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Originally Posted by Dr Terry
Nonsense! Holden introduced entirely new engines with direct injection. E85 or not, the new engines were far more fuel efficient.
New transmissions, new diff ratios, new exhaust & mounts, extra noise insulation. Direct injection engines are noisy like Diesels.
Dr Terry
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The only change they made was go from the L98 to the L77 with the V8
They've had AFM/DOD engines since the VZ with the L76, it had all the hardware it just never used the software side of it, then they went to L98 with the VE, which is the same engine minus the DOD/AFM hardware, when the grants came along they put the ethanol content sensor in and enabled it in software and they changed to L77 with the VEII which has all the DOD/AFM hardware and enabled it in software, it has a different cam and lifters to the older L76, thats it.
So they did virtually **** all with the V8 VEII E85 cars under the bonnet.
They introduced the LFX or what ever it is called with the VEII, thats only the 6 cylinder cars, there was no significant changes to the V8 cars.