mate in melbourne has just mailed me the latest shots of his 3 door that he took back to aussie 3 years ago from england.
used to belong to a rsoc member from bristol.
happy drooling








his ron around!!!

 

liking the run arround

 

 

run around looks phat cozzie looks phater

 

Cool

 

Nice looking 3dr

 

both are very nice cars

 

what is that runaround?? Looks fookin awesome!!

Chris

 

 

both cars look fantatsic what a lucky bloke lol

 

very nice motors, whats his run around though? looks like the front end of 1 of them svt cobra things

 

both cool run around looks like a new verion of a saffy pickup

 

Firstly, very clean looking Cossie. Look forward to possibly seeing it at the big Ford day held at Geelong next year!

The run-around is a Ford XR8 ute and if its factory standard it had 348 hp!
heres the specs:

Engine: Boss 260 5.4 Litre V8.
4 Valves per Cylinder.
DOHC per head.
260kw. (348hp)

Transmission: 5 Speed Tremec Manual.
Exhaust: Stainless Steel Headers and Sports System. (Standard)
Optional Factory Body Kit
Wheels and Tyres: 17' x 8' Factory Option Mags.
Standard Features: ABS Brakes.
Cruise Control.
100 watt, 4 speaker CD player.
Climate Control.

BTW: Ford Performance Vehicles Australia is releasing the 'Pursuit' which will have 389 hp and 520 Nm of torque!

You can also get a model called the XR6, a 6 cylinder turbo. A modified example has already done 190 mph!
http://www.aps-xr6t.com/falcon/avalon/307kph.htm

and a different tuner (using similar parts) has done a quarter mile in the 10 second zone...
http://www.aps-xr6t.com/falcon/drags/1163.htm

 

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