Not sure exactly what they're called but that sounds like what I'm talking about, mate has one and it really puts you back in the seat, his partner drives a Tickford 5.0 Fairlane & it leaves it for dead, but so does the R31. The BA sits on the road like glue up to 160kph and even has good brakes - nice car for the money. Still no where near as much fun as a 1600/FJt though (-:
TR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 10:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RB20DET So Terry you're talking non-turbo Barra 182kw/380Nm @ ~1700kg? (falcon XT auto kerb weight is 1694kg) - the drive-line really interests me in the falcons. I've been spending my Sat at Canberra pickles auctions and have been bouncing between whatever sells cheap which means each w/end I come home with a different car in mind (Magna Tj2, VXII and lately XT Barra 182 - so much so ended up at the ford dealers to see how sparse the base XT was - suprisingly good: tip-tronic, electric drivers seat, 100W CD + str wheel cntrl, ABS, dual a/bag, IRS, trip computer, pwr fr wind hmm couple of factory 'sports' going for $32,990 or less + ORC which adds 17", sports IRS, subtle body kit...surely exhuast and chip will see an easy 195-200kw?! Big wheels and heavily dumped in the right colour I think even the basic BA looks sweet! Get the 5.4 and I got the poor man's DJR special if only I could get the valencio orange hue...and a few more kws. Hmm if I just pulled my finger out and engineered the 1600 I'd be $30-40k better off! Mark.JT --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
