SirkWhyXF

For a reasonable price anyway.
 
Just keep a look out on gumtree and eBay (as I know you do anyway) and if your not too fussy on style and size (eg 15 to 17 or so inch) and your main priorites are keeping it cost efective and clearing the brakes, something will come up soon enough.
 
Sorry mate, I just realised I haven't really helped at all.
 
Aah, You'll be right.

Looks like shit just got serious and I bought myself a front brake upgrade for the XD - problem is my stockies and 12 slotters are 14 inch and I need at least 15s to clear the brakes.
 
Anyone got any good suggestions? Not looking to spend more than 400ish on a set. Would prefer something a bit more stock-ish/inconspicuous looking as opposed to hectic gold 20 inch simmons or whatever.
 
Always fun to suggest stuff when it's someone else's money

Mal Woods should be able to help you out, he did with my windsor to t5 in the xf.

Or get a older 250 hydo bellhouseing and just run a clutch master like all v8 x cars run and presto hydro clutch conversion. I do these for cortys as cooking a clutch cable is always a issue with those things

I only have my baby Windsor, 10:1 comp, using a AU 6 cyl starter, and got a 600cca battery from Holden of all places in NZ, came with a four year warranty.
 
The Windsor winds over like its on crack.
 
 
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Not a fan of 20's but this car may bring me around, nice setup mate.

that is awesome

So I decided to go with the aftermarket air bag kit from an Aussie made and owned company. Will add photos and results as soon as I get them installed.

Not to much been going on with this so i had to have some bing done better now then the boring plastic cover
 

 
 
 

Autobarn fathers day catalogue has a red top ultima for $250 which is apparently 800 CCA. If it's going to last that long then it may well be worth it as the car is a weekender and will sit for a bit so secondhand might die pretty quick.

My odyssey 600 cca cranks hard, little pricey at 3 fiddy 5 but they're smaller needed the room, was worth it imo

Mc racing have 18x8 and 18x9 for under $1500 with tyres. They have a little more dish than the simmons.
If you want something no one else has and would go secondhand look at import wheels. They do have the correct offset in 17 and 18 inch diameter wheels you just need to find them. Generally you will pay between $1000-1300 for the import wheel which are in pretty good condition. As an added bonus they are mostly 2 and 3 piece wheels they are all big name brands and are normally lightweight wheels

Yes they are getting very common, but doesn't change that they suit old fords to a tee

Yes they are getting very common, but doesn't change that they suit old fords to a tee

That looks fat as mate

Sneak peak
 
 
 

Thanks guys.
 
Looking at them stacked in my garage I wasn't sure about the size or colour before I put them on the car, but I'm chuffed real happy with em.

Sneak peak
 
 
 

Sneak peak
 
 
 

Sneak peak
 
 
 

Sneak peak
 
 
 

I know what you mean which is why I wouldnt go 5 speed, but it will last so long as the torque shock isnt to much through the drive line. Its better for the tyres to break traction then there isnt as much torque shock, pretty good reason for burnouts everywhere I think :-)

It has been done before, my mate John (vannin) has an XF van with a 383 Cleveland with a C4 and its column auto. Deankdx had a Lexus powered XF ute that was column auto, somehow made it work with some mods.
 
What engine do you have? 6 cylinder of a V8? Column auto wont work with extractors with a V8
 
In your XF is fitted with a Cleveland you'll need the XA-XE V8 C4 linkage and bellcrank as the FMX ones are different.
 
If its a 6 cylinder you'll need the XA-XD 200 6 cylinder bellcrank (linkage that connects the column to the bellcrank might be the same, im not 100% sure) XD's that were a 200/3.3 xflow had the C4 while the 250/4.1 had the BW35 (Borgwarner 35)
 

 
This bracket is for BW35, works fine for me. This bracket the same to pre 86 XF's? You'll need the linkage to go from the column to the bellcrank.
 

 
Theres a bush that sits in the end of the column but i used a ribber gromet instead and it works, C4's and FMX have an elongated hole in the linkage for adjustment. You'll need the correct bolt too, 3 speed manual ones are the same as whats pictured.
 

 

 
Buy this bush kit off Ebay, its for the bellcrank as they age, crack, break apart and cause sloppy linkage issues.
Ebay link here -------> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FORD-XR-XT-XW-XY-XA-XB-ZA-ZB-ZC-ZD-ZF-ZG-COLUMNSHIFT-AUTO-LINKAGE-BUSHES-/321464904540?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4ad8cd2b5c
 
 

 
They get sloppy here so i used a couple of washers to try and take some out, it worked ok but i need to drill the hole out and make a bush to suit.
 

 
 
 
 
 
Pictures were sauced from my XD V8 ute project thread ------> http://www.ozfalcon.com.au/index.php?/topic/1926-marks-xd-v8-ute-project/

Ok, so people that know me also know that I excell at ghetto style, no-cost mods and seeing as exhaust shops want you to cough up pretty much the value of your car just to put a system on it, I have refused to pay anyone that kind of money, and instead have endeavoured to create my own using bits of crap I've accumulated over time.
 
This extends to even making my own mufflers.
 
I started with four BA Falcon cats that were saved from the scrap bin. I cut them at the start of the taper, 2 on the offset side and 2 on the straight side. More on why I did this later. I gutted the bricks out of them so they are hollow casings.
 
 
Here's one:

 
I cut up some 2.5mm gal sheet, bent them into chevron-shaped baffles big and small not unlike those inside a Flowmaster 44-series.
 
I welded them in so that there are 4 in each muffler, staggered so it goes big, small, big, small. Finally, I took one of the straight tapers (or nipples I guess) and welded it inside so it sits near the exit from the muffler so as to make an internal chamber after the baffles.
 
I'm basically making a copy (in principle) of a Flowmaster.
 
Here's a baffle:
 

 
Sitting in place:
 

 
I'll try and draw a diagram when I can get my hands on a PC.

this thread lost all its taste now, it was so good for a while there.