New PB 10.47@133 545ci 3900lb Aussie Falcon GT 12/06/16

Start-up

https://youtu.be/uqUrCgwTbds

Badass!

super!
very clean build.
Thanks for sharing.

damn nice build !!!!

Looks great! Cant wait to see how it runs again now.

Whose valve covers are those? I like them a lot.

Blue Thunder valve covers.
Racing on June 6-7.

bbcoupe wrote:Start-up

https://youtu.be/uqUrCgwTbds

Sounds good and that is one cool looking car!!!!Keep the pictures coming and let us know how you do at the track!!!

Nice I like the car it's cool and motor sounds good

Nice Coupe !

Question on the exhaust, I can see you have " Blue thunder aluminium heads (chev exhaust) "

So the heads actually have chev exhaust pattern ? and are the Try-Y headers off the shelf or custom ?

I have a set of pacemakers and wanted to know (cast heads) and wanted to know of other options.

thanks
Rob

bigblockfordfxstb wrote:Nice Coupe !

Question on the exhaust, I can see you have " Blue thunder aluminium heads (chev exhaust) "

So the heads actually have chev exhaust pattern ? and are the Try-Y headers off the shelf or custom ?

I have a set of pacemakers and wanted to know (cast heads) and wanted to know of other options.

thanks
Rob

Hi Rob,
I used the Pacemaker headers and replaced the flange with one cut for the BT exhaust ports. They just took a little massaging to change the shape. Here's a pic of the standard exhaust gasket behind one for the Chev ports.

Had it on the chassis dyno to see where we're at with tune.

Nice, thanks for the info.

I may look to do a motor re-fresh with new pistons and cam kit (have TRW hi-comp) and unknown cam. So forced to run E85 due to compression and not even sure when the motor was put back together was the cam dialed in correctly because we did not have the cam card or details. and looks like the C6 is also leaving dark residue in the pan again after it was cleaned out (less than 100km).

Any advice of components list , for a rebuild and gearbox supplier ? or do you do rebuilds etc ?

thanks
Rob

bigblockfordfxstb wrote:Nice, thanks for the info.
Any advice of components list , for a rebuild and gearbox supplier ? or do you do rebuilds etc ?

thanks
Rob

What state do you live in?
Gregaust is an Aussie on here who helped me with heaps of advice on my last C6 rebuild.
I get hands on help and advice on the engine from a coupe of mates and some of the great guys on the forum.

Hi,

I am in Sydney....

The C6 was rebuilt with Manual valve body and a high stall (from memory around 2000RPM)..

Yes can see a lot of info on here, almost part of the problem just so much to consider and what to do...


Also cooling, have twin fans currently mounted on front of the 4 Core Rad, but because the fans back then very deep and had no room between the water pump and rad. Now with all the new low profile fans I am looking at making a shroud and mounting twin fans on the engine bay side... I did see your quick video start up and could see you have some factory type twin electric shroud setup, but also looks like you have alot more distance between waterpump and rad. My XE I think was about 4inch gap..... very tight.... also changed hoses, flushed, checked thermostat is working etc...

thanks
Rob

Returned to the track for our annual race meet.
PB of 10.43 @ 133 on 255/60/15 radials. New converter and modified rear leaf springs.

Awesome Falcon!!

You aussies sure love your burnouts lol!! Looks great! The car sounds real good, you did a great job on the new engine, she's working hard!!

What tires are you running?

Bill

Ha... I said the same thing on the other site about those big burnouts. Good stuff! I think that there is more left in that ET.

This meet ran 255/60/15 MT Radials.

Nice run sounds good,i like how the scoreboard showed all the increments 60ft through 1/4 mile pretty cool IMO!!!

bbcoupe wrote:This meet ran 255/60/15 MT Radials.

Thanks. They look like they are working real good. I think those should work well on my car too. The 275's are going to be a tight fit on my Fairmont.

Bill

That is a Beautiful and Clean XBGT , Great build thanks for sharing and keep us posted!

new 3in mandrel tail pipes

Thankyou Photobucket for fixing your stuff up big time last year. Happy to have just paid $20 to have all pics in posts re-instated. Hope it lasts!