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Full Speed Ahead!!!!
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Deception Bay
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Hi all, just wondering, if you had all the money in the world, but you had to spend it on your ford, what would you do to it?
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FPV GTR
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Island High Country
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Can I spend it on multiple Fords?
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Full Speed Ahead!!!!
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1. you can spend it on multiple fords 2. any mods must be factual and be possible 3. all mods must be suitable for a ford ie no ferrari engines on a festiva 4. you must spend your money on a ford 5. you must provide a rough rough guestimate on your mods cost
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Fixing Ford's **** ups
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Bit unfair as such. Anything is possible with the right amount of money and the right nowse, including this. So how about a bit more flexibility To my to do list. Make the POS reliable. I'm sick of it breaking down every 3 months. Something different every time. Or perhaps, spend $1 on matches and fuel. ![]()
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A wheel alignment fixes everything, when it comes to front end issues. This includes any little noises. Please read the manual carefully, as the these manufacturers spent millions of dollars making sure it is perfect.....Now why are there so many problems with my car, when I follow the instructions to the letter?....Answer, majority rules round here Lock me up and throw away the key because I'm a hoon....I got caught doing 59 in a 60 zone |
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Saving for a Jet Car
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Fixing Ford's **** ups
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Definately be safer, once it's built properly, with this engine
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A wheel alignment fixes everything, when it comes to front end issues. This includes any little noises. Please read the manual carefully, as the these manufacturers spent millions of dollars making sure it is perfect.....Now why are there so many problems with my car, when I follow the instructions to the letter?....Answer, majority rules round here Lock me up and throw away the key because I'm a hoon....I got caught doing 59 in a 60 zone |
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Fixing Ford's **** ups
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Judging by some of the posts after this comment, obviously not. Never mind. Mine would be an easy one then. $1 for the fuel and matches, which leaves me $39,999 to blow on a stinker hemi powered Centura. One supercharged 245 or 265 thank you very much, followed by a Tremec 5 slot and a 4.11 geared and spooled 9". Reckon I'd have 4 or 5 grand left to blow on fuel. ![]()
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A wheel alignment fixes everything, when it comes to front end issues. This includes any little noises. Please read the manual carefully, as the these manufacturers spent millions of dollars making sure it is perfect.....Now why are there so many problems with my car, when I follow the instructions to the letter?....Answer, majority rules round here Lock me up and throw away the key because I'm a hoon....I got caught doing 59 in a 60 zone |
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[BU66OS]
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Central Coast NSW
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I'd buy every Falcon that came off the line and give them back, so Ford sell every Falcon atleast once, so they won't stop making them.
And I'd just do everything possible to mine, engine work, custom interior, sound system, nice neat white pearl paint on the outside.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tamworth
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My current car, the XR6 would gain a Nispro built barra, 6 speed, AU IRS, UPC front brakes, 18 X 8.5 drifteks and a new paint job.
Then, i would have a XP wagon, flat black with a metalflake purpe roof, fish tale exhaust, venitians, sun visor, spats etc...
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Buy all the T3s and convert them to Turbo 4 cylinder front wheel drives....
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2009
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OK - new S/C GT new fatter wider tyres all round tricked suspension That's all, then bank all the rest of the money in the world and live off the interest. ![]() |
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: launceston TAS
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2010
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I've got a variation on this one. There's a time machine down the back (a portaloo called the Turdis) that can get me back to 1972, so I've ordered an
XA ute with Wild Plum paint, black interior, air and steer, GS pack and driving lights, 351, T-bar auto, LSD, mags, and push-button radio with electric aerial. ![]() The poor dealer is fretting because unless it comes with a 4V he's not getting an order for a dozen Louisvilles. And the shell has to be galvanised. ![]() But the door of the Turdis might not be wide enough, so there's a heated dry dungeon to build as well ..... Last edited by shedcoupe; 14-04-2011 at 09:47 AM. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2008
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swap it for a GT-40
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Adelaide
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BLOWN 347 for my EL with 9" + C10
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AFF Whore
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: In between gas stations
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![]() Me? Find an old school coupe, get some crazy brake / suspension setup and keep doing the engine up until I crapped my pants when I hit the "GO" pedal, then go to town on the interior, paint and panel. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Turbo Diesel Falcon.
Cost - should have already been done. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Utah
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Have every decent Ford model I could? How do I make this sensible? Replace it with a new F150 Lariat EcoBoost, get a Mustang 5.0 convertible, and a Lincoln MKT EcoBoost for my wife. Get a Falcon GT-P to drive around in Australia, with a new Ranger I5 diesel.
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Barra Turbo > V8
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OK here goes
1 Bilstein Coilovers $2100 2 Quaife $1000 3 Dreamscience CAI $800 4 RS Clutch $1800 5 RS Vents $400 6 RS Boost guage (1.8 Bar) $700 7 Miltek Cat back exhaust $1100 8 Cobra 200 cell race cat $530 9 Miltek Dump pipe $550 Thats all purchase only no install
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Render unto Caesar
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ::1
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XY Driv3r
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Twin turbo stroker all under bonnet...That is it.
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Racing improves the breed
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SE Melbourne
Posts: 3,981
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A built Nizpro engine, monoblock AP brakes all round, a full cage and lose 500 kg's of weight.
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Regular Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: brisbane
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i'd be doing some engineering to make lancruiser or patrol running gear fit under a new falcon and make what the territory should of been....
a real 4wd and not the soft roader we have |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2008
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i suppose the best thing to do with a old BF Falcon (for a millionaire) is to stick all it's running gear into a XB Falcon.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Brisbane, Qld
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Buy an older model Ford and restore it, I'd keep it original although not without some slight modifications but won't go over the top. If it was something like a P5 LTD which I wouldn't mind finding one some day, I would give it a good exhaust system to really show what it's got under the bonnet.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Montrose, Victoria
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Do what I already plan on doing but with a new 5.0 GT engine with bags all round
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,063
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blown 335kw 5.o FPV v8 engine into my BF Xr6 Turbo..
With a intercooler kit.. cutom full exhaust.. larger injectors and fuel pump.. and a custom tune.. Hello high 10''s... and easily 400+ RWKW's.. and being a v8 best of all! couldnt imagine much change out of $30,000 |
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Donating Member
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Location: Melbourne
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Big inch big block into the ZF- with drive line to suit.
I'm thinmking 632 cubes single carb, a bit cammy but not wild, with a C6, & tricked 9" with mini tubs .... ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Parkdale, Vic
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Get it finished pronto. XB Coupe in full resto mode for the next two or three years.
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