Boosted Falcon

Well the car ended up in my drive as a result of a "commo" driver turning in front of me coming into albury on the way back from summernats 20 in my "da ltd", i put my foot on the brake (locked up/no abs) & t-boned him !






NOT HAPPY JAN !!!!

so the insurance co gave me $6500 for the write off
i was in rebuild stage of a S3-rx7 i got a few months before... (12a/manual/factory sunroof etc) ...which i still have




but did'nt know if i should put the cash into something that part's were hard to find, or get something newer

a quick look on the net & i spotted the 'lane, (ex fawkner crematoriom car) it had some klm's on it (215.000) but i figured for an extra $500 i was upgrading from.....da to nl....6 cyl to V8....velouer to leather, the only thing i did'nt get was a sunroof

ok ! first thing i did was to put the rim's of the ltd on it



but going back to a V8 i wanted to get the "muscle car" look, so first port of call was a set of weld wheels draglite's !
15x6 on front & 15x8 on back, it was a few set's of tyre's later that i got the combo look good (except the stock susp)
first i tried... 15x275x60.... HUGE !





ended up with some 15x265x50 comp ta's (against the 'phoon 19x245x35)



(pic is post lowering)





with (tug boat) suspention it was on the cards to lower it ,
the day before it was done i knew i was going to get some 19's at some stage ..... so got some bf mk2 typhoon's



then with it a bit lower....




the engine got a couple of "bolt on" mod's, ss cold air intake, k&n filter, underdrive pulley's, custom intake tube,




then was the exhaust, which at first was as set of pacemaker's with a 2 1/2" hooker mufler /no resi.

soon to follow by a 2 1/4" into twin magnaflow metal cat's into a single 3" system (thinking a head)
a hooker muffler was used again, after 100metres of the test drive... a resi was booked in to be intstalled
done by hallam performance !

then i was looking for some plate's, ended up with.... SLY5LT



i was thinking of future sale's, be it the new ford 5l coming, or current ford & holden 5l owner's

your limited with a 'lane when it come's to the body side of it (unless you have deep pocket's) so the easy way to seperate my car from the other's was a hood scoop, also it fitted in with the plan's (at the time) to fit either a 351 efi donk ?
or "nos" via a intake plate that a fordmods member had done, both involved clearance !!!!
i looked at a couple... one of which was a mopar scoop, but it did'nt blend with the line's of the car.....

A9X.




camaro.... but had the ridge down the centre (looks odd with the 'lane line's)




got one off ebay..... it was way to short even for the RX7




at a mini cruise i spoke to "timmy" & he put me onto "phat custom kits" in dandy,
it was a long process (lack of communication) on ronnies' behalf but it's now done !

first go at it !



second go at it





then it peeled on the back section of the bonnet so had him notch it "camaro style"



a big thanks also has to go out to "Phoenix" from here for the loan of his bonnet while the last stage was done !

the diff was a 3.23 sigle spinner, the centre was changed to a 3.45 lsd (lots of fun)
the next step was to goto 3.89 gears that are now in.... all the diff work was done by "supa trik" in dandy
3.89's are great on the street ! it makes first gear so much better.

with the diff gear's in,
it was a no brainer that the cam had to be swapped to give me the mid/top end power i now lack


it's late !!!! so to be continued

your DA looks real nice too.
Quite like what you did with the wheels.

still love that bonnet.

Great looking car SLYSLuT

Looking forward to seeing some more updates soon

love the bonnet.

we hav an rx7 big flares, fats on the rear, big spoiler dunno if we r fixing it or just selling for parts.

john, the da was at the end of road for me, the electric's & other bit's kept playing up which is why i got the RX7.
i had it for 10 years & was a good car & like all my car's did alot of klm's

mad_keen, i'm in the same boat......stil love the car (RX7) but not sure if i'll sell to finish the engine mod's on the 'lane.... or keep & fix it w/end work ?

part 2 of the story to come after work tonight .

bonnet looks awesome.... in a couple of months once I do some more body work on my turbo Im planning on
getting a similar bonnet... planning on having it made from steel though to prevent any dramas down the road....

anyway top stuff, looking forward to part 2....

****first couple of post's tweaked a little****
still gathering pic's but along the way there was a disc upgrade to dba slotted/drilled disc's (will get slotted next time)



some item's i got for the RX7 now made there way into the 'lane, one was the.... MONSTER TACHO....



which has now found another home
but it'll be replaced with a shift light when new engine has been installed, (with the higher rpm).

the sound system also come out of there box's & into the 'lane,(pick from RX7 mockup)



a pioneer head deck & rear speaker's, with kicker front split's & sub, power is by some cheap audioline amp's.
****the sub has'nt been put back in since the first drag meet last december*****
it's not on much anyway, as i love the V8 sound more

also from the thing's that were to go into the RX7 was a pair or "race style" seat's, which i sold to "hoggy66" on here....
that i've bought back off him, as my drivers side seat is nfg (after 300.xxx klm's)






after the fit (soon) they'll be sent off to be recovered to match the interior which is mint (bar the drivers seat)



in a atempt to debadge , i found out that the rear one's left a hole ...or....two...
so i found the upgrade to ba/bf style fitted/fixed that
... after a couple of go's




for the drivers side , the only thing i could find was a "G8" badge....well it's a ghia....& an 8 !



also in that pic the exhaust tip got an upgrade to a twin 3"tip from the "whale mouth" that was on there

a couple of the left over badge's made there way to the interior,
also in the pic is trans tunnel mounted fire extinguisher, which along with a tail shaft loop was fitted at the same time...
as i intend on doing a few drag meet's in the future & to be safe on the track.



another set of wheel's where on for a short time (lalins' old mayhem's).....now on "hoggy66's" ed wagon




from the when i first got the car i started getting upgrade bit's.....only to find out that 302 & 5L part's not alway's match !
so some have gone & some are still waiting for there day in the sun....or engine bay sauna





some gt40p head's i got from "commando" have had a tweak & some of the comp cams goodie's put on them,
i'm now looking at getting a short motor (maybe 347) to put all the stuff on/in.....
it makes more sence as it'd all be new, rather than have new stuff being thrashed on a 300,xxx klm bottom end

i've done a couple of street meet's with different combo's.....being, draglite rim's...typhoon rim's....stock 'lane rim's....
3.89 diff etc, with my best to date of 15.36 @ 90 mph.....no record's were broken
but i now had a base time to compare my future up grade's









the next day it was on the dyno to see how little...ummm much it was making.



so a base power reading is now in hand to compare future upgrade's.

it's now back on stock rim's until i've done the engine & got it tuned.





some small body mod's will take place over the coming week's (nothing major) but that's about it for now .....
until the cash starts coming in after xmas

feel free to comment ....good or bad

Love IT.

Very very nice car. love this thing.

how much and where did you get the brake discs from?

Looks best in the 2nd last pic there. What size tyres are on the back in that pic?

What are the weld draglites worth?

love it steve...

definately an awesome lane..!!!!

thanks for the comment's guy's .......

Phillis wrote:Very very nice car. love this thing.

how much and where did you get the brake discs from?

not sure what there worth now ? i got them from "VPW" they were by far the lowest price.

Sundeep wrote:Looks best in the 2nd last pic there. What size tyres are on the back in that pic?

What are the weld draglites worth?

those last couple of pic's i did with a new camera i got (trial & error).
the tyre's are kumo (suv tyre's ?) 15x255x60.
i sold them a year ago, but once again "VPW" had the lowest price by far......with the oz $ good the price should be better than the online price...(they don't update alot).
http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp? ... GrpID=2383

KR1STO wrote:love it steve...

definately an awesome lane..!!!!

thanks kris, as you know the body & paint are far from perfect which is why i love some of these pic's

still looks great though...

wanna sell me the RX7?

KR1STO wrote:still looks great though...

wanna sell me the RX7?

will let you know, i'm still toying with the idea of making it the track car & the 'lane as the tow car

not a bad idea..!!

good job man looks awesome. what power has it got now?
where did ya get that intake pipe from? just a exhaust joint or that?
love the scoop too

LOW_XR wrote:good job man looks awesome. what power has it got now?
where did ya get that intake pipe from? just a exhaust joint or that?
love the scoop too

thanks, still a fare bit to do !
power is still as dyno run (stock engine with unerdrive's, cai & exhaust), no more mod's have been yet
i hope to be getting the head's back friday.

intake pipe is 3" stainless with a 60 degree bend (from memory) done at an exhaust shop
stole the idea from jeff's ute build

Last few pics look the best Steve Bonnet is definately different, looks awsum!

what size is the bonnet scoop/bulge? Is it a 3inch, 4inch etc? I know the reverse cowle scoops come in a variety of sizes, yours looks prefect....

EF ECTIV wrote:what size is the bonnet scoop/bulge? Is it a 3inch, 4inch etc? I know the reverse cowle scoops come in a variety of sizes, yours looks prefect....

i'd say..... 2-1/2 to 3" & the front of it is alot like the "ve brock commo" before blending

maybe send an e mail to "phat custom kits" to get the dimmension's,
http://www.phatcustomkits.com.au/contact%20us%202.html
he also has a ebay shop in the same name.

SLY5LT wrote:

This is hands down the hottest looking australian fairlane i have ever seen. E-series or other

Just wait, there'll be a few more F'Lanes with the reverse scoop soon with 255/60 tyres looks too good to not be copied!

cant wait to see & hear this thing with a tuff motor, stroker in a lane would be sick, never seen anyone do much with a v8 lane

braad wrote:This is hands down the hottest looking australian fairlane i have ever seen. E-series or other

Just wait, there'll be a few more F'Lanes with the reverse scoop soon with 255/60 tyres looks too good to not be copied!

thanks, but although the pic is good, the car in person has a fair bit to be done

XR_Lightning wrote:cant wait to see & hear this thing with a tuff motor, stroker in a lane would be sick, never seen anyone do much with a v8 lane

we'll have to see about the stroker, but the cam i've got for it has a lopey idle to it & a good power range that should work well with the diff gear's that are in.
it wont be that wild.... as it's a daily driver.

small update......got the head's back today, fitted with the "comp cams" spring's, retainer's & lock's i've had for a while
new exhaust valve's were also fitted, due to the old one's being longer than the intake valve's & different retainer's used for both...(not sure if that's normal?)
so with the uniform retainer's i'd already got, the new valve's had to go in

good work there mate cant wait to see this beast up and going with all the go fast bits .

Keep it up mate +1 for looks although my lane has 235/60/16's at the rear only thing holding mine back is somewhere in the electrics

See you on the Prinny mate should be out in the LTD this weekend

NL_CONCORDE wrote:Keep it up mate +1 for looks although my lane has 235/60/16's at the rear only thing holding mine back is somewhere in the electrics

See you on the Prinny mate should be out in the LTD this weekend

thanks joel, good luck getting the electric's fixed.

SLY5LT wrote:

NL_CONCORDE wrote:Keep it up mate +1 for looks although my lane has 235/60/16's at the rear only thing holding mine back is somewhere in the electrics

See you on the Prinny mate should be out in the LTD this weekend

thanks joel, good luck getting the electric's fixed.

Anytime n decided not to take LTD out as i'll probably do something stupid and wont have it for calder so i'll be riding shotgun again.....

Very very cool ride mate. ive seen it around fountain gate before

thanks steve,
i see you from time to time on hallam/belgrave rd turning onto the fwy.

mate i gotta say this is a freaking good fairlane! whats the new engine u got for it? where did u get the bottom end?

EBIIsasquatch wrote:mate i gotta say this is a freaking good fairlane! whats the new engine u got for it? where did u get the bottom end?

have been collecting part's for a while now (almost done) & was going to put them in & on the motor in it now,
but it's just clocked over 300,000 klm's & are now thinking of getting a short motor (maybe 347 depending on cash flow)
so it'll be a completly new donk ..... with a chip & tune..... it should do ok for a daily driver.

Hi sly,
Ive see this lane out a few times now
and ive got to tell you the pics do it no justice.
It looks tuff on the go, top job for sure.

wikdas351 wrote:Hi sly,
Ive see this lane out a few times now
and ive got to tell you the pics do it no justice.
It looks tuff on the go, top job for sure.

thanks for that (just don't look to close)

Saw your car a couple of weeks ago in the carpark behind KFC/Hungry Jacks in Hallam around 1:30pm, looks nice lowered on stockies.

GUTLES wrote:Saw your car a couple of weeks ago in the carpark behind KFC/Hungry Jacks in Hallam around 1:30pm, looks nice lowered on stockies.

i grab some subway on the way to work from there,
the stock 'lane rim's are in "makeover mode".....due to a couple of brew's have done the rear two....
will put some pic's when i've done the front two rim's.

Hmmmmmm sounds interesting........

SLY5LT wrote:the stock 'lane rim's are in "makeover mode".....due to a couple of brew's have done the rear two....
will put some pic's when i've done the front two rim's.