5.8 firenza

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5.8 firenza

Postby ade » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:05 pm

Some off you might say im mad but im putting a ford 351 into the firenza,thats the black one with the old nail body kit you may have seen it around at a few shows. Hoping to have it back on the road for next easter for the thunderball at santa pod
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Postby pbottomley » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:14 pm

Not mad at all, next dorr neibour has done the same with his Sierra... looks fab sounds monsterious, goes like the wind, however drinks like a fish :( :lol: :lol:
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Postby Cold Snail » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:54 am

I saw your posts on Retro Rides.

It looks like fun, but don't forget to keep it as far back as possible.
All the best, Paul.
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Postby Cold Snail » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:41 am

Just spotted this...

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I know it's not an 8, but a V12 should sound superb at full chat.
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Postby hbpeter » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:28 pm

Seen this the first time round on ebay. Then it was about 30 miles from me. Now its in the same town where I live. Its getting closer!!!
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Postby cossieviva » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:46 pm

go for it pete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
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Postby xwv2300 » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:19 pm

Looks like fun till it gets to a corner, mind you the petrol tanker you`ll be towing should slow it down a bit.
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Postby retrocarclub » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:56 pm

That V12 is back up for sale. :(
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Postby Cold Snail » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:32 am

retrocarclub wrote:That V12 is back up for sale. :(



It's closer and I have a spare Old Nail kit with a snoot nose.....

Must resist, too close to Christmas........
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Postby griffonmark » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:59 pm

I bid on that first time round and the b***@@rd knocked my bid off with no explanation!

I was quite impressed with it. I thought there was quite a lot of effort in the welding and the way the exhausts popped out the back 1/4's was real trick. Still needs about 2 years work though.

These engines do sound good at full chat. I used to do some work on Jags, handling warranty claims and the like, even changed the head gaskets on my dad's XJ12 without taking the engine out, no mean feat! It was an air injected quad stromberg unit and it was common for the exhaust gaskets to leak at the head. This resulted in some real good popping and banging on the overrun on a manual. Exchange units were dead cheap, when I was replacing them in the early 90's a crated V12 from Jaguar was about £1,500 + VAT, so we rarely rebuilt them.
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