Street Machine Australia - May 2018

pretty much ticked every heavy-duty option box

• including^5 / 8 -inch studs.”
  Planting the rear hides to deliver those 10-second
  passes are Calvert Racing adjustable shocks,
  CalTracs and solid front bushes. And while 4.56
  gears and a 6000rpm converter might not sound
  very street-friendly, the converter is ‘tight’ and
  doesn’t flash out until you stand on it. Mind you,
  for Drag Challenge Jarrod did install taller 30-inch
  tyres for the highway runs to drop the revs. Sitting
  on 3400rpm at 95km/h, the XT returned 27 litres

per 100km while towing a trailer and with four guys

on board – that’s not too shabby.

“The whole combo is super-reliable,” Jarrod says.

“It’s done 211 passes and well over 7000km! I’d

like to make more power, but the engine won’t

wear out so I’m reluctant to pull it apart.”

Even better, the car has never lost its streetability.

The boot is often carting Eskys and chairs to

events; it’s even done a Bunnings run to pick up

a bootload of cement bags. Now that’s what I call

a street car. s

JARROD WOOD

1969 XT FORD FALCON

Paint: PPG Silver Fox

ENGINE

Brand: Ford Motorsport 408ci

Heads: CHI 208cc

Intake: CHI Pro Series

Camshaft: Comp Cams solid-roller

Conrods: RPM H-beam

Pistons: JE 4.030in forged

Crank: RPM 4.00in Internal Balance

Oil pump: Melling

Fuel system: 1050 AED Dominator,

Aeromotive A1000

Cooling: PWR aluminium radiator,

Spal 16in fan

Exhaust: 17 / 8 in primaries,

3.5in system

Ignition: MSD distributor, coil

and leads

TRANSMISSION

Gearbox: Protrans C4

Converter: SDE 8in, 6000rpm stall

Diff: Altra 9, 4.56:1 gears, 35-spline

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

Front suspension: King springs

Rear suspension: Leaf springs,

CalTracs, solid bushes

Brakes: Wilwood (f & r)

Master cylinder: Wilwood

WHEELS & TYRES

Rims: Weld RTS; 17x4.5 (f), 15x8 (r)

Rubber: M/T 26x6 (f), M/T ET

Street X275 (r)

THANKS

Craig at Smith’s Speed Works; Gary

Myers; Tyres & More Wagga Wagga;

Wagga Radiators; Scott Coates;

Stuart Trainer; Kyle Foster; my wife

Tanya and kids Kate and Ryan

THE CAR HAS NEVER LOST ITS STREETABILITY.

IT’S EVEN DONE A BUNNINGS RUN TO PICK UP A

BOOTLOAD OF CEMENT BAGS

“The car is very consistent,”

Jarrod says. “On Drag

Challenge it ran within a tenth

of a second at every track. I

raced it again a week ago after

not racing it for a while, and

it ran within six-thousandths

of its PB. It would be a good

bracket car”