Jump to content
SAU Community

commodors vs skylines

Mase
 Share

Recommended Posts

Flynnn Grand Master

Flynnn

Posted
Posted

Oh and also i believe the Falcon is a good quality car. Why? Think of it, why rnt their any magna's or camrys or acccords, or even maximas as taxi's in Aus? 90% of the Taxi's are Falcon, and 10% is Commodore. Falcons I6 can do over a million km's without the need of an engine rebuilt. Those cars run 24/7, they only get bout 2-3 hours rest a day.

  • Replies 164
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

Posted
Posted

My old man used to own a cab and always bought falcons.

The word gets around pretty quick how good or bad the new vt's vx's are etc amongst the owners. Fords are the most reliable.

Funny thing is with the AU the powersteering pump would crap its self quite often. Apparently they ran the same pumps as the commodores and the commodores had that same problem.

I always thought the commodores were a little more fuel efficient BUT they just arn't as reliable. On average the V6 when a cab has trouble as soon as it starts hitting 200,000kays.

My old mans AU at the time didn't have any problems until 450,000. The first cab he had was a XD falcon with a 250 x flow.

That thing never had the head off it and it had done 900,000km's when he sold it. It was overheated once due to a stupid driver that kept driving when there was no water in it.

lol this is the funny part.

Cab drivers arn't to bring well... some of them.

Due to Uni I work part time in a servo and the other night the cab driver left the gas screwed on to the car and tried to drive off. lol.

Silly Arab man. I couldn't help but smile when he realised. :)

rev210 Grand Master

rev210

Posted
Posted
Originally posted by KDR33

LOL some one here said they bet a XR6T with their Volvo wagon,which i find it interesting. My R33 Gtst is basically all stock with a 3" exhaust from turbo and a Apexi catback. I managed to pull 14.7 the best.. Now i guess ur Volvo wagon is even faster than my car? Coz a XR6T Auto does 14.2 and manuel 14.1 stock, their damn powerfull and got 185rwkw. The Auto Tremec is better, coz if your lookn to  modify your car later on, it can handle it quite well. U can get a Chip put in for $1200 from APS gets the car to 290kw... Now what have you done to your Volvo wagon to get it to do 13 seconds?

BTW, my r33 is manuel :)

Good thing you don't live in perth then isn't it.

this is the offender.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...=&postid=227796

the reason to be afraid.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...=&postid=152494

very afraid...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...=&postid=152497

Just another point my freind. Magazine reviews of a cars 400m performance are not conducted at a real drag strip, as such they are a poor measure of the reality. I believe the best 'stock' XR6T time I have seen on a 'real' drag strip was mid 14's, with good traction.

JimX Grand Master

JimX

Posted
Posted

I don't think it's so much that Fords are more reliable than Holdens just because of the manufacturer, I think it's just that the inline 6 engine design is better. I remember even into the early-mid 90's I would occasionally see an old HX or HZ Taxi. If the VL came out in a wide body then I think we would have been seeing more of these as taxis around for longer than subsequent Commodore models.

KDR33, as for the Volvo beating the XR6T, just because something is faster on paper doesn't mean it's faster in real life. If you let the engine bog or if you can't get traction, then a much slower car can beat you. That's why people actually race, not just compare figures and say "yeah ok, your car wins" :D

Speaking of Volvos, I know a guy whose dad had a twin turbo Volvo a few years ago (might still have it) and he would occasionally put slicks on it and hoon around the neighbourhood in the middle of the night. One time this guy borrowed the car and reversed out the driveway too fast, the turbos kicked in and he ended up mounting the gutter on the other side of the street :P

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

Posted
Posted

That is true JimX.. When Commodores brought out the VB to VL shape they really were to small for taxi's. This is why we saw so many of the XD's XF's etc..

The Inline 6 is a better design. More reliable, smoother.

My fiancee's VN commodore had a rebuild when it hit 200,000kays as it started getting really slow. When the motor was stripped down apparently it was ready to drop a valve.

Its now done 280kays and the thing vibrates like hell and sounds sick.

I think the person who did the rebuild should be shot.

Turbo Tits Community Regular

Turbo Tits

Posted
Posted

the configuration of the cylinders has no bearing on an engines reliabilty. it is the quality of design and engineering, the ammount of development, and successful execution in production of each engine that will determine its reliability.

its probably more to the point that early australian and american engines were of a generally lower standard on a global scale that made them inferior. just a thought, im positive there are exceptions. but im sure you'll all agree that the 4 cylinder out of a Torana Sunbird was a bag of baboon balls.

riggaP Veteran

riggaP

Posted
Posted

Skylines were designed first and foremost as a sports car. Commos and Falcons were designed as family cars and have had performance forced upon them.

The only way to compare these 2 cars is straight line performance. Stock for stock I spose there would be very little difference. However, the "rice rocket" would do it more smoothly, efficiently, quietly, and with more class.

JimX Grand Master

JimX

Posted
Posted
Originally posted by riggaP

Skylines were designed first and foremost as a sports car.

No they weren't, they were designed first and foremost as a family sedan. It's just that they happen to be the right size and shape to take the performance upgrade and 2 door treatment more readily than a Commodore or Falcon (ie, Skyline coupe weighs less than Skyline sedan, the opposite for Commodore).

The Skyline was never a sports car from the ground-up, not even the R34.

T0nyGTSt Grand Master

T0nyGTSt

Posted
Posted

You gotta ask yourself why so many Commodore drivers end up driving Skylines. I used to drive a Commodore. It'll be a cold day in hell before I end up owning a Commodore again.

Falcons just are better packages for taxi's being good on LPG and with a tough live rear end.

Oh and the 33/34 is based on the Nissan "Laurel" floorplan/chassis which is a luxo sedan.

The only REAL sports based Skyline is the original R32 GT-R :D

T.

Mini Me Contributor

Mini Me

Posted
Posted

yeah the same engine will be used in alfa's and some other brand cars under the GM ownership, in different configurations (3.0, 3.6, 3.8L). estimated 200kw is pretty decent. wonder id they will turbo it to go head to head with the XR6T? that would make some serious power. would be a much better engine than the "new" gen 4 double pushrod :) engine that is supposed to be going in the VZ SS etc. still i don't think i will buy Oz again for a while......

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • TurboTapin
      boost source Size Garrett gt28 gen2

      By TurboTapin · Posted

      You just need to remove the compressor housing, not the entire turbo. I would not be drilling and tapping anything with the housing still on anyways. 
    • Kinkstaah
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      So, I put my boat on a boat. First of all, I'm going to come out and say it. Why is Tasmania not considered a holy goal, an apex that all road-legal modified cars go to, to experience? This place is an absolute wonderland of titanic proportions. If people are already getting club runs for once in a lifetime 30 person cruises to Tassy then I've never seemed to see it. It is like someone replaced the entire place with an idyllic wonderland for cars, and all of the people living there with paid actors who are kind, humble, and friendly. Dear god. After doing a lap of almost all of the place I've found that it's a great way to find out all of the little things that the car isn't doing quite right and a great way to figure it all out. All in all, I drove for 4 hours a day for a week and nothing broke. I didn't even need to open the engine bay. This is by all means a great success, but it has left me with a list of things to potentially address. I also now have a 3D printed wheel fitment tool which annoyingly hasn't got any threads in it to actually assemble it. I might be able to tape it together to check the sizing I actually want to use, but it'll likely involving pulling the shocks out to properly measure travel at least at the front, and probably raise the car while I'm at it, at least in the rear. I scraped on quite a few things and I'm not sure how else to go about it. I was taking anything with a bump at what felt like 89 degree angles. And address those 10 other tasks. And wash the car. God damn it is dirty. And somehow, the weather was perfect the entire time - And because I was on the top of Mt Wellington it turns out it was very much about to freeze up there. I did something I typically never do and took some photos up there in what must have been -10 and the foggy felt like suspended ice, rather than mere fog. If you own a car in Australia, you owe it to yourself to do it.
    • QB6SAGR
      Battle of the broken skylines

      By QB6SAGR · Posted

      Damn that was hilarious, and a bit embarrassing for skylines in general 😂 vintage car life ey. That R33 really stomped. Pretty entertaining stuff
    • cosline
      R32 gtr transmission strength, billet plate

      By cosline · Posted

      Hi, I have a r32 gtr transmission. Does any of you guys have an idea how much power it will hold with the billet center plate and stock gearset? At what power level and use did yours brake with or without billet plate? Thanks, Oystein Lovik
    • Rezz
      Spotted on the street....

      By Rezz · Posted

      Saw this replica police car based on a Mitsubishi Starion XX parked next to a 'police box' (it's literally a box) in Hirohata, Himeji City in Hyogo prefecture the other day. It's owned by Morii-san who is a local Mitsubishi Starion enthusiast. According to a local radio station blog post, he always wanted to make a police car himself based on ones he saw in his favourite Manga comics.  As it's illegal to modify a car to look like a police car and drive on the road, Morii-san tried many times to get permission from Aboshi police station headquarters nearby. They refused initially by after they got tired of that they granted him permission. However, the car can only be displayed on private property and obviously can't be registered as long as the police livery is present. The car was completed at a cost of 1.5 million yen (US$ 10,000) in addition to the car cost. A location was chosen outside Hirohata Police box where the car can easily been seen from the street. Morii-san has two other Starion road cars, both widebody GSR-VRs.
×
×
  • Create New...