Absolutely LOOSE climb of Mount Panorama - VT Holden Commodore - SENDS IT 

Getting out there and doing it! Riley's a credit to the Grass Roots Motorsport community! Making sure he uses what's under him to the best of his ability and puts on a show we all love!

and what was his lap time?

@@mattjacomos2795 wasn’t a full lap man, was a hill climb um mountain straight and a super sprint down Conrod 👍🏼

Shoulda named him lightning with that last name lmao

@@rBlake original, first time I’ve heard that🙄

🤣🤣

Smirked

Lol yea ..can't deny that.. Hey it's better than not being sure if the engine needs checking or not...VE..

Lmao

Indeed 😁

You mean production or improved production that gets bugger all crowds compared to supercars?

@@batchmotorsport it gets bigger so crowds because it’s not the main event. If this was the main series with the main sponsors and drivers, it would pull good crowds. Especially for those who think a skin of a car stretched over controlled chassis with engines you can’t even buy any more in a car is just boring.

Why I don't care about v8 Super Bullshit!

@@batchmotorsport real cars having a real race not a fake composite model race car ??!!

@@GMans-World wtf. So any car with composite panels isn't a real race car?

it's not a standard car it's been modified quite a bit.

@@jasonswift7098 Hence why he said LOOKS, not IS...

It’s nice seeing one being pedalled by someone who knows what they’re doing, instead of doing skids in a maccas car park or wrapped around a lamp post. 😂

@@jasonswift7098 what’s been done to the engine

@@Klutchylol he said it looks cool have that older model VX commodore out on the track.

That's what it's all about! We just love the sound of a strong motor at full noise! Glad we could be part of making a winter day good.

So true Frazer Guest...yeah he was "THE VOICE OF V8'S" the kids of today have no idea what they have missed !!

@@BlendLineTV I tell you mate, you've done us all a favour to think and listen to what a real raw V8 car sounds like hitting it hard...... thanks mate

@@GMans-World : 100%. Even as a Pom, for me it’ll always be Mike Raymond & Garry Wilkinson, plus Murray Walker for everything else we had in the UK. The 1980’s really were a magical time to be a car mad kid.

& He's putting smiles on thousands of faces now! Grass Roots Motorsport is great!

Riley is a credit to you and Kerry, talented driver and a nice kid.

Tf are you crying for

@@thatonenigeriansformula yo mama. Yo mama makes him cry.

@@ThySickn3ss dont care

maybe this is the real reason Holden and Ford died in Australia. because we all knew in the back of our heads that all the Corporate money and profits went into financing and racing fake Commodores and Falcons ??

@@GMans-World no, GM stole money from Holden then shut them down, Holden was in process of making V8 Colorado and new Holden commodore to come after the VF

@@FiendishlyDelightedSefto whatever the case there , our politicians are as guilty as hell in the death of our car industry . The fact that every car manufacturer in Australia either went bust or left for greener pastures is stark reminder of that fact , and you could see it coming for decades , and both the big parties had a hand in it. And it wasn’t just the car makers that took a hit either.

Gotta be insane to buy the contraptions sold as Holden nowadays. Look and sound atrocious.

We didn’t buy enough commodores or falcons, the tax payer tried propping them up and they still failed, there is a little more to it than that but that’s pretty much it.

@@carguynewb7856 it's not a giant v8🤣

@@carguynewb7856 nor is it a muscle car

@Blake Whitehouse it's an LS so it's a big v8

@@carguynewb7856 not really, ls1 is only a 5.7, thats a small v8 by todays standards

@Blake Whitehouse you win sorry about my minimal knowledge I don't know about all the commodore generations

Ain't that the truth

Driver has big balls 😊

@@Rey00045 Found the illest jdm swagboi. Go vape a civic exhaust.

Y'all need to chill

Kind of makes sense that the car is only going quick, cos the driver isn't a slouch! Usually how it works, aye!

way more spectacular and better vibes than ultra high performance super fast laptimes ultra expensive spaceships on rails

It cant, sedans are dead..they could race SUV's..thats all consumers are buying.. BMW or Mercedes is all you have for large sedans.

oh you own a ford , i bet your wifes boyfriend (a holden fan) told you to type that and you said yes daddy

Cheers man, appreciate it 🤙🏽

@@oudonbail what the fuckin shit, thats 1 of the funniest payouts I've read in a while hahahahahahahhaha 🤣🤣🤣

@@bully962 not really, was just stupid hahahah, dude was admitting old mates car and driving was very nice and he still had to act like a douchebag just because he said he was a ford guy?

@@rBlake that's why it's funny, because of how disproportionate his response was 🤣🤣🤣.

Vx front bar with a vx calais boot garnish, dunno where the vt came from aye 😂😂

FINALLY! Pisses me tf off when people call it a vt 😂

@@jackmckenna343 its just a commodore who cares?

Yes can see roll cage

You can actually see a roll cage. But I'll agree on the model call

Oversteer: am I a joke to you?

Rear tyre wear for the win.

Agree on all points... Car handling & timing of braking & throttling out of corners was very nice to.. Not sloppy really considering the tires prob aren't proper slicks and are dealing with heaps of grunt (HP & torque). Looks like a VX to me but sounds like a 5 litre V8 Holden to me! (right or wrong?) Thanks for posting :)

Reflectors, in rear bumper

Not saying it's not a vx, but my 2002 Vx has different headlights than this one

​@@DKing-lh9cmdepends on the model if it's a cheap base model it won't have those headlights or a clubsport or something doesn't either.

@@SMR311SMR Funnily enough, according to some research I did, GM brought 5 examples (!) of the V8-powered model, supposedly as a gift to dealership owners. And supposedly, there are only 3 left, but in the Denatran website (our national DMV), only one is registered. Here's one of the cars. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A899owLjNUk.html I wouldn't do the matte black treatment, would leave the car all-stock in the appearance and keep the mods (stainless steel exhaust + cold air intake). Here, the same car, no longer with the matte vinyl (these photos were taken in early 2020, so almost 5 years after the video). instagram.com/p/B7rIrMOHMME/ facebook.com/794480340685634/posts/chevrolet-omega-ss-1999-com-motor-v8-57l-e-322cv-a-chevrolet-trouxe-apenas-5-uni/1890558044411186/ Beautiful dark blue paint. The vehicles are registered as Omega SS, have a 5.7L V8 engine in the document and the chassis is from Holden. Interesting how they went on and registered them as a proper SS, instead of just an Omega or Omega CD, which was the trim level officially sold here. I'd love to get my hands on one of these. 😁 Another fun fact: it's in Manaus, capital of Amazonas, largest city of the state and literally in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. 😄

3.8 wasn’t fast but by god was it a dream to work on compared to the later alloytecs. One step forward in power, a hundred backwards in reliability and user friendliness.

@@Zonda1996 Ironically, the Buick V6 had fame of complicated maintenance here, but I guess it's due to it not being a popular engine, not many mechanics knew how to work on them, etc. I know a collector who owns a few of the Alloytec cars (and dozens of other cars, he's a big Mopar fan) and the highest mileage one was above 250k km, I think. Surprisingly, apart from a fuel pump issue @ some 80-100k km, he never had any issues with the car. But I guess 90-95% of that mileage is highway drive, so that may have been the difference. I remember reading about the Alloytec's problems, specially with the timing chain, if I'm not mistaken. Very sad. In any case, the Buick-powered ones are are decently cheap, I'd be tempted to get one with that engine as well. For more power, there's always a supercharger build. 😁 I know they had supercharged versions from factory too, in Australia, and even Buick itself offered supercharged versions of many of its models in America. Either I'd simply take the stock parts to build mine or go with an aftermarket supercharger, maybe even a centrifugal compressor like a Rotrex... Or...turbocharger. Get some inspiration from the Buick Grand National/GN-X, haha!

It from the Opal omega and from years later on vectra it all gm but European made it still American company it just that the cars are made in Europe or Australia like ford

In the UK we had the Omega 2.5 V6, 170hp. I did 100k miles in one, nice car, enjoyed it. Then got Jag XJ 3.2, 240 hp but seemed slower, lasted me 20 years. Now have F Pace SVR, blistering performance for an SUV. Love it!

100% agree. There's brilliant cars / drivers / events from all sides of brands throughout the history of motorsport. All can be celebrated for their success and enjoyed for their competition.

It's completely doable and would be soooo much more entertaining and interesting than fuckin Camaros vs Mustangs.

Series 1 rear end..... Absolute abomination.

lacking of just like a normal P plater lol

Vx lol

Yeah vx

That’s the one mate haha 👌🏼👌🏼 vx5700 was the plate when it was registered

@@rileymacqueen765 thats sick i have a pic of it man being towed by a red crewman i remember taking the pic and thinking i wonder if it was 6 speed now i know 👌

@@mitchcooper5801 hahah yeah man, not long after that we bought an Isuzu mux cause the towing was fucked with the crewman hahah

@@rileymacqueen765oh nice man did you have instagram bro? Was gonna send you the pic i have of it all good if you dont tgough buddy 👍

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VU sedan

@@yommmrr everyday of the week

It’s a vx.

@@spikesta3593 same kind of styling tho

Vy-vz better

Ve or vs or maybe vl

i agree, its a timeless shape , a bit like the HQ holden

Supercars need to get back to cars that can be achievable by those who truly dream to build one. But that's where Grass Roots Motorsport is great, we can inspire each other!

@Automobile Addict Funny you should say that, saw a VT commodore smashed into a pole a couple of hours ago in Logan lol

@Automobile Addict pmsl, holden commodores and p platers are a match made in heaven for crashes, the one you described sounds like a classic for sure lol!

@Automobile Addict lol

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Hey man, nothing crazy engine wise, just a cam, otr, headers, exhaust and a tune pretty much 👍🏼

What suspension are you running?

@@rileymacqueen765 might have go get a cam in my caprice soon if thats what it sounds like

@@liamhealy4511 highly recommend bro hahah

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*loose

no it's not bud

It's a VX- just by looking at the front bumper and headlights is where anyone can tell the difference, also the back bumper on the VT's don't have the reflecters and completely different tail lights from a VT

A VX S or VX SS..... 1 way to tell them apart- the calais and berlina model have shiit front bumpers & the headlights are still VT shaped

Only series 1 vt had a 5 litre. It's also an LS is a 346 cube GM motor.

@@hayden6056 series 11 vt dropped the the 5.0l for the ls1.

VT never had 308, they had 304 and LS. car in the vid looks like a vx but could just be kit swapped

@@79series hence why I said only the series 1 had a 5 litre ? Lol.

You are all wrong had a 4.9 v8