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looking at getting a 1995 Holden UTE with the 5L V8 (injected)

any one have anything good or bad to say about these motors?

any feed back is awsome, thanks
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send doddzee a PM

he had one in the safari

crizpy has one in his cruiser

from wot I hear, they are bloody good and reasonably economical

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Yeah one bad thing about them is they are missing a solid front axle
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they are a bloody good motor

my vn had 350,000 ks and was still going strong even managed to test the trans from 120 to reverse :oops:
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safaripete wrote:they are a bloody good motor

my vn had 350,000 ks and was still going strong even managed to test the trans from 120 to reverse :oops:



HAHA, i bet that turned a few heads
just waiting on a reply, so ill keep my fingers crossed for now
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basics wrote:
safaripete wrote:they are a bloody good motor

my vn had 350,000 ks and was still going strong even managed to test the trans from 120 to reverse :oops:



HAHA, i bet that turned a few heads
just waiting on a reply, so ill keep my fingers crossed for now


nah just puckered my ass lol
stalled the motor fired it up and drove home lol
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Bubba wrote:Yeah one bad thing about them is they are missing a solid front axle

and the blue oval badge :twisted:
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[/quote]and the blue oval badge :twisted:[/quote]
Na if it had the blue oval it would break down every 2 minutes
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boss runing a xr8 V8 running strong since 2000
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basics wrote:looking at getting a 1995 Holden UTE with the 5L V8 (injected)

any one have anything good or bad to say about these motors?

any feed back is awsome, thanks

I have had one of the utes you are looking at BUY IT.... :twisted: :twisted: :wink:
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yep i had a 5l ss commie..theyve got some grunt and they can take a real thrashing..buy it u wont regret it :twisted:
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