The next great fad? - Page 4

Casper · 30-08-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, Macca's

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better than Chinese rice

Bucknaked · 30-08-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

better than Chinese rice

Yeah of course. Rice is nice. Nothing like Macca's.

Casper · 30-08-2007, 05:55 PM

McChowmein?

Bucknaked · 30-08-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

McChowmein?

The McChowmein sounds great just as long as they don't try and hide the pickles in the rice.

Maybe we could suggest it to Henri

superroo · 30-08-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by stockoau

Sorry but in a straight line you just can't beat an auto with a high stall

Never said they would be. Just said that more manuals will be in the mix in general and near the top of the timeslips

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Originally Posted by ClassicAU

Hells yeah to that!! If i can grandpa-shift my way to a low 15 second pass in my fat barge, imagine what someone with some actual driving ability can do!!

I reckon your car has a mid to high 14 in it with a good driver. Care to let me or kev demonstrate?

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HLC · 30-08-2007, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

The McChowmein sounds great just as long as they don't try and hide the pickles in the rice.

Maybe we could suggest it to Henri

i think i saw some asian influenced thing in 2007 promotions folder thingo but i cant really remember, i was too interested in reading about the warm cookie sundae before it came out

Bucknaked · 30-08-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

i think i saw some asian influenced thing in 2007 promotions folder thingo but i cant really remember, i was too interested in reading about the warm cookie sundae before it came out

I loved the El Macho days. Those shaker fries and the El Macho, had me dining at Macca's a couple times a week.

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Casper · 30-08-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

I loved the El Macho days. Those shaker fries and the El Macho, had me dining at Macca's a couple times a week.

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So maybe a new fad for the AU is to fit a Sombrero hat windshield protector?

Bucknaked · 30-08-2007, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

So maybe a new fad for the AU is to fit a Sombrero hat windshield protector?

If it fits, why the hell not. As it's your suggestion, I think you should be the first to do it. Afterall, you are a mexican

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**Stav** · 30-08-2007, 08:43 PM

4 inch exhaust and cannons? All hanging off chicken wire.

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onfire · 30-08-2007, 10:54 PM

American Low Rider.. of course every one does suspension and big wheels.. sprakly paint, pin striping, old school detailing, etc.

**CAT600** · 30-08-2007, 11:20 PM

Engine swapouts.

F6/XR6T engines into AU's and if somebody's brave, Just try and squeeze a Boss in there!

Daniel

MRJUCY · 30-08-2007, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by CAT600

, Just try and squeeze a Boss in there!

It fits but why would you bother?

Mark351 · 31-08-2007, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Stav

4 inch exhaust and cannons? All hanging off chicken wire.

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When is that going on the wagon Stav? :evil3:

AC · 31-08-2007, 12:32 PM

Air Bags ?

I haven't yet seen a falcon that can lay out...

**Uncle_Ken** · 31-08-2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

Lol, now that would be interesting.

Can just picture reactive armor plate on a car at the shopping center. Along comes 'trolley ding lady' and BANG!

Don't care who you are, thats funny

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With added bling (mags) and ford forum sticker of course

UK :togo:

**CAT600** · 01-09-2007, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MRJUCY

It fits but why would you bother?

Uhh, dunno,
smooth,
powerful,
sounds tough,
current tech,
idles properly,
different.

Need I go on?

Daniel.

**CAT600** · 01-09-2007, 12:08 AM

BTW, I'm not so sure it would fit.

Daniel

apolloxbgt · 01-09-2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CAT600

BTW, I'm not so sure it would fit.

Daniel

You just need the bulge bonnet.How do you think ford tested the boss prior to the release of the ba?

**CAT600** · 01-09-2007, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by apolloxbgt

You just need the bulge bonnet.How do you think ford tested the boss prior to the release of the ba?

Hmm, Spoke to Laminge about it at length going back a couple of years and he had looked at doing it himself and said it was a very costly process in terms of dollars, time and modifications. Ill search my PM's and see if I kept it.

Daniel

V3RSAC3 · 01-09-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CAT600

Uhh, dunno,
smooth,
powerful,
sounds tough,
current tech,
idles properly,
different.

Need I go on?

Daniel.

but the AU I6, is quicker off the mark anyway!?

1600GT · 01-09-2007, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by CAT600

smooth,

not mine. always rough under load. never starts properly either.
'within tolerance' is Ford's explanation...

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Originally Posted by CAT600

powerful,

true, but waaaaay to heavy, so it has to put the big numbers out to carry the weight. a little windsor will give better results with less power coz it isnt dragging its a55 all over town.

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Originally Posted by CAT600

sounds tough,

matter of opinion. my op... a good exhaust on an AU windsor cant be beat!!
Black TE50's (user on here, and in our club) has the BEST windsor note going.

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Originally Posted by CAT600

current tech,

give u that. DOHC does leave pushrods for dead.

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Originally Posted by CAT600

idles properly,

BULLSH/T!!
2 throttle bodies, 2 ECU's, 2 PCM's, multiple tune 'flashes', and god knows what else, and mine is still rougher than grandad's massey ferguson tractor...
thats when the thing starts. 20 minutes and an almost dead battery is my current record on my BA. about 3 seconds and start every time is the wife's AU...

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Originally Posted by CAT600

different.

to what?? a V8 Commodore, coz a BA XR8 is far too common these days.
far more common than an AU XR8.

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Originally Posted by CAT600

Need I go on?

if u wish.
but should i go on after that??

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Originally Posted by CAT600

Daniel.

Brett.

V3RSAC3 · 01-09-2007, 02:00 AM

hahaha ^^^^

**CAT600** · 01-09-2007, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 1600GT

not mine. always rough under load. never starts properly either.
'within tolerance' is Ford's explanation...

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true, but waaaaay to heavy, so it has to put the big numbers out to carry the weight. a little windsor will give better results with less power coz it isnt dragging its a55 all over town.

matter of opinion. my op... a good exhaust on an AU windsor cant be beat!!
Black TE50's (user on here, and in our club) has the BEST windsor note going.

give u that. DOHC does leave pushrods for dead.

BULLSH/T!!
2 throttle bodies, 2 ECU's, 2 PCM's, multiple tune 'flashes', and god knows what else, and mine is still rougher than grandad's massey ferguson tractor...
thats when the thing starts. 20 minutes and an almost dead battery is my current record on my BA. about 3 seconds and start every time is the wife's AU...

to what?? a V8 Commodore, coz a BA XR8 is far too common these days.
far more common than an AU XR8.

if u wish.
but should i go on after that??

Brett.

Mate, If you spent all that time cutting and pasting quotes to make yourself look like a peanut, you have succeeded.

I've owned Boss engines as well as Windsors, there is no comparison. The only 2 things a Windsor has going for it that's worth talking about, is size and weight. Size is essentially unimportant as long as it fits. Weight will be fixed when the market eventually gets readily available alloy wet sump blocks (for less than the price of what it takes to get a windsor bottom end to a decent base strength specification anyway).

Everything other than that is a negative for the little pushrod.

This thread is about Fad's. Nobody that I know of has put a Boss 5.4 into an AU, and the only Mod motors ever put in was by AEC, with their Sprintex 4.6 300+'s (only 2 made that I know of). I drove the black 4 door with Jay Upton in the passenger seat when I went to look at buying it (the only reason I did'nt was he could not guarantee airbag functionality with AEC's own ECM, therefore I could not register it). I tell you now, That thing was awesome. Ford made the biggest mistake of all time not fitting their own (supercharged) 4.6 Mod motor into AUII's. AEC wanted to pioneer that engine to production for Ford, But Ford were too dumb. So we got the next best thing.

The T3.

Good, but just not as good.

The Windsor was an excellent 1960's production engine, and its 40 year life span will far outweigh Mod motor life span. It's just that right here, right now, it's not as good as the Boss.

Daniel.

b2tf · 01-09-2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CAT600

Hmm, Spoke to Laminge about it at length going back a couple of years and he had looked at doing it himself and said it was a very costly process in terms of dollars, time and modifications. Ill search my PM's and see if I kept it.

Daniel

There was an AU3 XR8, silver, had red bonnet with grafted bulge, was the test mule for BOSS engines. Handmade engine mounts, very rough exhaust etc. Got crushed a looooooong time ago, but proof it can be done.

Casper · 02-09-2007, 08:15 AM

Since when did this turn into an Windsor v's Boss AU v's BA thread???

It stops....now.

Bucknaked · 02-09-2007, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Casper

Since when did this turn into an Windsor v's Boss AU v's BA thread???

It stops....now.

Maybe you should have highlighted "AU" and made in 24 point font. Some of those guys can't read.

**DJM83** · 02-09-2007, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucknaked

If it fits, why the hell not. As it's your suggestion, I think you should be the first to do it. Afterall, you are a mexican

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Oh snap, long as it has stripes over the top

eXi7w0unD · 02-09-2007, 02:06 PM

im creating a next gen fad for the au. its a working process should be ready for goldcoast all ford day.

it will be different.

The Monty · 02-09-2007, 03:10 PM

EL front on the AU.