X-Taxi

Hi everyone!  I Just bought latest XYZ coilovers for the XD.  Just got the info on the springs and they are a progressive spring from 550LB to 700LB.  The bloke said they would actually go to 900LB but you would hit the bump stops first.  This is where thing get interesting with my set up I'm also going to run these upper control arms that mimic the Shelby drop which will give me even greater travel which means I may even get down to the 900 LB.    I also asked why mine don't have the black sleeve on the spring and he told me they redesigned the spring so it doesn't bind at all anymore.

My coilovers arrived yesterday.  It was like Christmas

Single 3" is a bit too restrictive imo, this is only a 380-400Hp Clevo. They sound awesome, however listen when it goes past.

 

Can you hear like a suction type noise just above the sweet roar!  I guess that would be the noise from the restriction of the 3" single!

Makes me want to rip my redback muffler out and jump on it...... lol.

 

Just an idea.... how about for the track drop the exhaust at the two flanges and run straight side pipes one out each side.... can hot dog em if too loud, bet that will get up and bogey.

Sounds so much better that street set up witj lukey.

 

 

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HA! like the ones in my profile pic ha!    You can do that Outback but you get the speed boat effect and sounds weird on a car! I think you get better scavenging effects from the Chi heads and the 4into1s if you run a cross over or using a Y, But your right it would be LOUD and better then the Lukey and still bogey! lol!!! 

This is my set up for the streets!  3" Mandrel bent pipes from the headers right though to tail the pipe, twin into single Y piece, 1 big Lukey muffler before the diff. $700 bucks the lot installed!! 

The Redback muffler!

Sounds great at idle and good when ya keep the revs low but when I get up her it gives resonating buzz which is a little annoying, but no drone!   The sound changes when I go from my Shaker to air cleaners (which is crazy but true), unfortunately it has better sound without the Shaker on.  The first muffler was a red back straight though and it was horrible!(pic above) The Lukey improved it a fair bit but still has that slight resonating buzz, and it restricted a bit of power! I still I ran 388 rwhp on the dyno with this exhaust!

 So that's my street set up but now I'm going to build a side pipe for racing so that will be interesting!  I'm going to kick a 3" pipe after the Y piece (so I don't need to invest in a crossover) out to the side of the car under the passenger back door with a straight through muffler of some type, and set it up both systems so I can bolt and unbolt them for what i'm using the car for.

With the redback muffler and not tuned up!

And with the with the Lukey muffler and tuned up but not dyno tuned!

Sounds good dude! I will look into doing that!  Well Im not sure about the regs but everyone but me has a side pipe lol!

Hey fellas Im thinking about running a side pipe on the XD for racing next year!  I have 3" system mandrel bent right thought with a Lukey Muffler. (4 into one Pacemaker headers 4V).  Its twin into single using a Y section.  Im running 11;1 comp and im thinking about kicking the exhaust out the side after the Y section with a hot dog or straight through muffler.  What do you blokes reckon before I go cutting up my good exhaust? Im going to make it so I can bolt and unbolt the full exhaust for when I go racing or back on the streets.

Cheers fellas!

fantastic thread  great detail and very clean and tidy block !    those pistons and rods look tuff as.  i like the look of that 24 valve twin cam head!  i want one for our XE.  

Hi James

 

Ray from Straight Line Performance, Piabla has built a few race ski boat engines for a mate of mine in Hervey Bay. I have never dealt with him but my mate highly recommended in as said that we was a old school engine builder who has been around for a long time and is gives a great product and is honest to deal with.

 

Cheers

dicko1980

Yep Ray is the best in the area. He knows how to flow heads to full potential and he know his shit when it comes to clevos.

Since we have lowered The Sheriff it now needs a wheel alignment.  Thanks to the fellas at Tyre Power we got the wheel alignment done but could get it right because the sway bar was hitting hard down onto the sump guard.  so I took it home and put some spacers in the front mounting bolts to bring the guard down off the sway bar.  Then took it back the next day to get the wheel alignment done again.  She drives sweet now!

I'm running king springs all round in my Xe and in the front of the XD.

funny bugger sparky Dave lol..

before!







after!

I picked up some nice lowered springs from a XF Falcon awhile ago that was plonked into our scrap heap, so I got stuck in and got them out cause they were very close to new, even with the tags still on them.  My original plan was to use them in Drift-XF But when we bought The Sheriff the springs had a new home to go to.  So this some pics on how we done it..


We started at the rear end and here is one of the rear springs out!  Thank goodness my mate Mick brought his cordless rattle gun cause it made the job three times faster.  The taxi pack springs are heavy duty so they were a mission to get out!



New rear lowered King Spring inserted!



The shocks were still like brand new  :bounce:



Now for the front end!



The spring difference!



Mick unrattling the front spring compressors!





The other side!





 

The first strip is on! Because of the accident the chrome over the wheel arches were crushed so i found some of a fairlane thanks to my brother Timmy and I just cut them to size and mounted them up.



And now all the chrome is back on!!

awesome bro...

Cheers man!  It would make the old owner proud!

man they did a great job definitely gonna see dammo do you know what street his business is at and how long did they take to do that repair joshy

Yeah man it is an awesome job!  His workshop is behind kinstons panel repair in Maryborough! its took 6 days but there was a weekend between that..

That's come up mint!!

Cheers Campo!!

don't know the other guys names does Jason and tony ring a bell I know dammo was gonna buy his xy years ago I recall him having these guys do some work for him where's he located bud i'll pop in and check it out

Nah man those names dont ring a bell! 

Good on ya bud...bet the old bloke would be proud of the effort.The bonus is you get a killer looking XE.

Cheers slydog!  Yeah man she is a killer looking XE now!

And the finished result!  Looks awesome like it was never dented!

is he reasonable on price for panel work does he do it himself still or have people work for him can they strip paint etc I need to get car stripped off paint and panel work

Yeah man he is reasonable priced and he does have another fella working for him who I think done most of the panel work on mine.  He also hires a spray booth and a another bloke to do the painting.

looking good bro is your mate name damian B***z I gotta go see these guys anout some panel work on my xe

Yeah mate Dammo is the man!  He has true tallent!  Here is a link to his facebook page!  https://www.facebook.com/fully.restorations?fref=ts

i found a couple of more progress pics!

Bare Metal!!





I haven't got any more pics from this stage till the finish stage but it was bogged flattened. Then on went the undercoat then finished of with the black paint!  I'm hoping that Fully Steeled have more pics!

Leaving the car at the work shop!



The Dent pulled out!

Hi everyone!  When we bought this car it had I bit of damage on the rear wheel arch!  The bloke who owned the car before us got side swiped.  He bought a new front guard and purchased the front door, mirrors and chrome strip from me.  He striped it all down then painted the panels and reassemble it all.  He thought after his operation he would take it to the panel beaters to finish of the rear quarter panel.  Unfortunately he died on the operating table and never got to finish fixing his pride and joy.  When I bought the car I made a promise to his wife that he left behind, I would get the car fixed and back to its former glory.  

So I took the beast to a good friend of mine who owns a restoration work shop called Fully Steeled Restorations! https://www.facebook.com/fully.restorations?fref=ts

The damage!  I took these pics the second time I viewed the car!











 

Hey guys I'm chasing a set of extractors for my xe. She is a stock motor but it has a stainless exhaust right threw and lukey muffler. Could anyone help out. Cheers Josh.

Thanks for the info revhead, I often wondered these rims were called. I wonder who in queensland would gold anodize these rims, money is no object.

Hi guys here is a pic of my new wheels!  The ones on the car are faded and the spare is brand new!  I'm thinking about getting the ones on a the car electrode plate gold again!  Does anyone know of any chrome plater for rims in Queensland! Cheers!