relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 14y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 11/11/12 10:48 AM Share Posted 11/11/12 10:48 AM Hey guys well I've been thinking a lot about building a race car I have a ba falcon xr6t ute and I plan to make a super consistant bracket racing car it's not about going fast its about cutting the light and running the number this is possible with a turbo but I wanna do something different I am building a 460 ci sbf and putting the ba on a diet my last race in my turbo will be apsa on the 24th November, I have a built c4 by Al's race glides and a custom 9 inch still using abs, has anyone ever gutted a ba ute and how much weight can be taken out. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 11/11/12 11:23 AM Share Posted 11/11/12 11:23 AM Theres a guy on here and on fordforums whos taken out a fair bit of weight on his ute... here's one of his threadshttp://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11371367&highlight=xr6t_ute Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1323557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
allmtr Member 512 Member For: 16y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Newcastlish Posted 11/11/12 12:53 PM Share Posted 11/11/12 12:53 PM (edited) Who the hell would ruin a good car by doing that???How did you keep ABS when going to the 9"? Edited 11/11/12 12:54 PM by allmtr Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1323584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 19y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 11/11/12 02:23 PM Share Posted 11/11/12 02:23 PM hmm seeing as though you're going to replace the driveline and are asking how to go lighter, why not just start with something lighter like a Cortina?I would look at what happens with Calder too - if it shuts or goes dormant for a while, expect to see a number of well setup cars go on the market from Vic. Like Adelaide when AIR originally closed. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1323605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 14y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/11/12 02:49 AM Author Share Posted 12/11/12 02:49 AM well I guess I better clear things up my falcon was previously a na which was passed down to me which I converted to turbo and has been good to me for the past 2 years. yes the easier option is to buy a cortina or capri but im young and I like modern cars so that's why im building the falcon into a race car, I have been in the drag racing seen for about 7 years and not once have I seen a turbo car do well I agree turbos are awesome to watch but for bracket racing the v8s are going to dominate. my 9 inch consists of a custom made housing, full spool, custom made axles and custom tonewheel for the sensors to pick up on. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1323890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
allmtr Member 512 Member For: 16y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Newcastlish Posted 12/11/12 03:20 AM Share Posted 12/11/12 03:20 AM Who did the 9"? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1323904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 14y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/11/12 03:42 AM Author Share Posted 12/11/12 03:42 AM groverider engineering done the housing I built the centre and took the measurements and sent them to strange engineering to make the custom axles to fit the tonewheel for the sensor. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1323917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
allmtr Member 512 Member For: 16y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Newcastlish Posted 12/11/12 11:44 AM Share Posted 12/11/12 11:44 AM has anyone ever gutted a ba ute and how much weight can be taken out.Mine is under 1500kg's and nothing has been touched inside the car. Plastic Jaz's and carbon bonnet would get you to about 1450kg. A lot of that weight has been taken from the wrong end of the car though Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1324257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 14y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 16/11/12 07:31 AM Author Share Posted 16/11/12 07:31 AM hey guys well this thread is pointless without pictures so I thought ill put some pics of my 9 inch still running abs been working on the car for the past couple of days to fit the diff and today I finally roadtested it all I can say is wow full spools are good little bit of chatter out of driveways but other than that everything is good 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1326088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 14y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 16/11/12 07:43 AM Author Share Posted 16/11/12 07:43 AM this is me at track championship rd 6 I was leaving at idle to protect my old m86 before I put the 9 in I ran a 11.7@121mph my fastest on the transbrake is 11.45@115 still on small ba rods valvesprings have been done. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82796-building-a-race-car/#findComment-1326095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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