RE: Vauxhall Monaro VXR 500 v Ford Shelby GT500

[jellison]

Aha - finally - A Procharger (Ford) Vs a Traditional Twin crew Type (Holden).

Both nice and Bonkers!

Must do lottery this week end - Magnacharger on Speed dial. hehehe.

[LuS1fer]

jellison said:

Aha - finally - A Procharger (Ford) Vs a Traditional Twin crew Type (Holden).

Both nice and Bonkers!

Must do lottery this week end - Magnacharger on Speed dial. hehehe.

No, the GT500 is a screw-type charger too.

[jellison]

LuS1fer said:

jellison said:

Aha - finally - A Procharger (Ford) Vs a Traditional Twin crew Type (Holden).

Both nice and Bonkers!

Must do lottery this week end - Magnacharger on Speed dial. hehehe.

No, the GT500 is a screw-type charger too.

So that one in pic below (or above!) is not the same blower type install as on yours / the GT500?

[LuS1fer]

I can't see pictures on my works computer regrettably!
This is a GT500 which may be based on a Roush unit, I'm not sure:

This is a Roushcharger on a Mustang:

And this is the centrifugal HO Vortech similar to the one that I have fitted to mine (although mine is the polished version):


This is mine with some bling thrown in - looks so much better than a screw type. LOL

Edited by LuS1fer on Thursday 9th November 12:27

[jellison]

Cheers for that Lusifer all clear now.

Polishing obviously makes it faster..........

[MCFADDEN]

I'm spending a fortnight in Sydney around Christmas time.

Anyone know where I can I hire some decent V8 muscle when I am down there.

When I was last in Aus a friend had a Holden HSV & it was a beaut even with an Auto box.

Any recommendations would be greatfully received.

Need to Book soon!

Thanks

[Tony427]

I was discussing these cars with a contact in Dubai as hes just bought a brand new convertible mustang for less than £20k.

The Holden dealers there are selling off the last few old shape Monaros for £13,500 .............slap on a supercharger etc and you have one very cheap muscle car!

Cheers,

Tony

[LuS1fer]

swerni said:

LuS1fer who did you insure yours through and were they any good?

I have little faith in the company I used and getting quotes its a very painfull process
cause of the mods

cheers

Steve

I used A-Plan for the Mustang.

I've used various companies over the years. Adrian Flux were the most thorough in terms of the insurance proposal form, requiring about 10 sections filled in, all mods, what they cost and who fitted them and so I was always confident that there was any doubt about what was insured. They lost my business through a pedantic insistence on a Thatcham Cat 1 alarm and I hack my car for no man. I also had a Civic Type R insured through them and when we changed it, the quote for the Mazda 5 was foolish and the cancellation penalty a little too steep for my liking.

I was thenwith a broker who used Chaucer. The broker was worse than useless and when I dispensed with the broker, I paid an enormous penalty with Chaucer who give nothing back of the premium after just 4 months. So they won't ever see my business again.

A-Plan beat all the other quotes hollow. I was less than impressed by the proposal form so you may have to put in a list of modifications to supplement the two lines they give you. In line with most insurance companies these days, the certificate doesn't even have the name of the car on it, just the reg. But we'll never know how good any of them are until the day comes will we....

[jellison]

Surely alway paying monthly (only go with the ones that offer this) mean you can walk away an cancel driect debit with only loosing max one months fee. Sunnyhill are great.

[bimsb6]

4WD said:

Just because vauxhall recently put their name on a lotus and holden, doesn't mean were all going to forget their last twenty years of nova-esq excrement. Changing peoples opinions will take a long time. How long was it for skoda? Even now they are only just acceptable. Well, acceptable to ex-vauxhall owners anyway

are you sure you don't mean lotus put their name on a vauxhall ?

[bimsb6]

bimsb6 said:

4WD said:

Just because vauxhall recently put their name on a lotus and holden, doesn't mean were all going to forget their last twenty years of nova-esq excrement. Changing peoples opinions will take a long time. How long was it for skoda? Even now they are only just acceptable. Well, acceptable to ex-vauxhall owners anyway

are you sure you don't mean lotus put their name on a vauxhall ?

DOH! just realised you are talking vx220 and i am thinking carlton !

[harryking]

how do you go about getting a test drive? i assume your local dealer wont have one in? Are they still for sale / how many left? Will they do a friends and family discount?

[V8HSV]

MCFADDEN said:

I'm spending a fortnight in Sydney around Christmas time.

Anyone know where I can I hire some decent V8 muscle when I am down there.

When I was last in Aus a friend had a Holden HSV & it was a beaut even with an Auto box.

Any recommendations would be greatfully received.

Need to Book soon!

Thanks

Put a post up on the HSV & Monaro forum, we have Ozzies over here & Poms over there & you should get lots of feedback

[Dougie.]

We're running a similar feature written by Craig Mills in next month's Total Vauxhall mag, but our feature concentrates mostly on the Monaro.

[Dunk76]

I'm slightly bemused by the comments around the archaic Mustang back end as the Monaro platform dates from around 1984 anyway.

The Monaro is based on the Omega floorpan, which itself is based on the Carlton floorplan - when I say based, I mean 'more or less the same thing'. The early Omegas used the gearbox and back end from the GSi3000 (the Calibra Turbo also used the Carlton back-axle too)

I think Vauxhall missed a trick with the Monaro - after all, if anyone can afford to run a 5.7/6.0 V8 in this country, they're probably not that fussed about the fact it's cheaper than a 320d saloon.

Vauxhall, IMO, should have played on the LC heritage, slapped £10K on it, and launched it as a 6.0 Supercharged 650bhp/200mph+ monster and used it purely to wipe the floor with the competition.

Edited by Dunk76 on Wednesday 15th November 11:59

[LuS1fer]

Dunk76 said:

I'm slightly bemused by the comments around the archaic Mustang back end as the Monaro platform dates from around 1984 anyway.

Because it's an obvious and easy target. They forget to add that a live-axled Mustang FR500C is wiping the floor with all the European opposition in the track racing in America. There's nothing wrong with a well-set up live rear end.

[Dunk76]

LuS1fer said:

Dunk76 said:

I'm slightly bemused by the comments around the archaic Mustang back end as the Monaro platform dates from around 1984 anyway.

Because it's an obvious and easy target. They forget to add that a live-axled Mustang FR500C is wiping the floor with all the European opposition in the track racing in America. There's nothing wrong with a well-set up live rear end.

Aaahh, but that's because a Live Axle with a panhard rod located upper left/lower right (as most are) is better at turning left

[LuS1fer]

Dunk76 said:

LuS1fer said:

Dunk76 said:

I'm slightly bemused by the comments around the archaic Mustang back end as the Monaro platform dates from around 1984 anyway.

Because it's an obvious and easy target. They forget to add that a live-axled Mustang FR500C is wiping the floor with all the European opposition in the track racing in America. There's nothing wrong with a well-set up live rear end.

Aaahh, but that's because a Live Axle with a panhard rod located upper left/lower right (as most are) is better at turning left

I think you're thinking of NASCAR anti-clockwise oval tracks where left turns are the order of the day and in fact the cars are engineered to stop them turning left. The Grand Am series in which the Mustang competes and wins is run on racing circuits like Laguna Seca with turns both left and right and I think they race anti-clockwise so would be turning right....gives the others a chance of winning as well.

[jellison]

Good write-up in Sun Motoring today (Ken Gibson) on the Monaro saying great old school car, that you actually have to Drive to master it instead of all ths computerised SH*T doing it for you - NICE. A few a VW last weekend - but thought the would lokk meaner in the flesh.