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Vt Ss Ls1 - Who Has Driven One, Who Owns One?

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Interesting perspective. Did you have any suspension mods done to your SS? Only because mine was lowered and had aftermarket springs & shocks and it felt fantastic around corners. It suprised a lot of people. Never drove one with standard suspension though so I can't really comment.

I'd probably agree with him, I had an LS1 V8 VX for a little while and it had a slight drop and 18rims and it was horrible on corners, the slightly older version V6 (Supercharged) roughly the same time I was driving on and off running on regular suspension was a much easier car to live with in terms of balance and handling.

Neither I would consider 'remarkable' in terms of power for what they where and how they managed to put it down which was clumsier than a teenager grabbing their first boob. The V8 does have good amounts torque and it doesn't take an awful lot to get a lot more power out of the engine with some very cheap mods. Aside from that I find it very hard to praise much else about them apart from the price (which is quite low) and the list of things which sucked was very long...

Trust33 Grand Master

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i have driven vx ls1 5.7l and vz ls2 6.0l ss and a ba ford xr8. the commo's feel more sporty. where as the fords felt more like a family car. try them out. both are spacious and both have great straight line grunt. and will tow ur family with a car load of stuff with a trailer on the rear.

charlie15 Rookie

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i used to own a vy ss 5.7 litre. go very well. also driven a vx ss and vt ss (all gen 3's). not much difference between the vx and vt ss

but id definitely buy a vx ss if youre saying you have 15k to spend. 16k and youll get one. obviously petrol

is a killer avg 17l-18l per 100kms. i love holden v8s (although i have an s15). i say buy it its worth it for what you pay.

Modena Grand Master

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i used to own a vy ss 5.7 litre. go very well. also driven a vx ss and vt ss (all gen 3's). not much difference between the vx and vt ss

but id definitely buy a vx ss if youre saying you have 15k to spend. 16k and youll get one. obviously petrol

is a killer avg 17l-18l per 100kms. i love holden v8s (although i have an s15). i say buy it its worth it for what you pay.

And I thought my skyline was thirsty at at just over 12 litres per 100 km...

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NYTSKY Grand Master

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When i smashed my car i was looking around for an Aristo.I would get one of those over a SS.All the luxury stuff,good on fuel when you just want to potter around.And with a few mods will smash a SS anyday of the week.

gtst25 Proficient

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That's the way I've gone - an Aristo - cost all up under 13 registered - imported through an agent - looked at 40 before finding a good one though! Haven't been able to drive it yet as we're still waiting for compliance plates and have been waiting since jan. A pain in the butt as there has been a big influx of Aristo's... that's what the compliancers are saying anyway.

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evil_weevil Grand Master

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mark,

id say 200 rwkw and up.

200 can see skylines in the 13's and well set up, low 13's

about the same as a bolt on modded ls1 (say vt - vx) and now these days you'll need more as even cammed LS1s are getting around the 250 - 300rwkw (SAU NSW Dyno day just gone, Josh got 301.?rwkw in his cammed and tuned VX SS)

when he had 230rwkw he did a 13.1 @108 - 110?

joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Grand Master

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mark power to weight is key here....

roughly... a conformodore ss weighs 1.65 ton and a 33 gtst (staying 2wd here peeps) weighs 1.39 ton

for a power to weight ratio of roughly 100rwkw per tonne a

skyline needs 139 rwkw

conformodore needs 165 rwkw

meaning that a gtst needs roughly 18.5% less power than a commonwhore at stock weight to be the same kw/tonne

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