fords new 6cyl is rumoured to have 230kw in stock form so when is holdens 220kw coming? i doubt they will get it out of their current motor.
also what does the torrie get? the same 3.6L?

the V8 power war keeps “see-sawing” so i dont think its fair to say one has always had more than the other. come next year with out a doubt ford will once again have the edge but the question is for how long? 2yrs top before they have to do something about it again

It’s fairly obvious that Ford is DETERMINED to beat Holden in terms of engine output. I mean the new Head at FPV virtually admitted one of his goals is to out do HSV

All I can say is that its a case of History Repeating because back in the 70s Holden was beating Ford.. Ford came up with the idea of the Phase 4.. then a photo of a GT doing 160Km/h plus on a public road made it into the sydney papers which started a “supercar scare”. As a result both the Phase 4 and the GT-X Monaro were canned because these cars were considered to be to powerful for our roads [or our drivers]

So if the new cars are considered to be too powerful; producing 300-400-500Kw it’s quite possible we could see a another scare with a similar result. [Bye bye HSV & FPV]

Yet why is it that inorder to produce more power both Ford and Holden are increasing engine capacity when BMW can get close to 400Kw out of a 4 litre V8 engine?

Unless you got out of your car at the lights; went round and said to the driver of the SV6 [something like] “I’ll give you a race to the next set of lights” to which s/he agreed. Which I doubt you would/did. Then there was no race and so even if you beat the SV6 you didn’t really win anything., in a way you were the loser!

At a GM board meeting early next year Bob Lutz is expected to give the go-ahead to the new Torana – which will also become the 2012 Pontiac G6.. at the same meeting it’s also expected that the Ute will become the Pontiac G8-ST [Sports Truck].

It’s one of the reasons so many GM execs [including Lutz] have visited the Elizabeth plant in recent months – for a review of GMs RWD projects which includes the Torana

Chevrolet have just unveiled a 6.2 Litre Twin Supercharged Pushrod V8 which when in moderate form can produce 485Kw. By moderate I mean it’s been down-graded for optimum efficiency.. so imagine what it could do with a bit of tweaking by HSV or even CAPA..[600Kw?]. as it will more than likely replace the current 6.0 Litre V8 Holden use

Then when the new TT-36 Torana is released it will have the next generation V6; as will the commodore. The new V6 is expected to produce 220Kw in standard form Therefore; in the Twin-Turbo Torana it should break the 300Kw mark

Oh and HSV are planning a Bang for your buck project – to sit below the clubbie which will use a Small Block Northstar V8.. an engine that produces approx 260Kw in standard form so with a bit of work by HSV there’s yet another 300Kw+ car

Ford have insiders that already know about what HSV are up to and Ford have enough time to respond with more power in the Orion models in may 2008. Sure HSV has a 7.0L, but that’s just a limited edition GTS-R.bbish… Ford can use a V10 for a GT-HO phase 5 that can better 400kw.

Torana is all hearsay, but i hope they build it i think it will be an exciting product.

All i can say is this, no one builds a better value for money performance car than the australian car market…. but if you want something that really peforms, go euro!