Hi, We are looking at getting a holden calais, its supercharged & we are wondering if anyones had or heard of any problems we should be a ware of with these!
Cheers
mileyfan73,
Sep 24, 7:22pm
Yes they don't sip gas they scull it!
franc123,
Sep 24, 7:27pm
and if heavy towing is on the menu they are still out torqued by a standard 4.0 Falcon/Fairmont of the era.Nice cars and no reason not to buy one but not as good as they should be, not really a huge improvement over a N/A 3.8.
hoggarty,
Sep 24, 7:41pm
Wont be towing with it, just a family car for round town really. Thanks for your advice.
redslapper,
Sep 24, 7:44pm
keep revs as low as possible and it shouldn't be too thirsty (highway use) but since you are running it around town, expect a big difference in your fuel bill
hoggarty,
Sep 24, 8:08pm
SO obviously a bit more thirsty than your average v6 holden.
graham32,
Nov 16, 10:47am
I disagree, I had an AU fairmont and my supercharged calais tows better and is cheaper on fuel, even without a trailer its is better, a trip from tauranaga to auckland and back in my fairmont averaged 9.7 on fuel comp, and only 8.6 in my holden, also for a small fee of $320 you can have the front pulley changed and that livens them up quite a bit, agreed in std format not huge difference over a std v6 but they do pull stronger in the midrange than a n/a v6
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