Comments on: Falcon XR6 Turbo launch control demo

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:16:42 +0000

Bill B?…OH MY GOD!! Not BILL BOURKE???

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:58:49 +0000

no name,
thats right.

just Flaw it and hold on to the Ruth

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:57:24 +0000

BM,
but if you turn off the launch control, i would assume you would lose the anti lag technology too.

the dedicated 2 cylinders that spool the turbo on take off wouldnt be isolating themselves to the chore of spooling if you turn off launch control i assume???

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:58:56 +0000

Bet Ross would drive around with no traction control on like me,nanny controls!!!!pfttt. Learn to drive if you want to launch a car correctly,I think its made for those people that want a performance car but cant get the true performance out of it cause they cant drive.Wheelnut said his boss has a GT and regularly gets nailed at the lights cause he cant launch it!Clearly they shouldn’t be driving a performance car in the first place. I look at the tacho when I launch and change gear,nothing worse than being flung through the windscreen in a GT if your not looking at the taco cause the rev limiter is pretty savage.

Latest BMW M3 has been destroyed cause of all the gimmicks,made for the Americans who only know how to drive in a straight line..hahaha

By: Bill B

Bill B — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:42:15 +0000

I used to work in Marketing at Ford Motor Company…. never ever buy an ex Motor company performance car.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:17:54 +0000

I wonder if Ford Australia will follow Bmw’s footsteps and void the drivetrain warranty after so many launch control uses.

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:35:21 +0000

Launch Control TP – 1st gear a FLAW it. Ha Ha :)

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:13:07 +0000

Ross,
so if you disable the traction control on the falcon, it will also disable the launch control?

thanks for that mate.

Richo,
i think they may destroy the press fleet, as they are usually pre production mules.
my local dealer told me that all the utes around at the moment are hybrids/mules that are tacked together and usually start to fall apart once they have toured the country.

and how could he be so sure? because ute production doesnt start till this month.

the same would go for pre production sedans that were around.

Trackdaze
QUOTE…………
“Mental note: don’t be tempted to buy a demo XR6T manual in green.”

Yeah but I do you a good price……..

By: Richo

Richo — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:52:01 +0000

Max, everyone knows a WRX and EVO launch hard when you abuse it like that, but most people with half a pounds worth of intelligence knows that this is not the way to treat a car

By: Max

Max — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:04:12 +0000

To answer that persons question about launch control… alot of wrx/sti’s have been cruising around with it for years as part of the ecutek chip (they dont come standard with it). Launch it up to 5500rpm and drop the clutch – no traction control needed as its awd. Not recommended to do this to often due to clutch/gearbox wear but when they get it right it takes some decent power to pull them back in!

By: Bret

Bret — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:09:05 +0000

A lot longer than a TRD Aurion!

And thats not (just) a jibe at the Aurion’s quality problems, but more a statement about a full factory engineered car vs a low budget/volume kit car.

By: Jakee

Jakee — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:54:40 +0000

How long before it will start to fall apart I wonder?

By: Richo

Richo — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:32:57 +0000

Ford usually destroy their press fleet when they are finnished with them do they? or do some poor suckers buy them? bloody hard luck if you’ve got one!

By: trackdaze

trackdaze — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:15:36 +0000

Mental note: don’t be tempted to buy a demo XR6T manual in green.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:41:37 +0000

To disable launch control, one simply needs to turn off the traction control – easy system hey?

By: Richo

Richo — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:06:51 +0000

Interesting bit of news, was speaking to a holden dealer sales manager today (he’s a client at the company i work) and he told me that he believes holden are NOT going to copy ford with regard to a turbo 6 as holden feel that their performance market is linked too heavily with V8’s and as such holden are quite happy to let ford have domination of the turbo 6 market as they currently have domination of the V8 market (and in 2007 holden sold more V8’s then they ever have before in their history! who said people aren’t buying these gas guzzling dinosaurs?)

Makes sense really, holdens performance car marketing is dominated by their V8 supercar involvement, so a turbo 6 from a marketing point of view probably doesn’t make that much sense for holden. In other words, the battle lines have now been redifined, its now not only holden vs ford, its now also V8 vs turbo 6!

By: I6orNothing

I6orNothing — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:57:42 +0000

Sorry for this, but I’ve been cut off at the knees again…I’ll spell it out this time:

Very few sub 50K cars in the world can claim that (ie 3s for 80-120km acceleration), let alone cars sub 150K

(must be the less than symbol killing it)

By: I6orNothing

I6orNothing — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:56:08 +0000

^ Should read at the end …”

By: I6orNothing

I6orNothing — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:54:02 +0000

“Also, on the autos, during full throttle acceleration gear changes, spark is briefly cut to three cylinders, dropping the torque for a fraction of a second, allowing faster and smoother gear changes.”

Watto_Cobra, Based on that little bit of info, I think I’ll be ticking the box of the ZF 6sp for sure. Sounds like they’ve really crossed the t’s & dotted the i’s this time round. I have read in the various mag’s that the 80-120km/h time is 3seconds. How good is that? Very few sub 50K cars in the world can claim that, let alone cars

By: Tony M

Tony M — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:51:34 +0000

“So don’t be so down about the retirement of probably the best muscle car (and I believe globally as a production car) currently (dollar per litre) in the world.”

I meant the I6 turbo engine. Sorry people.