always used Bosch ones but I have them altered internally to start charging earlier and on idle.

@MrPig208

Жыл бұрын

@@domdagostino8833 thanks Dom, mine killed the diode and regulator and we are demanding more than 120amps with the additions for nitrous solenoids, extra pump and so on.

Pete Murray is the man, builds an awesome engine let alone the top end work he's achieving here. Also happens to be a great guy having dealt with him.

Defo the sweetest thing ive herd all day 😎😎✌✌👌👌👍👍

Awesome!!

The fact that theres this level of r n d going on with the iron lion is so awesome. What a donk!!!

Very impressive for na. Far out!

Fantastic results come from experienced, motivated passionate people. By the way, have you had any experience with Bullet race engineering Holden V8 billet blocks ?? Thanks

King content.

awesome!

tuff soundtrack tuffer motor. love to see it

My vn ss would love this motor...🔥

I wonder with tunnel rams if there would be a difference? Great result btw. Amazing stuff.

great work all involved take that ford boys all on a single carb too

epic!!

Aussie 5ltr👊

I'm a ford boy but do love a sweet 304 and that's awesome

A holden engine Refreshing

Wow what a killer

Bloody impressive! Can't help but wonder if individual carbs/throttles would make an improvement.

This is what all the Holden guys where using before that LS came along and each engine was unique, now all them LS’s sound the same😢

Someone's gonna be taking names and kicking arse at the next Holden Nationals... Look out mf's, this combo is on song and looking for a fight... 💪😂

Wow.!

Those rpm’s….wow

I noticed the oil pressure was only 44psi at 7500rpm+, what's the go there? @fullboost Thanks so much for showing the computer while on a run. So many people fail and just show the engine.

Wicked

400+cubes at near 9000rpm. Spicy!.

2k Holden 👍

If this was a Dart based LS engine. Or an LSX. And someone still called it an LS, would people still whinge this bloody hard?

@JosephCowen-ru7up

3 ай бұрын

Why ? You cannot change the designation of a motor just because you change a few parts , it is a Holden V8 platform , and a LSX or Dart is a LS too , and do not get me started on LT motors , they are LS too , the block design is the same ! It's like saying a 2000 model year Ford 5 or 5.8 litre injected Windsor is not the same engine as a 1962 221 ci V8 Windsor ! Same block design , same bolt ups , same head bolt placement , ECT , same engine just an evolution !

@LimitR

3 ай бұрын

@@JosephCowen-ru7upmy point exactly. I'm asking the people who think that this is no longer a Holden V8 because it's got an aftermarket block (the bit around the 1:24 mark)

@JosephCowen-ru7up

3 ай бұрын

@@LimitR exactly , it's a Holden , simple ,

It is because the length of the carburetor is suitable. As a result, the intake speed is increased when the engine speed is high. This principle applies to both big bike engines and F1 engines.

I'd love that in my Commodore..

Long live the 5L !

@jasonriley8977

Жыл бұрын

It’s not a 5L

@rdallas81

Жыл бұрын

​@@jasonriley8977Long live the 5 liter anyhow. Even tho this 3ngine is a 411 CI?

Nice Muz

Fuck yeah! No need for an LS… not only is this great to see but so impressive

yep go holden, plus i knew the exhaust was titanium only titanium has that color when it heats up, well done to all the team, cant wait to see the LX hatchback do 8's. :)🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚓🚓🙌🙌😀😀👌👌👍👍😎😎

@dons1932

Жыл бұрын

Except they aren't titanium. They're clearly stainless steel, and about 2in primary I'd say.

Sounds like a Sprintcar engine👍

Who built the headers, you were talking over the top of Ang and he was speaking to quickly. Great results!

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

Boosted Fabrication did mate

The 308 comes out of my LX Hatch in January for a HP Upgrade. Think I found who I need to contact....😆

Long live the iron lion 🤘

@dinosshed

Жыл бұрын

Except there's no iron in this one.

man what I would to have this in my car I never though you would be able to get 940hp out of a Holden v8 ever an ls motor yeah but not a Holden v8 this is so god dam impressive I wonder how much it cost to do that would love to know long live the iron lion🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁

Wow, what an engine. This thing is pretty high end. Very impressive, great team involved and the end result proves to be well worth all the collaboration, hard work and money. I could.only imagine what this this cost to put together, but I don't think you'd get much change out of $40,000 - $50,000 for the package including accessories, ignition, carb and pipes

@fullboost

Жыл бұрын

If it was cheap and easy everyone would do it. 👍

@danielbrealey2924

Жыл бұрын

@@fullboost Very true. I'm sure it cost much more too

Need to see that motor in an old school Formula 5000

All i can say is wow! What a little weapon. Surely by now its in the car and been ran down the track. Anyone know where i can find footage of it going down the track with this motor?

Y'all need to build a

It's a nice engine, I own a 5l but I'm likely going to LS swap.....

Baddest Holden v8 is a big call.... No discredit to Dom and all involved in this amazing example of a Holden v8 (TP) But 20+ years ago I knew of a Holden v8 N/A running well into the 8s with a single carb, harrop single plane and a factory Holden block. At the time that was astronomical, 20+ years ago 8 sec single carb factory block Holden N/A V8, let that sink in..... Today same guy has made over 1100hp with a 415ci Holden (TP) N/A

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

I know the car well you are referring too and I don’t think you are comparing apples with apples to what this engine is going into. It’s easier to have a light car, full blown rear ends and tube front ends than what it is to have a shock and spring set up in a untubbed and uncut car. You are correct that is an impressive car but if you are hanging your hat on the 8 second pass in a car of that set up and calibre then you are not looking at it correctly.

@V8DOMIN8

Жыл бұрын

@domdagostino8833 as I said no discredit to your motor and all involved I love Holden v8s and its an amazing achievement 👏 But I'm just responding to the tittle of the baddest Holden v8 and simply saying its a big call because it is. As far as baddesst N/A Holden powered street car, my friend you are king there 👍👍

Dats a nuts motor! I like to see them try a plenum volume reducer at the base of the plenum. Shape it to split the charge between the inlet runners. 🙃 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀☮️

Theres a guy in nz getting over 450bhp from a 202 red motor

GMH 5lt always sounded the best out of all GMH V8's. Chevs always sounded tinny to me (even with a Cam)

@johnboy5167

Жыл бұрын

Rubbish my ls3 sounds better than any Holden v8 😄😁

@jasonriley8977

Жыл бұрын

It’s not a GMH 5L

@victorpeirce4753

Жыл бұрын

@@johnboy5167 *I can guarantee ya shitty LS3 would sound like a wet fart compared to this stout engine Johnny Boy.*

@JosephCowen-ru7up

3 ай бұрын

​​​​@@johnboy5167yes must be grate fun to have what everyone else has , I'm excited ! And the Holden 5 litre injected engine is were GM got the intake and port location design for your bread and butter LS , Aussies had the LS intake design in 1988, my mate Jeff Dellow of Dellow Bell housings once said to me years ago " I'm sick to death of seeing Chev motors in everything, do something different , there are hundreds of grate designs in V8 motors " he looked around his shop at Revesby in Sydney and pointed to a motor , he said " look that's a Oldsmobile Small Block 403 ci (6.7 litre) , almost bolts straight in a Holden , do something different, don't be a sheep be a Shepard !" I put a 403 Oldsmobile Small block with a cut down 425 Olds big block crank and 455 big block heads in the 403 ( now a 520ci Small block ) behind a Turbo 200 4r over drive trans in a HQ Holden one tonner, bolted in on Holden mounts and Holden tailshaft slid straight in to 200 4r no cutting, the moral is I have a fast low cost 8.4 litre people love to look at , not the old " pop the bonnet , oh it's a LS , next car please !"

@johnboy5167

3 ай бұрын

@@JosephCowen-ru7up that sounds fine if it floats your boat l will keep my ls3 there is a reason why they are used so much it's because they are very good 👍

Your never late in a 308 /411 👍

1000 hp from an aspirated engine 👏

@Ryan-hf9qz

Жыл бұрын

Where's the 1000?

@markoz673bajen8

Жыл бұрын

​@@Ryan-hf9qz 454 cu

I would've expected horsepower and torque numbers closer together out of a naturally aspirated engine. Impressive horsepower numbers even if torque isn't ideal. Reminds me a bit of a Honda the way it revs and makes power way out in the rev range.

@malsmith2012

Жыл бұрын

Torque not ideal really? Almost 600 foot pounds from 6000 up is bloody awesome and I bet it still punches pretty hard below that. What would you consider ideal?

@sv.motorsports

Жыл бұрын

youd be surprised what it feels like in the real world. My own car makes peak torque of only 460nm @ 6000rpm... but it still has great acceleration from 2.5k onwards.. redlines at 8800.. it boogies

@victorpeirce4753

Жыл бұрын

*@jeremypike9153 What the hell are you talking about??...It makes 6OO foot/pounds which is 813 Newton Metres so the power and torque are close together so it's more than ideal.*

@JosephCowen-ru7up

11 ай бұрын

I can tell you HP and Torque are identical at 5252 rpm ! Lol. As is the case in all motors ever made !

@sv.motorsports

11 ай бұрын

@@victorpeirce4753 yeah but its at high rpm.. i think he means that it would be lacking at 2k and below.. which probably isnt the case anyway

Larry Perkins was getting 590, 600hp out of the Holden V8 in 1993/1994.

@fullboost

8 ай бұрын

Two very different engines yes.

Not being much of a big engine/car knowledge guy... is this one of the old 5L 308 engines?! I am guessing so since it has the old school distributor on it and that is an impressive upgrade if so! Didn't think people were doing much with these old things

Never seen Holden make a 411 cube motor, must of been a secret model. Holden motor my arse

@fullboost

8 күн бұрын

LOL...

Do you reckon it will fit in my jimny ?!!!

I heavily agree with a few lads on calling this a Holden based engine. In my opinion, if nothing from the factory is used, it is no longer a factory brand engine. It's an awesome bit of work and it sounds great, i do love it. Calling it a Holden is just taking the piss.

@fullboost

Жыл бұрын

So that would cancel out just about every hotted up engine then?

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

So what is it if it’s not a Holden Based engine?? So World and Dart Blocks are not Chev or Fords anymore?

@dinosshed

Жыл бұрын

@Fullboost no, just those that don't use 'anything' from the factory. Most hotted up engines will still have the factory block, heads, and crank. I have a hotted up engine which still uses everything from the factory except the fluid harmonic damper, valves, valve springs and guides, camshaft and retainers. Everything else is modified but still from the factory.

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

@@dinosshed so you are saying that a after market stroker crankshaft is not a Holden crank?

@dinosshed

Жыл бұрын

@Dom D’Agostino yeah, it's an aftermarket stroker crank. Nothing about it is Holden.

What's the reasoning behind the single plane and a carb, over twins or a Harrop Hurricane style crossover with injection?

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

I did not what the injection at this stage and more a carby person. The goal was to stick to a single cast manifold at this stage rather than a sheet metal twin carby set up. However I do love the sheet metal twin carb look❤️

@dons1932

Жыл бұрын

@@domdagostino8833 Single is awesome choice, very NASCAR!

Billy Glidden was making this kinda power 20 years ago with a SBF💯

@fullboost

Жыл бұрын

Last time l checked this wasn't a SBF 👍 can't people just be happy for someone...

@johnchopp3278

Жыл бұрын

@@fullboost Who said it was? Can't people handle facts?

@fullboost

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps compare it to other Holden engines? Not many make north of 900.

@domdagostino8833

Жыл бұрын

@@johnchopp3278 His a fact, it’s not a SBF… name 2 other Holden’s making north of 900?

@johnchopp3278

Жыл бұрын

@@domdagostino8833 Holden who?🤣🤣