Older V8s, do they still have a place?

[ford71V8]

I doubt I would ever notice an Aurion pulling up alongside me at the lights.

[MercurySilver]

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[Boza]

Nothing like pushrods for me old scholl v9's all the way here have had both clevo's and windsors love them to death and the cars they're fitted too

[Brodes]

Ok Hulk has settled it for me, I'm going to sell my GT, Fairmont & XR8 & put a deposit down on a new Sportivo today. I'm sure to beat every car & pull all the chicks. Gunna be fully ***.

Thanks Hulk, you're a social status saver.

[Brodes]

I'm recommending this junk thread be closed, it's pure trolling.

[superyob]

Be sure to dismiss yourself when you become outdated or irrelevant HulkI6t. Oh wait, that moment has come, been and gone...

[fgpsi]

Greatest troll on the site

You all take the bait so easy when he goes phishing

[PepeLePew]

Hulk you are a perfect example of how tolerant this forum can be.......but continue like this and I'm sure you will, once again, find the limit. .

[arronm]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

One of my neighbours has a 1976 model Holden statesman V8. Looks well cared for. He parks it in the garage and keeps his new model Holden Ss 6.0 v8 VE outside??? He only takes the 1976 statesman out on special occasions too .

His VE is his daily. why would he save the worse car for special occassions??? . He treats himself by going backwards?

I chuckle every time I see him reverse it out on Sundays

If you have had a car that is very special to yourself you would understand the feeling the owner has when he pulls the 1976 holden out and drives it

It has nothing to do with age , power, fuel consumption.

It's all about the feelings and the memories

[auxr]

Hulky, Hulky where are you, come on, come out and play.

pps - old school V8's will always, and I mean always be relevant - full stop.

[2011G6E]

They have a place...as long as people don't think they're in any way the pinnacle of power and performance. They've been long overshadowed by the power outputs of modern engines (all engines, not just modern V8's).

My favourite example is the magazine I have from 1982 with a comparison between the XE ESP Ghia with a 351 Clevo and the VH SS Group III Commodore. The poor old Clevo was only just chuffing out 140-odd kilowatts at the time. The worked five liter Holden was managing around the 160 I think.

People complain that they "measured the power differently then, with all ancillaries fitted"...because when you drive your street car, you drive it without an alternator, water pump drive, exhausts, or air cleaner, right...? The power figures at that time were realistic, the way you would buy the vehicle, not unrealistic ideal figures from an engine dyno.

I love old V8's...we have a worked 253 in a WB ute...but I don't in any way think it's "superior" to modern engines. It has it's place as an example of how things used to be done, of what was once "the way to do it", but it's certainly light years behind even the engine in grannies new Corolla...

You're right...it's about a feeling when you're driving one of these old things. I loved driving our ute down to the new house along the highway a couple of weeks ago...loping along, the engine burbling nicely, the carby sucking noisily under acceleration, looking at that old GTS dash...but while it overtook other cars OK, I've certainly been in much quicker newer cars with much smaller engines...

[Grippy]

Trolling at its finest Hulk. Of course older V8's still have a place, look around this forum and absorb the passion for old school muscle.

[superyob]

Originally Posted by fgpsi

Greatest troll on the site

You all take the bait so easy when he goes phishing

That is true but I think most know already. I don't mind biting at such a silly subject...

[Grunter]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

...I was driving with a girl from work and a mint old ford pulled out from a side street (I thought it looked great) and I said what would you do if a guy turned up in that.. She laughed and said its feral.

Reading your threads, sounds like your friends are matched perfectly to your personality. You're going to be a lonely fellow if they start saying that all Falcon's/Commodores are, like sooooo old and boganish.

[Falcon Coupe]

These loaded topics with passive aggressive agenda are trying my patience Hulk.