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

[silva33]

Ive got a CV8 Monaro and personally I love the LS1... build quality isnt the best when you compare them to a German or Jap car but it is a really nice comfy drive with a suprising amount of go..

[MK2]

  Yidz said:

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]

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]

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]

  charlie15 said:

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...

[ron]

see if you can find BA falcons with I6 Barra engines 190KW, much better car than the VT.

consumption is around 16-17L/100k

[mark_sudakov]

How much kw atw do u need to have in a skyline to be as fast as these v8's, roughly?

[NYTSKY]

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]

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.

Cheers

[evil_weevil]

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]

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