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Old 03-09-2012, 03:27 PM   #1
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Default ecoboost vs 86 / BRZ

i was looking through a motor or wheels mag last week and they had a comparison of about 20 or so cars
0-100, 0-400, wakefield park times and so-on

the fastest car was a new 300C srt-8 but the interesting parts was the ecoboost was faster than the 86 in most cases including the track time
the ecoboost did a 1.11 with Warren Luff driving
while the 86/BRZ did a 1.13
the ecoboost was faster in a straight line too
correct me if i'm wrong
and warren said the ecoboost was great but the auto let it down

this tells me ford should make a 6 speed manual ecoboost

and seeing fors can't give them away make a 1 make race series using ecoboost falcons (XR4T's maybe).

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Old 03-09-2012, 03:29 PM   #2
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Default Re: ecoboost vs 86 / BRZ

Aside from the crazy method of comparing a sports car to a family car I agree, the EB would be great with a manual.

/awaits the usual cry of no one buys manuals any more but I have no evidence to back it up
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Old 03-09-2012, 04:10 PM   #3
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Default Re: ecoboost vs 86 / BRZ

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Aside from the crazy method of comparing a sports car to a family car I agree, the EB would be great with a manual.

/awaits the usual cry of no one buys manuals any more but I have no evidence to back it up
There reason there is no evidence is because hardly anyone is buying new manual falcons, YOU INCLUDED.

When I bought my manual XR6T ute in April it was the first manual FG2 they had sold.......

As far as making the EB4 a manual, the reason it goes so well is that it is an auto and does not dump boost during gear changes like a manual. An auto FG2 6T would eat mine over the 400m......
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Old 03-09-2012, 04:25 PM   #4
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the ecoboost did a 1.11 with Warren Luff driving
while the 86/BRZ did a 1.13
the ecoboost was faster in a straight line too
yeah most people would prefer to drive (and be quicker) in the 86/BRZ on a track than a taxi.
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Old 03-09-2012, 04:51 PM   #5
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Default Re: ecoboost vs 86 / BRZ

While the EB is a great car it is no sports car.. This test highlights the deficiencies of other cars in the comparison rather than put the EB up there as a sports car conquering car... What does an XR6T do around that circuit, by the way?
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Old 03-09-2012, 04:55 PM   #6
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FPV F6 driven by Warren Luff for Motor Magazine in 2009 did a 1.10.9

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...QNnlHS1E#gid=0
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Default Re: ecoboost vs 86 / BRZ

The 86 has already been compared to an EB falcon and every other car on the market in the closed 86 thread.
We dont need another.
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