It’s official, Nissan’s entry into the 2013 V8 Supercar series will be a Patrol-engined Altima – well almost. Back in February of this year Nissan stated that it will be competing in the 2013 V8 series and a few days ago it was confirmed that the new (2013) Altima was to be the base for [...]
Are we getting too old to drive this Car? No joke! Scary, but true? Scroll down….. Presenting the New Mercedes Benz SCL600 Pretty, isn’t it? So? What’s different about this car? Not this… ???? Here is the real difference…. WHOA! No Steering Wheel No Pedals either You drive this car with a joystick Do you think [...]
Think you’ve got enough horsepower? Think again! The specs of this beast are – 42 cylinder radial engine of Russian origin with a capacity of 143 Litres (Zvesda / St. Petersburg ) 42 cylinders heptagonal-star/6 cylinder rows Diameter 160 mm, stroke 170 mm, capacity: 143.500 cubic centimetres 7 over head camshafts driven by shafts, central [...]
Is your EF or EL Falcon loosing a lot coolant but there is no evidence of a leak? Now I’m not trying to scare you, but it could be that the head gasket is leaking, albeit in a place that hides the evidence very well! We have seen this issue many times over the years so I [...]
We have recieved a number of emails from readers using the HOW TO REPLACE A HEAD GASKET ON AN E SERIES FALCON tutorial regarding the correct procedure for releasing the timing chain tensioner and up until now I have been unable to get my hands on a Falcon to document the steps. Thankfully Shayne, an AU [...]
Last week we came across an interesting fact – a number of early 1998 model EL Falcons were fitted with a ‘revised’ I6 engine which would eventually be the engine of choice for the AU Falcon. The reason that this came to our attention was that we had a reader (Hi Ron!) who was following [...]
We had an email today from Mick asking if we could do a ‘how to’ on replacing a head gasket on the overhead cam six cylinder engines found in EA to EL Falcons. I did have a Falcon engine here up until a few weeks ago that would have been perfect to photograph each step [...]