HSV's BIGGEST Flop?... This Is The VX XU6* SuperCharged L67 

And even choking the poor ole L67 failed to stop it The 190kw 5.0l was still getting walked on Even the 220kw 5.7l stroker had trouble getting away from the L67 They didn't account for the instant torque

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much preferred watching that..

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🤣 fuel cap is still hanging on

This comment is gold

😂 Yep I always look for the fuel flap....it's a fun game.

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13's lol high asf 13's any decent Barra would destroy one with ease.

yeah I had an L67 stato and blew my brothers vn ss off the road lol

@@orion5813 Wow 👌 what an achievement 👏

@@matsinkal dunno when you grew up but p platers 20 years ago were all into the aussie 5L and never in their wildest dreams did they think they'd get their doors blown off by a grandpa spec mud flapped barge arse statesman. you seem pretty angry on the interwebz brah

@@matsinkal let me guess a ford boy? These are not crazy quick they are no where near the capability of any of the Straight sixes, american or australian. That does not mean they are bad engines and they are really good. There is a 10second Commodore with a cam, head work and higher boost.

Would love to see the potential it’s got with mods eh

@@RossReviewsau 100%

😅 damn rip eco tech

I do have to agree.. I miss car manufacturers experimenting 🥲

Thanks for watching 💯🙏

You mean overated surely they are a joke.

@@matsinkal Far from overrated... How many boosted L67's are around compared to boosted Barra's?

@Martin Jones None because they fucking suck no was stupid enough to buy one they are extremely inefficient thats why even GM figured out they needed a turbocharged in 1986. Look up the Buick Grand national now thats a decent boosted V6 just like the Barra. Supermangs always sucked and always will.

@@matsinkal There are a few great street builds retaining the supercharged V6 layout and you could always chuck a turbo on it and make big power...

l67 are slow compared to barra and sound like poo. thats why you dont see many boosted l67s

Interesting 🤔 would be rarw

Yes sir Super Pursuit coming soon

@@RossReviewsau gods work....looking forward to it

Cheers Peter! Interesting car for sure

Pretty surprised to hear that neither of you knew about these.... You guys must be young...They were literally on the cover of motor magazine when released! They were pitted against the au xr6 vct, the magna sports and the camry sports tourer. Pretty sure I may still have the magazine somewhere.

@@justin3131ify I rarely bought car magazines back then. I’ll have to look for one of the magazines online. They mustn’t have advertised it much besides showing it in magazines.

@petermanuel7128 They were probably a bit embarrassed about it. The vct xr6 and even the magna kick the snot out of it.

@@justin3131ify No wonder I haven’t heard much about these cars. Sounds like they weren’t too popular. Can’t beat the XR6 NA or Turbo.

Really!! 🤯💀 I want to see that now 🤣

@@RossReviewsau ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-USEqgfudIlo.html

@@ozzylambo8793 Those two i mentioned, they were just visual things, so they were a flop for sure. But the XU6's, not as successful as the usual HSV's of the era yes, but still are alright ones, not as good as the said usual ones. Each to their own, as it were.

Ahh you got some mods too, It does make a big difference those 2 simple mods, add 3.46 Diff gears and a shift kit and theyre really fun to drive, very predictable power, love the linear response

yeah it must be a real weapon champ

@@matsinkal do you need a cuddle? Ask your mummy 😎

@Jason Linnell Show me where the Barras hurt you bro It must suck always getting chopped by both Ford and holdens that actually go hard. Oh and the every turbo jdm car ever made lol 😆

@@matsinkal yeah... I bought a xu6 to be the fastest car ever. Get a brain. How's your mum? 😎

im hoping to see one thats done well soon

Interesting I didn’t know

​@@RossReviewsau yeah bro I remember when they came out

Would like to see one that’s been boosted more

Mang😈

Interesting car

Not hidden but forgotten, no gem but possibly fossilised poo.

Let’s hope one day

yeah it was a big jump from 157kW (top end) in AU to 182kW (top end) for BA, all came from going t a SOHC 16-valve to DOHC 24-valve head and more powerful ECU to control advance cam timing as they all got VCT. Meanwhile GHM still offered that awful pushrod all iron crap until 2004 and then gave us that even worse GMHFV6 complete with timing chain issues.

All hsv engines l67 5L and LS engines were tuned up compared to Standard

It was probably the hsv cai and headers/Zorst system that gave the extra 9kw

I have the VX pilot/test car that was being used to test the VY updates. VY was to be 200kw, 3:45 diff gears and 87mm pulley but cancelled at the very last minute.

@@live0on0y0utube They really should have released that last model, those 2 simple mods make it a very fun car

I want to see a modified one

@@RossReviewsau yeah they go good, his is modified just not crazy 13 psi pulley etc does 3rd donuts Bahaha

@@RossReviewsau Hit up the guys on this channel, ones 350Rwhp and Evans is around over 500hp www.youtube.com/@TinShed

Surely could have beefed it up to atleast 200kw

@@coreykeane755 You'd think so, I can't imagine it was cheap given the HSV name and people have gotten pretty good power out of L36/67s, a shame really.

Yeah the 180kw is sad In the USA GM released versions of the L67 with upto 224kw at the crank But Australia just got the boring detuned L67 with low compression pistons and rods with softer valve springs and different cam and smaller TB Essentially handicapping it before it even came out

​@@ESISTTIGERno idea why they didn't just put a smaller supercharger pully on to make more power to make it competitive 🤔 The L67 made 6psi standard, but they can safely run upto around 10psi without an intercooler. My thinking is because L67 was introduced late end of VS model Commodores which still had a 5L V8 option and S1 VT aswell, which didn't make huge power unless in HSV form, so holden and HSV didn't want to embarrass and cannibalise the 5L V8 sales... But from S2 VT onwards with the new LS1 V8 I personally think it left enough breathing room to increase the L67 power with the easy and cheap 10psi pully upgrade, but sadly it never happened. The auto box was a stronger unit to take the extra torque too, so another few PSI wouldn't have hurt.

@@craigsampson3386 honestly no clue i reckon they should have put an M112 or M122 on it as both those chargers are very similar to the M90 Wouldve opened it up abit

I have the s2 vs calais. The l67 definitely suits the 2nd gen platform 👌

....you're right about that 👍

they had 3.27:1 diff ratio, the issue was the actual transmission with its tall gearing,, as seen i the video 1st gear to 70km/h .. still better then Falcon XR6 VCT auto with its1st gear to 80lm/h.

😂 old guys rule 🤘🏽

I fear their wouldn’t be many mint examples of this car

Nice one

We learn something new everyday 🙏

Need one with more boost next

@@RossReviewsau i approve of this message 👍🏼

now you know 🤝

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yeah , remember that edition 😂. Vaguely. *Motor/ Wheels back in the day, couldn’t wait to get my hands on the latest copy , fresh from the newsagent

its a shame that MOTOR did not include the XR6 HP in that shootout test which lacked VCT and IRS but had everything else. The Magna Ralliart (and BTW: have a look at MotoringBox channel as he is restoring a Magna Ralliart) issue was FWD torque steer and bad ride for da to day use, sure out on a smooth surface it was great but on backroads? yeesh it was a handful. As for the Commodore, at the time GMH did not want the S/C V6 to beat there 304ci V8 (that was up until like 1999) but when GMH dumped the local V8 for the (crap) GEN3 (re: piston slap LS1) they no longer cared which is a shame as we know that GM in the USA were easily getting 210kW/405Nm however here they were heavily detuned.

​@@BDogs10Yeah same here. Used to get Motor and Wheels subscriptions for Christmas. They were the days.

Would love that shoot me a message on Insta or Facebook

Very rare

I’m really keen to find one of them 👏 not easy thi

Why the fuck wasn't there a Turbo VCT Intech XR6 with I.R.S.......seriously. ...it'd be a legendary collector car now

@@lancecooper4646 - why? Tickford had 2 XR6 for AU, the XR6 HP (re: no VCT or IRS but everything else) and the XR6 VCT (which was also offered in de-tuned spec for the Fairmont Ghia), then there was FTE (remember that? ford Tickford Experience) with the T-Series cars all based on V8 Windsor power either 4.9L of 5.6L stoker. the only reason why they went turbo on BA onwards was due to the head now being DOHC 24 valve, even then the OHC 3-valve V8 "Bara" was the gong to bread and butter engine as the quad Cam "Boss" was a turd and they knew it.

@@351tgv ....I'm actually kinda honored that you replied to MY comment ...😛👍

C32 has 260 kw mate, not similar

@@Lotus-S70 thanks Einstein. V6 supercharged and similar price point. Yeah not similar at all

@Cheyne_CLK500 The Merc blows the holden out of the water. their only similarities are that they have the same engine configurations and are the same body types. The merc is a sophisticated performance sedan meant to, 20 years ago, get upper-class folk to their jobs on time comfortably and quickly. While the commodore is some Bogan named Dave's wet dream and uncomfortable and slow as all hell for the MSRP. even for the late 90s and early 2000s it was a sluggish car with that God-awful 4L60, If Holden wanted to make a performance car they should've put the T-56 in it, too bad they were a bunch of tight asses and wanted to put the getrag, or should I say wet rag, in everything they could if it meant penny-pinching. GMs ass were so tight in the 90s and 2000s not even the biggest, blackest man in the American prison system could dream of getting a root in. By your logic, I guess that'd mean my Volvo 144 and a Lada are the same because they both are 4 cylinder sedans 😂

@@Lotus-S70 boring…. you put a lot of effort in to a comment that to be honest I can’t even be bothered to read. Back to my original point, would like to see a review of a C32 amg.

@@cheyne_clk500 you must be one sad sack of shit to not be able to read 😂

I want to review one desperately

I would love to see one!

That sounds fun!

would help

They need a few mods n a tune to open up.. but yeh to expensive considering you could have a V8

I think your right.. they couldn’t handle the torque or something

@RossReviewsau may be do a VS super charged Calais review if you can, lighter car and bit more bang for buck 😂🤷‍♂️

@@RossReviewsau - nope, GMH never bothered to develop it. The Borg Warner T5 was good for (in GM spec) around 450Nm at max so torque was never an issue.

I need to see one with more boost now

@@RossReviewsau i owned a vx spac wuth the l67 upgraded the pulley so went to 10psi, which made a massive difference...lots more fun a you could finally hwar thw supercharger whine 👌 should never have sold it!!

@@RossReviewsau I'm sure we can organise a big boosted L67 when you're in Brisbane again.

Ikr 😞

American

Ross only moved to Australia from Canada around 5-10 years ago I think. These have really been off the radar since they first came out. It's arguable if these or the Astra VXR are HSV's biggest flop!

@@TassieLorenzo ooooh good call, probably the XU6 as you see VXR’s for sale now and then.

Possibly 😅

I know they are not original wheels

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Jeez...that would've been pretty embarrassing. .....driving a Magna. ...😛😂😲

@@lancecooper4646 why?

@@chisel83 M8 as long as you're happy....you do you....& check out "Motoring Box"....he's gotta similar weird fetish 👍😜

Similar to Barra turbo

Yep 😂 SV3800

So many models I want to feature now 🤣

A quick Google, the five forgotten HSVs: HSV Jackaroo HSV SV1800 Astra HSV Commodore LE (a stock VN with a bodykit) HSV Avalanche (the HSV version of the Holden Adventra V8, I though these were cool!) HSV Calais SV88 (a VL with the carburetted Holden V8)

Vy S wheels by the looks

Your right I don’t believe factory wheels

yeh not original wheels

Yes sir

Always better v8 than v6 😅

lol i really want to see one of those

@@RossReviewsau I think they called them the CV6 or some shit, there is a few around but don't think they sold very well compared to the V8

Mang mang

??? they made the Astra 1800 and the SV 3800i ... need I say more? Jackaroo by HSV, or how about the never talked about Sv88 complete with carby 304ci.

@@351tgv missed the comment about the commodore range didn’t you…. I am well aware of the other hsv custard tarts

@@351tgv Didn't even know HSV rebadged an Astra of that vintage... You learn something new every day...

Yeh was not wild in performance but interesting to feature