Cop Car Crap

[Bass Junky]

Regarding the chips.

The only modifications to the chips is that they idle at a slightly higher rpm to make sure that they dont drain the batttery when sitting there with everything running.

they have never had any power mods, and I doubt they ever will.

They mostly drive SS commodores because of the higher resale value at the end of the lease term and becuase they already come with the fe2 suspension.

None have ever had any engine mods done. Can you imagine the shear cost of modifying every single cop car that hits the road. The economics would be all up the sh1t.

Anybody who says that they have a Cop chip in their commo know not of what he says.

BASS OUT

[Mulkers]

my brother and his mate were working on cop cars, a holden and a ford, at their respective dealerships. The fords discs were badly cracked and damaged, and the holdens were so thin that they had little effect at all.

From my understanding (prob little,) highway patrol (etc) cars, such as the SS's, XR8s and GTs have a chip, but not much else

[D-G]

Although all these cop cars are "fast", i'd rather have one of them chasing me then a 34 or Cappa in Hong Kong

Or so i'm told from a friend who used to live there...

So i guess were lucky we have commos and fords on our ass insted of the true hunters of speed. ( And in Hong Kong their MEAN )

[ossie_21]

I would imagine they would be chipped at least. The governments when getting these cars probably have a deal with the makers for cop cars, and would be fitted from the factory with these upgrades. That makes sense to me. I can't see a standard 6cyl commondore keeping up with a stolen GTR (or something single turbo for that matter)on a freeway run.

[SDEWY5]

I live next door to a highway patrol dude, he says theyre "nothing special" and only reason we think theyre fast is "whenever you see us we're usually caning it"

Good bloke, only he gets my car confused with another stooge who lives around my area n does all kinds of dumb shit...

[PHATR32]

yeah, i dont think a vx or vy would stand a chance against any type of gtr on the freeway, no matter what chip they have!!!!

if it wasnt for the damb chopper, it would be a bit easier to get away, provided you know how to drive of course.

steve

[Josh]

Well that clears a lot up. How good is this fe2 suspension? It doesn't sound that great..

Yeh it would suck having the chopper after you.. you'd have no chance unless you wait for it to run out of fuel! Or just stop in the first place.

[Cubes]

There's a SS Police commodore down south that hassles all the boy racers in their silvia's skylines ceffy's etc..

It is definitely a little louder than a stock commodore but still legal sounding. Looked like it got up and went as it hunted down a 180sx.

Its no wonder the imports get attention from the police.

Head down south on a warm day and watch all the boy racers fly up and down Griffiths Drive doing 100km/h in a 50km/h zone.

Jacks me off really, accelerate hard to near the speed limit but there's no need to keep holding it down.

Suprisingly 90% of the cars that do this are either Commodores or S13's.

[Links]

i like the ^^ picture.. I think you'd crap yourself if that thing came barreling along behind you..

[Josh]

No shit eh!! I would freak! Hope they never have those here.. unless I join the police force!

[Bass Junky]

the only reason they seem faster and louder is because the Coppers get up the ALL THE TIME, and when a cop car is trying to chase you, they feel lots quicker than a normal car racing you, because you know that when they catch you, you're fu(ked

[GTR R35]

In NSW NONE of the cop cars have ECU Mods.

I was told that they do remove the 230km/h speed limiter on the XR6T/XR8 HP cars

It is also not hard to outrun a cop car, but they have the luxury of numbers, they can radio ahead to get you.

[satanic]

Have a friend who worked in a Holden workshop where most of the cops on the Northern Beaches have their cars "done"...

Basically the cars are stock standard; there is nothing special done to them barr the lights, stickers, some reinforcement here and there and maybe the chip. She said the chip was only at request and most did not have them.

NSW COP CARS OF INTEREST:

Smart Roadster

Smart Car

WRX (blue and white)

Cooper S

Armoured 4WD looking thing with PHAT TIRES!!!

[b0neR]

I have a mate that works at a ford dealership where a few cop cars are contracted to have there work done on, he said that the ecu simply has a 'cop mode' that you can switch too when using the diagnostic tool and that all it does is takes away the limiter and raises the idle a bit, he isnt sure if it gives any more power or changes anything else. Also they weigh heaps because not only do they have the computers and radio and siren crap but the boot is usually full of equipment, gun/ammo riot gear etc, which is why they are usually below legal limit in height at the rear.

As for weird cop cars ive seen a few new marked magnas, ive been pulled over by an old crappy magna, i saw the smart car that was funny and my mate was pulled over by an unmarked bmw.

[R32 4 Door]

I have a mate that works at a ford dealership where a few cop cars are contracted to have there work done on, he said that the ecu simply has a 'cop mode' that you can switch too when using the diagnostic tool and that all it does is takes away the limiter and raises the idle a bit, he isnt sure if it gives any more power or changes anything else. Also they weigh heaps because not only do they have the computers and radio and siren crap but the boot is usually full of equipment, gun/ammo riot gear etc, which is why they are usually below legal limit in height at the rear.

As for weird cop cars ive seen a few new marked magnas, ive been pulled over by an old crappy magna, i saw the smart car that was funny and my mate was pulled over by an unmarked bmw.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That is exactly right. I too work at ford and we do get the police cars from around the local area, (South Brisbane). There is no ECU Mods at all on any vehicle owned by the QLD Police. In QLD they seem to have alot of different unmarked cars now. What I have seen at work and on the streets include:

VZ SV6 Alloytec 190

VZ SS

VZ SS Ute Black

BA XR6T

BA XR6T Ute

BA XR8

BA XR8 Ute

Astra Turbo

AWD Magna

And to the people saying that they would try to get away from the police, Don't even try it! You may think 1 car is only after you but the is 2 things on your car known as number plates. This is all the police need to access your registration details and the address of the registered owner of the vehicle. Even though you have a GT-R and you could easily loose 1 car, more could be called in to block a road up further. If you do loose the police, you will have the boys in blue knocking on your door later on. So don't try it. It just gives today tonight another reason to make us car enthusists look bad.

[END RANT]

Chris.

[Bo05t3d]

i agree completly^^^ cops arnt as stupid as they seem they WILL catch you and yes there may be a very luky escape here and there but eventualy you will get caught and then they will most likley start trying to ban GTR's and other good names from our country...

(End Rant)

[LO_R33]

My parents have a VX II SS which was an ACT police car... This car was a special build from holden, as when they got it up on the computer, it had 'police build number xx"

I've ran new SS's, r33 skylines, 350z's and the most interesting run was against a normal ss commodore a mate had. Same model, everything, and i totally left him for dead.

Compared to other 5.7L commodores i've driven its much faster and louder as others have said. With the auto as well, you can hold it into the gear and it will not automatically shift even if locked in like most others do. Hence its pretty obvious it has an aftermarket computer.

The suspension in them is fairly good too... i cant drive the car to its full potiential, but it sure handles well. They also have cross drilled brakes on the front. And yes, thats how we purchased it. As well as the interior light, and digital speedo, and it also has 2km incriment increases, insted of the usually 10km.

Dayne

[dezz]

as far as i know, VIC cop cars do have ECU upgrades, so they aren't just stock falcon/commodores

they also have slightly stiffer suspension etc

as for the out running...im glad someone finally mentioned license plates....you might get away from them, but i'm sure you didnt VANISH INTO THIN AIR! the first thing they'd do in a pursuit is get your plate. then they don't even need to chase

as for cars cops drive, in melboure every second 1 is either an XR6T or an XR8/SS.

the general patrol cars are just XT/commodores with steelies.