Aussie stang

[hotrodney]

Hey guys,
It's been a while since i've logged in.
But have some improvements on the fox.

I had quite a few dramas with the right hand conversion, and a contra deal exhaust job(scary), so I have slowly been fixing. All started with head gasket and steam rolled from there,... I'm sure many can relate.

I've kept stock bottom end, but have new heads, intake, heaps of fuel, more air & spark. Custom engine mounts, top end rebuild, haltech computer ($3k), lots of new wiring, headers, stronger gbox, control arms, 3 sets tyres, etc.
Car is alot safer to drive now, and has shart fuel consumption(But not as good as a blower).

Really happy with the result being n/a with a stock bottom end, but now I'm rebuilding the diff
It made good power, 230 kW at the wheels (308 hp atw)
And with the Aussie dollar kicking arse at the moment, i just had to buy some wheels.

p.s. last pics are of some wheels i tried on (FR16 Simmons & 17" superlites), but didnt like as much as the draglites

Following are pics, hope you enjoy

BEFORE,...

AFTER,...

 

[Kman92]

If I understand Correctly..did you have to convert it to Right Hand drive?
That sounds like a Ton of fun.
What type of cylinder heads are those?Looks good so far?

 

[hotrodney]

Hey Kman, the car was converted to right hand drive in 1990, i've just tided it up (alot).
The heads are edelbrock performer rpm's with 2.02 intakes & 1.6 exhaust

 

[S&B]

very nice, first time I have ever seen a right hand drive 5.0.


Gday Mate

 

[94gtfreak]

Holy hell your my new hero!! LOVE a RHD mustang but that is definitely the first fox I've ever seen!

 

[Ozz]

Very cool!

Are those Simmons rims in one of those pics?

 

[Mustang5L5]

That just looks so odd...but cool!

 

[Kman92]

I like the RHD look as well.I wonder how much of a PITA it would be to shift left Handed ?
Super cool..and I bet those heads make a big difference.

 

[citmov]

Yeah, right handed steering wheel on a fox looks crazy weird! Thanks for sharing pics!!!

 

[hotrodney]

yeah they're FR16 Simmons. 16 x 7's

 

[Mintsick]

Crazy looking but neat!

I like the superlights for some reason.

 

[darthcual]

Awesome! Nice work. Cheers Mate.

 

[Onefine88]

Wow thats "Bass ackwards" Very interesting for sure.

Its great to see a nice Fox all the way down under.

Keep up the good work!!

 

[hotrodney]

Thanks for the kind words guys, I'll post some pics when i get the weldies on.

Cheers, Dan

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

You must have gone through heaps of work to get that far. Good on ya mate.
As far as shifting with your left hand and driving on the left is concerned, you very quickly get used to it. I'm equally at home driving on both sides and shifting gears with either hand. The fun starts when you grab the door handle instead of the gearstick to shift gears.

 

[hotrodney]

Ok, finally got my wheels on & while i was at it, I did the cobra grill insert.

 

[FoxGT87]

Very clean and neat looking car. Good job!

 

[Boosted92LX]

I've got a buddy who wants to do that to his fox here in the states. Do you know where he could get parts to do it?

 

[hotrodney]

Allen,
What does your buddy want to do?

Cheers, Dan

 

[Boosted92LX]

I'm sorry, that was pretty unclear, wasn't it? He wants to make his left hand drive fox right hand drive. That's what he needs parts for. It's a ton of work, but it's what he wants to do.