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Good Idea or not. Replace RB30E with SR20DE

Started by Captain Chronic · 10 Sept 2002 · 26 replies

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my88vlArchived member
Yeah there were some VB's & VC's with 4 Cylinders in them. VERY slow cars and the 4's had heaps of problems. Didn't NZ Get a 2L VL Commodore?
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JVL87Archived member
yeah they got the rb20e... haha suckers... silly kiwi's didn't deserve the rb30
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OVL087Archived member
nah them 4s were really good , cept power wise. my bros first car was a vh with the old starfire 4cyl. hehe i did my first skid in it too , comin out of gravel onto road.
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exchaserArchived member
ohh god you must have felt like such a hero ! pulling a phat skid in a 4cl commo ! hahahaha ! sad
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Red RB30 JetArchived member
Funny Guy's... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Chris.CArchived member
My brother has a s14 SR20DET in a datsun 1600 with 220KW at the wheels Huge custom front mount cooler, 12psi, Nizmo injectors, 3Inch mandrel exhaust, Haltek E6K, R200 LSD. This is all in a stock looking Grandma mobile and weighs just over 1 tonne. 11.8 sec Quarter mile So imagine that in a VL and it aint gonna be too good with the extra weight
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RB30DEVLArchived member
Firstly the backfire 4 cylinder wasn't released in a VB Commodore as they are a blue motor,they came in the SUnbird after Holden ditched the SOHC Opel motor used in the LX sunbird,and also the cut down 6 was used in the VC-VH Commodore. It was a stupid idea fitting a 4 cylinder into a Commodore as they are only really designed for larger 6 cylinder & v8 engines,Ford had the stupid notion of fitting a 4 cylinder engine to their Falcon based on a cut down six as well but ditched the idea,too gutless.
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