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Holden TF Rodeo running a Holden 3.3/202 motor and trimatic auto gearbox from a VH commodore. Motor is 60thou oversize with ACL Duralite HQ Racing pistons and running a tow cam. Carbie is just a stromberg single-barrel from a 200ci xy falcon pursuit motor. Head is from a 186 HK Kingswood, serviced and running superb. This bus purrs like a kitten, and delivers better economy than the original motor.

[@reapermansoldholdensixmech8675]

Literally the most trouble free holden 6 i had to date. smooth running bus that had no dramas pulling a load. super reliable.

[@wobblyplanks]

Had a laugh at the carby description, it fits nicely in there length wise too.

[@reapermansoldholdensixmech8675]

@@wobblyplanks Haha. yeah, just a single barrel ford carbie I had. Looked at the listing number on the carbie body to figure what it was. was sitting with random junk in my shed, and thought damn, that'd be a good match. it was, and had served it quite well. Eventually swapped that system over to the proverbial 350 holley and it delievered a lot more grunt still. The engine was an incredibly good fit, and didn't take much to make this work. gearbox mounts were in the right place and all I had to do was raise the mount up a few inches with some box steel. motor mounts had to go back about an inch or so from memory. Heater hoses from firewall was on the right side too. Was quite easy overall to get this thing running in there, and the only single downfall was having the trimatic behind it which used to fair wind its guts out at 100kph. It'd do around 3600RPM or so. If I had the chance to do another auto one again, I'd move over to a t700 conversion, so it has overdrive. Amazing the pull this thing has though. Pulled a vx commodore wagon wreck out of the mud from my yard to the road at around 50 meters away with no tyres on the thing. It was quite a good conversion. I would certainly do it again