The edition of Bathurst S joint the edition normally aspired of Bathurst to the top of the family tree of Vauxhall, with cars receiving a raft of the technical levellings and of beauty product above the standard VXR8. Only one limited number of editions of Bathurst will be sold by the selected retailers of Vauxhall.
To exploit the potential of the more great power of Bathurst, before six-pot and the gauges back of four-pot are now standard on the two models, with stiffer, the springs size-adjustable and Walkinshaw-developed coil-with-top of the shock absorbers. With announced wetter units 15 separate arrangements of valve with the adjustment making have the corner independent for the preferred installation of the owner.
Dynamically, both Bathursts maintain the VXR8 much comfort of congratulated bearing, but the ordering of body is increased and the handling made more exploitable for the enthusiastic driver.
In the middle of Bathurst S is the superheater of Walkinshaw 122, which amplifies not only the power by 30 percent, but climbing the couple of a 550Nm attracting with a 715Nm eye-watering. Such is the force of the engine of LS3 V8 that the extraction of greater figures would have been possible, but the conservation of the maneuverability and the longevity of VXR8 was the priority of Walkinshaw.
Vauxhall VXR8 In fact, superheater 122 is so much more than just a ventilator of Bolton. The package largely machine also includes an intermediate cooler of great capacity, high-runs injectors of fuel, a separate catch of cold air and Walkinshaw-developed chart of ECU, whereas the standard manual gear box is improved with a clutch of capacity of high-couple.
Vauxhall VXR8
As with the majority of the overfed cars, the supply of current of the S is exceptionally linear, with an enormous ingot of couple provided by very low bottom in rev the range; but push the engine towards the sound discriminate financially in the opposition and there is no reduction in the execution of the car, just a jet without seam of the power.
Outside, Bathursts are immediately recognizable by their distinctive graphic packages, covers before light of fog and badges of Bathurst of `(only the addition of the badge of an S discrete of `indicates the additional 129PS overfed model), while at the interior of an console-assembled badge showing that complements of number of the construction of the car that the dishes of tread of Walkinshaw Performance of `found inside each opening of door.
