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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Which x series did ford drop the v8 in? I am buying me an old xe falcon as a "fun" car and i have a 302 i would like to put in but not sure about which model the stopped the v8 in.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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XE in 1982.
Is the V8 you have windsor or cleveland?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2005
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windsor.
lol well... thats a little inconvenient isnt it, im buying the model i cant put the engine in. Ah well its 500 bucks i can use as a paddock basher. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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You should be able to get it in there. XE was the final run... But they were a cleveland.
Chuck it in! What tranny did you have in mind??
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Its got the 4 speed manual in it and lsd. Was thinking a bit stronger box and 9 inch just to have a bit of fun in.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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9 inch might be overkill, as they were not even factory fitment behind the 351 esp's.
You going to turn it into a doughnut machine?
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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the box will be fine, as will the diff.
just be a bit carefull with it. the XE V8's (both 302 & 351) had borg warner single rail 4 speeds, and borg warner '78' 4 pinion LSD's, including the cop cars. we've run a borgy 4 pinion diff in our 82 Dick Johnson Red Roo Pipe replica race car for years, behind a healthy 351, with no probs. we do run a top loader box tho. a 9" conversion is EXPENSIVE in an XE, because of the watts linkage arrangement on the back of the housing, and the coil spring mountings. simply trying to use an XC or so 9" won't work without mods to the housing. anyway, if the stockys do go BANG, worry about the bigger stuff then. why spend the money if you don't have too?? |
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NOT A TOYOTA :/
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Eastern Suburbs, Melb
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So doesn't that make it the XF that dropped the v8, considering the XE had one?
Hummmmm?
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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no, as it was dropped part way through the XE run ( in 82) - XF came out in 84
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XE dropped it in Nov. 1982, mid way thru the model run. XF wasn't released till 1984-5. |
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NOT A TOYOTA :/
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Okay well that put me in my place!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Brisbane
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If it's an XE after they dropped the V8 ('82') you'll need D.O.T mod plate if ya want to register it, that was the ruling here in QLD anyway.
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Diabolus
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Brisbane
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i dont think the 6cly box will fit the V8. i went to the wreakers lookin for a new box for the XD. thought i was in luck till i told them it was a V8 and they said the input shafts are smaller on the I6 and wont fit properly.
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