im 18 and im buying a 253 (only legal v8 motor i can drive :_( , and i was wondering what is the best things i can do to it to get the most power possible without supercharging it or turbo. i want that real tuff rumble sound! any help would be much appreceated guys!

personaly mate dont waste your money. With the money you would spend on the motor to get any sort of decent power without forced induction u will be able to build a off its face Vl turbo.

yeah don't waste your money on it they are sh1t motors just save up until you get off your p's champ

Why is it the only legal motor you can drive?

Not a bad engine, the 5.0 overshadows it thats all, in the day all the Kingswoods and old commodores were 4.2, it will obviously need a cam, extractors, maybe port match the inlet manifold, if you pull the heads off get hardened valve seats to run straight unleaded, get them machined to bump the compression up then run premium.

thanks for the help guys, i spose thats a good point im buying a vk in like two weeks and looks the goods but its just a normal n/a six and was thinkin of puttin the 253 in it, buuuuut like you guys said could be a waste of money, maybe ill just save up and buy a much bigger v8 for when i finish my p's re mulkers: with the new p plate laws the biggest v8 i can drive is the 253 sucks the fat one Some original photos have not been recovered yet.