Ford TX3 Turbo and Boeing 737
10-08-2007, 12:28 AM
#1
Ford TX3 Turbo and Boeing 737
Not often you get these photo oportunities these days (airfield security etc).
But heres a photo of my Ford Laser TX3 4WD Turbo and 'someone elses' Boeing 737-800
The TX3 was my pride and joy but now it is my 'daily banger' since the purchase of the Sierra RS.
But heres a photo of my Ford Laser TX3 4WD Turbo and 'someone elses' Boeing 737-800
The TX3 was my pride and joy but now it is my 'daily banger' since the purchase of the Sierra RS.
11-08-2007, 03:30 AM
#5
What kinda engine? ... its a CFM 56-7B with 26,000 pound o' thrust 
But really (the car) ... in Australia when this was made (1991) our small cars came from Japan (we had the Laser instead of the Escort) and the TX3 4WD Turbo is actually the same driveline as the Mazda 323 GTX 4WD Turbo as sold in Japan (I think the UK to
).
So the engne is a BP-T (double overhead cam east-west mounted 1.8L turbo .. as opposed to the 1.6L B6.
I've had this car since 1999 and its actually been super reliable ... its cost me a radiator, a cooling hose and a battery ... oh and I've given it a bit in my time but always serviced by me
But really (the car) ... in Australia when this was made (1991) our small cars came from Japan (we had the Laser instead of the Escort) and the TX3 4WD Turbo is actually the same driveline as the Mazda 323 GTX 4WD Turbo as sold in Japan (I think the UK to
). So the engne is a BP-T (double overhead cam east-west mounted 1.8L turbo .. as opposed to the 1.6L B6.
I've had this car since 1999 and its actually been super reliable ... its cost me a radiator, a cooling hose and a battery ... oh and I've given it a bit in my time
but always serviced by me
12-08-2007, 12:43 PM
#6
Regular Contributor
Ahhh... I also went from a TX3 to a Cossie!
I had the earlier KE TC3 but. It was the closest car with a Ford badge to a
Cosworth!! Good fun.
Where in Oz are you mate?
Gav
I had the earlier KE TC3 but. It was the closest car with a Ford badge to a
Cosworth!! Good fun.
Where in Oz are you mate?
Gav
13-08-2007, 03:01 PM
#7
Yeah I did the old couple of MK 2 escorts to the TX3 and now with the Cosworth on the drive route!
Gav I like what you've done with your Apexi controller in your 3 door ... it looks really neat.
Mate I'm in Melbourne ... the photo was taken at Tullamarine Airport during a quiet night, at the time the jet was pretty much brand new.
Gav I like what you've done with your Apexi controller in your 3 door ... it looks really neat.
Mate I'm in Melbourne ... the photo was taken at Tullamarine Airport during a quiet night, at the time the jet was pretty much brand new.
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13-08-2007, 03:53 PM
#8
Regular Contributor
Ha.. Very nice.
Yer the AVC-R came out nice. Ive just put a trio of Defi gauges above it.
Melb... Bugger!! I was hoping we would have another Cossie over here in the West. What are the plans for the car mate?
Gav
Yer the AVC-R came out nice. Ive just put a trio of Defi gauges above it.
Melb... Bugger!! I was hoping we would have another Cossie over here in the West. What are the plans for the car mate?
Gav
14-08-2007, 03:39 AM
#9
Originally Posted by RS_Gav
What are the plans for the car mate?
Gav
Gav
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I dont want to mess with the look of the car so I'll use unlabelled black Roose hoses in the bay, get a nice intercooler/radiator set up whilst keeping the standard airbox (already got K&N inside) and fluid bottles. Replace all items that may perish in the bay and always servicing it regulary myself .. I reckon thats what saved the TX3. Eventually I'd be looking for 350ish hp.
Anything crusty on the underneath I'm cleaning up and repainting or replacing if need be (and if possible) ... with heaps of paint polishing on the outside
Eventually some Compomotive CXN's would be nice ...
... and when I tidy up inside I was thinking VDO gauges 'cause they have the same colour back lighting and similar indication (simple and plain) as standard instruments ... hopefully they will look like they were meant to be there.
A little bit at a time so I can keep it on the roads for driving as much as possible
I'll keep the TX3 for my reliable daily car
14-08-2007, 05:54 AM
#10
hi dudes from the UK,
nice cars you have there!!! did you get the sierra from oz? or from another country
both look like excellent examples, although ive never seen or heard of the TX3 before this thread 
nice cars you have there!!!
did you get the sierra from oz? or from another country both look like excellent examples, although ive never seen or heard of the TX3 before this thread
19-08-2007, 11:18 PM
#11
indycos I got the sierra from Australia with a full service history and receipts spent on the car . I have keep this up with a folder of what I have already spent
I didn't think I'd be posting on this forum about the TX3 as I have never really taken pics of it but it has an interesting history. I bought the car of an ex Ford manager who had it brand new as his company car and then bought it and kept it (cause he loved driving it) and sold it to me eight years later.
I got heaps of Ford stuff with it when I bought it including the official Ford colour staff newspaper with photos from the Bathurst 12 hour Production Race in 1991 (the car came 2nd outright and first in class ... not my car though)
I believe Dick Johnson was winning the Targa Tasmania (an all Tarmac Rally) in his TX3 but blew it up running crazy boost ... he was probably used to 'wicking up' his Cosworths!
If I had access to a colour scanner I would put some stuff up but the best I can do is this review of the car (without photos) from an aussie magazine to give all some history of the car. Enjoy :
Ford Laser TX3
"Before the current WRX-led craze for four-pot screamers, the red-hot Laser TX3 was terrorising suburban streets with over 100kW of force-fed power and tenacious all-wheel grip
In 1987 Ford bolted a turbocharger to its best-selling small family hatchback, added four-paw traction, and overnight turned its mild-mannered Laser into a road rocket faster point-to-point than many more expensive performance cars.
Like the Subaru WRX of the '90s, the Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD was the performance car bargain of its time. For a price tag when new of well under $30,000, working-class thrillseekers could put the most powerful four-cylinder Ford sold in Australia in their garage.
The TX3 Turbo offered levels of performance not far off that offered by '80s home-grown muscle cars like the Brock Commodore. Add four-wheel drive into the equation, and bang-for-buck it was an impressive package more in the league of fancy Euros like the Audi Quattro.
But it was the all-wheel drive Laser's exceptional road-holding and stability around corners, especially on dirt, gravel or wet roads, that made it a popular choice for rally driving, as well as production racing.
A TX3 Turbo won its class and came second outright at the Bathurst 12-hour production car race in 1991, while Dick Johnson punted a TX3 around Targa Tasmania before blowing a turbo or two and retiring.
For those drivers requiring a degree of practicality as well as performance, the TX3 fits the bill as a roomy three-door hatchback, with a decent sized boot and seating for five. And then there's the proven mechanicals carried over from the best-selling Laser range.
But despite rave reviews from enthusiastic journos &151 it was voted Modern Motor's Best Small Car for 1990-91 &151 the TX3 Turbo wasn't the runaway sales winner it deserved to be during its six-year lifespan. No doubt a couple of factors conspired against it: the bland styling and Laser badge that were better associated with screaming kids than scorching lap times. Many would have also found the inflated price tag 50 per cent more than a base-model Laser hard to swallow.
The first TX3 was launched in 1985 as part of the six-model KC Laser range. Powered by a normally-aspirated version of the Mazda-developed, twin-cam, 16-valve, 1.5-litre in-line four, it was available in two-wheel drive only with either three or five-door hatchback body.
Performance car enthusiasts had to wait until 1987 before Ford bolted an intercooled IHI turbocharger with maximum boost of 8psi (0.56bar) to the now bigger, 1.6-litre fuel-injected four. The turbo boosted maximum power from 61kW in the normally-aspirated engine to 100kW at 5000rpm, and torque from 122Nm to 184Nm, available at a low 3000rpm.
Power for the all-paw Turbo was delivered to all four wheels via a close ratio five-speed manual gearbox. The unequal-split permanent 4WD gave a front/rear torque ratio of 43:57.
The two-wheel drive version was retained, but it suffered from a bad case of torque steer during hard acceleration as a result of feeding 100kW of power to the ground through the front wheels.
The basic Laser set-up of rack-and-pinion power steering and independent by struts front and rear suspension was also retained, although stiffer shock absorbers, variable rate coil springs and stronger stabiliser bars were added to cope with the extra cornering stresses.
To set the fully-imported TX3 apart from its vanilla-flavoured locally-built cousins in the showroom, Ford added twin round headlights and a spoiler kit, alloy wheels, interior trim highlights, and sport instruments. Air-conditioning, power windows, power mirrors, and sunroof, were all options.
In 1990 the 'bubble-back' TX3 Turbo was replaced by a bigger and fatter KF Laser version. The two-wheel drive model was dropped, and the bigger 1.8-litre engine boosted power to 117kW and torque to 206Nm.
There were a couple of updates to the last TX3 model before it ran out of puff in 1993. The KH model arrived in October 1991 and the KH Series II, with central locking as standard, a year later."
. I have keep this up with a folder of what I have already spent I didn't think I'd be posting on this forum about the TX3 as I have never really taken pics of it but it has an interesting history. I bought the car of an ex Ford manager who had it brand new as his company car and then bought it and kept it (cause he loved driving it) and sold it to me eight years later.
I got heaps of Ford stuff with it when I bought it including the official Ford colour staff newspaper with photos from the Bathurst 12 hour Production Race in 1991 (the car came 2nd outright and first in class ... not my car though)
I believe Dick Johnson was winning the Targa Tasmania (an all Tarmac Rally) in his TX3 but blew it up running crazy boost ... he was probably used to 'wicking up' his Cosworths!
If I had access to a colour scanner I would put some stuff up but the best I can do
is this review of the car (without photos) from an aussie magazine to give all some history of the car. Enjoy :Ford Laser TX3
"Before the current WRX-led craze for four-pot screamers, the red-hot Laser TX3 was terrorising suburban streets with over 100kW of force-fed power and tenacious all-wheel grip
In 1987 Ford bolted a turbocharger to its best-selling small family hatchback, added four-paw traction, and overnight turned its mild-mannered Laser into a road rocket faster point-to-point than many more expensive performance cars.
Like the Subaru WRX of the '90s, the Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD was the performance car bargain of its time. For a price tag when new of well under $30,000, working-class thrillseekers could put the most powerful four-cylinder Ford sold in Australia in their garage.
The TX3 Turbo offered levels of performance not far off that offered by '80s home-grown muscle cars like the Brock Commodore. Add four-wheel drive into the equation, and bang-for-buck it was an impressive package more in the league of fancy Euros like the Audi Quattro.
But it was the all-wheel drive Laser's exceptional road-holding and stability around corners, especially on dirt, gravel or wet roads, that made it a popular choice for rally driving, as well as production racing.
A TX3 Turbo won its class and came second outright at the Bathurst 12-hour production car race in 1991, while Dick Johnson punted a TX3 around Targa Tasmania before blowing a turbo or two and retiring.
For those drivers requiring a degree of practicality as well as performance, the TX3 fits the bill as a roomy three-door hatchback, with a decent sized boot and seating for five. And then there's the proven mechanicals carried over from the best-selling Laser range.
But despite rave reviews from enthusiastic journos &151 it was voted Modern Motor's Best Small Car for 1990-91 &151 the TX3 Turbo wasn't the runaway sales winner it deserved to be during its six-year lifespan. No doubt a couple of factors conspired against it: the bland styling and Laser badge that were better associated with screaming kids than scorching lap times. Many would have also found the inflated price tag 50 per cent more than a base-model Laser hard to swallow.
The first TX3 was launched in 1985 as part of the six-model KC Laser range. Powered by a normally-aspirated version of the Mazda-developed, twin-cam, 16-valve, 1.5-litre in-line four, it was available in two-wheel drive only with either three or five-door hatchback body.
Performance car enthusiasts had to wait until 1987 before Ford bolted an intercooled IHI turbocharger with maximum boost of 8psi (0.56bar) to the now bigger, 1.6-litre fuel-injected four. The turbo boosted maximum power from 61kW in the normally-aspirated engine to 100kW at 5000rpm, and torque from 122Nm to 184Nm, available at a low 3000rpm.
Power for the all-paw Turbo was delivered to all four wheels via a close ratio five-speed manual gearbox. The unequal-split permanent 4WD gave a front/rear torque ratio of 43:57.
The two-wheel drive version was retained, but it suffered from a bad case of torque steer during hard acceleration as a result of feeding 100kW of power to the ground through the front wheels.
The basic Laser set-up of rack-and-pinion power steering and independent by struts front and rear suspension was also retained, although stiffer shock absorbers, variable rate coil springs and stronger stabiliser bars were added to cope with the extra cornering stresses.
To set the fully-imported TX3 apart from its vanilla-flavoured locally-built cousins in the showroom, Ford added twin round headlights and a spoiler kit, alloy wheels, interior trim highlights, and sport instruments. Air-conditioning, power windows, power mirrors, and sunroof, were all options.
In 1990 the 'bubble-back' TX3 Turbo was replaced by a bigger and fatter KF Laser version. The two-wheel drive model was dropped, and the bigger 1.8-litre engine boosted power to 117kW and torque to 206Nm.
There were a couple of updates to the last TX3 model before it ran out of puff in 1993. The KH model arrived in October 1991 and the KH Series II, with central locking as standard, a year later."
