Towing with the commodore

As a very experienced tow person I agree with Bluefella 110%.

I have proven the lower gear economy thing time and time again, to myself of course, even on dead flat country.

When pulling up long hills keep the engine close to its best torque rev range by using your gears and you will be surprised how well the unit will do.

Those V6s are anything but ordinary.

Good Luck, Bruce.

Tyre pressure drop is a top idea. Will be doing that for sure (and install of a compressor)

Hi Phil,
That's one quick HK. My SLR did the 1/4 mile in 11.1 sec with street rubber. Would like to know how worked it was.
Andy

That is one quick SLR that can do a 11.1 on street tyres. Love to see that.

Stock they did it in around 16 seconds.

A bloke by the name of Doug Chivas was the main drive behibnd it. We came up with an arrangement that I paid for the parts and he took care of the work. That was in 1972. A Highway robber chased us for 5 miles south of Tarcutta once. We didn't even know it was a cop. No lights or anything. We slowed for cattle on the road and he came up beside us blowing a poofer valve and his horn. Couldn't book us as there wasn't a speed limit. Apparently he just wanted to check the car but when we didn't slow down he thought that it was stolen and chased us. Twit.

I am talking about speeds in excess of 140 MPH here and not the kiddy speeds of today. There wasn't a speed limit out of towns in those days. He had a 5000 cop car that was supposed to be quick.Well it wasn't. I just dropped it back a notch and floored it to get away from this "idiot on my tail". 1/4 mile - never tried it. But we used to do Sydney and Portsea in under 8 hours every second weekend when the we were posted to Victoria. No town bypasses then either and only single lanes each way for the whole way. I have been told that they still have a photo of it on the old Sefton workshop wall.

Beautiful car and had it for 22 years. Shame I had to sell. Just a fully balanced and highly polished 192 with everything solid. Full suspension upgrade to Monaro GT specs with special parts from pagewood. M34 box with 6 cyl 1st gear. 28 MPG when idling. Went out to just over 8.5 but they redlined it at 7.2. Bunch of SU's specifically balanced by Doug himself, cross flow head and breathing by Bo Seaton (Glens dad). Never raced it but just liked having that "extra" bit inside the bonnet and underneath. Doug used to run the very early HDT team. Found the car parked next to Brockys XU1 on more than one occasion. Rear rubber was 7" and fronts 6". All certified and fully legal. That was a must for insurance for us. On a medical emergency run to see the younger brother in hospital I beat my older brother to Wagga by better than 30 minutes in his non-standard Monaro. That's not bad for memory. I sold it in 1984.

Phil

It was a fully worked 308 with 11:1 pistons, straight through stainless exhaust (which I had to change every year for rego) a 750 double pump holly, 32/64 cam. Only got 13 mile to the gallon. 10" rear and 8" front TA's.
The car was in the movie FJ Holden down at brickies.
Cheers Andy

Sounds like the Monaro. Bob also had a Hillman Imp with a Cooper motor in it. Used to run it out to around 13 to scare the bikes.

Mine was never used to race to time or that stuff. But it was interesting that Bo Seaton fitted an all legal exhaust. Refused the straight through. I think the old man is still working. Should look him up one day.

Got 8.5 MPG one night rushing to work for a flap with a south east Asia link. The MPs couldn't keep up. Loved doing that to them. I had a very interesting job

But this is not 4WD and is thus OT so I think that we should finish here.

Whatchyarekon?

Phil