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  1. 4 points
    TasTuned

    Supercharger

    Hey guys, I just came across this thread and joined up. I have just built a supercharged crossflow for my vauxhall Gasser Drag car. I’ve got a YouTube channel TasTuned which has a few details and also a Facebook page. A few weeks ago I actually had a drag race with Rob Thorpe in SLY250 at Wilby. He won!! But the boost has now been upped and i plan to get it on the dyno soon to get her running perfect.
  2. 4 points
    NZXD

    4RCFED XF Ghia

    Well today the XF Ghia retired from daily duties, and over the past 12 months it hasn’t let me down. The XF will begin it’s new adventure as it undergoes it’s slight transformation. My new G6E will take over the normal duties from now on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. 3 points
    deankxf

    Supercharger

    video link to one of the youtube vids i'll watch later, build sounds interesting, SLY250 has spent a lot of time getting dialed in.. shakes up the V8 field with it even
  4. 2 points
    deankxf

    transit vans

    wish i kept it sometimes.. pic when i got i.. pained in gloss house paint... wasn't solargaurd .. faded fast bought a parts one(orange) and didn't get the rest done.. Dad's old one with Leyland v8, and VN hub caps
  5. 1 point
    slydog

    Supercharger

    Hey Ryano...thing the vid doesnt show is how the track was or how L O U D your car is. God dam
  6. 1 point
    Valvebouncer

    Confused XG project

    Ok, it’s probably not worth the cost to post second hand hoses that far. Try www.sparesbox.com.au they have 20% off through eBay at the moment
  7. 1 point
    Valvebouncer

    transit vans

    Totally utterly agree. I can’t tell people strongly enough to avoid buying a icrap. The cost of parts are just astronomical and every time something goes wrong it requires major work. People use these to make their livelyhood, it won’t do that sitting there broken down.
  8. 1 point
    SPArKy_Dave

    transit vans

    Hyundai iloads like to spit the turbo, after about 100,000km - usually taking the engine with it. $10k min, for a used engine too. A work colleague had it happen to theirs... The internet is littered with similar stories. It's a pity, as they are comfortable vehicles, by all other reports.
  9. 1 point
    deankxf

    transit vans

    few vids i took
  10. 1 point
    Kaden

    C2 Cylinder head

    Hi guys i have a C2 Cylinder head and was just wandering are they any good and shoukd i be keeping this one.... Im starting a build on a 250 crossflow and this head came with it.. Any hellp would be muchly appreciayed and to point me in the right direction
  11. 1 point
    gerg

    transit vans

    The models up till around 2002 (gen2) were total buckets of crap. No end of troubles with engines, turbos, clutches, gearboxes, diffs, random interior/body faults, just not a nice thing at all. 2000-onwards (gen 3) were improved but not great. Clutches are a nightmare to do (subframe out) and dual-mass flywheels are a mandatory swap when doing the clutch. That's $1200 in parts right there. Door latches fail, front wheel bearings are a regular thing (needing a specially turned down, extended torx bit of course) and you also need to split the front hubs to change the discs. The diffs on the RWD versions are the same shitty design they've always been, even on the old ones (i think they have a C8 part number on them). They have a supposedly hardened section of axle at the flanged end that runs directly on roller bearings. The rollers wear out the axle, so when you do an axle bearing, you're doing an axle as well. They're a C-clip design that has the side load working on a clip and machined groove in the axle end inside the diff centre. If the clip wears out or the axle breaks off at the groove, your axle and wheel will walk themselves out of the diff housing as you're driving down the road. The backing plate adjustment window on the rear brakes doesn't line up with the adjustment wheel, meaning you can't de-adjust to remove the rear drums if there's a lip. A Ford dealer's answer (before we sorted it ourselves)? Cut the drum off with an oxy. As far as I know, any transit will have this diff design. Engines were pretty reliable on the later ones except the diesel pumps used to have an internal haemorrhage. These engines are still in use today in the Ranger in 2.2 and 3.2 (5-pot version). Even at that, there was a mob in Melbs doing E-series/AU conversions on the later models with gas power. That could have been a good business for Ford to get into: import bodies in CKD kit and assemble locally with a Falcon drivetrain. Sent from my CPH1607 using Tapatalk
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