RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 29/04/09 09:31 AM Share Posted 29/04/09 09:31 AM pretty crappy vid. They should have done a road comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 16y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 29/04/09 12:00 PM Share Posted 29/04/09 12:00 PM Ford FTW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtreme Member 149 Member For: 22y 8d Location: Geelong, Australia Posted 06/05/09 02:27 PM Author Share Posted 06/05/09 02:27 PM Whole kit and caboodle here gents - http://www.caradvice.com.au/30255/ford-fal...-final-verdict/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nechromar Member 104 Member For: 16y 26d Posted 07/05/09 01:23 AM Share Posted 07/05/09 01:23 AM That was quality reading.Thanks for posting..I wondered about how good AFM is.Thought it could be the turning point in the war..Would think amazing fuel economy would be returned on highway driving.Other European manufactures are employing this device(shutting down half the cylinders) So it must work.Great to see more results on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 07/05/09 01:43 AM Share Posted 07/05/09 01:43 AM (edited) There was an article on it in last month's Wheels magazine - very interesting as I recall they returned some pretty awesome numbers (8 or 9 on highway from memory).Not sure what the specific 'conditions' were but yeah that was the number, Melb to Syd on a single tank was the tagline I think Edited 07/05/09 01:44 AM by ronburgundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azasturbo Member 206 Member For: 16y 2m 25d Posted 08/05/09 05:10 AM Share Posted 08/05/09 05:10 AM melbourne to sydney on a tank in the vess with the afm technology, mmm drove my au2 xr8 putting out the same sort of power back in the day and did it in a single tank.Onya holden.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 08/05/09 05:12 AM Share Posted 08/05/09 05:12 AM Err... was your car stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azasturbo Member 206 Member For: 16y 2m 25d Posted 08/05/09 05:35 AM Share Posted 08/05/09 05:35 AM No not stock and similar power to the vess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunna Donating Members 813 Member For: 18y 7m 15d Posted 08/05/09 10:47 AM Share Posted 08/05/09 10:47 AM ronburgundy said: There was an article on it in last month's Wheels magazine - very interesting as I recall they returned some pretty awesome numbers (8 or 9 on highway from memory).Not sure what the specific 'conditions' were but yeah that was the number, Melb to Syd on a single tank was the tagline I thinkGee I wish I could see those sorta numbers in my FGT...oh wait good ol' motoring press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyno Junkie Member 254 Member For: 18y 23d Gender: Male Location: Ascot, Western Australia Posted 08/05/09 12:40 PM Share Posted 08/05/09 12:40 PM Not disputing that the XR8 makes more power than the SS, however the XR8 was not strapped down correctly on the dyno and as a result would have had an exaggerated final figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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