1916 hp ?

macdaddy67350 · 2011-05-02T12:10:16+00:00

Hi guys just had a 1916 built and was wondering if any one else out there would know what sort of horsepower i might expect from it . IT made 86 hp at the tyres yesterday , was hoping for about 100 but maybe i was expecting too much, any help would be appreciated , thanks

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 8 May 2011, 10:13 am

#840175

vlad01 wrote:yeah but V8's are slow and heavy. I even flog most V8's up to VT versing me in my V6 VP.

few minor mods the relatively stock engine puts out now around 190-200hp in the one of the lightest commy of all at only 1250Kg. 0-100 in 6.5~ sec. 🤪 used to do 0-100 in 12sec. Don't know what happen there 🙅 oh only a near complete rebuilt of the car and it still looks like a POS with all the paint looking like used sand paper😂 It what inside that counts and P/W ratio make a difference.

Most cars are 1700Kg now. ffs a 2001 Hyundai accent weighs more than my commy 🙅 sad but true

That's old news, we already know thanks to boostcruising that Buick V6 commodores are the fastest thing on 4 wheels.

It's funny how newer cars are still getting heavier even though the metal quality is going down the shit shoot.
My old man is looking at a Peugeot RCZ which has a turbo 1.6L but is 1400Kg, I was expecting a pretty slow time but surprinsgly 7.5secs.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 8 May 2011, 5:26 pm

#840240

I am thinking of getting a nice VR preferably a acclaim or berlina as they typically had IRS.

Then waving some of my magic over it. There is plenty of weight reduction to be done on these commys.

Most of the weight reduction is done via drive-train and exhaust. oh and AC, who needs AC? 😂 also changing to a cheaper aluminum radiator
looses around 4-5kg and even though the Al rads don't transfer heat as good and to make matters worse are thinner too, but out of experience these is no real notable loss in cooling. The V6's don't produce much heat for their size. It's when engine heat output exceeds radiator heat dissipation then you have problems.

I think the VR was the best commy ever made as is had much improved body design, the dash was made from a much better plastic and looked better, it was the last gen of the buick with a whopping 9:1 CR and sequential injection, IRS was more common, the paint was somewhat better than the VN-VP and heaps better than the VS-VT😂

best part of all the VR was only about 50~kg more than the VP. its from the VS they started to get heavy.

The thing that makes me like commys (mainly from VL-VR) is they are not really aussie cars. Mix of opel, buick and in the case of the manual versions also some mustang mixed in there. I bought Mustang parts from the US for my VP as the were NA here.

I am in Switzerland right now and there is tons of commys I mean opel 🤪 same models and names as the commy in oz lol just some small differences.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 8 May 2011, 5:50 pm

#840248

^^ maybe move this crap to the holden forum ! 😉

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 8 May 2011, 6:33 pm

#840258

yeah I been there once I quit after a few weeks because they are very stupid cock heads. argent ass holes too.

HURRR DUURRR DERP! my car is surging, I have already changed the plugs? what do I do now?

Response: DERP! ERRR! have you check the tyre pressure? mmm HURR time to take it to the mechanic.

LMAO

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE