Just read the new Wheels with Cobra in it! Wheels are saying a 14.5 time out of the auto???????????right!Mind you the new Holden ute they haven’t tested cause their waiting for it too do 10,000 ks cause piston slapping Holden rev better!hehehe they ESTIMATE,yep ESTIMATE 13.5 from it!!…..how many cases of Scotch did Wheels get for that one from Holden!

Now I have cut and pasted my reply to Smokin R32 even though he couldn’t support the fact that Holden has always been faster than Ford ,so I had to do his Home work for him

My reply as follows

Ok I will ,lets compare The BOSS 290 in the BA when it came out first compared to the GTS Monaro same year!

BAGT 0-100 from memory was 5.5 sec 5.4 litre
GTS Monaro from Wheels 5.8 sec 5.7 litre

1/4 mile times….

BAGT 14.1 depends who drove it ,stock we got 13.9
GTS Monaro 13.9 that was wheels driving it,remember Wheels always get stuff from Holden with Ks on it Ford theres is hardly run in with Wheels times most of the time!

XY GT PHASE 3 1/4 MILE TIME 14.7 sec
HT MONARO GTS 350 15.6 sec

Below my reply to Smokin R32 when he said Ford weren’t proud of the GT name……pffttttt

“So what makes you think Ford isn’t proud of the GT name,it is the EPITOME in names in Australian Muscle Cars ,has been for 40 years! ”

About that 300 kw GTS in 2000…..

Oh and Holden didn’t have a 300kw Commodore then HSV did straight from Callway! Mate at lest Ford owns the majority share of FPV…….Holden don’t seem to be able to do it by themselves without help from crate motors! You do have to ask your self then 7 years ago HSV got 300 kws from the GTS ,7 YEARS later the GTS still has 300 kws at a cost of $93.000 ,bargain! not! Geez us Ford Guys are a Bright Bunch!

Not much of a difference in years. Pushrods are ideally suited to V8’s, where power is needed under 6500RPM, especially in light weight V configs coupled with all alloy blocks. GM have really excelled in Pushrod technology, just take a look at the LS3 and LS7 motors.

And Toyota Paul, just because its a pushrod engine doesnt mean shit. The LS1/LS2 is more fuel effiecient and has more grunt than the ford 5.4 litre, and that’s not even my thoughts, read Motor or Wheels magazine for the same comments. The only thing thats has been written about the Ford Boss donk was that it sounded better, so you might wanna keep that mouth shut when treading in unfamiliar territory.

You might want to read up on the internal physics of a combustion engine aswell, you might learn a few things about the old pushrod design.

Dont forget, Turbo’s and EFI have been around since… well, look that up too while you’re there ;)

Annnnnd…, interior of an SS woefull? Compared to what? A Bentley. It didnt win Car of the Year for nothing, you I guess Toyota_paul is way smarter than 10 very experienced Journos.

You know what was the worst car interior that I have seen in recent times? That bloody Toyota Aurion. Every knob felt like it was going to break off and my god did it creak and moan when driving over rough stuff.

Geeze, you Ford guys arn’t a very bright bunch are yas :)

What Holden in 2000 had 300 kws Monkey!!!!!

looking at the spyshots of the falcon ute it looks like they have worked on it whereas the people at commy look like they have made it even worse

Secondly – trust me I look far from a propeller head!! haha

but in the holden cap they have somehow engineered a pillar section that amazingly looks like you get even more of a blind spot!!!! wow now thats value for money.
and then if you pay even more for a maloo you get absolute maximum blind spot.
never travel beside a maloo because if he wants to change lanes there is no way he will be able to see you.

shoulder check proves nothing in a ute, rather you have to twist and look out the rear window to get a safer clearer view. you cant do that with the maloo as the “maloo bar” and very high hard lid mean you cant even look through the rear glass.

utes might be off topic but since we are talking about pillars and visibility………