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 "SUCCESS" The LPG Blow-off valve has passed it's final test  The Lane backfired on the missus for the first time today and she said it didn't miss a beat. Normally the engine cuts out and you open the bonnet to find the engine bay in a big mess  Didn't cut out, and when I got home from work and she told me about it, I checked under the hood to find everything where it should be  Even the new spring clips I had bought were still all there and clipped on.To top the day, I also came home to find my new EL Leather T-Bar s**t handle had arrived, so it was straight out to the garage, made up a new centre shaft out of a tent peg and had it fitted in no time. Stay tuned, I'm on a roll and it's nearly bonus time at work + tax refund time I can feel a mod fest commin on! 
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Nice.
Now all you need to do is change the shifter stem for an EF/EL one and you have a shortened shifter. I might just have one laying around you can have.
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BenJ wrote: Nice.
Now all you need to do is change the shifter stem for an EF/EL one and you have a shortened shifter. I might just have one laying around you can have. BenJ Is it chrome
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Geez Mick,
You should know by now NOT to ask BenJ TOO many questions!!! LOL Mac
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NCIILANE wrote: BenJ wrote: Nice. Now all you need to do is change the shifter stem for an EF/EL one and you have a shortened shifter. I might just have one laying around you can have. BenJ Is it chrome Not that one, the other one is hehe BenJ
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mick that lane is f**k awesome
well done mate hope to see lots more in the future but so far u doin a top job keep up the good work any1 after nc fairlane sportsman parts ? if so im strippin 1 cheers Drifty
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vrblou02 wrote: mick that lane is f**k awesome
well done mate hope to see lots more in the future but so far u doin a top job keep up the good work any1 after nc fairlane sportsman parts ? if so im strippin 1 cheers Drifty Thanks Drifty, It's alright I suppose  The sportsman's are a 6 aren't they?
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"WOW"
 What a difference a new set of leads can make. I pulled out the old set of Top Gun's shown hear looking very tired indeed and replaced them with a set of these babies  The lane is now running sweet as Idling nice and smooth on both fuel and LPG, it idled like a pig previously on gas. And it is just generally running a lot smoother with better throttle responce and more power. Lovin it! Now changing the leads in a 5.0L with extractors and LPG is no easy feat, but it helps if you have a set of ramps and a trolley   Now the right bank is pretty straight forward, but the left is a damn b**ch. No. 1 & 2 cylinders have to be accessed from under the car  and 3 & 4 are just a b**ch trying to squeeze your fingers in between the extractors to get to the leads  Whilst I was under there I noticed that the heat shield on the exhaust had copped a bit of a beating since being lowered and there was a big chunk that had been torn off and was just hanging there.   And after numerous questions about what diff I am running, I can finally answer the question with confidence, thought I would check that whilst I was under there as well. It's a 327 LSD Now hopefully that will be the end of my little backfiring issue, but as you would have read earlier, I have protection for that as well Just in case
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I am sooooo glad I have a six LOL
Nice work Mick. Hope to see you down here again soon. BenJ
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BenJ wrote: I am sooooo glad I have a six LOL
Nice work Mick. Hope to see you down here again soon. BenJ haha! The 8 has it's advantages, just a b**ch to service
Hoping to get down there again soon. I managed to get a week off work for the first week of the school holidays, so I might try and get down next friday. Have to pick up my chrome shifter from BuNtEr (remember him, he's still kickin, despite the wishes of some on here ) so I have another excuse for a trip south.
Cheers, Mick
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I did a bit of scanning over the past couple of days of some of the old fords I have owned. I made up a thread and put up a few pics to give a bit of a story of how I came to get to the old Lane.
After the recent Koala Park car show, I was walking around with BenJ taking a few photo's and I reckon I must have sounded like a bit of a s**t spinner I kept saying "I had one of these", "you shoulda seen it" lol.
Well here ya go ben, I finally pulled my finger out and scanned in some pics. Enjoy! Mick http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=67032
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Well! I have just ticked off another mod. And a very important one at that
The Lane now sounds like a V8 should thanks to a custom 2 1/4" Mandrel bent system with 6 Hotdogs fitted into the system to give it a very unique, deep crisp note. Combined with the EL GT extractors, the Lane sounds friggin awesome, now I just have to do something about that diff ratio  The mods just keep comin, but I wouldn't have it any other way A couple of pics during the installation   Must give credit to Eric from Carline mufflers in Belmont. Did an excellent job on the installation and was more than happy to do a custom setup to get the result I was after. Cheers, Mick
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Here's a video of the new exhaust. Sounds Sweeeet
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I have fallen in love with your exhaust. I need something like this on mine. I'll go and visit Carline Belmont on Thursday and see if old mate can do something like this. Dead set, this is a very sweet sound you have from your Fairlane!!!
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banarcus wrote: I have fallen in love with your exhaust. I need something like this on mine. I'll go and visit Carline Belmont on Thursday and see if old mate can do something like this. Dead set, this is a very sweet sound you have from your Fairlane!!!
Sorry mate, she's taken Nah! Seriously, you won't be dissapointed if you get him to make up another custom set-up similar to mine. The sound I achieved is quite unique. Will be interesting to compare it with Castlegreyskulls, as it is his system that I got the idea from.
Cheers, Mick
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