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Tech : 1966 XR Falcon (NAVIGATION: Page 3, Page 2, Page 1, back to TBF Tech) Part 2 A special thanks to Peter for his assistance in producing this article - For further information on the conversion done to this vehicle, contact Peter via email by clicking here...
"The whole car was then stripped and blasted and taken to a so-called "top panel and paint man". This "Top Panel and Paint man" turned out to be a "Useless Lying P@#%". Whilst the body looked good when it first came home it was in fact "Sinkback City" just waiting to happen - not to mention rust popping out only two years later!" - explaining why the engine bay photos from Part 1 show a gold car! ( Back to Index ) This time round the firewall section from an XW was grafted in to allow dual circuit brakes with an integral booster. I fabricated a large rectangular section to allow cool air through the radiator support panel into the K&N Filter. Otherwise the body was stock. ( Back to Index )
"The Engine was still untouched but received a 351 GT-40 lower intake and 93’ Mustang Cobra upper intake. Attached to this was an Edelbrock/BBK 70mm Throttle Body. The standard Speed Density EECIV also remained. A hole was cut in the firewall directly in line with the back of the right hand head for the wiring harness. This kept engine bay wiring to a minimum "It’s worth mentioning that the Speed Density system will work fine with most basic airflow changes. It is only when you upset manifold vacuum through using a bigger camshaft with more overlap that you run into problems. The headers were changed to Pacemaker 4-2-1 types, which cleared things better but had shocking head flanges. Some more traction was in order so an LSD centre was added to 3.00:1 diff. ( Back to Index ) "This time the interior received more attention with Stratos seats installed and the rear seat bolstered and trimmed to match. Reproduction GT door trims were added to the picture. I modified the stock instrument panel to accept a full complement of Autometer Pro-Comp gauges. Decibar 80 sound deadening material was then added from the firewall section right back under the front seats. Tar sandwiched sound deadener material was used from the front seats right back to under the rear seat. "Using 18mm and 12mm MDF to form a new rear parcel shelf that contained a brace of two Kef 6x9 Uni-Q speakers and Kef 8" subwoofers. Mounted below these was a pair of Kef crossovers and Sony Amplifier. Supplying the small signals to the Amplifier was a Soundstream head unit working with a Denon DCH-700 5 disc CD operated by a Sounstream wired remote control. ( Back to Index ) "Suspension featured reproduction GTHO rear leaves and 18mm Stabiliser bar. In the front were a combination of Selby springs and a 24mm Stabiliser bar. Super-Pro urethane bushes were used throughout. Koni red adjustable shocks round out the package. This time a trip to Ravenswood resulted in a 14.00 @98mph. ( Back to Index ) For
further information on the conversion done to this vehicle,
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& Ancillaries Forum Discussion. And with that you're just about ready to go onto PART 3 (Time For MORE Power)... (NAVIGATION: Page 3, Page 2, Page 1, back to TBF Tech)
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