Thread: Falcon GT-F

Originally Posted by BMKal

Hey Andrew - you would have got a laugh today.

Pulled up behind two utes, one in each lane, at a set of lights on top of one of the on ramps onto Roe Hwy. Left lane was boy wonder with baseball cap round the wrong way in the souped up black HSV V8 dunnydoor ute, making heaps of noise.

Right lane was old bloke in pretty stock looking blue XR6 Falcon ute.

Lights changed - black HSV made heaps of noise and lurched forward - boy wonder trying desperately to be the first to where the two lanes merge into one.

Old bloke takes off smartly in the Falcoon - very quiet, couldn't hear him at all with all the racket coming from the black piece of **** - and comfortably beat the dunnydoor V8 to the single lane.

I was chatting to a copper the other day. He was in a VF SS. Had nothing but praise for the vehicle. He said the XR6 turbo was much faster though. He preferred the Commodore because at speed in a pursuit he liked to be able to turn and stop.
He reckons, when Ford stops production of the Falcons, they will be getting Mustangs.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Landy Andy, You are correct in what you say, but it has nothing to do with the diff or the gearbox, which problems could easily easily have been rectified.
The real problem was with the Falcon bodyshell, inparticular the firewall, which suffered extreme stress/ possible fracture isues, with the torque created with the BRILLIANT Miami engine, which engine was even better than its original US designed Coyote, and which Aussie designed improvements are now being incorporated into US Mustang variants.
Pickles.

I'm not sure if its still the same base motor that they use, but going way back to the introduction of the V8 Supercars, Ford had to go away from the 5litre V8 they were using here, and took a motor from the racing parts bin in the US. This was because the block wasnt sufficiently strong to handle the power outputs that they required from it. IF its the same motor, they getting power outputs that are not too far off from production motors now and this may also be a limitation. The Holden V8 is well known, but as a response they also went to the GM parts bin and used a Chev product.