Comments on: CarAdvice embarks on Aussie V8 showdown

By: silva

silva — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:15:35 +0000

wait till FG SERIES2, 320kW standard for XR8, some say 570Nm standard, and some say GT/GT-P may be 330kW but with 600Nm all from the very same architecture starting from old BOSS260 ” in fact 294kW” de-tuned to 260kW;) , while the current XR8 290kW or as previous BA/BF GT is 312kW de-tuned to reliable 290kW. Not to mention that current 315 GT is actually making 338kW, but restricted again to 315kW. ciao

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:50:41 +0000

AussieCars Says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 pm
“@Devils
On an economy test wouldnt using an XR6 be a little fairer than using an XR6T?”

If anything AussieCars, it would be a fairer test using the XR6T over the XR6. The reason I mentioned the XR6T with the SV6 is that BOTH of them are higher performance versions of the base model car. ie, upgraded/modified engines as well. If you went the cooking XR6, you may as well use an XT as the only difference is a more sport biased suspension, a bit of fibreglass stuck on here and there and a couple more creature comforts inside. If anything, the XT (with the ZF option ticked of course) would be even more economical than the XR6, not to mention faster due to it being lighter!

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:15:28 +0000

Benjie,
“Develope” is a pretty strong term for tweaking a few parameters in some software for a crate motor fully imported from the States.

See, it’s people like you that shows that the GMH propaganda machine is worth much more than any real engineering development.

And BTW no, I’m not Ian either. Perhaps it’s you that is so shallow to have multiple aliases??

By: steve

steve — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:00:01 +0000

are you using PULP on both cars?

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:24:47 +0000

Isn’t having a V8 economy showdown a little like seeing which heavyweight boxer can arrange flowers the best?

Pointless.

If you don’t want to fill up your V8, don’t buy one!

By: Benjie

Benjie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:05:01 +0000

Great spelling Ian.

Of course Holden spent money on the technology you dingbat.

They didn’t implement it here and hope for the best. The reason it took them this long to implement the technology was because they couldn’t get it to work and had to develop it.

Paul didn’t say anywhere that they marketed it as their own.

And Ian, you don’t need to come back as another user to try and amplify your half-brained comments.

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:48:16 +0000

Ian,
Spot on!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:23:00 +0000

PAUL i belive that holden (apart from propagander marketing)didn’t spend anything on it as it is a GM(usa)design, they have had it in the states for a while and it should not be marketed as australian idea or that holden has come up with it because they didn’t. That is misleading.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:29:06 +0000

Hey guys really looking forward to this test – great thing to do, testing two Aussie muscle cars over the ANZAC weekend!

Personally I think that AFM is a gimmick and a complication that is unrequired, those small gains could be had by using a better transmission or exhaust system.

Don’t forget to make comment on the braking capabilities of both cars also – I take it that the V Box equipment can do that as well as indicating the handling traits of both cars.

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:11:36 +0000

KC:

Due to the bandwidth limitations of live streaming, the maximum we can stream in terms of the video size is 320×240. Although the camera supports 640×480, it can’t be streamed at that size.

It’s easy to tape it and then upload it like you’ve done, but it’s unrealistic for it to happen with the setup we have at the moment.

Part of the issue was with the audio quality, which was inherently set to low. This has been fixed. The other issue we had was that the microphone wasn’t facing us and it was being blocked by the tripod it was tied to.

As I mentioned earlier, we’ve fixed this and it won’t be an issue with the subsequent video feeds we do on Tuesday.

We encourage you guys to chat to us and ask any questions you may have. That way we can make it as interactive as possible.