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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:07 am 
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If you wanna kill commies, go drag some Alloytec 6 pots. I have the 'pleasure' of driving one at work, and its soooo slow


You mean the new 190 kw ones dont you? Yes they are s hit house. The old XR whips every time. (well one out of one anyway)


I was talking the bog stock alloytecs, the 190's aren't much (any?) better. They've got no get-up-and-go until around 5K, then you're only 1K from redline.


I might be wrong, but from memory they still rev way past that, and make peak power at something like 6,700 rpm.

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:02 am 
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No the work one I've take to the limit where the auto will change ~6K tacho only goes to 6.5K.

They still don't sound right either (just like the ecotecs) Take 'em high and they sound like they're gonna blow up. Take a 4.0 I6 up to redline and it sounds awesome, a deep roar, sounds like there's more to come. To bad the non-XRs loose all power and torque earlier (~5K, 3~.5K).

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:00 pm 
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The I6 Has a much better note than the V6 especially the holden one
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:02 pm 
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For some reason the holden v6 sounds really rough when its reving compared to the falcon six, is there any major reason for this?
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:18 pm 
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in most cases the Holden 6 IS really rough

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:58 pm 
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For some reason the holden v6 sounds really rough when its reving compared to the falcon six, is there any major reason for this?


Yeah cos it's a 90 degree unbalanced POS V6, V8's are meant to be 90 degrees and sixes 60 degrees FFS!
I'ts origins are from a V8, basically it's had 2 cylinders chopped off. Not the best way to go about doing things...but don't blame Holden - this all happened well before the commodore was even around.

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:05 pm 
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yeh i have heard about that voxace, trust holden to take in an engine with such crappy refinement.
Apparently it was the buick v8.

Although i have to say the alloytech dont sound that much better.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:14 pm 
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Can't explain why the alloytech sounds bad, maybe the alloy lets a bit more engine noise through!

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:21 pm 
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Can't explain why the alloytech sounds bad, maybe the alloy lets a bit more engine noise through!

it'll probably end up sounding like the gen 3 slapper

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:26 pm 
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Can't explain why the alloytech sounds bad, maybe the alloy lets a bit more engine noise through!

it'll probably end up sounding like the gen 3 slapper


GEN3's don't slap or burn excess oil, they're power enhancing features, just ask Holden.

 

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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 2:59 pm 
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a friend of mine drove one of the 190 kw s pac vz's in manual and he reckons it wouldnt even chirp 2nd and was just really sluggish

 

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