Comments on: Ford Falcon Orion Spy Shots – Towing

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:53:34 +0000

No idea Duck. I would think so, since Commodore seemed to be used for towing as much as Falcons.

The older Commo’s with the older IRS tended to have probs with towing. A friend towed a fully-laden trailer (with a VR) from Adelaide back to here (Albury) and his near-new rear tyres were scrubbed out after the trip.

Is the VE better than the older models for towing? I don’t know, I haven’t read anywhere of anyone testing that one trait which is important for a lot of people.

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:45:40 +0000

Did HOLDEN do towing tests with the VE?

By: BK

BK — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:56:14 +0000

Seen the new Falcon today driving along Horseshoebend Road, Torquay at about 1030am. There where two cars following it and one in front of it. Its a great way to get everybodys attention as it did for me. Great camoflauge they use on it but the FORD badges stood out. I bet they be takin it on the Great Ocean road to give it a good run.

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By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:23:23 +0000

That makes sense. Thanks for the info IceB.

By: IceB

IceB — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:14:17 +0000

Its a long-used drivetrain testing rig, not so much a tow test rig.
The vertical panel is a wind brake, tests cooling systems primarily, with the drivetrain load capacity as a secondary test. Nothing should come anywhere near overheat or breakage..
Cheers
IceB

By: Me.

Me. — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:48:04 +0000

I don’t realy care how its weighs. As long as the Orion does not put on more than 100kg than the current one, but 100kg less than the BF would be allright.

By: watto_cobra

watto_cobra — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:14:11 +0000

I’d be happy with that. More power in almost all variants is practically a given. If they can achieve a small weight saving as well, that’d give it more than a decent kick into a new model.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:13:37 +0000

paul,
yep no way it will lose 300kgs
i hear they are working on cutting some weight so i reckon the most it would lose would be 100kgs. then you add extra features (airbags etc) and it would be 50kgs lighter than BF absolute max

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:23:56 +0000

Youd think the Orion will be abit heavier if anything with extra airbags and that… now way is it goinng to get 300kg lighter, that is fundamentally impossible unless the car comes with no features.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:46:21 +0000

a 4cyl camry is only 200kgs lighter

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:43:49 +0000

300kgs lighter????
tell em their dreaming.
that would put it lighter than mid sized cars.
yet i bet they still want everything in it to. pffffft

By: Me.

Me. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:31:03 +0000

people want the Orion to be more than 300kg lighter.

Maybe because they don’t want it to be more than the BF, which I don’t want too and its verry unlikely, 100kg more should not matter with performance.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:16:57 +0000

Me,
the EB was 300kgs lighter!!!! yet it was a great tower. it shows there is still plenty of good stuff in the falcon suited to towing

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:11:55 +0000

me,
we are only talking like 100kgs or so so i doubt it would affect it much. the chassis and drive train would stay the same though i guess.
and id reckon (with out looking)
that the EB is lighter than the BF to start with

By: Me.

Me. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:01:39 +0000

Some people want the Orion to be verry light, but that means the Falcon can’t tow as much as they reknowin for.
Maybe they should have the FPVs lighter only.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:56:59 +0000

Right on!!!!

By: watto_cobra

watto_cobra — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:38:03 +0000

I towed an 8×5 tandem trailer today with over a ton on it, in my trusty old EB (my daily hack). I’m reminded again of how good Falcons are for towing.

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gavin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:35:18 +0000

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gavin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:31:36 +0000

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