V8 tsheb yog tshwj xeeb
Holden muaj feem ntau tshaj plaws hauv V8 lub cav nrog ntau tus qauv dua li lwm lub tuam txhab muag hauv Australia.
Txawm hais tias nyob rau lub sijhawm thaum kev lag luam roj yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws nrog cov neeg tsav tsheb Australian coob zuj zus, muaj ntau chav nyob ntawm txoj kev rau Commodores thiab Falcons nrog lub cav qub V8 hauv qab lub hood. Lawv gurgle menacingly nyob twj ywm. Lawv yog cov pob txha ntawm V8 Supercar sib tw.
Txawm li cas los xij, V8 lub cav nyob rau xyoo pua 21st tsis yog qhov lawv nyob hauv cov hnub thaum lawv thawj zaug Mount Panorama, thiab GTHO Falcon lossis Monaro - lossis txawm tias Valiant V8 - yog lub tsheb npau suav ntawm ib tiam neeg ntawm Australian cov hluas.
Txij li thaum xyoo 1970, tus nqi ntawm cov roj crude tau dhia los ntawm $ 20 ib chim rau ob npaug ntawm cov nyiaj thaum lub sij hawm Iranian kiv puag ncig, tshaj $ 70 thaum lub sij hawm thawj Gulf Tsov rog, tsoo lub $100 barrier ua ntej lub ntiaj teb no nyiaj txiag ntsoog thiab tam sim no tau daws nyob rau hauv tsuas yog $ 100.
Hauv tebchaws Australia, cov nqi roj av tau nce raws li, txij li 8 xees ib liter hauv xyoo 1970 txog li 50 xees hauv xyoo 1984 thiab mus txog ze li ntawm $1.50 hnub no.
Txawm hais tias tag nrho cov no, thiab txawm hais tias Ford ib qho kev sim ntawm kev tuag nyob rau xyoo 1980s, V8 tsis tau raug tshem tawm los ntawm Australian showrooms. Holden thiab Ford txuas ntxiv tsim tsheb loj nrog lwm lub cav V8 thiab txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm hnyav rau nws hauv Bathurst.
Tab sis cov tsheb Australian, txawm tias tam sim no muaj American V8s ntshuam rau hauv zos siv, tsis yog tsuas yog nkhaus-yim blasters ntawm txoj kev.
Cov Germans yog cov tsim muaj V8 cav thiab tsim qee lub cav muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb ua tsaug rau AMG-Mercedes, BMW thiab Audi. Lus Askiv V8s yog tsim los ntawm Aston Martin, Land Rover thiab Jaguar, thaum cov neeg Asmeskas muab V8s rau Chrysler 300C muag ntawm no. Txawm tias Japanese hom khoom kim heev Lexus muaj V8 hauv nws cov IS F hero thiab LS460 khoom kim heev sedan, nrog rau lub cloned LandCruiser LX470.
Feem ntau cov cav V8 muaj zog txaus los ua pa tsis tu ncua, tab sis muaj ntau ntau cov qauv induction yuam turbocharged los yog supercharged kom unleash txawm ntau zog. Walkinshaw Performance ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv Australia rau Holden, BMW yog nyob rau hauv txoj kev nrog turbocharged V8s rau nws tshiab M tsheb, thiab Benz tau siv sij hawm nrog supercharged AMG V8s.
Tab sis V8 tsis yog hais txog lub zog tsis txwv. Kev tsav tsheb rau kev lag luam roj ntau dua kuj tau mus txog V8 thaj av, thiab yog li Chrysler thiab Holden muaj V8 nrog ntau lub tshuab txav chaw uas kaw ib nrab ntawm lub tog raj kheej thaum lub tsheb tsuas yog txav mus los txhim kho roj kev lag luam. Formula XNUMX cov cav sib tw tam sim no ua tib yam thaum idling ntawm Grand Prix pib daim phiaj.
Holden's Active Fuel Management (AFM) tau tshaj tawm ntawm V8 Commodore thiab Caprice hauv 2008, thiab Red Lion hom tau cog lus rau lub cav no - nrog rau yav tom ntej kev hloov kho thev naus laus zis - txawm tias ze-cov ntaub ntawv roj nqi.
Holden's Shaina Welsh hais tias "Peb muaj lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb thiab txuas ntxiv qhia cov thev naus laus zis tshiab uas ua tau raws li qhov xav tau ntawm peb cov neeg siv khoom,"
Holden muaj feem ntau tshaj plaws hauv V8 lub cav nrog ntau tus qauv dua li lwm lub tuam txhab muag hauv Australia. Tag nrho ntawm 12 V8 qauv nrog plaub lub npe thiab plaub lub cev qauv, suav nrog Commodore SS, SS V, Calais V, Caprice V thiab tsis ntev los no qhia Redline kab. V8 xyaw suav txog ib feem peb ntawm Commodore sedans muag thiab yuav luag ib nrab ntawm Ute muag.
"Peb xav tias nws yog ntau tshaj li lub cav V8 xwb, nws yog hais txog tag nrho lub tsheb. Nws yog tag nrho cov yam ntxwv uas tib neeg nyiam thiab peb xav ua kom cov tsheb uas tib neeg txaus siab rau, "hais tias Welsh.
"Kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm cov yam ntxwv thiab thev naus laus zis, kev tuav tau zoo thiab kev sib tsoo, thiab tus nqi zoo tshaj yog lub cim ntawm tag nrho V8 ntau yam."
Ford cov kiv cua kuj tau cog lus rau V8, raws li lub tuam txhab tus cev lus Sinead McAlary, uas hais tias qhov kev xaiv tsa Facebook tsis ntev los no tau zoo heev.
"Peb nug seb lawv puas txhawj xeeb txog cov nqi roj thiab lawv hais tias, 'Tsis yog, peb nyiam lub suab ntawm V8 thiab peb kam them tus nqi ntawd," nws hais.
Ob leeg Ford thiab Holden kuj muaj kev sib faib qhov twg V8 yog thiab tseem yog huab tais. Ford yog Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) thiab Holden yog Holden Special Vehicles (HSV).
HSV tus thawj tswj hwm kev lag luam Tim Jackson hais tias lawv qhov kev muag khoom tau "ua tiav" nrog rau xyoo tas los.
"Qhov no txawm hais tias xyoo tas los peb muaj ib qho kev txwv GX-P, uas rau peb yog cov khoom lag luam nkag," nws hais. "Peb tsis muaj cov qauv no hauv peb qhov ntau ntawm xyoo no thiab koj tuaj yeem cia siab tias cov lej yuav nce mus, tab sis peb tuaj yeem tswj hwm qhov ntim muag."
Tag nrho HSV ntau yog powered los ntawm ib txwm aspirated V8 engine (6200cc, 317-325kW), thaum FPV rivals tau txais ib kilowatt kom zoo dua los ntawm kev quab yuam induction (5000cc supercharged, 315-335kW).
Jackson hais tias lawv LS3 V8 tau "kuaj" los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom.
"Peb tsis ua kom cov txiv neej qw rau peb mus turbo. LS3 yog ib qho txawv txav. Nws yog lub teeb pom kev zoo nrog lub zog ntom ntom. Tsis muaj lub cav turbo uas tuaj yeem ua rau peb ntawm tus nqi tsim nyog. Tab sis kuv yuav tsis txiav nws tawm thiab txiav nws tawm (turbo). "
Jackson hais tias tsis muaj qhov cuam tshuam los ntawm kev nce nqi roj av.
Nws hais tias "Peb cov neeg siv khoom tsis muaj lwm txoj kev xaiv hauv lawv cov ntawv tshaj tawm," nws hais. "Lub tsheb me tsis haum rau lawv thiab lawv tsis nyiam SUV. Lawv nyob ntawm ib theem uas nws yooj yim rau lawv dais tag nrho cov nqi ntawm kev khiav tsheb. "
Qhov muag HSV yog ClubSport R8, ua raws li Maloo R8 thiab tom qab ntawd GTS.
Txawm li cas los xij, qhov loj tshaj HSV hauv keeb kwm yog debatable, Jackson hais.
HSV lub taub hau ntawm engineering, Joel Stoddart, nyiam txhua lub log-tsav Coupe4, thaum lub taub hau muag Darren Bowler nyiam SV5000.
"Lub Coupe4 yog tshwj xeeb vim nws tsim, tab sis kuv nyiam W427 vim nws yog qhov ceev tshaj," Jackson hais.
FPV tus thawj coj Rod Barrett hais tias lawv tseem pom kev muag khoom muaj zog. Nws hais tias lawv muag txog 500 lub tsheb hauv thawj peb lub hlis twg, nce 32% ntawm xyoo dhau los. Nws kuj hais tias kev muag khoom ntawm F6 tau qeeb txij li lub sijhawm pib ntawm kev xaiv lub cav supercharged V8 lig xyoo tas los raws li cov neeg siv khoom "xaiv lub zog." Ford tsis muab V8s nrog kev tuag ntawm XR8 thiab ute sedan xyoo tas los.
"Peb lub npe nruab nrab yog kev ua tau zoo, uas yog vim li cas peb muaj tag nrho V8 lub cav," Barrett hais. "Thaum peb pib lub tsheb supercharged tshiab no, txhua lub cav V8 tuaj hla ntawm no."
Barrett hais tias lawv lub tshuab supercharged hloov tib neeg lub siab txog "V8 dinosaurs."
"Lub turbocharged F6 yog lub tsheb cult hero nyob rau hauv nws lub hnub, thiab tib neeg xav tias V8 yog ib tug low-tech dinosaur," nws hais. "Tab sis thaum peb tawm los nrog lub siab-tech ib-thooj tsib-litre supercharged V8 ua hauv Australia, tib neeg pib xav tias V8s tsis yog qhov phem heev. Kuv tsis pom qhov kawg ntawm V8 tsis tau, tab sis rau peb lub neej yav tom ntej yog high tech. "
Lub supercharged 5.0L V8 335kW FPV GT tseem yog cov muag khoom FPV tsheb, ua raws li 8L V5.0 supercharged 315kW GS sedan thiab GS ute.
Barrett ntseeg tias GT tam sim no yog lub tsheb FPV zoo tshaj plaws nrog lub zog zoo tshaj plaws hauv chav kawm, lub teeb yuag thiab txhim kho roj efficiency.
"Txawm li cas los xij, kuv xav tias peb lub tsheb tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog 2007kW BF Mk II 302 Cobra dawb nrog kab txaij xiav. Lub tshuab no coj rov qab kev mob siab rau ntawm '78 nrog tus qub Cobra. Yog tias koj saib cov nqi siv, lawv tseem tuav tau zoo heev, "nws hais.
