BOoya Member 118 Member For: 18y 4m 10d Location: Somewhere on the Open Highway, NT Posted 06/09/06 05:24 PM Share Posted 06/09/06 05:24 PM pffft. I just bought a BF, sif they didnt give the BF XR6T's a 260kw upgrade lol. stooopid ford in all seriousness - I think it would be wise move for ford to up the ante against the VE - specially in the FPV stakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 06/09/06 05:41 PM Share Posted 06/09/06 05:41 PM You'd have to agree that...It would be a welcome surprise if they did. Surely the XR6T and the Typhoon/Tornados are able to with safely withstand a minor pcm tweak to access the extra power to bring them up to numbers stated earlier on.Tit for tat I say!!! Nah fuggit, go all out and bury the muthaf@#kersDarrenI want McMORE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saleen Big Gun Donating Members 4,170 Member For: 22y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 06/09/06 08:40 PM Share Posted 06/09/06 08:40 PM and ford have a history of leaving major engine power upgrades for new model cycles.Huh?What abaout the 220kw and 250kw motors in the Series 3 AU and T-Series right at the least minute???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 06/09/06 09:33 PM Share Posted 06/09/06 09:33 PM can we get a bit more info about this, who out there knows and is keeping quiet.If the F6 gets its 295kw up grade tissues will need to be replaced with pasanger sick bags. Can you see Ford doing a blower on a 320 GT and only getting 350 and 600Nm me thinks not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 7m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/09/06 10:44 PM Share Posted 06/09/06 10:44 PM These numbers sound like an 'Orion' starting point to me, not BF II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangm001 Member 307 Member For: 19y 6d Posted 07/09/06 12:31 AM Share Posted 07/09/06 12:31 AM Lets hope its true but I doubt it.. However, hopefully FPV do something to tweak the F6's, the XRT got an extra 5 kw and 30nm in Ba-Bf, and the F6's stayed the same so I think its the F6s turn for an extra 5kw and 30nm... The V8s are quite a fair margin behind the E series now too, and coz ford quote their figures in DIN, it looks even worse on paper for them as they now need to do ECE, maybe they will just keep the 290, but quote in ECE now instead of DIN. Something ford would do anyway, that way they wouldnt have to change the stickers on the bulges, and on the air intakes inside the engine bay.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanga Benzene Member 432 Member For: 20y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: Out West Posted 07/09/06 03:36 AM Share Posted 07/09/06 03:36 AM Dont know about the power upgrades but I've been told by a few dealers that there will be 2 new models Force 6 and Force 8 and they will be fairmont ghia based fpv's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADSF6 Member 4 Member For: 18y 9m 18d Posted 07/09/06 04:52 AM Share Posted 07/09/06 04:52 AM No way in the world. These figures I think smell of Orion, not BFmkII.In the fair dinkum stakes, I dont Ford are all that far behind in the performance. Sure the GT/GT-P do have there arses handed to them, but I think that can be changed with gearing, and either a small power increase or weight reduction. Apart from Holden's performance claims, no tests have been published, and I think you'll find the Ford's will compete well. Reading the sometime entertaining crap published on ls1.com.au, some guys coming out of there VY/VZ SS's,Cubsports and Monaro's think the VE is significantly slower, some have written they think its faster. Who knows. But with a heavier car with less than portionate power increase, I cannot see a manual being faster, it has to be slower. Havnig said that, I think the new 6spd auto box will make a significant difference to the Commodore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Member 827 Member For: 19y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/09/06 06:04 AM Share Posted 07/09/06 06:04 AM xr6t= 260kwxr8=280 kwf6=295kwGt-GTP 320kwDont know how good this source is, said they were debriefed this week on it at ford.Orion rumoured 5.4 super charged. 600NM 350KW likely to be called F8, Engine was going to go in BF but arse end not strong enough for power of engine. WIth all the new reenforments the orion will handle it.←I heard from this guy on the street who was naked and holding a "Im telling tall stories" board that the XR6T will have 531kw's, XR8 535kw's, the F6 1 Gigawatt and the GT would be installing a new 4 cylinder hipo engine packing a massive 65kw's to increase fuel economy...I wont believe a single peice of info until they are sitting in a dealers car yard ready for sale.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzza420 Member 412 Member For: 19y 6m 20d Posted 07/09/06 06:34 AM Share Posted 07/09/06 06:34 AM 531kw from factory would be nice... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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