96 VS ExII, what are people getting 0-100kmph???

[Nessie1996]

Redbook along with other sources tell me a stocky gets 8.9 seconds.

Just then on the freeway, I pulled over, waited for no traffic, spooled up the torque converter until I'd almost lost brake traction and then let it ride.

I got 7.70 seconds from foot off brakes till 100kmph. Is 8.9secs from NOT spooling TorqConv? I'm confused, I was expecting 0.5-2 seconds MORE than stock, and that was definitely NOT the fastest my car has ever taken off.

So what are you guys getting (stockys preferred)??

[BowTie]

There are many variables that you haven't accounted for.

Tailwind, slope angle, fuel load, passenger load, traction, atmospheric conditions and weather.

Published figures do their best to eliminate such things by averageing two passes in opposite directions and stuff like that to arrive at the figure.

I'm guessing it was a cold day with an undetectable 2-3degree descent with an 1/8th of a tank, no passengers and a 65km/h tailwind.

[monkeys437]

They figures from new car reviews vary so much. Ive seen 8.9-10.9 quoted for a VT V6. I dont know how anyone could get 10.9 for a VT thats Prius territory

[Nessie1996]

If anything there was an upward slope, my car was not performing as well as it has on colder days, and the car had been running for over 25 minutes and usually by then I've lost a lot of throttle response. As for fuel it was about 40-50%

I'm not bragging, I'm asking for other peoples results. Perhaps holden says "8.9 seconds" so as to minimise the chance of it performing worse than that. Maybe they'd be in legal trouble if it did worse off the shelf?

[old mate]

with a stopwatch? they can be unreliable. and how accurate is your speedo.

[hsv91ss]

7.45 according to stopwatch on iPhone.

[Nessie1996]

Yeah I used an iPhone stopwatch.. and none the less, my car has driven faster than that before, so i dunno. Im just confused why its advertised at 8.9 when a 15year old engine can do faster?

[justbad4you]

They figures from new car reviews vary so much. Ive seen 8.9-10.9 quoted for a VT V6. I dont know how anyone could get 10.9 for a VT thats Prius territory

i get 11.5 ish sec in my vt every time(14yo car)......not that i do it a lot.........i get 6.8 to 7.5 in my v8 maloo......velox is a gps based sytem with stop watch.....go to getjar.com its free for all smart phones and works a treat ive had it for over 5 years i use it for heaps of things>cheacking speedo accuricy and so on......

[pjdm1980]

Depends on if you have the optional flux capacitor or not LOL

[Cpt Awesome]

when i did mine with one passenger reading off the digital speed alert live speed read out function on it with half a tank nd most of my wadrobe among other crap i got 9.8 - 10 sec and thats with spooling the stally. totally stock btw