7 ltr Falcon bit of a resto

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Nov 19, 12 7:46 pm

SORRY This is a non mopar thread & has very little in common except having a V8
but still in the nature of 'doing up' cars so will post on here

Following been 'helped' off the road @ donington, my pride & joy race car is in a bit of sad way.
Plan for this winter was to rebuild another similar 5ltr falcon, which im currently doing & will start a separate thread for.
So the last thing I wanted was 2 winter projects.
Currently my car is in the cue waiting to go on the jig, so ive removed all the body panels & the engine+box and have been giving her a bit of tidy up underneath

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Nov 19, 12 7:54 pm

last time I did this to car, I hardly used it, then sold it to a womble who destroyed it.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Mon Nov 19, 12 8:48 pm

wow quite the tear down,dont make it to nice

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Nov 19, 12 9:44 pm

This should be a great thread.
Never realised it was a "Big Boy" - 7litre

Detailed info and pictures (and cost

) would be interesting...

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Nov 19, 12 10:10 pm

Pete hopefully the cost of repairing it wont be much at all,Ive now got 3 doner road cars, first one spotted by dunc taking the pee & ive bought the next 2 for buttons, so thats the sheet metal, mirrors,rear lights etc & lucky I made moulds for the non std bumpers.
Lucky non of the mega bucks specail V8 supercars bit have been damaged from what I can see so far.(fingers crossed no rear sup damage)

The engine is a small block saleen S7R race motor so quite a rare & fancy thing, last engine rebuild was $$$ as needed all the titanium jesel valve gear replaced, pistons etc etc but lucky this time is only a set of valves as the titanium ones were burnt with all the crap they put in shell optimax (or so ive been told) so going back to stainless ones & a set of rings + block hone

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Nov 19, 12 10:18 pm

Blimey - Live rear axle???

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Nov 19, 12 10:24 pm

takin the pee............. never ,

keep the pics comin andy lad interesting stuff,

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Nov 19, 12 10:50 pm

Pete wrote:Blimey - Live rear axle???

yip caveman stuff, this is a 1999 car and they are still running them now, but they are changing them next year for the 'car of the future'
Axle is quite trick actually in having camber plates & outer cv joints, so you can ajust rear toe & camber.

Mr Hauser ahs been quite interested in some of the auz stuff Ive sent him to fix, the harrop pigs nose & spool made a mark williams/nascar one look like toytown stuff

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Nov 19, 12 10:53 pm

Cannonball wrote:takin the pee............. never ,

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Tue Nov 20, 12 12:40 am

Pete wrote:
Cannonball wrote:takin the pee............. never ,

Is that you Mr RUNNER ?

Nice project Andy . . .

Wasn't aware of Ti Valves & Optimax issue, I will keep an eye when mine eventually gets moving

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Tue Nov 20, 12 7:05 am

I never realised it was such a monster this thing.

Keep the pictures coming

Auto jacking system

Whats it run on gas ?

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Tue Nov 20, 12 8:09 am

autofetish wrote:I never realised it was such a monster this thing.

Keep the pictures coming

Auto jacking system

Whats it run on gas ?

cheers lads
yes has air jacks

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Tue Nov 20, 12 8:12 am

mopar_mark wrote:
Pete wrote:
Cannonball wrote:takin the pee............. never ,

Is that you Mr RUNNER ?

Nice project Andy . . .

Wasn't aware of Ti Valves & Optimax issue, I will keep an eye when mine eventually gets moving

yes, tmr 4 speed mick put a thread on hear about it, there now putting crap into super to make it more planet freindly, but race car engine unfriendly I think

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Nov 20, 12 8:54 am

andyrob wrote:last time I did this to car, I hardly used it, then sold it to a womble who destroyed it.

Yeah that was Big Red and Loose Wheel Nuts wasn't it?

I love the construction work that has gone into that race car Andy. It is not just down to expensive trick parts. A lot of thought has gone into the chassis construction. It's a lovely bit of kit.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Nov 20, 12 8:56 am

autofetish wrote:Auto jacking system

Whats it run on gas ?

Did you mean what does the jacking system run on? Andy plugs in a CO2 cylinder to activate it back in the pits.