Comments on: CarAdvice adds to extended test fleet

By: Shak

Shak — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:05:31 +0000

Paul Maric, ur AFM SS commi is pre production and had the first calibration of AFM as stated by wheels, but the production versions will come with the full arsenal of 530 Nm but with 5 Kw less pwr. Although 5 Kw isnt very noticeable.

By: Shak

Shak — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:02:42 +0000

Paul wheels recently tested a Calais AFM and said that no difference could be noted and that the performance times are the same. The system works by cutting oil, fuel, and air to every second cylinder. the valves on each cylinder stay shut to minimise pumping losses.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:37:25 +0000

So it only switches to 4cyl when the instantaneous fuel consumption falls below 10L/100k???

how useless is that. the only time this vehicle would reach that low is down a hill where it doesnt matter if its on 4 or 8 anyway.
no wonder its no good. it would probably be worse with AFM due to the lower torque

By: RockafellaQEistein

RockafellaQEistein — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:47:44 +0000

not one to boast,
but my New FG xr6 turbo ute (manual) got 7.8 L/100 on a recent trip from coffs to newcastle (although due to road works I avg 84kmh) – I get about 8.7 L/100 @ agv speed of 110 and it will beat an ss every day of the week but how I miss that V8 sound.

By: summerschool

summerschool — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:27:41 +0000

look hideous! ugly euro tail lights.. what a phase

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:14:08 +0000

Matt:

Yes, you can certainly feel the difference.

My colleagues will attest to that with the next update of the car scheduled very soon.

In fact, as you will also see from the 0-100km/h results we’re publishing, the SS we have is significantly slower than any other SS we’ve driven.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:56:32 +0000

Yeah you tell us all P Maric , lol ! Your telling me you can tell between a peak torque output of 517Nm vs 530Nm ? come on . Im sure if it was Ford that released a Dod or AFM setup you would be giving it 5 stars .

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:20 +0000

Andrew M:

I’ve been driving around in the SS for the past few days – David will elaborate on this further in his next update on the car.

You can’t accelerate in 4-cylinder mode. It seems to switch to 4-cylinder mode when the instantaneous fuel consumption gets below 10-litres/100km.

Once it’s in 4-cylinder mode, the lightest throttle input sends it back into 8-cylinder mode. So you technically can’t accelerate in 4-cylinder mode.

On top of that, it’s very obvious that the AFM Commodore has only 517Nm of torque. It feels like a slug in comparison to the regular SS. It’s something that everyone who has driven it has noticed.

As you’ll see in David’s updates, our 0-100km/h tests will show you that it’s also considerably slower than a regular SS.

Fuel consumption so far has also been less than impressive.

In my opinion, it’s been quite disappointing, but only time will tell!

By: JEYKL & HYDE

JEYKL & HYDE — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:06:09 +0000

andrew,

it will only work on light load(eg cruise control),power is only one tenth of a second away anyhow(you can’t power on in v4 mode)…

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:16:11 +0000

Jeckyl,
how much power when running on 4???