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23-02-2010, 02:59 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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It would be nice if FPV would come out and dismissed the GT-HO fairytale once and for all like HSV have done too to stop all the nonsense and speculation that continues to cloud the brand..... It might help gain a few immediate sales from allot people sitting on the fence waiting in hope....
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335 S/C GT: The new KING of Australian made performance cars.. 
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23-02-2010, 03:02 PM
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^mcnews, You won automatically once I'd read: "I was in my completely stock standard E49 Charger... "
 Interesting you say that though, the GTS-R is the very same car that allegedly (claimed by Holden) dethroned the glorious E49 R/T's 25+ year reign. If you beat one in flesh, it throws a bit of suspicion to the claim as marketing hype, which may even extend the E49's reign to up until...?? When? XR6T? We love our Vals. |
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23-02-2010, 03:05 PM
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23-02-2010, 03:08 PM
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Don't start. Stock standard the E49 won virtually every comparison press test. In NZ where they actually had a race effort they won something like eight touring car championships and Ford NZ lured Moffat and the HO over to try and beat them but failed. Here they did nothing because they didn't really try to do anything. A lot of people hold the HO as the holy grail, plenty of others hold something lighter and faster as the holy grail of home grown Aussie muscle cars. And it was actually Aussie as the engine, gearbox and diff were just not imported from overseas but made right here in Australia :-)
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23-02-2010, 03:09 PM
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Fastest qtr mile times 4Vman. Bathurst victories are great and all, but aren't the be all end all. Personally I'd say a very lengthy and thorough dominance of tight technical NZ tracks and a long dominance of a few Aussie tracks, as well as numerous Targa achivements would be just as impressive - ala E49, Godzilla, Sierra Cosworth.
EDIT: The engine block was American (or at least at first), and the carbs were Italian.. ...and that's about it. With Leo Geoghehan behind the wheel I'd put the Aussie content at 110%. What other car can claim that? |
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