G'day Guys,

Just signed up today after the hot tip by schnoods when i seen him at the "Plex on wednesday night.

Anyway, im sure most of you have seen/heard/know about this ute from other forums but for those who dont i will give a quick run down on it. I'll just put up a spec sheet to make it nice and simple and easier to read.

Basically its a 1999 XHII XR8 ute,185kw 5spd manual. I bought it in late July 2006 from a bloke out in Corrigin. It was a bog stock example with the only mods being a new centre exhaust section and CD player. It had 108,000k's on it, which i thought wasnt bad, but the front end was badly damaged by stonechips etc, other than the red dust that was the only bad points.

So since then to this day it has still only done a measely 118,000k's but has had a major heart transplant, well if we put it that way its had almost every organ transplanted. Here is a run down of the whole ute.

ENGINE
BLOCK - Std 5.0L Windsor
CRANK - Std 302, Removed & Journals checked & measured
RODS - Std
PISTONS & RINGS - Std
BEARINGS - King, Std size
HEADS - AFR 165 Aluminium, 58cc Chamber, 1.90/1.60 Valves, 165cc Int Port, 69cc Exh Port, Stud Mount
ROCKERS - Yella Terra Platinum, Shaft Mount, 1.70 Ratio Adjustable
LIFTERS - Std
PUSHRODS - Manley Cro-mo, 6.200"
CAM - Crane 2040, 220*/220*, .529"/.529"(1.7's) & 110*lsa
V/SPRINGS - AFR 1.450" OD, Hyd Dual w/ Dampener, 120lb On seat, .550" Max Lift
TIMING SET - Rollmaster Premium Double Row
HEAD BOLTS - ARP Head Stud Kit
BALANCER - Powerbond Race
FLYWHEEL - Yella Terra, Billet Steel, Std Weight
OTHER - BPT Race U/drives, Nu-line Steel idler pullies, Fel-Pro 1011-2 H/Gaskets, Fel-Pro 1250 Int Gasket, Genuine Ford gaskets throughout rest of engine.

ENGINE LUBRICATION
OIL PUMP - Mellings Std Vol
OIL - Royal Purple 10w40
FILTER - K&N

INTAKE
MANIFOLD - Std Explorer, Port Matched lower to heads and upper to lower
T/B - Tickford 70mm (AU 220kw) Polished
SPACER - Ford Racing 1/2"
MAF - AU T3 75mm, W/std E-series Electronics
FILTER - K&N Panel
PIPING/AIRBOX - Tickford Snorkle, Modified std Airbox and Lid, 3" S/steel Intake pipe

EXHAUST
HEADERS - Pacemaker PH4000 Tri-Y
CATS - X-Force/Metalcat, 2 1/2", S/steel, Metal Core (750cfm)
EXHAUST - S/steel, M/bent, Twin 2 1/4", X-Pipe, Hooker Aerochamber Mufflers

IGNITION
DISTRIBUTOR - Std TFI
CAP & ROTOR - MSD Cap, Bosch Rotor
COIL - MSD Blaster
IGNITION MODULE - BPT Dyna-mod
LEADS - MSD 8.5mm
PLUGS - NGK BKR6E

FUEL SYSTEM
PUMP - Walbro 255lp/hr
INJECTORS - AU 24lb EV6. Ford Racing plug adapters
REGULATOR - BBK Adjustable, w/ Speco Guage
FILTER - Motorcraft
FUEL LINES - Std

ENGINE MANAGEMENT
ECU - Std EEC-IV
TUNING - TwEECer, Custom Tuned by BPT Motorpsort

COOLING
RADIATOR - Adrad, H/D, Copper twin-core
FANS - Std Twin Thermos
W/PUMP - New Gen Ford
T/STAT - Tridon 180*c
COOLANT - Genuine Toyota
ADDITIVE - Redline Water Wetter

TRANS & DIFF
BOX - Tremec T5OD
CLUTCH - Extreme Cerami-tallic Cushioned Button, (Modified to 3000lb clamp load)
SHIFTER - Billet Products Short throw
DIFF - Std 3.45:1 LSD

SUSPENSION & BRAKES
SPRINGS - Lovells XSL Front, Reset Rear leaves with rebound spring & Nolathane bushes
SHOCKS - Bilstein Front & Rear
BRAKE DISCS - DBA Slotted front, Std Rear
BRAKE PADS - Ferodo Formula Front, Std rear
BRAKE LINES - PBR Braided Front, Std rear

EXTERIOR
WHEELS - Koya Octane, 18x8", Chrome
TYRES - Kumho Ecsta SPT, 235/40/18
HARDTOP - TuffLid Hardtop
LIGHTS - NL clear side repeaters, Clear Taillights
TINT - 5%

INTERIOR
WHEEL - AU XR8 MOMO
GEAR KNOB - AU XR8 MOMO
CENTRE CONSOLE - AU, AU gear boot
GUAGES - Std Dash, AEM Wideband AFR guage under ashtray
DOORS - Std Doorskins w/ custom door pods
HEAD UNIT - Pioneer CD/MP3
SPEAKERS - Pioneer 250w Splits
AMP - Pioneer 2ch 300w

Pretty sure that covers everything. Please let me know if theres anything i've missed that you want to know.

Now for the pics.

Hope you enjoyed!!!!

Jeff

Before front end respray.



With 19'' BA GT-P's fitted.

Std engine bay.


Engine bay recently.


Engine Build.


Underneath.


Interior.


Now with front end resprayed.



Dyno Before.

Dyno Now.

Very nice mate.Look forward to seeing it at an event soon.
Oh and welcome

very nice ute mate just have to wipe the drul off the keys now

Hehe about time you joined Jeff!


Welcome along, I have told you many times how good this ute is, readers ride in Street Machine ( current issue) just backs that up as well.

nice mate.

Cheers guys, appreciated.

Schnoods, you convinced me mate . Looks like a great site, glad to be on board.

Welcome to the club mate! Sounds (and looks) like a nice car there mate hope to see you on a cruise soon.

Dan.

A Ford in SM? Naaaah, you're s***ting me .

That is one bloody nice ute you have there mate, very crisp and clean. Looking forward to seeing it in the cruises

I saw it in the mag as well but ive seen it on most forums. Its one of the best getting around for sure

You had the XH4LWEPN as well?

Cheers Mate!!

Yeah that was my old ute. Seen it not long ago and it now looks abit worse for wear

Thats a shame cos i saw that around and that was clean as!

Bloody sexy looking ute!

you've got me looking to buy XH utes now!! Would love to drop my donk in one.

You used to have a 65mm TB didnt you? I changed my 65mm to 70mm, then had it tuned by BPT. Made 200kws, but i've noticed its a lot more sluggish off the line

I'm thinking about changing back? How do you find your setup? (i have similar sort of mods to you)

Cheers mate,

once again - great looking ride.

ooooohhhh... uterage....

the XH xr8's are awesome..... and limited.

very tidy mate

Cheers mate.

Yep i was running 65mm before i changed to 70mm. I did notice a loss of throttle response down low but then again it gained abit up top.

love it mate, very well done