Another Fg Xr6T V Vf Ss Drag

[johno]

The GTS was delayed a couple of months, but I think the Clubsports etc are out now.

SDP, and WOGPOT are on the money with their comments. Go have a look at the car, and see how out of date an FG is now.

[Dagabond]

How much faster would it be really.

The difference between it winning or loosing...

[Pazzo]

Yes you are right Dags... But 85% if punters out there will not ever race there cars to 100 or do the QTR mile...

[boost69]

I actually had a look at a VF R8 yesterday, they have one in Westfield Parramatta, for the Cancer Council raffle...front end looks good, and so does the interior but the back end takes some getting used too.

From my experience the VE/VF should be pretty much line ball with a BA/BF T.

I have had a few encounters with the 6.0 litre in the BF and they are very close...(stock BF)

The FG in stock form seems like its in another league to the BA/BF in regards to acceleration, and I'm yet to line up an SS in my FG, but I'm quite confident it would get it convincingly.

I personally think the time for the FG is fairly realistic, but for some reason I'm not convinced a stock SS can pull a 13.1...

if you dont mind me asking, when did the VF come out? I thought it was launching in a few months.

Maybe no one likes holdens in my area :S, seen a few ferarri 458 italias, audi r8's and 911 turbos but no VF to date :(. Think I might go out for a joyride cruise tomorrow and try n spot a vf

I have a white 458 and red 458 driving around in my area also...daily drivers too...we talking about the same cars?...lol

[sct911]

dunno lol, you near carnes hill? the 3 I've seen to date have been red, white and black and within a minute from my house

hopefully be in one myself one day.....

Edited 03/07/13 02:11 AM by sct911

[Bulletime]

^Go to vegas and then you can www.exoticsracing.com

Must be a swish area!

[PAH]

Guys,

The new HSV Clubbie R8 has a standard blower but it's $85k on the road. The XR8 is circa $60k on the road. A new 304kw VF SS is circa $50k on the road. What are the pro's and cons of the last two? And how much for a supercharger kit for the VF? $12k from Harrop?

How does a $60k XR8 with factory blower compare to a VF SS with blower at around the same money after the blower costs are factored in? The VF SS has a better seating position and a wishbone rear end but it has a poopy McPherson Strut front end. Both cars are too big to be true "club sport" cars. A quick look at laps times XR8 / XR6T / Focus RS shows that. How much is an STI?

PAH

[.Stripes.]

STI is about $60k. Personally, I owned an FG XR6T with Teins and an FG2 GT with Shockworks...and my standard VF redline handled a sh*te load better than either of my falcons did. Sat extremely well on the track, I was very impressed with how well it handled for a large car. Blower kit for VF from Harrop is about $16k with full exhaust, tune etc. You'd want the brakes and FE3 suspension from the Redline if you were gonna go blower, stock SS would be spongey. At which point you're jumping closer to $60k, plus the blower cost and you're only a few grand shy of the LSA clubby. If it were me, I'd save the pennies and go the blown Clubby (although, personally, I'd go with the blown Senator). Seats are MUCH comfier in the HSV's too, plus better brakes and suspension and driver aids dialed in for the extra weight of the blown motor...which you won't get when bolting a blower on yourself.

Also, don't have to worry about diffs, diff bushes, driveshafts or half shafts on the factory blown HSV's...they come with a big fark off diff, engine, trans and diff coolers, beefed up tailshaft and half shafts, and a well designed IRS setup. So you wouldn't need to add stronger driveline components to the HSV, unlike with the Falcons when you start adding power...

Edited 17/10/15 12:06 AM by .Stripes.

[JETURBO]

Bang on stripey

[.Stripes.]

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