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I was at a set of lights a couple of cars back from the front, the light went green and a VE SS takes off like crazy with a VZ exec P plater next to him. I kind of chuckled to myself thinking "P plater in V6 VZ trying to race a VE SS lol."
Bugger me the VZ got ahead of the VE SS and they were really going for it in first gear anyway. The VZ got the VE SS on take off quite easily, then the SS backed off, it was pretty much a 1st gear blast. It was a VZ exec base model, not an SV6 and sure wasn't a V8, I heard the Alloytec engine, the VE SS sounded like a stock auto.
So being a P plated car I assume the VZ did not got any form of forced induction (not supposed to anyway) it sounded stock but quite a bit louder (exhaust mods probably) it took off really quickly and seemed to have most of it's get up and go in 1st gear. I have driven a stock VZ exec and doubt they would go anything like a VE SS.
So what may have been done to it to take off so fast, diff gears amongst other things?
May have had an SV6 engine in it, I doubt it would have been the Alloytec 175.
I am a bit more of a Ford man (but would like a VE Calais) but that was a quick VZ
I'm not wanting to glorify street racing, yes it should be kept at the track, It was on a highway 80 zone and mostly first gear so I would regard it as a quick squirt rather than a full on race.
Bugger me the VZ got ahead of the VE SS and they were really going for it in first gear anyway. The VZ got the VE SS on take off quite easily, then the SS backed off, it was pretty much a 1st gear blast. It was a VZ exec base model, not an SV6 and sure wasn't a V8, I heard the Alloytec engine, the VE SS sounded like a stock auto.
So being a P plated car I assume the VZ did not got any form of forced induction (not supposed to anyway) it sounded stock but quite a bit louder (exhaust mods probably) it took off really quickly and seemed to have most of it's get up and go in 1st gear. I have driven a stock VZ exec and doubt they would go anything like a VE SS.
So what may have been done to it to take off so fast, diff gears amongst other things?
May have had an SV6 engine in it, I doubt it would have been the Alloytec 175.
I am a bit more of a Ford man (but would like a VE Calais) but that was a quick VZ
I'm not wanting to glorify street racing, yes it should be kept at the track, It was on a highway 80 zone and mostly first gear so I would regard it as a quick squirt rather than a full on race.