Pablito
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2006
- Messages
- 407
- Reaction score
- 300
- Points
- 63
- Location
- Central Coast NSW
- Members Ride
- VF Redline, VE SS
Go the V6. Drove to Adelaide from Melbourne in the mid-summer heat with a/c on the whole way, a full boot and the whole family on board... it used 51 litres to do 760km.
They're a great engine. The only thing that annoys me is that it sounds like a sewing machine. Otherwise, it has better take off and is much smoother than my other car which has an LS1 V8.
They fixed that in the LFX engines which were first fitted to late VEII models... a long time ago.
As a comparison, I did the same distance on a trip to the Gold Coast in the SS, also with the car full of people and luggage, and got there without stopping for fuel. Not sure of how manly litres it used doing the 760kms, fuel light was on and i got fuel once there so i would guess about 65 litres? Happy to pay the extra $20 in fuel on a 760k trip and get to listen to that 8 cylinder symphony the whole way