Progress Update: How Is BCL's Car Going?

[slapnut]

oh my god...

[Buf-Phoon]

350 AWKW Territory , ummmm not exactly a Mum's taxi is it.

Guys at Nizzers are certainly pushing the boundaries of not only the T motor but its deployment as well. Exciting stuff indeed

[bcl]

  WhiteTee said:

350 AWKW Territory , ummmm not exactly a Mum's taxi is it. 

Guys at Nizzers are certainly pushing the boundaries of not only the T motor but its deployment as well. Exciting stuff indeed

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I suggested to Joyce that we get a Territory to replace her beloved rex.

Of course I didn't tell her all the details. I'd love to see the look on her face the first time she accelerated hard.

Brian

[mbjunior99]

  bcl said:

  WhiteTee said:

350 AWKW Territory , ummmm not exactly a Mum's taxi is it. 

Guys at Nizzers are certainly pushing the boundaries of not only the T motor but its deployment as well. Exciting stuff indeed

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I suggested to Joyce that we get a Territory to replace her beloved rex.

Of course I didn't tell her all the details. I'd love to see the look on her face the first time she accelerated hard.

Brian

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I'd love to see that!!

[ms700]

Will you be entering the car in Horsepower Heros?

I think, with 700hp at the treads, you would have won last years 6cyl class.....

[Lawsy]

Well....

With big rims, the suspension pretty much dumped on its arse (seriously, how good would it look!) and tinted windows; you would have one seriously menacing looking terry!

Then give it 400kw at the wheels...

I think I need to go lay down, getting light headed......

[bcl]

  ms700 said:

Will you be entering the car in Horsepower Heros?

Not even thinking about it at the moment.

If I went awd I'd have my own class, or most likely excluded. It doesn't really concern me.

Brian

[bjc]

You Fu#ckers are Fu@cking Fu%cking CRAZY!!!

[Miyagi]

  bjc said:

You Fu#ckers are Fu@cking Fu%cking CRAZY!!!

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couldnt have said it better myself!

Awesome.

[bcl]

I have a Wheels special edition Fordterritory magazine published last year.

In the original prototyping and testing in outback Australia, the Territory awd suspension was used in 2 BA sedans. Further testing was performed in Sweden.

So Ford had already done it, but it would be a huge job.

I need to look at cost, timeframe and risk, but obviously assistance from Ford would help enormously.

Front to rear drive split is 38:62, which is very good.

Behind the gearbox there’s a chain that links to another propeller shaft that drives the front wheels.

There would be little difference in weight between an awd BA sedan and an awd Territory, say around 100kg.

I also checked out a few Territory’s yesterday. I’ve never looked at them before. It’s not quite as long as the BA XR sedan, but a lot higher. Wheelbase is longer. It’s surprisingly spacious and very impressive. Once the Turbo Territory is released next year its appeal will grow.

I drove one. It drove very much like a car, but very weird being so high, after getting out of a lowered STi.

Brian