Boosted Falcon

vegabass wrote:I went for a ride in my brothers M3. when he shifted into 6th gear at 250km/ph the wind noise and the handleing was like a my old XR6 @100km/ph with new suspension.

It was stock as a rock so id love to see what a lightly modified M3 would do at the end of 6th gear.

E30, 3lt M3 with a "Welded Diff" Top speed of 288km/h and it sat quite fine.... Felt like we were still doing 80... Mind you it had like some wicked suspension out of the race car M3s of that era.

Dumb shit alright, my feet got burnt cause I only had thongs on...!

Crazy thing is that bike was completely unmodified. 300km/h straight out of the showroom for only $17000.
I don't think you can buy a Suzuki Swift (new) for that price.

well they had my EB around 220+ on the dyno but **** doin that on the roads

i remember getting to 190 in my old EA, it felt tight and felt like it was hugging the road but did take a while to build up speed lol

fastea wrote:

vegabass wrote:I went for a ride in my brothers M3. when he shifted into 6th gear at 250km/ph the wind noise and the handleing was like a my old XR6 @100km/ph with new suspension.

It was stock as a rock so id love to see what a lightly modified M3 would do at the end of 6th gear.

E30, 3lt M3 with a "Welded Diff" Top speed of 288km/h and it sat quite fine.... Felt like we were still doing 80... Mind you it had like some wicked suspension out of the race car M3s of that era.

I realise those are both "sport" BMW's, but the average beemer will SHIT all over anything Aussie at 200+. The confidence they inspire and the chassis balance they have is in another league. They run very exaggerated castor angles compared to the Falcons and Commodores, which is why I think they feel far more stable. At 100km/h (in the 528i) it's possible to slalom the whole car between each individual cats eye on the road and not get twitchy. The ED would only slalom through every second one, and it was scary doing it LOL.

The EB GT wing seems to keep the car on the road better, glad I have LPG to the speed isn't limited

oneredED wrote:

fastea wrote:

vegabass wrote:I went for a ride in my brothers M3. when he shifted into 6th gear at 250km/ph the wind noise and the handleing was like a my old XR6 @100km/ph with new suspension.

It was stock as a rock so id love to see what a lightly modified M3 would do at the end of 6th gear.

E30, 3lt M3 with a "Welded Diff" Top speed of 288km/h and it sat quite fine.... Felt like we were still doing 80... Mind you it had like some wicked suspension out of the race car M3s of that era.

I realise those are both "sport" BMW's, but the average beemer will SHIT all over anything Aussie at 200+. The confidence they inspire and the chassis balance they have is in another league. They run very exaggerated castor angles compared to the Falcons and Commodores, which is why I think they feel far more stable. At 100km/h (in the 528i) it's possible to slalom the whole car between each individual cats eye on the road and not get twitchy. The ED would only slalom through every second one, and it was scary doing it LOL.

I agree that most Euros have good high speed handling, given they're used on the autobahns, but a 325i/C-class would not out-handle my old VT GTS at 200+kph. Sure, the bodykit was plastic fantastic and over the top, but my god it worked at high speed.

Having said that, it's an exception rather than the rule, I know my mates 325i is much more relaxed at 100+ than my Falcons.

I'm yet to punch through 200 yet - 180 was the limit when my crap mobile was standard. Whizzed past a cop scrambling for his motorbike. Luckily my mate also in a standard EB was a few meters in front hehe. I didn't have the reading.

oneredED wrote:[At 100km/h (in the 528i) it's possible to slalom the whole car between each individual cats eye on the road and not get twitchy. The ED would only slalom through every second one, and it was scary doing it LOL.

My car does that no worries

I do get your point though - it helps that those cars are designed for autobahns where 200+ is the norm rather than an invitation for a fisting by whichever transport authority makes the rules in your state. No point making a Falcon or a Commo handle like a dream at 200km/h because about0.01% of them will ever be required to go that fast.

Hopefully in a couple of months my car will manage that at the end of a standing 400m

Rollin wrote:

oneredED wrote:[At 100km/h (in the 528i) it's possible to slalom the whole car between each individual cats eye on the road and not get twitchy. The ED would only slalom through every second one, and it was scary doing it LOL.

My car does that no worries

I do get your point though - it helps that those cars are designed for autobahns where 200+ is the norm rather than an invitation for a fisting by whichever transport authority makes the rules in your state. No point making a Falcon or a Commo handle like a dream at 200km/h because about0.01% of them will ever be required to go that fast.

Hopefully in a couple of months my car will manage that at the end of a standing 400m

LOL, we must be all in that 0.01%

Rollin wrote:My car does that no worries

I do get your point though - it helps that those cars are designed for autobahns where 200+ is the norm rather than an invitation for a fisting by whichever transport authority makes the rules in your state. No point making a Falcon or a Commo handle like a dream at 200km/h because about0.01% of them will ever be required to go that fast.

Hopefully in a couple of months my car will manage that at the end of a standing 400m

If I come to QLD, I reckon you owe it to me to show me your ED doing this, that's very impressive IMO. I thought I was the only one who gets bored on long trips and does random slalom practice across two lanes hahaha.

oneredED wrote:If I come to QLD, I reckon you owe it to me to show me your ED doing this, that's very impressive IMO. I thought I was the only one who gets bored on long trips and does random slalom practice across two lanes hahaha.

Nah, you're just the only one who video's it

haha driving home from qld when i got my new car i spent half the time doing slalom between the cats eyes at 130
not so cool with stock ride height

180 in my EL wasnt very fun, the steering wheel was shaking like a bitch
170 in the AU and it had more left in it, did it so easy too

300 is nuts

holmsy wrote:haha driving home from qld when i got my new car i spent half the time doing slalom between the cats eyes at 130
not so cool with stock ride height

I call bullshit holmsy. Unless the spacings of the cats eyes are vastly different state to state, I'll put my head out and say it's most definitely impossible to do that at 130 in a stock suspended falcon. Just so we're clear though, I mean that you would treat the cats eyes as witches hats, and put the car through every space between them, not just one side of the car.

oneredED wrote:

holmsy wrote:haha driving home from qld when i got my new car i spent half the time doing slalom between the cats eyes at 130
not so cool with stock ride height

I call bullshit holmsy. Unless the spacings of the cats eyes are vastly different state to state, I'll put my head out and say it's most definitely impossible to do that at 130 in a stock suspended falcon. Just so we're clear though, I mean that you would treat the cats eyes as witches hats, and put the car through every space between them, not just one side of the car.

i didnt say i was successful
some parts had big spacings tho so could do it.

holmsy wrote:

oneredED wrote:

holmsy wrote:haha driving home from qld when i got my new car i spent half the time doing slalom between the cats eyes at 130
not so cool with stock ride height

I call bullshit holmsy. Unless the spacings of the cats eyes are vastly different state to state, I'll put my head out and say it's most definitely impossible to do that at 130 in a stock suspended falcon. Just so we're clear though, I mean that you would treat the cats eyes as witches hats, and put the car through every space between them, not just one side of the car.

i didnt say i was successful
some parts had big spacings tho so could do it.

Oh, hahahahaha, fair enough.