would use as an all rounder, some towing (couple of race bikes mostly) as well as being the main family car / hack to get to work and back
kingfisher21,
Jan 8, 2:37pm
Good cars, only real things are, the thermostat is at the rear under the S/C and a real pain to change, also intake manifold gaskets seem to go a bit earlier than N/A engines. Listen for a noisy S/C as well, may indicate bearings are on the way out.
attitudedesignz,
Jan 8, 2:56pm
Thirstier than n/a with no appreciable gain in performance.
monaro17,
Jan 8, 3:10pm
By all accounts they are easily tuned for better performance- apparently they were "detuned" from factory to maintain the v8 performance gap.
In standard form however they earned the slogan "6cylinder performance with 8cylinder economy"
franc123,
Jan 8, 3:11pm
Produces less power and less torque (still!) than what a standard BA Falcon 4L does. Tad embarrassing that was.
trogedon,
Jan 8, 4:18pm
The guy I know who had one then had an n/a engine fitted said no power difference.
there is a difference. I still drive a n/a Version for work and have driven a supercharged version also. It wasn't overwhelming at all but there is an increase. Still- not that great certainly no better than newer 3.6 and not a patch on SIDI
elect70,
Jan 9, 1:44pm
Fit smaller drive pulley to the Sc & give it some real power .
tigertim20,
Feb 27, 11:35am
interesting feedback, doesnt sound like its worth getting a S/C one then if im jut after something i can simply buy and drive with a bit of grunt
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