He kūikawā nā kaʻa V8

Loaʻa iā Holden ka mahele nui loa i nā mīkini V8 me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aku ma mua o nā hui ʻē aʻe i kūʻai ʻia ma Australia.

ʻOiai i ka manawa o ka hoʻokele waiwai wahie ka mea nui me ka ulu nui o nā mea hoʻokele Australia, nui ka lumi ma ke alanui no Commodores a me Falcons me kahi mīkini V8 kahiko ma lalo o ka puʻupuʻu. Huhu weliweli lākou me ka hana ʻole. ʻO lākou ka iwi kuamoʻo o ka heihei V8 Supercar.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole like nā ʻenekini V8 i ke kenekulia 21 i ka wā i piʻi mua ai lākou i ka mauna Panorama, a ʻo ka GTHO Falcon a i ʻole Monaro - a i ʻole ka Valiant V8 - ʻo ia ke kaʻa moeʻuhane o kekahi hanauna o nā ʻōpio Australia.

Mai ka makahiki 1970, ua lele ke kumukūʻai o ka aila maʻemaʻe mai $ 20 i ka barela i ka pālua ʻana i kēlā nui i ka wā o ka Iranian Revolution, ma luna o $ 70 i ka wā o ke Kaua Gulf mua, ua uhaʻi i ka pale $ 100 ma mua o ka pilikia kālā o ka honua a ua noho i kēia manawa ma lalo o $ 100. .

Ma Australia, ua piʻi aʻe ke kumu kūʻai o ka ʻaila, mai ka 8 keneta o ka lita i ka makahiki 1970 a i ka 50 keneta i ka makahiki 1984 a kokoke i $1.50 i kēia lā.

ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau mea a pau, a ʻoiai ʻo Ford hoʻokahi hoʻāʻo i ka hoʻopaʻi make i ka makahiki 1980, ʻaʻole i holoi ʻia ka V8 mai nā lumi hōʻikeʻike Australia. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Holden a me Ford i ka hana ʻana i nā kaʻa nui me nā ʻenekini V8 ʻē aʻe a hoʻomau i ka hana ikaika ma Bathurst.

Akā ʻo nā kaʻa Australia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe i loaʻa nā V8 ʻAmelika i lawe ʻia no ka hoʻohana kūloko, ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka curved-ʻewalu blasters ma ke alanui.

ʻO ka poʻe Kelemania he mea hana ʻenekini V8 a hana i kekahi o nā ʻenekini ikaika loa ma ka honua e hoʻomaikaʻi iā AMG-Mercedes, BMW a me Audi. Hana ʻia nā English V8 e Aston Martin, Land Rover a me Jaguar, aʻo nā ʻAmelika e hāʻawi i nā V8 i ka Chrysler 300C i kūʻai ʻia ma aneʻi. ʻO Lexus hoʻi he V8 i loko o kāna IS F hero a me LS460 sedan nani, a me LandCruiser LX470 cloned.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻenekini V8 ua lawa ka mana e hanu i ka ea maʻamau, akā nui nā kumu hoʻohālike i hoʻoikaika ʻia i ka turbocharged a i ʻole supercharged e hoʻokuʻu i ka mana hou aʻe. Hana ʻo Walkinshaw Performance ma Australia no Holden, aia ʻo BMW ma ke alanui me nā V8 turbocharged no kāna mau kaʻa M hou loa, a ua hoʻohana ʻo Benz i ka manawa me nā AMG V8 supercharged.

Akā ʻaʻole pili ka V8 i ka mana palena ʻole. Ua hiki aku ka huakaʻi no ka hoʻokele waiwai wahie nui aʻe i ka ʻāina V8, a no laila ua loaʻa iā Chrysler lāua ʻo Holden he V8 me nā ʻenehana hoʻoneʻe lehulehu e pani i ka hapalua o nā cylinders ke neʻe wale nei ke kaʻa e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ke hana like nei nā ʻenekini heihei Formula XNUMX i ka wā e hoʻohana ai i ka papa hoʻomaka Grand Prix.

Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Holden's Active Fuel Management (AFM) ma ka V8 Commodore a me Caprice i ka makahiki 2008, a ua paʻa ka inoa ʻo Red Lion i kēia mīkini - me nā hoʻonui ʻenehana e hiki mai ana - ʻoiai nā kumukūʻai wahie kokoke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.

"He kuleana ko mākou e noho kūpono a hoʻomau i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou e kūpono ana i nā pono o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Holden's Shaina Welsh.

Loaʻa iā Holden ka mahele nui loa i nā mīkini V8 me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aku ma mua o nā hui ʻē aʻe i kūʻai ʻia ma Australia. He 12 mau hiʻohiʻona V8 me nā papa inoa ʻehā a me nā ʻano kino ʻehā, me ka Commodore SS, SS V, Calais V, Caprice V a me ka laina Redline i hoʻopuka hou ʻia. ʻO nā mīkini V8 e pili ana i kahi hapaha o Commodore sedans a kokoke i ka hapalua o nā kūʻai Ute.

"Manaʻo mākou ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka mīkini V8 wale nō, e pili ana i ke kaʻa holoʻokoʻa. He pūʻulu hiʻohiʻona piha ia i makemake nui ʻia e ka poʻe a makemake mākou e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā kaʻa e haʻaheo ai ka poʻe," wahi a Welsh.

"ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona a me ka ʻenehana, ka lawelawe maikaʻi ʻana a me ka braking, a me ka waiwai koʻikoʻi ka mea maʻamau o ka laulā V8 holoʻokoʻa."

Ua kūpaʻa pū nā poʻe Ford i ka V8, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka hui ʻōlelo ʻo Sinead McAlary, ka mea i ʻōlelo i kahi koho balota Facebook hou loa he maikaʻi loa.

"Nīnau mākou inā hopohopo lākou e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai kinoea a ʻōlelo lākou, 'ʻAʻole, makemake mākou i ke kani o kahi V8 a makemake mākou e uku i kēlā kumukūʻai,'" wahi āna.

Loaʻa iā Ford lāua ʻo Holden nā māhele kahi i noho ai ka V8 a ke aliʻi nei. ʻO Ford ʻo Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) a ʻo Holden ʻo Holden Special Vehicles (HSV).

Ua ʻōlelo ka luna kūʻai HSV ʻo Tim Jackson i kā lākou kūʻai ʻana "ma ka par" me ka makahiki i hala.

"ʻOiai ʻo kēia i ka makahiki i hala ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi paʻi liʻiliʻi GX-P, ʻo ia no mākou kahi huahana komo," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole loaʻa iā mākou kēia hiʻohiʻona i kā mākou pae i kēia makahiki a hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e piʻi aʻe nā helu, akā hiki iā mākou ke mālama i ka nui o ke kūʻai aku."

Hoʻohana ʻia ka laulā HSV holoʻokoʻa e kahi ʻenekini V8 kūlohelohe maoli (6200cc, 317-325kW), aʻo nā mea hoʻokūkū FPV e loaʻa i ka pono kilowatt ma o ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana (5000cc supercharged, 315-335kW).

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jackson ua "hoʻāʻo ʻia" kā lākou LS3 V8 e nā mea kūʻai aku.

“ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻōho nā kāne iā mākou e hele turbo. He ʻāpana ʻokoʻa ka LS3. He ʻenekini māmā me ka mānoanoa mana maikaʻi. ʻAʻohe ʻenekini turbo e hiki ke hana iā mākou ma ke kumukūʻai hoʻomohala kūpono. Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻoholo a hoʻoholo iā ia (turbo). "

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jackson ʻaʻohe hopena o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai ʻaila.

"ʻAʻohe koho ʻē aʻe o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i kā lākou repertoire," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole kūpono kahi kaʻa liʻiliʻi iā lākou a ʻaʻole makemake lākou i ka SUV. Aia lākou ma kahi pae i maʻalahi iā lākou ke lawe i nā koina āpau o ka hana ʻana i kahi kaʻa.

ʻO ka HSV ke kūʻai nui aku ʻo ClubSport R8, ukali ʻia e ka Maloo R8 a laila ka GTS.

Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ka HSV nui loa i ka mōʻaukala, wahi a Jackson.

ʻO ke poʻo o ka ʻenekinia HSV ʻo Joel Stoddart makemake i ka holo kaʻa holoʻokoʻa Coupe4, ʻoiai ke poʻo o ke kūʻai aku ʻo Darren Bowler makemake i ka SV5000.

"He mea kūikawā ka Coupe4 no kona hoʻolālā ʻana, akā makemake wau i ka W427 no ka mea ʻo ia ka wikiwiki loa," wahi a Jackson.

Wahi a ka luna FPV ʻo Rod Barrett ke ʻike nei lākou i ka ulu ikaika ʻana o ke kūʻai aku. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kūʻai aku lākou ma kahi o 500 mau kaʻa i ka hapaha mua, ʻoi aku ka 32% mai ka makahiki i hala. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia ua lohi ka kūʻai ʻana o ka F6 mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā koho mīkini V8 supercharged i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala e like me nā mea kūʻai aku "koho i ka mana." ʻAʻole hāʻawi hou ʻo Ford i nā V8 me ka pau ʻana o ka XR8 a me ka ute sedan i ka makahiki i hala.

"ʻO kā mākou inoa waena ka hana, ʻo ia ke kumu i loaʻa iā mākou nā mīkini V8 āpau," wahi a Barrett. "I ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai mākou i kēia kaʻa supercharged hou, ua hele mai nā ʻenekini V8 āpau ma ʻaneʻi."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Barrett, ua hoʻololi kā lākou ʻenekini supercharged i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe e pili ana i "V8 dinosaurs."

"ʻO ka F6 turbocharged he kaʻa koa hoʻomana i kona mau lā, a manaʻo ka poʻe he dinosaur haʻahaʻa ka V8," wahi āna. "Akā, i ka wā i puka mai ai mākou me kahi ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe, supercharged, ʻelima mau lita, supercharged V8 i kūkulu ʻia ma Australia, hoʻomaka ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa nā V8. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka hopena o ka V8, akā ʻo ka wā e hiki mai ana ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe no mākou.

ʻO ka supercharged 5.0L V8 335kW FPV GT ke hoʻomau nei i ka mea kūʻai nui loa FPV kaʻa, ukali ʻia e ka 8L V5.0 supercharged 315kW GS sedan a me GS ute.

Manaʻo ʻo Barrett ʻo ka GT i kēia manawa ʻo ia ka kaʻa FPV maikaʻi loa me ka mana maikaʻi loa, ke kaumaha māmā a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka wahie.

"Akā naʻe, manaʻo wau ʻo kā mākou kaʻa kaʻa ʻoi loa ka 2007kW BF Mk II 302 Cobra i keʻokeʻo me nā kaha polū. Ua hoʻihoʻi mai kēia mīkini i ka makemake o ka '78 me ka Cobra kumu. Inā ʻoe e nānā i nā kumukūʻai i hoʻohana ʻia, ke paʻa mau nei lākou, "wahi āna.