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Raelsmar
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Very Nice.
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Infamous5.0
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They have smog check over there too
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50DADDY
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Theyre really into cars there,and theyve got alot of dragstrips.
Aussie cars rock!!!!!!!!! ![[worship]](graemlins/worship.gif)
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SAV650HAB
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i'd pay to take a ride in that
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Posts: 5091 | From: SHOREVIEW E.S SAN MATEO | Registered: Sep 2010
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89foxstang
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have you ever seen the australian v8 super cars race? thats how i feel nascar should be full bodied street cars on the track racing wheel to wheel! id watch it then!
Posts: 825 | From: Davis | Registered: Aug 2005
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fstryde3
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Originally posted by 89foxstang:
have you ever seen the australian v8 super cars race? thats how i feel nascar should be full bodied street cars on the track racing wheel to wheel! id watch it then!
Exactly that's why I like the DTM stuff too cause at least the cars look like street cars nascar vehicles all look the same and drive in circles that is tired but try telling that to the South!
Posts: 2950 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Jun 2008
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Zeke34
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I've been thinking they like hotrods/muscle cars more than we do in the US. Hell just looking at what cars they get and we don't kinda pisses me off.
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Ford Australia had an embarrassing problem with its high-performance six-cylinder Falcon sedan: The Ford Performance Vehicles F6 was, er, faster than its V-8-powered counterpart, the FPV GT. The F6's 4.0-liter straight-six might have had the same bore-center spacing as the straight-six fitted to the first Australian-built Falcon a half century ago, but like Grandpa's axe, everything else had been replaced or renewed over the years. With its twin-cam, four-valve cylinder head and Garrett GT3540 turbocharger, the F6's all-Aussie six delivered 415 horsepower and 416 pound-feet of torque. The U.S.-built 5.4-liter V-8 that powered the GT boasted just 7 more horses -- and 10 pound-feet less torque. As a result, the GT was a second slower over the quarter mile and, because it weighed more, less fun in the twisties.
While the GT might have worn one of the most storied badges in Aussie musclecar history, one that dated back to the 289-powered 1967 Falcon GT, local road testers regularly toasted the F6 as one of the best Australian sport sedans ever.
Well, the reign of the turbo six is over. FPV's Falcon GT is under new management, and the new Boss is a powerful straight torquer. Under the hood is a supercharged version of Ford's new 5.0-liter Coyote V-8, developed in Australia by FPV partner Prodrive. You might have heard of Prodrive: It's the Brit-based motorsport shop that, among other things, built Colin McRae's Subaru rally cars and the Aston Martins that race at Le Mans. Prodrive owns 51 percent of FPV; Ford owns the rest.
Kick the supercharged Coyote in the guts, and it settles into a deep, throbbing idle. Spin the crank into the mid-range, and there's a growing, rich swell of thrust on tap, but little else signposting this burbling bent-eight as blown. But offer it a force-fed lungful via a wide-open throttle, and you're shoved down the highway to a maniacal whine from the supercharger as a torrent of torque powers you to an insistent top-end that's part V-8 howl and part blower shriek. This new GT is quick.
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/1104_2011_ford_falcon_fpv_boss_335_gt_drive/index.html#ixzz1PxdklQrF
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2011 FORD FALCON FPV BOSS 335 GT BASE PRICE $71,000 (est, Australia) VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, RWD, 5-pass, 4-door sedan ENGINE 5.0L/449-hp/420-lb-ft supercharged DOHC 32-valve V-8 TRANSMISSION 6-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT 4100 lb (mfr) LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 195.6 x 73.5 x 57.2 in 0-60 MPH 5.2 sec (MT est)
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dubfive-0
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they do magic in some of their cars, 3 Australian guys wanted to buy my falcon and where going to pay shipping and all in Ebay. but before that happened someone jumped on it locally.
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hOLY fuking forced induction !!
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Pure Stang
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smog laws suck over there lol. i was actually thinking of moving to Australia loved it down there.
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fstryde3
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Originally posted by Pure Stang:
smog laws suck over there lol. i was actually thinking of moving to Australia loved it down there.
I'm scared of Australia too many snakes and spiders that can kill you and you gotta worry about avoiding these guys,
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Zeke34
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Originally posted by Pure Stang:
smog laws suck over there lol. i was actually thinking of moving to Australia loved it down there.
I think that's crazy as hell, considering that they have lots of events like this (link below) out there. I wonder if their smogs laws are, in comparison to those of California.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNj7HG5Ow4&feature=related
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Pure Stang
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its more expensive, and if you have any i mean any rust or what looks to be rust. you dont pass visual.... picture is funny as shit... whne i went i didnt go to the wild i staid mostly in Sydney. people are super nice over there like over here sometimes you cant even have a regular conversation.
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Posts: 6497 | From: San Jose | Registered: Nov 2006
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sic70stang
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Originally posted by SF Coupe:
You guys should watch this documentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKpX5phKTZE
Awesome watched the entire thing on hulu
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