just some and specs of your pride&joy, so we get to know what everyone is driving :)

[AU3 HERROD XR8]

Hey guys, i thought that it woud be great to get to know what everybody is driving and what there packing..!
so just basically write in some details and mods of your ride and what it/she whatever you might call them, is packing..

[Smoked]

Check out the Show Us Ya AU thread in Show N Shine, has got just about everyones ride and details of it.

[b2tf]

see sig......

[Dark Horse]

Yeah either that or aufalcon.com

[AU3 HERROD XR8]

oh thanks mate, hehe missed it so i made one for myself

cheers.

[onfire]

Model : AU Forte
Year : 1999
Engine : 4.0l i6
Trans : Auto
Colour : Oxford Green
KMs : 79,8XX kms
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Wheels : 17x8.5" Speedy Spyders
Tyres : Hancook
Suspension : King Spring Superlows, GT Shocks.
Exhaust : Standard
Induction : Tickford Snorkel ( For Sale only $90.. come on! )
Extras : Clear Tail Lights
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Stereo :
- Sony Xplod MP3 HeadUnit
- Xpold 12" Sub
- Xplod 250watt Amp
- Sony enclosure

[Casper]

http://www.fordforums.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=135
AU workshop builds area.. for everything you may want to know.

[HLC]

see my thread in the workshop builds section :P

[MRJUCY]

<------------ I drive that car.

[jimt3te50]

I've missed a fair bit of documenting enough of the process to do a project car thread but have a fairly extensive thread specifically on the engine here http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=32600

Basically, in short this is what is done to the engine

AFR 185cc Alloy heads- 60cc chambers, modified pedestals for stud mount rocker gear
Comp Cams XFI 5.0 Stroker hydraulic roller camshaft- 236/248 @ .050", 286/300 total, .579"/.579" lift
Yella Terra 1.6 ratio adjustable Aluminium Roller Rockers
Full ARP Head, rocker and main studs
Full Felpro gasket set
Isky adjustable guideplates
Trend hardened chrom-moly pushrods
Crane double valve springs
Crane hydraulic lifters
ACL Race series rings and bearings
Rollmaster double row timing chain with nitrided gears
Stock T3 302W roller block- factory bored .020" oversize, torque plate honed
Stock T3 ACL Hypeurtectic pistons, dished and notched (9.7cc)
Stock T3 Argo shotpeened billet rods
Stock T3 Tickford nodular iron stroker crankshaft
Stock T3 Intake manifold
Stock T3 82mm throttle body and 80mm F150 Lightning MAF
Stock T3 laser cut main girdle
Stock T3 oil pump and sump
Stock T3 fuel pump and fuel lines
Bosch 43Lb injectors
MSD DIS4-High Output ignition system, Eagle Eliminator 8.0mm leads with Kevlar boots, MSD Coil Packs
Modified Cold Air Intake and K&N Pod Filter
Difilippo 4 into 1 ceramic coated s/steel extractors, twin hi-flow 3" s/s cats, twin 3" stainless steel all the way with X pipe, lukey Race mufflers and twin rear resonators
AU Edit- extensively tuned
345cu in (.020" over standard bore with stroker crank)
10.27:1 Compression Ratio

398.6whp (297.3rwkw) @ 6,000rpm and a ton of torque



Video of the Dyno Comp run on sunday here (3rd outright!)



Other mods are

• Herrod SureShift short throw shifter
• Lovells lowered progressive rate coil springs all round
• Enkei RPO3 18x8.5" front wheels with 255/35R18 tyres and 18x9.5" rear with 275/35R18
• Eclipse 8454 Head Unit, Alpine DDDrive front splits, Kicker Comp 5x7" rear splits, Kicker L7 Solo Baric sub in wheel well enclosure, Alpine V12 4 channel amp and Kicker DX350 monoblock amp

Ride height and wheels



And of course the stripes.......



In car pic



Idling video here



Outside car video here



And that's pretty much a summary of my entire contribution to the forum!

Phew, maybe there was enough for a project car thread after all LOL

[AU3 HERROD XR8]

jimt3te50, mate that car is absolutely GORGEOUS

[jimt3te50]

Originally Posted by AU3 HERROD XR8

jimt3te50, mate that car is absolutely GORGEOUS

awwww, shucks, really? thanks buddy!

The wife told me she's contemplating taking a restraining order out on me against my car- can't go within 50m of it she reckons :

I love that it's appreciated by other people and that's why (like others) I've tried to include as much as I can and not be secretive with anything- just want to share what I've found and have others enjoy my car as well- I love it and thanks for the thumbs up!

I'm loving the venom XR too BTW- wish I'd had the finances to keep my 220 XR8, I loved that car. The wheels look great, suit it down to the ground.

[FTE217]

Show off Jim LOL......

[jimt3te50]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Show off Jim LOL......

any chance I get Maurie no harm in being proud of your car mate :P

[FTE217]

I hear ya mate ! I feel the same with my mear stocky T3 YEEEHA....

[mik]

awesome machine jimt3te50, sounds bloody grouse to boot......get a woody just listening to it.

[GlennBA]

Heres mine, not as good as Jims... :(
I love it anyways!
AUII Forte
Auto 6cyl (manual soon hopefully..)
Momo Steering wheel + gear shift
Sony HU
2.5"catback
Monroe GT's and kings superlows
AWC Tickford series 2/3 kit
19" wide pack Impuls
Body colour side moulds and mirrors
DBA slotteds
C2R grill
Going to do a car alarm next, black headlight bezels and some subs.

[xr8ute]

Im a big fan of those rims GlennAUII...I wonder what they would look like on a black ute?

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by xr8ute

Im a big fan of those rims GlennAUII...I wonder what they would look like on a black ute?

Nah they'd look crap, don't bother buying them.. :Up_to_som

[xr8ute]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

Nah they'd look crap, don't bother buying them.. :Up_to_som

LOL...dont worry...I dont think they would suit my 4WD ride height.

And anyway, I'm too much of a tight-**** to spend money on bling. I still regret the $10 I wasted changing the orange indicator lenses for clear ones. They didn't make me go any faster at all :P

[I6corp]

Originally Posted by xr8ute

LOL...dont worry...I dont think they would suit my 4WD ride height.

And anyway, I'm too much of a tight-**** to spend money on bling. I still regret the $10 I wasted changing the orange indicator lenses for clear ones. They didn't make me go any faster at all :P

LOL iv'e still got to do that :

[jimt3te50]

Alot better than the car I had when I was 18 that's for damn sure! LOL

Looks the business now Glenn, love seeing the transformation of some of these cars, it's a real credit to you fellas.

Looks great Glenn- the colored bezels will look trick, even the colour coded ones would look great on that colour. Was always a HUGE fan of the T1 with the sparkling burgundy with colored bezels- even thought of getting another set of headlights and going blueprint on mine for a while.......

Love the wheels- they were worth the wait hey?

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by jimt3te50

Alot better than the car I had when I was 18 that's for damn sure! LOL

Looks the business now Glenn, love seeing the transformation of some of these cars, it's a real credit to you fellas.

Looks great Glenn- the colored bezels will look trick, even the colour coded ones would look great on that colour. Was always a HUGE fan of the T1 with the sparkling burgundy with colored bezels- even thought of getting another set of headlights and going blueprint on mine for a while.......

Love the wheels- they were worth the wait hey?

Thanks man,
I am probly gonna go black to break the colour up a bit, and i could do it myself this way. The rims were worth the wait but they look heaps better now its dropped a couple of inches.

[AU3 HERROD XR8]

I love glennauii's rims if they were a couple of inches bigger, wat inch size is your rims. Also i'm not a big fan on that custom grill, i've seen them a couple of times, i reckon jimt3te50's grill would suite glennauii's ride better

cheers.

[b2tf]

AU3 HERROD XR8, Im wondering your sig is wrong. Says you have a 5.4 engine in an AU?

[I6corp]

Originally Posted by b2tf

AU3 HERROD XR8, Im wondering your sig is wrong. Says you have a 5.4 engine in an AU?

Stroked out to 5.4L, i would of thought :

[AU3 HERROD XR8]

Originally Posted by I6corp

Stroked out to 5.4L, i would of thought :

Thank you..

[bodes-sh]

Originally Posted by AU3 HERROD XR8

I love glennauii's rims if they were a couple of inches bigger, wat inch size is your rims. Also i'm not a big fan on that custom grill, i've seen them a couple of times, i reckon jimt3te50's grill would suite glennauii's ride better

cheers.

if i'm not mistaken that 'custom' grille is the c2r grill isn't it? or at least the one that came with the c2r kit?

[AU3 HERROD XR8]

Originally Posted by bodes-sh

if i'm not mistaken that 'custom' grille is the c2r grill isn't it? or at least the one that came with the c2r kit?

Yeap, the AU C2R grill isn't that good compared to some of the factory ford grills

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by AU3 HERROD XR8

Yeap, the AU C2R grill isn't that good compared to some of the factory ford grills

I spose it all comes down to personal taste though.. i could say the same about the AU XR front.