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14-08-2006, 08:38 AM | #1 | ||
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Im looking at a 99 au futura in a car yard.The engine has the red cover
and the vct intec white writing on it. It looks identical 2 other vct engines i have seen.The car yard says they dont know the cars history. Anybody know if the vct was an option on all falcons or only the xr6? Also the car has powerdyne induction.When i drove it with light exceleration, it seemed my el futura had more power. But when i gave it some revs,the thing had probably 25-30% more power than my el. Does that sound about right for this type of charger? Its not intercoled,and i dont think it has water injection.The cars done 150k so i dought if the engine was blown up and replaced with the red vct. Any ideas how this thing will be on deuce?Since the belt that runs the blower is connected 2 the crank shaft,i suppose having one would be like having your air conditioner on full time. And maybe thats why at low revs my el is more responsive. Thanks 2 anyone who does respond. Ps im tossing up between the au and a 185i statesman.I only like the statesman because the seats are the most comfy iv ever sat in. Iv had one before,but the seats were different. But the thing got smashed along with me.And it totally **** me off when i got beat by 4 and 6 cylinder cars. Dont know weather i should say this but the el was my first ford. All my other cars were 5.0 efi. Never owned a v6 and never will.There 2 harsh and jerky.I was very surprised by the smoothness and power of my el,its almost equel 2 the V8s i have owned. Purchasing the el is the best thing i ever did.It opened my eyes 2 just what a good car ford make. Go ford. One more thing,all my other cars have had lsd,and i liked the way the rear would lose traction and hang out. With the el and the au this doesnt happen,which isnt a bad thing since its not as dangerous. Thats what i dont understand about lsd,isnt it meant 2 give you more traction? To me it seems like it gives you less,and gives the rear a mind of its own. Anyway as you can see i dont know much about cars,so any help would be appretiated. |
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