ED falcon vs A VL commodore

[ILLaViTaR]

what woulds win.

My mate reckons a 1987 VL will beat my 94 ED but I think the ED will thrash it.

The VL is a 3.0litre Inline 6

The ford is a 4.0litre Inline 4

Both are stock

[dave.747]

VL will win. VL's always win.

[OED666]

depends on transmission.

the vl will get you off the line, but you should reel it in top end.

vl's are lighter, and also have shorter diff gears.

[ILLaViTaR]

I thought the ford would rip it with a whole extra litre of fuel size.

Mines an auto and his is a manual

[dave.747]

I wouldnt put money on it mate.

[ILLaViTaR]

Man that sucks.

I thought a 4 litre would've shitted on a 3.0.

[OED666]

yea, if his is a manual it will have you.. unfortunately. a 5 speed conversion would change it though.

if you were having a rolling start from 40 onwards I would put all my money on you, but off the line you would get nailed

[mcflux]

Originally Posted by dave.747

VL will win. VL's always win.

[old_mate]

my mate had a VL 5 speed and it would eat and spit out my old EA (MPI 4 speed auto) and stomp on its fresh 3.9L heart

[Elmo]

Originally Posted by ILLaViTaR

The ford is a 4.0litre Inline 4

Dont you mean Inline 6??

an yep if your auto and he's manual he'll get ya but same the other way around, alot of it will depend on drivers ability aswell...

[smally289]

VL Commodore SL, 1250kg, 114kw and 247Nm torque - 16.7 1/4 mile

Would be close if yours was manual.

[SVT8]

Originally Posted by smally351

VL Commodore SL, 1250kg, 114kw and 247Nm torque - 16.7 1/4 mile

Would be close if yours was manual.

thats a shocking time when you look at weight to power ratio. Stock auto ED's run low 16's

Id say your ED would win, purely on the fact that your motor is about 8 years newer than the VL's. So in affect the age difference would have an effect on the VL engine. Also depends on how good the VL driver can shift. Auto's are pretty consistant, so id say you would easily be able to win by at least a car length. Make sure you take all your crap out of your boot, fill up your car on about half/quarter of premium and hope for the best on the quarter mile.

[burnz]

you should get around him @ 80km mark if not hes got somthing different

[ridefox]

Originally Posted by burnz

you should get around him @ 80km mark if not hes got somthing different

that sounds about right i had a vl 3 litre auto an my mate had a ea 6 auto an my vl killed him for the line but from about 60-70 kpm he would real me in : but the ea just didnt smokem like the old vl lol : but then my mate ed manul vs the vl auto ed all the way killed it hands down

[smally289]

[QUOTE=SVT8]thats a shocking time when you look at weight to power ratio. Stock auto ED's run low 16's



Power doesnt shift the weight, torque does, and the ED has bucket loads more.