LTD3V-8

by **nothin suss** » February 7th, 2010, 2:23 pm

Tint looks great... sets it off nice.
I have 18 percent on mine, too dark at night really about dimly lit streets. I have to put my window down to see people and bikes and stuff.
5 percent is basically limo tint.

by **Dumpsta** » February 10th, 2010, 4:37 pm

Do this mate...! http://www.trueblueford.com/fairlaneNlt ... 540_1.html

by **stav50** » February 10th, 2010, 10:11 pm

no dont, it is far too busy and looks gay. this car with some nice wheels and some dumpage will look mint, plus whatever is bolted on under the bonnet.

by **Dumpsta** » February 10th, 2010, 10:19 pm

I wouldnt go to the extent of the body kit, but the style of the wheels and the stance is insane, definitly shows the potential of the B-series fairlanes. I especially love the chrome garnish under the headlights.

by **SLY5LT** » February 10th, 2010, 10:34 pm

this car will stay as a LTD, not a XR-8 wannabe

NO hood scoop's

or over the top stuff,
it'll just be plain...simple...clean, & all going to plan enough poke under the bonnet to keep a few guy's on the hwy honest :cool:

by **SLY5LT** » February 13th, 2010, 8:00 pm

chrome door handle's are now in, a big thanks to "kenay" for the handle's & the install :wink:

there'll be more chrome to come :lol:

by **Kenaz** » February 15th, 2010, 6:28 pm

I thought these things would come stock with the chrome handles?

by **misk** » February 15th, 2010, 6:46 pm

yeah no shit lol
what came out with chrome handles then?

by **SLY5LT** » February 15th, 2010, 10:33 pm

Kenaz wrote:I thought these things would come stock with the chrome handles?

for $72,000 brand new, you'd think they'd come with alot of thing's :blink:

it only had the silver one's (1st page) when i got it.

by **NL_CONCORDE** » February 16th, 2010, 11:09 am

damn still havnt seen this thing but mite see you out at calder friday nite

by **SLY5LT** » February 16th, 2010, 12:11 pm

NL_CONCORDE wrote:damn still havnt seen this thing but mite see you out at calder friday nite

nope, i'll be at work :glare:

by **KR1STO** » February 16th, 2010, 12:31 pm

you coming to AFD steve..?

amazed they didn't come from factory with chrome!?! :scratch:

by **SLY5LT** » February 16th, 2010, 11:29 pm

KR1STO wrote:you coming to AFD steve..?

not sure, have put my name down for o/t saturday & sunday, but arvo shift get there o/t on sunday's normaly.
if there's no work or i get saturday i'll be there to spectate & take pic's....(not early)

KR1STO wrote:amazed they didn't come from factory with chrome!?!

i'm amazed they did'nt come with alot of thing's :blink:

a good way for ford to phase them out

by **SLY5LT** » February 22nd, 2010, 12:19 am

the car go's in for a.....auto trans service :wink: & external trans fluid cooler tomorrow.
a couple of thing's got over the w/end (between do o/t),
some "black background" BA h/light's.... (to replace the chrome std one's), to get the tough look.
and a "F6" air box intake snorkel.

and some more chrome...... in the form of a new door lock button

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » February 22nd, 2010, 7:47 am

SLY5LT wrote:the car go's in for a.....auto trans service :wink: & external trans fluid cooler tomorrow.
a couple of thing's got over the w/end (between do o/t),
some "black background" BA h/light's.... (to replace the chrome std one's), to get the tough look.
and a "F6" air box intake snorkel.

and some more chrome...... in the form of a new door lock button

Looking good Steve, wanna swap headlights? :grin:

by **SLY5LT** » February 22nd, 2010, 9:21 am

Kyle the ED4LTR wrote:Looking good Steve, wanna swap headlights?

ummmmm..... no

got them for $120 for the pair ! in perfect condition.
i was quoted $135 each at the wreckers.

by **nothin suss** » February 22nd, 2010, 9:31 am

A+ where this is going.... Nice.

by **SLY5LT** » May 9th, 2010, 1:10 pm

a small update, with the AFF drag meet yesterday i got my finger out & did the intake pipe (i've had the part's for week's)

it's a 3.5" stainless pipe (should polish up well) & some joiner's i got from a truck bit's place....
thanks to kev "schmee" for info on the place :good:

i just put on a breather i had left over from my 5l part's.

how it looks...i've alot of room on the pipe & will shorten the rubber on the airbox side.

i'll have to notch out the cover where the breather is for the cover to sit flat, or plumb in the factory breather to the new pipe.

by **SLY5LT** » May 9th, 2010, 1:16 pm

well the intake works well, i did a few run's in "all stock" trim, with a best of 15.29@94.86 mph.
then i put the intake pipe on & did a best of 14.95@96.36 mph :yahoo:

it's got me motivated again to fast track more mod's :cool:

by **[Sterling]** » May 9th, 2010, 1:29 pm

Looking good steve! Needs Moar Kenne bell

by **KR1STO** » May 9th, 2010, 2:32 pm

lookin great mate...
great diifference with the new intake!!!

by **SLY5LT** » May 9th, 2010, 4:59 pm

thanks kris, the intake is'nt something you can realy notice.... apart from more induction noise, but the time's don't lie :grin:

there should be a bigger gain once the header's & exhaust go on.

by **EFFalcon** » May 9th, 2010, 5:12 pm

14.9 certainly isnt bad!

by **SLY5LT** » May 9th, 2010, 8:03 pm

EFFalcon wrote:14.9 certainly isnt bad!

for a car that's 1865kg's & 100+kg driver & over a 1/2 a tank of juice i was wrapped !
i did'nt do a burnout all day as the auto is suspect, when i got the first 14 second pass.......
i started lighting them up (second gear burnout's on cheap rubber= heap's of smoke) :grin:

& got consistant 15.00's along with the 14.95. :cool:

by **SLY5LT** » May 11th, 2010, 1:00 pm

a couple of pic's from the event.
my first pass racing my brother in his XR6-T.

the last run of the night.... mmmmm smoke.

by **pHaT`eL** » May 11th, 2010, 4:49 pm

Something funny about seeing Luxo cars with smoke pouring from the rears

Do they make you take off the centre caps?

by **Bipolar** » May 11th, 2010, 6:36 pm

Fark yeah! That last pic is sick!!!

by **SLY5LT** » May 12th, 2010, 12:34 am

pHaT`eL wrote:Something funny about seeing Luxo cars with smoke pouring from the rears

Do they make you take off the centre caps?

it has no prob's with burnout's at all.... that pic was at the start of the burnout on my last pass for the night.
as for the centre cap's..... calder yes, at heathcote no.... you can leave them on, there so relaxed up there. :grin:

the back's are off as i had one cap ripped off & the other half ripped off at f/gate shopping centre the other week....
i took them all off (as i did'nt want any more stolen) :glare:

i only put the front's back on for the drag's for photo opp's , as now there off all the time.
& i'm not paying another $88 each for a bit of plastic to be ripped off again :glare:

i'll be entering the AFF nat's in july with the car & should have at least the exhaust done by then...
so the et's will drop again :cool:

by **SLY5LT** » May 12th, 2010, 3:18 am

where there's smoke..... there's someone taking pic's

a couple more pic's i found on the net.

by **XRated** » May 12th, 2010, 2:54 pm

Pretty quick for a near stock LTD! I remember the days of E-Series struggling to crack a 14.

by **EFFalcon** » May 12th, 2010, 2:56 pm

XRated wrote:Pretty quick for a near stock LTD! I remember the days of E-Series struggling to crack a 14.

14's were the target
I hate new cars lol

by **SLY5LT** » May 13th, 2010, 12:22 am

[Sterling] wrote:Looking good steve! Needs Moar Kenne bell

that'd need a bonnet scoop

i wont be going that way this time.

by **SLY5LT** » May 13th, 2010, 12:24 am

EFFalcon wrote:
XRated wrote:Pretty quick for a near stock LTD! I remember the days of E-Series struggling to crack a 14.

14's were the target
I hate new cars lol

it's made me love the new car even more, a couple more tweak's here & there and i'll be happy :cool:

by **SLY5LT** » July 1st, 2010, 4:17 am

***UPDATE***
with a drag meet not far off, the next round of mod's are about to go ahead.
along with part's already in the stock pile.... some new part's are starting to arrive.
i got the header's today, difilippo 4 into 1's.

the car is booked to get the system done next week, the hi-flo metal cat's should be here in a day or two.... the muffler's i'm still unsure what to put on ?
other mod's will be done over the w/end (depending on part's turning up).
the vision of the car (in my mind) is starting to come together .

by **KR1STO** » July 1st, 2010, 10:45 am

nice...!!
i'm thinkin about putting di fillipos on mine...
should pick up some power with the new exhaust..

by **SLY5LT** » July 1st, 2010, 11:42 am

just to hear some noise from the engine will be good :grin:

by **ronza** » July 1st, 2010, 1:15 pm

Very nice mate cant wait ta hear once all done... :good:

by **BROCKYB8** » July 1st, 2010, 8:32 pm

needs some cold air induction needed too .
Come down to the aff mini meet and talk to ms aly tommorow night about one

by **burnt turtle** » July 1st, 2010, 9:29 pm

i think he already has a cold air intake, brought and everything scotty

by **SLY5LT** » July 2nd, 2010, 2:56 am

ronza wrote:Very nice mate cant wait ta hear once all done...

i'm still not sure on what muffler's to go with ?
and the rim's i got off you will be getting some "SLY5LT" spec rubber before the next drag meet :cool:

BROCKYB8 wrote:needs some cold air induction needed too .
Come down to the aff mini meet and talk to ms aly tommorow night about one

i'd love to come to one of these meet's, but by the time i get off work & get there everyone has gone :-(

burnt turtle wrote:i think he already has a cold air intake, brought and everything scotty

pretty much, the intake tube is done, i've still to put on the "F6" intake tube, & have got a k&n filter to go on.

a couple more part's arrived today.......
two hi-flo 3" metal cat's .... to back onto the 3" collector from the header's.

and some monroe "gt sport" strut's & shock's (i've gone the cheap option for now)

along with the pedders spring's i got of josh "burnt turtle" it'll give the LTD more of a cruiser stance.

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