Aussie_Knight said:All i can say is....................
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I'm with you Aussie Knight. I'll be seeing myself in one of these when they get released next June.
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astrogirl said:My friend has a WRX. He told me that if the engine's running and the door opens and closes while the engines running, the engine stalls or something.
That's anti carjacking protection, right?
The_Ben said:Never heard of something like this. You'd have to have a kill switch somewhere, because everytime you pull up to somewhere to drop or pick someone up, you would either have to turn the engine off or use some sort of kill switch to save the car from stalling.
Chicken_Hunter said:An EVO is a better car than the WRX anyway.. But both would kill most cars with take off speed.. Gotta love the All wheel drive. And for 4 cylinders they f***en hammer. Why go for V8s and V6s when these 4 cylinders can easily hold their own.. An EVOs top speed is around 260km/h and can reach 60km/h in around 4.4 seconds.
Andy said:Chicken_Hunter said:Why go for V8s and V6s when these 4 cylinders can easily hold their own.. quote]
Try towing a aravan, a boat or a fully loaded trailer with one of your little 4 cylinder cars and see how quickly it over heats or doesn't move anywhere at all.
The raw size and power of a big 6 or 8 gives you neck snapping tourque and grunt, wich can't be manifested in these smaller engines.
My XR6 ute for example, without requiring a turbo, has 500Nm of tourque and tows VERY well.
Chicken_Hunter said:thats what a 4WD is for.. I wouldnt be towing a boat with a sedan especially the sporty type... Some boat ramps are very bad... And our 4WD can easily account for a caravan or boat, and its a 4 cylinder, hilux.
Anyway, evos arent designed to tow things..
Andy said:Chicken_Hunter said:thats what a 4WD is for.. I wouldnt be towing a boat with a sedan especially the sporty type... Some boat ramps are very bad... And our 4WD can easily account for a caravan or boat, and its a 4 cylinder, hilux.
Anyway, evos arent designed to tow things..
So tell me where the practicallity lies in owning an Evo or a WRX then???
Chicken_Hunter said:Andy said:Chicken_Hunter said:thats what a 4WD is for.. I wouldnt be towing a boat with a sedan especially the sporty type... Some boat ramps are very bad... And our 4WD can easily account for a caravan or boat, and its a 4 cylinder, hilux.
Anyway, evos arent designed to tow things..
So tell me where the practicallity lies in owning an Evo or a WRX then???
Because they look awesome and are ideal cars to zoom around the city in.
Nope. $79,000 for an Evo VIII in Australia. I don't know how accurate that article is... either. The Australian spec Evo will probably be downtuned to cope with lower quality fuel. The Evo VII looks much better...too.Innconu said:Chicken_Hunter said:anyone know the price tag for that evo 8?
This article claims about $52,000AUD is the price in the US ($30000 US)
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/1_01_mit.htm
Ahem, thats a six speed gearbox for the STi!crap article said:The Mitsu's turbo engine drives all four wheels via a five-speed manual transmission, as does the STi.
Yeah, it cuts the engine and won't start until the correct PIN is entered into the computer located near the ignition! It's red..too, not the lovely Subaru WRC blue you would expect. Doesn't work too well when you've got a gun to your head.. apparently :shock:astrogirl said:My friend has a WRX. He told me that if the engine's running and the door opens and closes while the engines running, the engine stalls or something.
That's anti carjacking protection, right?
Only $1 billion. And what was the result? Excessive oil use, annoying piston slap and lots of unhappy customers with engines being totally rebuilt several times at a huge cost to Holden. They've fixed the problem. FPV have had a similar problem on a much smaller scale with the 290Boss V8.Aussie_Knight said:Your first post doesn't indicate you were talking about the engine Innconu and second why are you limiting the technology to the engine? - so what if they are using the V8 concept obviously the quality of the engine has improved since the 70's and why move on to new technology you would rather improve on the previous version or model and you can't say that they haven't done that since the 70's.
And Holden Engines such as the LS1 Generation III 5.7 litre alloy V8 were developed in the USA
"The latest Holden V8 is a clean sheet design, developed in the U.S. by General Motors Powertrain Group at a project cost of US$1 billion. While it has been engineered to satisfy 21st century criteria in terms of compact packaging and operating efficiency, this advanced alloy V8 remains a muscular performer in the true V8 tradition. Its design has evolved from and shares the inherent strengths of the famed Chevrolet 'small block' 350 V8 (the most popular and enduring U.S. engine of all time) and it currently powers such high-performance Chevrolet nameplates as the '99 Corvette and Camaro."
Us Australian's do what now??? and $1 billion dollars certainly wouldn't be spent to just reproduce the traditional V8.
http://www.fastlane.com.au/News/Holden_GenIII_specs.htm - take a look for yourself Innconu and tell me if there hasn't been any technological improvements since the 70's.