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procharger 528 on Tue 27 Apr 2010 - 2:57
hi everyone my name is gary cawthra i live in a place called lower hutt in new zealand.
been a ford fan for as long as i can remember built a few engines for myself and a few others over the past.
been drag racing a 1972 xa falcon coupe (right hand drive for us down here) for about the last 10 years or so,have had quite a few other falcons in the past as well.
the coupe had a rear half chassie with 15x15 on the back running a 351c with nos use to run hi 8s.
changed a couple of years ago to big block 528 with c460 heads and a wilson single carb manifold,car use to weight 1690kgs not sure what that is in pounds.
got it into the low 8s before a alloy rod decided to take a little trip out the side of the block,was a a460 block as well:(
so the quest to go faster...built a full tube chassie for it,got a f3 prochager (off steve morris new era racecraft what a real helpful guy
)running through a kinsler stack injection with a custom air box on the top.
car should be running for next season (out season has just ended)
i will post some pictures when i figure it out
was looking for a new crank on the web when i came across this site..and what a great site it is
if anyone is interested in drag racing down under there is a forum site we use called NZV8 not as good as this one but hey thats all we got..
well that about all i can think of at the moment,and thanks for letting me join...
been a ford fan for as long as i can remember built a few engines for myself and a few others over the past.
been drag racing a 1972 xa falcon coupe (right hand drive for us down here) for about the last 10 years or so,have had quite a few other falcons in the past as well.
the coupe had a rear half chassie with 15x15 on the back running a 351c with nos use to run hi 8s.
changed a couple of years ago to big block 528 with c460 heads and a wilson single carb manifold,car use to weight 1690kgs not sure what that is in pounds.
got it into the low 8s before a alloy rod decided to take a little trip out the side of the block,was a a460 block as well:(
so the quest to go faster...built a full tube chassie for it,got a f3 prochager (off steve morris new era racecraft what a real helpful guy
)running through a kinsler stack injection with a custom air box on the top.car should be running for next season (out season has just ended)
i will post some pictures when i figure it out
was looking for a new crank on the web when i came across this site..and what a great site it is
if anyone is interested in drag racing down under there is a forum site we use called NZV8 not as good as this one but hey thats all we got..
well that about all i can think of at the moment,and thanks for letting me join...
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Re: another guy from new zealand
bobster on Tue 27 Apr 2010 - 3:06
Yay!! Another Kiwi!!
Your XA sounds sweet!!!
Roll on next season
Your XA sounds sweet!!!
Roll on next season
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Re: another guy from new zealand
bruno on Tue 27 Apr 2010 - 6:06
wow Gary ....... your passion for the sport is awesome , welcome to the site and enjoy ...cant wait to see those pics 
later Nick
later Nick
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Re: another guy from new zealand
'65 T-BOLT on Tue 27 Apr 2010 - 16:59
yeah! X2 on what Nick said! I still plan on visiting the land down under before I die!
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Re: another guy from new zealand
windsor on Sun 2 May 2010 - 11:33
sounds like a bad ride! From that little avatar pic it looks like a bad ride, too. Welcome to the site. Can't wait to see more pics.
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Re: another guy from new zealand
procharger 528 on Mon 3 May 2010 - 4:43
ok heres my first atempt to load some photos..
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Re: another guy from new zealand
bruno on Mon 3 May 2010 - 8:37
WOW gary all i can say is " BADAZZ"
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Re: another guy from new zealand
dfree383 on Mon 3 May 2010 - 10:03
Nice.... The Pic with the Bubble on your head is Classic !!! LOL
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Re: another guy from new zealand
'65 T-BOLT on Mon 3 May 2010 - 14:12
windsor wrote:^^^ what he said ^^^
what he said X2! looks like the guys from down under, don't mess around!
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