Falcon performance comparisons AU & BA

[jonbays]

There are always lots of how fast does it go questions so with too much time on my hands I thought I would summarise all the Ford Falcon perfromance tests I have in my magazine collection so claims and comparisons can be made or justified.

Acceleration to the speeds we are interested in is purely a function of pwer to weight modified by gearing. I have attached a comprehensive spreadsheet you can download as well but here is the quick and dirty summary.
Model Type Engine Trans FW Kw 0-100 400m ET
BA Falcon GT V8 5.4 A4 290 5.8 14.0
BA XR6 Turbo T 6 4.0 M5 240 5.9 14.1
AUIII TE50 V8 5.6 M5 250 6.0 14.1
BAXR6 Turbo T 6 4.0 M5 240 6.0 14.3
BA XR8 V8 5.4 A4 260 6.1 14.4
BA Pursuit Utility V8 5.4 A4 290 6.0 14.4
AUII XR8 Utility V8 5.0 M5 200 6.5 14.5
AUIII TS50 V8 5.6 M5 250 6.3 14.6
AUII TE50 V8 5.0 M5 220 6.3 14.7
BA XR8 Utility V8 5.4 A4 260 6.8 14.8
BA XR6 T Utility T 6 4.0 M5 240 6.8 14.8
AUII XR8 V8 5.0 M5 220 6.6 14.8
AUI TE50 V8 5.0 M5 220 6.7 14.9
BA XT V8 5.4 A4 220 7.1 15.0
AUII TS50 V8 5.0 A4 220 7.2 15.2
AUI XR8 V8 5.0 M5 185 7.2 15.2
BA Fairmont Ghia V8 5.4 A4 220 7.4 15.3
AU XR6 HP 6 4.0 M5 164 7.9 15.3
BA XT Sedan 6 4.0 M5 182 7.7 15.5
AUII TL50 V8 5.0 A4 220 7.5 15.5
AU XR6 VCT 6 4.0 A4 172 8.1 15.6
EL XR8 V8 5.0 M5 185 7.8 15.7
AU Fairmont Ghia V8 5.0 A4 175 7.9 15.7
AU XR6 VCT 6 4.0 M5 172 8.2 15.7
BA XR6 6 4.0 A4 182 8.1 15.8
AU XR6 HP 6 4.0 M5 164 8.2 15.8
AU Falcon S 6 4.0 M5 157 7.9 15.8
AUI TL50 V8 5.0 A4 220 8.1 15.9
AU XR6 VCT 6 4.0 A4 172 8.0 15.9
BA XT Sedan 6 4.0 A4 182 8.4 16.1
AU Fairlane Ghia V8 5. A4 175 8.3 16.1
AU Fairmont Ghia 6 4.0 A4 168 8.2 16.1
AUII Fairlane Ghia V8 5.0 A4 175 8.1 16.2
AU Fairmont Wagon V8 5.0 A4 175 8.3 16.2
AU Forte 6 4.0 A4 157 8.8 16.3
AU Futura 6 4.0 A4 157 9.0 16.4
AU Fairmont Wagon 6 4.0 A4 157 8.8 16.8
AU Fairmont 6 4.0 A4 157 9.3 16.8
AU Forte Wagon 6 4.0 A4 157 9.8 17.0