Ford BA GT

[fpv_gtho]

it wouldnt have fitted. i dunno what the difference between the au and el engine bays are, but the BA has a taller engine bay than the au, and the GT needed a bulge. the little scoop the elgt had was only an add on, so it wouldnt have made extra engine room

[Falcon500]

the au and el is quite similar but we probly didnt have th kknow how then it took ford ages to make a special paint that alloewd the current v8 to slip between the towers.

[fpv_gtho]

the 5.4 boss doesnt just drop into the BA either, theyve got to put it in from underneath

[fpv_gtho]

and plus, since its got double wishbone frint suspension, it doesnt really have towers

[Falcon500]

You got me there but they had to shoe horn it in with an unmarkable paint that allows it to "slide" through.

[fpv_gtho]

yeah im not saying what u said was wrong, im just saying that "techinically", the BA doesnt have strut towers cause its got wishbones, but yeah they needed something funny on the heads to slide the engine in

[Falcon500]

you see those test hack TE50s they used with the 4.6s what do you think happend to them?

[fpv_gtho]

teh only test hacks ive seen are a red BA with black bonnet and black tape on things like the dipps ofr the eadlights in the bumper and driving light holes, and a red AU3 xr8 with silver bumper. i doubt ford took the development fro the 4.6 in the falcon to the point where they were testing real world. just looking at the torque band and and running computer simulations wouldve suggested it was too weak for the falcon. if they did exist though, theyd be lying around you yangs somewhere i guess

[fpv_gtho]

and they had to stick a funny type of slippery tape on the rocker covers when they fitted the engine rather than a special paint

[Falcon500]

Ok then bu i saw those Te50s when they tooke the tape off and the garbage bags and they looked sweet i hope they build them. And it was a tape i though only back yardies ficed prblems with tape

[fpv_gtho]

well its only to help get the engine in so it doesnt have to be permanent. i think what your talkin bout with the te50's is a pic o saw where this guy was in like a warehouse of all of ford oz's 302's left and they all looked like they just came out of the box from america.

[Falcon500]

Well i was being sarcastic about the tape hence the But no on the thing about the te50s there was a white and a bklack on that had the bonnet bulge and some re-worked spoilers and very thickly tinted windows it looked kewl.

[fpv_gtho]

where'd u see it

[Falcon500]

I think it was wheels but i have seen them in motor also but the problem with that is that was around where i stopped getting for free therefore i only got them when they really grabbed my attention!

[fpv_gtho]

well the only close up pic ove seen of a test mule, was in motor, where as i said before, it was red BA with a black bodykit, standard headlights, black bonnet hiding the bulge and black tape hiding the area in the bonnet where the xr/gt headlights protruded. in the background of that was the au2/3 xr8 with silver front. that was in the special on the gt in the december issue of MOTOR, with the SSX on the front cover