FPV GT-RSPEC REVIEW* Better Than a GT-F??? 

I’m sooooooooooooooooooooo looking forward to this premiere. From Jordan’s car reviews.

Great intro mate, Ford Australia has always as it would seem since the 70's to understate their power levels in their performance cars, due to making them affordable when it comes to insurance! Much respect to the Ford suspension engineer's and to the owner of this fine example, gotta admit, a manual would be more fun! Cheers mate...

Most amazing job, thank you for putting Rspec where it should be!! Congrats!

Loved that intro . Wasn't expecting that😄. Awesome review, gorgeous car

Man what a nice example,I love the colour scheme too,you say the ZF is a perfect match Johnny I beleive it because it runs perfect even in an N/A,great review mate you're smashing it.

Long live the V8! Great review Jon this was a special car that's for sure.

Awesome review mate, I’ve got a couple of fgs but I’ve always wanted a black edition 125 ever made

Awesome car! I've got a tuned FGX XR8 and it's suspension (same as this car) is good! Especially with the full Whiteline anti roll bar kit.

Bloody great review mate.. There is on of these in my area and I’lam serious when I say it’s in very poor condition Near all rims rashed, and a dint or rear door plus front bar cracked I had a photo on my old phone of it Haven’t seen it for a few years hopefully it’s at a new home

love it, love it, love it. get this out on the Nurburgring, would be the perfect M5 eater!

Can confirm 12.3 over the 1/4mile and 0-100 in 4.4secs. True muscle car, big engine fitted to a car barely hanging on. Its a rush. The later FGX xr8 got the GS's gearbox tune rather than the FG GTs, also the new ECU fitted to the GTF. More processing power and for me both cars are not as brutal. Almost like more technological refinement tamed the beast too much. The RSpec could have done with the GTP seats and that would have done it. Held its own with the GTF and HSV. Great car.

Great review - I'm lucky enough to have R-Spec suspension running in my F6, its amazing how much difference it makes - Keep up the great and honest reviews mate

That Intro was fantastic! Good review as always mate, love the RSpec 👌

You need to review a ford falcon holy grail with the motor and suspension package, it will be hard to get your hands on one but you have got to try.

Hey mate. Love the content. XR 8 sprint vs the Gt R-spec. What would you choose and why

Fantastic review mate, she sounds great!

R-Spec, GT-F and XR8 Sprint (is pretty much a revised R-Spec) are around the same power levels.

Looking forward to you track testing the premcar holy grail falcon

I think all Fords suffer from the same issue as opposed to their Holden counterparts; the interiors are reallly not up to par. It used to never really be a turn off for me, but seeing some nice interiors in some of the newer cars that are being offered (even the non-performance specs), a nice interior is really such a nice luxury that I would probably argue no longer be considered a luxury; but a must have.

Theyre a wicked car. Theres 2 red on black ones in my area that i only see every other sunday. So i reckon theyre kept sort of as collector cars not daily drivers. Theyre no au... but i deffinately wouldnt complain about owning one.

This was the review I've been waiting for!! Cheers bud, you really done it justice!!

Awesome review mate! how does the RSpec compare to the FGX XR8? I was told once that as a run out they took the suspension from the RSpec and threw it at the FGX XR8 is this true?

8 oh my goodness in 11 minutes...! THE BEST SO FAR 👍👍👍

Is this better than the BF GTP then? RSpec suspension changes are not enough to say it’s sooooo much better than a normal GT. Best suspension for an FG is shockworks - can’t wait for you to test one with that fitted. Mine is available if you like.

Sick review mate. Didn't think this would even compete with a gtf but was I wrong. Love the voice over at the end by the way! Great work!

Nice one Jono, sounds great and it's definitely a Aussie collectable 👍

I'm a Holden man. But I love a good ford V8.

what a beautiful car! Honestly though I cant hear the name Rspec without hearing Arseback

yesss, been waiting for a good review of thisss

Nice one mate

Looks so nice this car with the colour scheme 👌🏻 Edit: Nice intro!

Can you do a review on a BF Cobra

Absolutely love the R Spec Jon.... I had the privilege a couple of years ago to have a talk and a real up close look at one and it was sublime ...I would have one in a heartbeat if I had the money and connections to buy one.. In the mean time I'm still loving my FG XR6 ...

Talk about a review. Mint!

Please review the fgx xr6

Tbh, in my experience of falcons they haven't been a boat. Territories have but the falcons have always sunk down stable into the corners.

That intro hahaha!! Great vid bro

Oh yes I'm excited

one of my favourite falcons

Really looking forward to this one. That's a pretty special car 😁👍

$750 per tyre on the w1, from factory. More or less a slick. You know if this car came out with these it would woop the bommerdore, I am suprised that no one ever mentions this🤔 I suppose most dont know.

Dude, Are you so in sync with the Falcon you can instantly transform into the cabin? Not the Falcon guy? How do you explain the start? Magic i tell ya...... LOL great review.. Would love a Nice Chrome aftermarket exhaust on that Thing.

CAN.......NOT.........WAIT!!!!!

Love the start lol 😂 ❤️

Another thumbs up John, you lucky B@stard, I'd love to drive one ...

Wasn't the last model, the 351 FPV GT the fastest? or are they the same.

Can someone show me where a stock RSPEC did a 12.3 second time ....

PREMCAR test will be great.

Always thought the R was the modern day long run GT. "phase 4" only ever seen 1

Isnt the GTF 351KW?

OH MATE! thats a bloody V8!

M8, tell us about it, know EXACTLY wot ya mean. ..my AUII SR Wagon....EXACTLY the same.....but slightly different. .....but yeah 😈👍

We need to find more R Spec owners with more mods.

Some Leguna Seca colours there?

Love the car, not sure about the license plate on the other hand

If you have a pre rspec 5.0 like me just replace most important bushes with harder aftermarket ones and buy the shocks from this. 300 bucks for the 2 fronts. Pretty sure the springs are about 130 and not sure about the rears. Aftermarket bigger roll bars too. Its possible to get the same feeling. Just buying coilovers wont do the job when you've got soft rubber bushes since they added stiffer than normal bushes in certain places including the engine mounts.

The red paint on the gt r spec look really good

Churr ma bro 🤙

That one gets a big FAT like fuck that was cool driven how it’s meant to be the whole video fuck yeah👍💪👌

Or a hellcat ??

Have you been in a hemi srt ??

Rare car. Don’t see many on the road.

I looovvveeee the Rspec.

Recommend when doing performance testing - kick the passengers out. That way you can make it comparable to other tests and give it the best chance. It prevents the infamous ‘Supercharged V8 Dragy disease’ - excuses.

Had to block out how fast he went 😂

Coyote 5.0L v8

Bloody nice

The gtsr w1 is pound for pound the best super saloon ever made. 3.7 seconds 0-60. ❤️

I "looked after" one while my next door neighbor was away. What can I say. Gingin Road....the windy one? Of course I took things gently? NUP! Very very stable on B road.......admired the scenery and counted sheep while being terrified. That is how they were. My personal Fav want to own car.

So ford is making falcons again?

Creme dele Creme of Ford 💪, M8 I reckon they could of sold thousands of these as this is the 💩 Aussies love, brutal V8 Symphony & kick arse performance means good times but unfortunately the yanks pulled the pin on Australian Made 😔🙃👍👍👍

What a car

Thing is a beast, sad that you can't buy affordable big sedans anymore, SUV's suck.

Just sold mine insane I’m to old

c'mon Johnny... The GTF is the fastest FPV ever made. And it was built on the same chassis as the RSpec... Not to mention the RSpec's polarising colour - while the GTF's overall styling is a lot nicer. I know which one is king of the FPV's

👌👏

Thanks!

I don’t wanna know the price tag lol

Red wheels bit yer'

Fastest production Ford Falcon ever made? No, no way, the FG GT-F (which is based on R-Spec) is faster and has more top end power on over-boost (at least 45kW more) from FPV production line, forget about 400m times top end speed showed the GT-F without the speed limiter hit 298km/h on the Stuart Highway (Northern Territory) the R-Spec could not match this. The irony here is that the FG X XR8 (not the Sprint version) is basically the same car as the FG GT R-Spec minus the FPV badge and custom trim but has one major advantage over the R-Spec, it was built on the same production line from the factory and that counts a lot in terms of resale market.

These FPV Falcon have one thing that GMH and there 3rd party enhancer HSV could never have in there cars, SOUL, HSV are basically enhanced Commodore with GM Chevrolet junk engines that even GM would not use in there own performance version vehicles which says a lot of how HSV basically had to work their magic on the junk they had to work with from GM. At the time all the motor media were raving on about 0-100 and 400m times (really who gives a f##k about that crap) but the reality is for drivers regardless of metro or metro motorway or regional highway driving the Falcon was the choice (despite the shit seating positing from FG onwards) to do the km's with, the equiv GM product felt too American in the way it did things, drivers who would always ask to get Falcon over Commodore but the accounts would always look at costs and opt for the cheaper of the two.

Lol you cover the speedo then pick up your phone while driving.

I ❤️Manual.

The suspension is terrible. Got rid of the suspension in my FGX XR8 which had the same set up. Bilsteins and SSL/SSL king spirngs made it such a nicer ride, tougher stance and handled even better. But hands down the GT Rspec looked the part and had a nicer interior.

Still with the taxi steering wheel cmon ford

Ford should of dropped in the 7 Litre engine from the Le Mans winning GT40.

Looks like a stock fg with red wheels and badges

What a shame these things weren't considered for export to the US, even as cop cars dulled downed. Could've help to save the domestic industry. Aussie cars weren't shit, just dictated by the whims of federal politics. & yeah Ross it could use some eyelids.

It's much better in a manual!

its mental from factory

I like the car but they should have reversed the colour scheme. It looks terrible.

Sick car, wheels are aids though

Ridiculously slow and not enough steam pumps

Like the car. Don't like the paint scheme