Boosted Falcon

Well i spent the long weekend down near bairnsdale. 1400 acres of good paddocks for some car fun, drinking, fires and shooting. Just the kind of relaxing weekend to let off some steam. Now getting onto the property was interesting because i had a full car and towing a trailer i got stuck in some really soft sand (Pic 1 & 2) though we managed to drag the car out with a $500 volvo we took down as a paddock basher (video 1). Anyway now to the interesting (car related) part of the weekend:

We had an XE wagon which wasnt going forwards and we were pushing everything in reverse. So after sinking a few frothies and getting our convertble patrol running we got to talking about getting the XE running. Someone said they saw on TV that if you give the diff a 180 degree turn along the driveline, if you put the car in reverse, it will drive the forwards. We'd had few to drink so thought why not give it a go!! We rolled the XE onto its side so we could release everything and give it a turn. While it was up we thought we'd bolt the rear axle under the leaf springs instead of on top of them just so we had a bit of height. Believe it or not spinning the diff actually works!!!! Now the car goes forwards (when you put it in reverse) and has some wicked bounce. We also grinded the roof out above the boot so there was somewhere to stand while hunting. Anyway here are the pics.


XR8 bogged and getting dragged out by the volvo




The volvo in the our session, pity the filming was stopped there was an awsome drift behind those trees


XE getting put on its side to do the work


XE before everything was unbolted


Axle removed


Starting to rotate about drive shaft


Bolting back on the underside of the leaf springs


Everything reconnected


Rolling back on its wheels


As it stands now




Well there it is. If you ever lose your forward clutches in your auto falcon roll it onto it's side and give the diff a 180!!!

Steve

that XE is AWESOME!

haha the xe looks mad.. i can imagine the bounce lol

What the ****? That's funny as shit.

Bounce is unreal!! With a full car and 1 adult and 5 kids in the boot it still gets some wicked bounce. I have to say its one of the best paddock bashers i've ever driven. Next time we go down we want to take a welder, grind out the centre of the XE wheels and patrol wheels and weld the centres of the XE wheels to the patrol wheels. Then we'll have a lifted XE with 4x4 wheels on it.

PS i forgot to say it still hits like 70km in reverse

70kmh in reverse? Damn....

Looks like you had heaps of fun. Are there any more dirt drift videos?

Just got a few more pics from a mate. You can see the hole in the roof in this one. I'm sitting it it (not the kid standing up).



This is the only other volvo vid i can find. Shame really, I taught a few people to do donuts that weekend and didnt film any of it.

You needed to teach your friends how to do doughies?

That XE looks fun.

Your wallets would be hating life. 70km/h in one short ratio gear would kill fuel economy. The econogauge in the old XE would been brokeded by the end of the weekend.

Where about in B'dale do you hang out when you come down, this is my home town

We normally just cruised around on idle but headed out onto one of the salt lake's to give it a go for a speed run. Wasnt too bad on petrol. Used about 40L for a weekend of driving. Cant complain with that.

jet-6: We were actually on a property that borders Hollands Landing but we tell people Bairnsdale because more people know where it is!

O/T... will you guys be going to the Queen's Birthday 1/8 mile drags @ that aerodrome track?

haha only in bairnsdale.. thats where i come from- some serious paddock area out there!! you shoulda gone to the abandoned aerodrome- good for a drag strip!!!

thats what we had the salt lakes for

stockiEF wrote:haha only in bairnsdale.. thats where i come from- some serious paddock area out there!! you shoulda gone to the abandoned aerodrome- good for a drag strip!!!

What one would that be? The one where the the drag strip is/has been forever, or is there more?