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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:59 pm 
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8-) "SUCCESS" 8-) The LPG Blow-off valve has passed it's final test :lol: The Lane backfired on the missus for the first time today and she said it didn't miss a beat. Normally the engine cuts out and you open the bonnet to find the engine bay in a big mess :? Didn't cut out, and when I got home from work and she told me about it, I checked under the hood to find everything where it should be :D Even the new spring clips I had bought were still all there and clipped on.
To top the day, I also came home to find my new EL Leather T-Bar s**t handle had arrived, so it was straight out to the garage, made up a new centre shaft out of a tent peg and had it fitted in no time. Stay tuned, I'm on a roll and it's nearly bonus time at work + tax refund time :D I can feel a mod fest commin on!
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:06 pm 
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Nice.

Now all you need to do is change the shifter stem for an EF/EL one and you have a shortened shifter.

I might just have one laying around you can have. :lol:

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:09 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Nice.

Now all you need to do is change the shifter stem for an EF/EL one and you have a shortened shifter.

I might just have one laying around you can have. :lol:

BenJ

Is it chrome :lol:

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:37 am 
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Geez Mick,
You should know by now NOT to ask BenJ TOO many questions!!!
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:40 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Nice.

Now all you need to do is change the shifter stem for an EF/EL one and you have a shortened shifter.

I might just have one laying around you can have. :lol:

BenJ

Is it chrome :lol:


Not that one, the other one is hehe

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:51 am 
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mick that lane is f**k awesome
well done mate

hope to see lots more in the future but so far u doin a top job
keep up the good work

any1 after nc fairlane sportsman parts ?
if so im strippin 1

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:54 pm 
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mick that lane is f**k awesome
well done mate

hope to see lots more in the future but so far u doin a top job
keep up the good work

any1 after nc fairlane sportsman parts ?
if so im strippin 1

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Thanks Drifty,
It's alright I suppose :P The sportsman's are a 6 aren't they?
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:21 pm 
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"WOW" :shock: What a difference a new set of leads can make. I pulled out the old set of Top Gun's shown hear looking very tired indeed
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and replaced them with a set of these babies
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The lane is now running sweet as :D Idling nice and smooth on both fuel and LPG, it idled like a pig previously on gas. And it is just generally running a lot smoother with better throttle responce and more power. Lovin it! :lol:
Now changing the leads in a 5.0L with extractors and LPG is no easy feat, but it helps if you have a set of ramps and a trolley :wink:
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Now the right bank is pretty straight forward, but the left is a damn b**ch. No. 1 & 2 cylinders have to be accessed from under the car
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and 3 & 4 are just a b**ch trying to squeeze your fingers in between the extractors to get to the leads
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Whilst I was under there I noticed that the heat shield on the exhaust had copped a bit of a beating since being lowered and there was a big chunk that had been torn off and was just hanging there.
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And after numerous questions about what diff I am running, I can finally answer the question with confidence, thought I would check that whilst I was under there as well. It's a 327 LSD :D Now hopefully that will be the end of my little backfiring issue, but as you would have read earlier, I have protection for that as well :wink: Just in case :lol:

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:47 pm 
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I am sooooo glad I have a six LOL

Nice work Mick.

Hope to see you down here again soon.

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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:18 pm 
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I am sooooo glad I have a six LOL

Nice work Mick.

Hope to see you down here again soon.

BenJ

haha! The 8 has it's advantages, just a b**ch to service :lol:

Hoping to get down there again soon. I managed to get a week off work for the first week of the school holidays, so I might try and get down next friday. Have to pick up my chrome shifter from BuNtEr (remember him, he's still kickin, despite the wishes of some on here :P ) so I have another excuse for a trip south. :D
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:36 pm 
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I did a bit of scanning over the past couple of days of some of the old fords I have owned. I made up a thread and put up a few pics to give a bit of a story of how I came to get to the old Lane.
After the recent Koala Park car show, I was walking around with BenJ taking a few photo's and I reckon I must have sounded like a bit of a s**t spinner :lol: I kept saying "I had one of these", "you shoulda seen it" lol.
Well here ya go ben, I finally pulled my finger out and scanned in some pics. Enjoy!
Mick
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:40 pm 
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Well! I have just ticked off another mod. And a very important one at that :wink:
The Lane now sounds like a V8 should thanks to a custom 2 1/4" Mandrel bent system with 6 Hotdogs fitted into the system to give it a very unique, deep crisp note. Combined with the EL GT extractors, the Lane sounds friggin awesome, now I just have to do something about that diff ratio :roll: The mods just keep comin, but I wouldn't have it any other way :D
A couple of pics during the installation

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Must give credit to Eric from Carline mufflers in Belmont. Did an excellent job on the installation and was more than happy to do a custom setup to get the result I was after.
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:06 pm 
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Here's a video of the new exhaust. Sounds Sweeeet :D
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:38 pm 
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I have fallen in love with your exhaust. I need something like this on mine. I'll go and visit Carline Belmont on Thursday and see if old mate can do something like this. Dead set, this is a very sweet sound you have from your Fairlane!!!

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:01 am 
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I have fallen in love with your exhaust. I need something like this on mine. I'll go and visit Carline Belmont on Thursday and see if old mate can do something like this. Dead set, this is a very sweet sound you have from your Fairlane!!!

Sorry mate, she's taken :lol: Nah! Seriously, you won't be dissapointed if you get him to make up another custom set-up similar to mine. The sound I achieved is quite unique. Will be interesting to compare it with Castlegreyskulls, as it is his system that I got the idea from.
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