What motor would you use?

[dexi_]

Originally Posted by mik

well now that i suddenly theoretically have disposable spondooly, deneero,moola,cabbage,folding stuff......MONEY !!!...... i`d probably get a motor out of one of these................................
http://www.stangtv.com/news/850-hors...carroll-shelby

You forgot cashola, that by the way is porn! Hide yo wives eyes!
But alas could not even modify the interior of that car without feeling guilty. R.I.P. What a legend!

[PlukaDuck]

Originally Posted by dexi_

Well here's a photo anyway sorry if it is crappy I don't have many small ones!

Am sure i seen this car at munchies

[PlukaDuck]

Originally Posted by 4VCLEVO

I have a 500hp clevo that was a manual with a ceramic clutch and found it to be real pig to drive as a street car, it didn't like to lump around 2000-2500rpm. When replaced with a built c4 with full manual and 4500 stall, it transformed it into somthing you wanted to drive.

I have 750 hp with twin ceramic clutch and its a pig but i love it

[dexi_]

It's ok if it's a pig, I kinda want it to be. One day I might swap an auto in her but probably not. I just don't want it to be too obnoxious or attention grabbing, would like to fly below the radar most of the time!

[XP6]

138 Holden 6 :P

[dexi_]

Originally Posted by XP6

138 Holden 6 :P

Oh geeze I dunno that's a pretty crazy Hi comp motor! maybe I could rear mount it and just use the 351 to turn it over (if it can)

[Gavin Thomas]

If it's a XB Hardtop, then it's gotta be a tough Clevo all the way mate....

I take it that you are in Brisbane mate ?..... if so then i can let you know that my brother has his own workshop in Capalaba. He has built plenty of good Clevo's over the last 20 odd years. His own drive is a 351 powered XY, fairly mild & very reliable. I think it runs the 1/4 in the mid 13's, ok for street trim on pump fuel.

Him being a Ford fan & former hardtop owner, i'm sure that he would be more than happy to give you some helpfull advice.

With a 20K budget, i'd say you'd be able to screw together a very nice high output & reliable stroked clevo with all the good bolt on gear. ( 3V heads etc )

Feel free to PM me if you want any more info on my brothers contact details.

Cheers, Gavin.

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by dexi_

Ok if you had a car and you could spend 20k on engine alone what would you put in it? Say if the car was a xb hardtop?

XB Hardtop? Easy, I would use a 351 Cleveland considering that's one of the engines they came with. I would give it a loud exhaust system too

[66FAIRLANE]

Kasse headed 385 of enormous displacement. 385's should have been in there in first place.

[dexi_]

The 385 s are a great motor that's for sure! Just a little tight in there that's all...

[2011G6E]

Seriously? If I had an XB hardtop and $20,000 to spend on the engine/box?
Easy.

A brand new (second hand probably) XR6T engine and six speed auto.

Everyone opens the bonnet of old Falcons and "expects" to naturally see a V8...it's become, well, boring is the only word I suppose.

Do something different.

[dexi_]

That's exactly what I was thinking, the cars a factory 6 so would be truer to build, the xg parts should have it sit straight in there! Only problem is I/c w/a would fix that though, f6 motors are cheap as chips comparatively. They are quiet, more fuel efficient and easier on boxes than a torquey v8 (sort of) would fit under the bonnet etc etc etc.
But they don't sound like a v8...
Thats about the only con, check this out if it doesn't work type gmkilr into YouTube http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=DIuE_PS5Ipw

[Marquis]

Mild 460 bb with a sequential shift 5 or 6 speed with duel gas research carbs. But that's me

[PlukaDuck]

I would use an 830 hp.... RYR .... Nationwide engine.

[PlukaDuck]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Seriously? If I had an XB hardtop and $20,000 to spend on the engine/box?
Easy.

A brand new (second hand probably) XR6T engine and six speed auto.

Everyone opens the bonnet of old Falcons and "expects" to naturally see a V8...it's become, well, boring is the only word I suppose.

Do something different.

I wouldnt put a 6 cylinder that wants to be a V8, that sounds like a bunch of chooks in a chookpen ,with my wifes hairdryer bolted to it , and dentist gas....anywhere near an XB Coupe.

[dexi_]

He does have a point though, I researched atomic performance as a mate has a stupid fast one but they are pricey too. But awesome.
But yeah chooks in a chookpen is a pretty damn good way to put it, but if the chooks were screaming falcons...(see what I did there)
I'm honestly split 25% angry clevo 25% rumbling big block 25% boosted sb v8 and 25% i6 bells and whistles for something different.
I think I need 4 coupes to do it all to! One day I will, but not right now... :(

[XR_6falcon]

Rb26... now that would seriously **** some people off lol

[dexi_]

Nah seen it done (rb30 coupe) had supra tail lights... nuff said

[Cheese3]

265 hemi
- fuel injected
- turbo

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by Cheese3

265 hemi
- fuel injected
- turbo

Now why the hell didn't I think of that?? The best Aussie six ever built.
I'd leave off the turbo and put on a kit I once saw by, I think, Hemi Performance in Adelaide, which was a set of throttle bodies for fuel injection that at first glance looked pretty much like the triple Webers of the storming E49 hemi.

An easy 350hp and something to really talk about when you open the bonnet at a show and make some eyes pop instead of having to say "Yeah, it's got a V8...just like all the others you see every day...

Or, to really annoy, how about a wild SR20DET four cylinder with twin turbos or something...? Start with a late model Black Top putting out 245hp and go from there with the mods to what the budget will allow...

[dexi_]

Haha nah Id get banned from the all ford day ( one of my favourite days)
Plus if I wanted to **** someone off I'd put a 20B in it ;-)

[jpd80]

I'll run the gauntlet and say a new Boss 335 with intercooler and Stage 4 power up.
IMO, you would need all the rubber you can get under the rear of the hard top..

For something different again, a 5.0 Boss Coyote with 440-500 hp on tap, that engine
in a hard top would be incredibly light and improve handling out of sight...

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by dexi_

Haha nah Id get banned from the all ford day ( one of my favourite days)
Plus if I wanted to **** someone off I'd put a 20B in it ;-)

Another sound suggestion...

[boss54man]

Blow thru twin Turbo BBF

[mr smith]

Originally Posted by dexi_

That's exactly what I was thinking, the cars a factory 6 so would be truer to build, the xg parts should have it sit straight in there! Only problem is I/c w/a would fix that though, f6 motors are cheap as chips comparatively. They are quiet, more fuel efficient and easier on boxes than a torquey v8 (sort of) would fit under the bonnet etc etc etc.
But they don't sound like a v8...
Thats about the only con, check this out if it doesn't work type gmkilr into YouTube http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=DIuE_PS5Ipw

This is the go, be an innovator not an imitator. A 1000hp turbo 6 (if you have 20K for a donk I am assuming there is some dough for other mods) with big brakes and ace running gear would be an awesome vehicle. I would even badge it as a Falcon 500.

[Iggypoppin']

Anything with 600+ cubes for sure.
I like the turbo 6 ideas though. A 335 would be awesome, you'd have to notch the towers but who cares its only metal and you won't get another chance at this kind of project! You could be the first to shove a 335 into a coupe!

[FGII-XR6]

picture mad max but with a real blower not a mock up like in the movie

[2011G6E]

I believe I've found a winner...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGBX09CNmKU

Tell me you honestly wouldn't want that under the hood of an old hardtop...you wouldn't be able to get near the car for the crowds at a show...

[Mont5.0]

wow!- some really sound advise above NOT!- this would be the best bang for buck mod you could do IMO.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11375570

[Psi-Pop]

Don't count on a turbo 6 being nicer to boxes.

If the cars a factory 6 then go down that route, good cheap reliable horsepower.