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27-10-2014, 04:52 PM | #391 | ||
Loving my '335' kW!
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Anyone know if there is a way to see if your car has been ordered from Ford?
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27-10-2014, 04:55 PM | #392 | ||
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27-10-2014, 04:58 PM | #393 | ||
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has the dealer given you a Sido number? if yes then it has been
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27-10-2014, 07:02 PM | #394 | ||
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28-10-2014, 08:26 AM | #395 | ||
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Have the limited funds extended to a lack of new colours being introduced also.
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28-10-2014, 08:37 AM | #396 | ||
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Ohhh I would have thought a couple of flashy paint colours would have been pretty good bang for ya buck. The VF has a pretty good spread.
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28-10-2014, 02:17 PM | #397 | ||
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Funny cause the SIDO is used in the plant.
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28-10-2014, 09:48 PM | #398 | ||
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Just got home from another day at the You Yangs in the Landau.
Those who have put their money down for the XR8 wont be disappointed. A proven 400+ fwkw car with RSpec suspension...for $58-$62k. I am speechless. PS: XR6T pales in comparison. |
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28-10-2014, 10:12 PM | #399 | ||
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gcg2503 you lucky b*****d. Thanks for sating my appetite for my February delivery.
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28-10-2014, 10:19 PM | #400 | ||
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Lucky!! I'm jealous!! Well hopefully I can find a dealer this week that will play ball and I finally order one! Lol
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28-10-2014, 10:23 PM | #401 | ||
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Try David Cockle at Bayford. Tell him George (Landau) sent you.
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29-10-2014, 09:30 AM | #402 | ||
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29-10-2014, 09:49 AM | #403 | ||
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Pales in what way? Sure the note is different but give the XR6T the R spec bits and it would be just as effective.
Only took the V8 12 years to regain the crown then. Romance aside the XR6T is also a fair slab cheaper. But both cars are just a tune away from being proper weapons.
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29-10-2014, 09:49 AM | #404 | ||
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Hi, thanks have you got an email address for him?
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29-10-2014, 01:23 PM | #406 | ||
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About 5k difference.
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29-10-2014, 01:26 PM | #407 | ||
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29-10-2014, 01:30 PM | #408 | ||
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At least 75-80rwkw difference between the two.
XR6T and G6ET make 240-260rwkw based on my observations over the last 5 years. XR8 will routinely make 315-340rwkw. Not slagging the Barra Turbo. Just my opinion after driving both back to back on the track. PS: I did own a G6ET from new - so very much love and respect the I6T. Sadly it has lost its crown in my opinion. |
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29-10-2014, 01:35 PM | #409 | ||
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Ive had a high powered RWD car for the last 8 years. Never had a traction problem in either of my Boss 290's, they were boat anchors!
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29-10-2014, 01:47 PM | #410 | ||
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Just had a call from my dealer! My car has been bumped forward now to there first allocation can January build February delivery!!!! Awesome!!!!!
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29-10-2014, 01:53 PM | #411 | ||
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Maybe mine is more modified (it has similar rwkw to Boss 315 GTs), has lower diff gears and is better maintained than your cars were?
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29-10-2014, 01:54 PM | #412 | |||
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Talk is cheap. A Boss 260 is no comparison to a 5.0 335.
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29-10-2014, 02:02 PM | #413 | |||
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And I never said my BA was a match for a 335, I just said it will break traction consistently if booted at 80km/h. Which is a fact, and which is apparently a stand-out feature of the new XR8. |
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29-10-2014, 02:07 PM | #414 | ||
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29-10-2014, 02:11 PM | #415 | ||
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This guy gets it. I mean, nobody's dyno'ed it and people are just saying "It goes hard mate. Spins the wheels." And it seemed to impress people. Why don't we just be happy with it being a 335 (which we all know is an understatement) and see what happens when people actually take delivery? I'm sure it won't take long until someone puts one on a dyno and takes one down the 1/4 mile. And then it'll be no surprise that it'll probably eat all previous XR8s and probably all GTs, perhaps bar the GTF.
Edit: I was just being a smart*** previously saying that if spinning the wheels at 80km/h is good, then plenty of cheaper cars can do that. Some blokes reckon if the conditions are right they can do it in an 80's corolla. |
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29-10-2014, 02:16 PM | #416 | |||
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Exactly... Being a smart@*# gets you no where around here.
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29-10-2014, 02:42 PM | #417 | |||
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Although perhaps we can just use the GT R Spec and FG XR6T figures for that, I dont have those handy.
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29-10-2014, 02:56 PM | #418 | ||
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Spoke with the head of the GTF programme last night. Hell of a nice guy.
The biggest limiting factor for performance (ie quarter mile times) was our rear rubber - or lack of quality rubber versus the top grade Conti hoops HSV are running Don't expect a massive improvement in quarter mile times - or a massive difference between the SC V8 and I6T EDIT: GTF and FGX XR8 share the same motor and driveline |
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29-10-2014, 03:18 PM | #420 | ||
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But R spec tune yeah?
Between the GTF and the R spec the difference is all in 0101010101010 I thought.
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