1965 Ford Falcon 289: Regular Car Reviews
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"Carved more roast beef than arby's" 10/10 perfect description of Kennedy
Wait, was that a curtains joke?
@@EggBastion I'll give you a hint, google "Happy Birthday Mr. President"
I feel like we're not talking about the meat of cow in that quote.
nice.
So was Miss Monroe a clean sandwich or roast beef just hanging all over the place?
RCR isn't a RUclipsr he is an artist. Nobody else on RUclips can make a rusty 50 year old car sound like a masterpiece.
He really is quite a good writer.
@@brokenacoustic "Quite a good writer," he is a poet.
We should get him to do a Yugo, Edsel, Aztek, Vector or one of those from the worst car list on Wikipedia
@@godwindracing6056 although ugly and expensive. The Edsel was actually a very good car with excellent features and ride. It just came out at the wrong time with the wrong price. There is actually a book of the worlds worst cars. Most of it is just a bunch of general motors cars. Chevy citation ect ect. But I'm with you on this. Quirky cars for sure.
@@key2theuniverse713 Yep, poets are writers lol
that Cowboy Bebop sticker
still gets me every time
It was as unexpected as it was pleasing.
Good to see so many viewers got that reference. Just came to the Comment section for that. ❤
@@99Lezard99 Ha, same.
To this day, when I watch the Bebop series... I have to stop before the final two episodes. In my mind, Spike is still alive.
Yellow is the color of Spike's shirt.
Bet your pants were B R O W N after that slide
CODE BROWN-CODE BROWN !!!
DR.BROWNSSSSS!!!
They skipped a decade right there in that corner.
B R O W N
This is my favorite youtube channel. Its like an audio book full of poop jokes and weird and surreal humour, and sometimes cars and i love it. Please never stop doing what you do.
Not to mention art and literary theory/history.
4:05
my face was smiling
*But my pants were BROOOOOOOWN*
I need a T-Shirt with vector art of Mr. Regular's hands crossed up on a steering wheel shouting "CHECK OUT MY GOOD HANDS"
Always love seeing old American cars, regardless if they're exotic or regular! You almost never see them here in Malaysia, so it's always a joy to see any sort of old American classic. There's something so nice about them ^^
Australia
Hello to you fellow Malaysian!
Same thing happen here in Indonesia, cheap 1.0 liter Toyotas rule the street. we do got the Australian Falcon with inline 6 in the 70's but they sold very poorly ( probably because Corollas were way cheaper and got better mpg ).
We'll be cry blood paying roadtax tax for a 5 liter V8
Yeah, KLIMS 2013 was the only time I saw any for the first time.
Fun Fact: Tunku had a white 50's Bel Air.
"Assassin's bullets ripped hope away from millions" yup. RIP RFK.
shit, JFK, RFK, MLK, X, EVERS...busy time for political murders
leah gon leave u hea beddit X is just a wife beater peace of shit and doesn’t compare to JFK or MLK
@@RaceboyYT not to debate you, but X turned his whole life around for the better before his death, and encouraged peace and love, if you read his bio or seen his movie, you'd be less of a dick about it...that bein said he's still just a man, J.Kennedy was a womanizing, adulterous hound, so was MLK (allegedly)...doesnt take away from their contributions, not sure what you heard about X, but i bet it was from white people...who at the time feared him shitless
@@buickryan88 I truly believe the course of human history was changed when RFK was assassinated that day. America (and therefore the world) would be totally different today.
@@MylesHSG i agree
vagabond falcons estranged cousin who rolls his cigarette pack up in his sleeve
I thought we drove Lada Nivas, Holden Geminis, Susuki Swifts and daihatsu Handivans... lory drivers excluded... glad to see roly smokers gain one.
Foxontherun2 rapid Roy's vehicular form
@@Thunderous117 that comment is almost too much to believe.
@@Thunderous117 jim croce reference... I'm in awe
AK02 gotta love Croce, especially rapid Roy, some of my favorite highway music
I’m Australian. My youth was spent being driven around in a ‘74 XB Falcon 500 with the straight 6 motor. We traded up, before I learned to drive, to an ‘88 EA Falcon GL with the 3.8 mechanical injection 6. For a brief period I owned a 2000 AU that was only fit for the wreckers.
I can understand the love for the Falcon. I think it’s great that you guys love the Falcon.
A Mustang would be cool, but I’d give my left nut for one of the Aussie Falcon coupes.
Mustangs can stay where they are if seen on the streets will be shot a number of times by the police.
Pretty sure you mean 3.9 mate
You mean EFI nnot mechanical injection
Au Falcons are the king of Falcons
Ah the Falcon...in South America they were in production until the 90s. In my country, the 4 door version was the official car of the secret service because you could fit a lot of dead bodies in the trunk...no joke.
From Wikipedia:"The Argentine Ford Falcon is a car built by Ford Argentina from 1962 to 1991. Mechanically, it was based on the parent company's first generation Falcon".
So, it was built until 91 lol
The Falcon was produced in Argentina until 1991, with the best one being the 3.6 inline six "Sprint" model
God Bless Argentina.
2016 in Australia
@@sutherlandA1 God Bless Australia.
Crank throw is increased...not the rod length decreased to increase displacement.
Rod length is never a factor in determining displacement regardless of bore stroke.
302 has 4.00 x 3.00 bore stroke
289 has 4.00 x 2.87 bore stroke
Roy Poud
Swapping in shorter rods, regardless of the pin location on the piston will not increase displacement.
@Roy Poud Capacity is a calculation of the swept area of the piston, I.e the area the piston covers in its travel. Changing the starting point (changing the rod length) doesn't change how far it travels
Roy Poud It would also lower TDC, therefore lowering compression, the crank is what moves the piston up down, the connecting rod you know just connects the 2
flyonbyya i stand corrected
RegularCars
In a world of Trumpism...concession is truly refreshing and a rarity.
I voted for Hillary too
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They have a great window sticker on the rear window. "See you space cowboy...". 10/10
A wonderful adrenaline wake up! We are checking out your good hands!
not as good as a fella who goes by the name of fudge man
@@skipnick We aren't unpacking that joke.
"...66, 67, 68, 69, nice..."
The Cowboy Bebop reference at the end is awesome!
Has a "See you space cowboy" sticker...
NICE
it's how you spot a hipster
69 likes noice
I daily drive my 1965 Ford Falcon Futura. It's my first car and it takes me 2 hours between home and college, and another hour to my ranch where it tackles dirt trails through the woods. I have a 200 i6 but it hits 90 and keeps up in modern traffic, and I couldn't be happier.
Im gonna say that you probably helped to inflate the 1st gen falcon market. Lets be honest, your a popular guy, and people admire what you've done.
And now hes gonna inflate the 2nd gens lmao
Yeah, kind of like what Scotty Kilmer has done to inflate prices of 1994 Toyota Celicas. The demand is really skyrocketing as the supply dwindles...
When I first saw that this was a manual car converted to an automatic, I was pretty disappointed but to hear the story of the car, all of the changes over time that it went through, this thing is as much an example of classic, shade tree grass roots hot rodding as it is an example of a classic Falcon. While the car is neat, it's journey to where it is today is even more interesting.
By the way, that steering wheel came out of a Mustang II Cobra, probably not the best choice for this car as I don't think it had power steering and probably needed the original, larger diameter wheel to make the steering easier but definitely one of my favorite steering wheels from a 70's era car. It looks like even the steering column was replaced at some point because that steering column originally had a column shifter mounted to it and I don't believe these Falcons ever had a column shifter available.
Such a neat car, I am glad you got a chance to review it.
From what I was told, the car sat in a field for many years, it was a base inline-6 with 3 speed on the tree. Wimpy tranny couldn't handle a V8, so it was converted to the C4 cause that's what was around with the donor 1966 mustang drive line.
Eventually it might get a T5 swap if I can find the time and money to do so. However, it's setup pretty well for an in town cruiser, and occasionally stoplight drag. Surprisingly this car, once you start rolling at all the steering is easy-peasy, I can navigate a parking lot with one hand. Steering rack is geared right, and the car only weighs like 2500lbs.
Probably my favorite car I've owned, and I have big plans for it.
Falcons (and their Mercury Comet brethren) were standard with column shift 3-speed manuals. You got a floor shift with a 4-speed, and if you had a 3-speed auto you could have either floor or column, depending on year and model.
As for the steering wheel, I think it's just an aftermarket piece styled after the Mustang II. Those things were everywhere in the 80s and early 90s. No shit, I bought one from Kmart.
Falcons and Comets in the mid-1960s were available with two different steering ratios. The manual steering cars got fairly 'high' ratios (slower steering but greater mechanical advantage to compensate for the lack of P/S), while the P/S models got a quicker ratio. If you had a manual-steering car and wanted more 'road feel', a small-diameter steering wheel was the cheap way to achieve it.
The reason the guy who did the swap converted to automatic was because the six-banger transmission in those things (Ford's model 2.77 3-speed) would not reliably handle a V8, even driven conservatively. For V8s, Ford made the 3.03 3-speed standard, with the T&C (Toploader) 4-speed or 3-speed auto optional. The swap is at least mechanically correct, it appears - he did swap in the 8-inch axle. The 7-1/4 inch axle that was used in the six-cylinder models was a weak-kneed thing. It wasn't even suitable for a six-cylinder Fairlane, much less anything with a V8.
And if he swapped the rear axle, he'll also have swapped in the larger 10 inch drum brakes, which is good, because the puny 9" things used with sixes weren't worth spit.
RCR is dead-on when he describes the mistake he made - goosing an analog 1960s V8 on a turn in the rain is risky - especially a 'small' model like Falcon. These cars were not very forgiving and you definitely needed some good instincts to drive them hard.
That mid-corner body roll is more gangsta than everything within the Compton city limits.
That lean almost needs Regulators
But you can't be any geek off the street, if ya know what I mean. Gotta be handy with the steel, earn your keep.
You should see what "posi" + a 351 Boss Mustang will do on a wet street in a STRAIGHT LINE, especially when you back off SUDDENLY in 1st gear! I ONLY did this ONCE and almost ended up going in the opposite direction with cars parked on BOTH sides of the street. Had to go home and GET A STIFF DRINK!
The odd duck is the 70 1/2 falcon. Which is actually a Fairlane/Torino. Ford threw the badge on the Fairlane until the Maverick was ready to take over for the Falcon.
“Happy hour carburetors” LOL
A 1972 falcon here in Australia just sold for over 2million dollars!
Xa phase 4?
A phase 3 just sold for 1.8 Anton Rossitto
I love my 65 Falcon. Thanks for covering the second generation of them.
"You Have Good Hands" bro I think that was more than a compliment.
Yo, mister Regular. Argentina made the first gen Falcon from the 60s up until the 90s. It went through severa facelifts but it was the same car pretty much. No V8s, no Coupes. Only inline 6 sedans. You should check them out on the internet.
Estaba buscando un comentario como ese
Now there are some nice rims. Some prefer the red train wheel look, but I think these look way better.
My mom had a 65 GTO in Honda Res (of all things, and it looks good) with the 400 short block in it. With a 4-speed automatic swap sometime in the 70s before she bought it. My cousin has it now. She wouldn’t give it up for anything, she loves this car, so do all of us. Still chirps the tires though. One of my favorite cars ever.
I bought a 64 4-door Falcon Futura not long after watching the Vagabond Falcon saga. 3 speed auto, 200 cubic inch six out of a Mustang, less than 100k original miles. Man that thing was like nothing I've ever experienced.
Unfortunately it threw a rod out the side of the block on the highway... And being a full time college student, finances and space restrictions mandated that I bitterly part with it. I still reminisce about the smells and sensations that Falcon gave me.
Classic regular cars are the best regular cars. Falcon forever.
As an Australian id be happy to take you up on that deal, because you deserve to experience the 70s Aussie built falcons, they are great cars in fact my dream car is a '71 falcon gt, and as an Australian i would like to thank the U.S for the falcon, cheers
You better keep that Mustang locked up or it is going to the junkyard.
It's a real one I assure you, most late 60s and early 70s Australian GT Falcons.
Watching him explain how low end torque suprises people I instantly thought about how my first car is an 2007 S197 GT 4.6 grabber package and then he just called it out. Definitely one of my favorite episodes. Good work guys.
Sounds like my Saab 9-3 Aero 2.8 L V6 turbo. With stock parts & a tune, it makes around 440 lb-ft at 2500 rpm. Turbo lag? Hell yeah! That's the point. And front wheel drive so it they are constantly wanting to break free
Daniel Smith brings back memories of my old 9-3 Arc. People complain about the turbo lag but that’s what makes those cars exciting. There was nothing until about 3000RPM, at which point the turbo spools and you jump to light speed.
@@TheJacobshapiro it's more of a warp jump. Think TNG opening with the Enterprise stretching out then rubber-band-snapping away as the ship just continues going faster & faster. Cause you nail it, and it tachs up until the turbo boost builds and builds and builds and you just keep going faster & faster. My buddy's 2017 Golf sportwagon AWD with the Gomf R turbo is more of a Millenium Falcon jump to lightspeed. Hit the throttle, wait a split second for it to get ready, then WHAM! 60, 90, 120, 140, LIGHTSPEED!
Probably nobody is going to read this, but I’ve got an old Lincoln Mark VIII, which is the quad cam mod motor, and one day on campus in the rain I figured I’d try my hand at the Scandinavian flick to round an uninhabited corner. It started off well but a wee bit too much throttle halfway through nearly sent my rear wheel to punch the curb face first. I must have been inches from punching my rear end out the right side of the vehicle before it hooked and I saved myself an awkward conversation with my parents on why I’d need the Tahoe for a while. It is fun, I’d love more practice with heavy torquey cars, but space is something you can’t have enough of as a novice.
Just a quick note: a 1965 Ford Falcon weighed around the same as an ND Miata. It made more power than an ND Miata. It also has less grip. I am not at all surprised that it slid out.
It was still a dumb mistake? Why go a rear gear down in the middle of a corner, in a rwd car without traction control. In the rain.... surprised he didnt flip it.
My grandpa bought one new for his last car. It went to my grandma and she had to learn to drive in it but after one time on the freeway quit driving. It was a nice grandpa car, came with a blanket in the back seat. Green with beige interior.
Love your videos man. But in order to “stroke” an engine you have to put in a different crank, shortening a connecting rod will simply reduce compression. Just had to throw that out there.
A Cowboy Bebop decal. Never would've imagined seeing that in one of your vids. Also GOOD HANDS in that turn. I thought it was game over for sure!
see you space cowboy
More fun stuff from 60s cars: A flat & a phillips screwdriver with a small socket set did almost everything.
I did oil changes, changed starters, and replaced entire exhausts with all four wheels on the ground.
The 289 is a great engine, good power for its small displacement. It’s always nice to see them while the majority of people just swap 302s cause they’re more convenient
good 289s will always out do them .
Great review always wanted one of these , had a 62 wagon 170 manual and then two 66 Mustang gt's over a 35 year period but man never go on a track without a helmet , not sure if you had one though, one crack against that bare metal roof edge and you would be in big hurt -ville.
*See Cowboy Bebop sticker*
*clears throat*
THE REAL FOOOOLLK BLUES!!!
I like the ending summary about cherishing the less popular and less sought after platforms.
Those "it's al real job, dad" hands.
There’s a 65 Ford Falcon Sprint GT that goes to my cars and coffee and because of it; I’ve fallen in love with these.
This ain't an A U S T R A L I A N FALCON
But even then the timing of this review after the Supercars Championship was won by a Ford Falcon for the last time...
... good timing
Getting Aussies to call you out on something is almost as easy as vegans. Just say "falcon" or "the best inline 6 is..."
@@alexstromberg7696 I was joking you are aware of that right? :)
Yeah, the American Falcon has class like add a decade and flair to Galant, HQ, Sigma, Ford XG utes and of coarse the mighty Datsun 200b.
Sure its a yaught though boats have their place.
But the SuperCab Falcon is not anything like the real car, just the exterior like Nascar.
If you get the opportunity, you should review one of the old USPS vans that are still rolling around. It's a true regular car.
I have a 1966 falcon ranchero with a 289
"Kinda like 2018"- sweet summer child
9:39 Cowboy Bebop!!!
I got a tear in my eye
I have the same decal on my back window! :) don't know if it's technically the same from the same source. Bought mine from a group of guys at a-kon this year.
Bruh..
Friend of a friend had a 64 Falcon. That was my first exposure to a car with a gearshift on the steering column. When riding around in it even in 1984, I could sense the lack of safety to have so much painted metal all around the interior, and no shoulder belts.
Australian falcons were in production since 1960. They aren’t for bogans, they’re family cars and last forever
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....I like the Falcon...today most people have no idea how awesome it is to drive a V8 with "torque" and a 2 or 3- Speed trans. This is pure driving and not playing with a full electronical turbocharged 3- cylinder+9speed trans.....AWESOME VIDEO Bro´
Mr Regular juggling a bar of soap mid corner
@RegularCars Excellent writing on this one, "happy hour carburetors," sets the mood just right.
5:50 I see what you did there 👍
Nice. We live in a society
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Really appreciate the care and effort you put into craft your reviews. So very good, thanks.
Mad Max's first car looks nice.
Great video. The car has a smart, dignified appearance from behind. When those brake lights come on, it’s so pleasing looking. Almost like when someone with a nice smile smiles.
You went sideways because you lost traction in the wet, if it was dry and if you had good tires you should have been okay, in theory. I would also argue late 50s cars were pushing technology more then the 1960s cars. Just for example Chrysler offered electronic sequential fuel injection in 1958 in its various divisions and models, it was later recalled because of malfunctions caused by EMF interference (according to my research), but it wasn't attempted again in the Untied States until the mid 1970s.
Yeah in the dry it handles just fine, basically the weather was the worst you could ask for in that car. It hardly weighs a thing, has medium compound tires, so in the rain it has about zero rear end grip. Really this car is setup for straight-ahead stoplight drags.
I'm from Argentina, you wouldn't believe the long run of Falcons here, from 60's to 90's if I recall correctly, and no, the 90's weren't the same as the australians. Here we had 221" in-line 6 cylinders, 4 doors and rural configuration (some kind of a wagon). There is still a race division with "Falcons" (they don't use anything near the OG ones but well, they are called Falcon), the race is Turismo de Carretera.
would be awesome if you could drive a phase 3 1971 falcon GT. at the time it was the fastest 4 door sedan in the world
Yep, everything you said is correct, rain is about the scariest god damn thing in a falcon ever when I have a 347 stroker + t5
Try one with a 429cj tubbed with slicks. You romp it when wet, you see your life flash before you. Lol
289's are underrated engines.
I own a 68 falcon and when I saw notification that you guys did a falcon video I just had to pull over to the side in my big rig and watch. The falcon really isn't appreciated as much as many would think. Love the humor love it! Good on you guys!
Jeez that thing sounds good
This is not a car review. This is a history lesson. Well done, sire!
12:30 *Okay, 3,2,1 LET’S JAM*
My Falcon memory is from the 70s. My (private) high school owned 2 plated vehicles. One was a Suburban and the other was a 2nd generation Falcon. When teachers needed to take students off campus they would use these. I was on the golf team and only one other guy on the team wasn’t old enough to drive themselves so I would ride with the coach in the Falcon to the course.
He drove like a bat out of hell down the two lane cow path that was now paved. It was twisty and uneven and potholed and my ex-Marine golf coach and algebra teacher drove like his ass was on fire. Except for my fear of being killed in this rattling death trap, it was fun as hell.
20 years ago I saw Mr Balch (my coach/teacher/Falcon driving maniac) at the class reunion. He looked great. He was also dying of inoperable liver cancer. I never saw his obit or even heard anyone else talk about him dying. I know he’s and the Falcon are long gone but I like to think he’s still driving that thing like a bat out of hell.
I drive that same old road which was long ago straightened and graded and repaved and had sensible right-of-ways cleared so that imminent death from striking a tree wasn’t likely. I’m on it almost daily and still occasionally think back to the harrowing drives to golf practice in the Falcon.
You're gonna carry that weight Mr. Regular...
I will concede that the Falcon is a truly interesting car in more ways than one. It was the first ever domestic "set it and forget it" car that Americans had, and through that concept, pure F R E E D O M was achieved. However, if I were looking to purchase an American compact car in 1965, it would be the Rambler American 440. That little wonder from Kenosha is the perfect bundle of aesthetic and functional brilliance and anachronisms that I can't help loving it.
the engine rev scared my cat
Some Vintage Aussie falcons are worth a ton, and there’s a point in the late 60’s where they turn from classic cars to classic muscle cars. 80’s to present ones, most aussies don’t care, but everything up to the XB and sometimes XC’s will turn heads. The XD is when the oil crisis and the 70’s brown-beige hit us hard
I'm kinda annoyed with the constant on track reviews. I want to see footage of cars like this in the wild again.
Dead 👏 ass 👏 🅱️
He does them in series. So i'm sure there be a point he stops doinf track reviews
I think RCR had a handful of cars lined up and made vids of ‘em on the same day
Oh you poor wee baby. I'm sure he will get back to doing whatever your heart desires real quick.
He records the CONTENT in bunch, specially if it's here on the racetrack
And I think it's the last video on Austin TX.
My dad had a 65. I been wanting one myself. Cool car.
I thought the Falcon was replaced by the Maverick (I have a Maverick)
In 1970, the base Fairlane was renamed 'Falcon', the Falcon got a redesign and was renamed 'Maverick'. In 1971 the Fairlane and Falcon names were dropped and the entire Fairlane series of cars were renamed Torino. The Torino had previously been a trim package for the Fairlane.
My intermittent insomnia can enjoy Monday mornings a bit more from your uploads, so my brain thanks you
2 things I like about this video:
1) Incomplete restorations can be reviewed in a positive light
2) Lower modelled vehicles can be appreciated
....nice
lets not forget first gen cougars.
Jeremy Killmon best looking muscle car
I've heard the same revving comments on the Chrysler 273 versus the 318. In Chrysler's case the 273 was simply an earlier engine intended as a performance motor from the outset with compression ratio, cam, heads, intakes, and exhausts to match, while the 318 debuted as the small V8 for family cars that needed more total power but didn't necessarily need it with performance compression, cams, intakes, etc. In Chrysler's case all of the LA V8 engines can be made to perform if pistons for the right compression ratio, cam heads, intake, and exhausts are chosen. One can even stroke the biggest-bore 360 to reach around 408 cubic inches and enter big-block territory with an engine that fits into an A-body and doesn't even need to rev to make all the power the driver can use.
And this is exactly why I don't like modern cars. You need to be all the way up the rev range to see any of that 200 HP they're advertising. Hell, even my minivan gets a better torque band than modern four cylinders, and it's got a little pushrod V6. I've got so many people that ask me why I haven't traded in my old "guzzler" Pantherbody for something more efficient, especially when I'm staring down a highly likely hour-long commute. And the answer is as stated in this video: nothing drives like an old American V8. You don't get sort of power band from modern engines. Yeah, you're little Honda make more horsepower and makes almost as much torque, but where is it? It's locked away behind redline. You're never going to see any of that power unless you romp on it. And romp on it, you used to need to so you don't get run over by the bigger American cars. That is no longer an issue because the last of the great V8s have died, but the point remains.
I know a panther isn't the fastest or most powerful thing in the world, but it's going to be hard to replace it when it does finally die.
Besides, I'll take this no traction control, no ABS, predictable tranny that can be controlled with throttle, very little electronic intervention boat over a more modern computerized car any day. It's more fun to drive...
nothing_but_cool the magical cat Honestly, you have to be all the way up the rev range with a 289 to see 200 hp, too. The difference is, with a 289-2V, 'all the way up the rev range' is about 4500-5000 rpm (to spin 'em faster AND still make power, you need a better cam and carb). But as RCR points out, the torque is RIGHT THERE, just above idle, right where it can kick you hard in the pants. THAT'S what made these cars fun.
I also have to point out that 200 hp in 1965 versus 200 hp today... are not the same. The 1965 figure was essentially 'at the crank' of a stripped-down, basic engine under ideal conditions. Real world peak power was probably 150 or so. In the early 1970s, the way the engines were rated changed to 'net', which is somewhat more realistic representation of the engine's output because it accounts for accessories, driveline losses, and so on. The 302 went from 210 hp in 1971 to about 140 in 1972, with no significant mechanical changes, based solely on how power was measured.
Can you make 200 hp with a four banger today? Absolutely, thanks to fuel injection, better valve timing and control, better gearing, and so on, and you have to really let it rev to do it. The 289 has to do its thing with far older technology - but witness how far the Ford small block came in the 1980s and 1990s, with it reaching into the 200s again, DESPITE being measured 'the new way'!
Well, naturally. But the point remains. Most four cylinders have almost all of their power locked away while, like you said, these older V8s have a lot of it right there at idle.
Amen!
Well i know you americans don't usually consider it but if you want a daily driver that sips fuel while still being able to bury you in the seat when flooring it under 2k rpm, turbo-diesels are your friends
Turbo diesel in the US means a pick up truck or lorry. We don't get the little diesel cars. Don't ask me why, I don't know. But honestly, seeing all the people complain about Europe's 1.nothing litre diesels, good riddance.
I always said as a spectator the 3 levels of fun in racing are
3. The race itself
2. A good old harmless crash
1. A GOOD SAVE. Especially in a car that wants to kill you. nice handling mr. regular.
man id love to see rcr review an XY GTHO or an XB GT Coupe
this model Falcon (but a four door model) was the car that started the muscle car era in Australia!
still waiting on that review of my '89 S10
You have to visit Argentina dude, we have the falcon first gen (with many face washes) for 30 years and we all love it!
LMAO @ how he tweaked the word "B R O W N"
Nice to see one on the track. I really enjoy my 65 Falcon it is definitely a head turner I haven't seen a whole lot of them on the road. But I have seen a lot more Mustangs from the era still on the road.Great video👍
This one is already R E D E E M E D
That generation Falcon became sleeper cars on the drag racing on the streets. Here’s grandma’s Falcon,…but it has a V8, some changes to the rear differential, and fatter rear tires.
A 302 is actually a 4.9. The reason Ford called them a 5.0 in the early 90s was because they also offered a 300 inline 6 in the trucks. They’re both 4.9 liter engines, so Ford called a 302 a 5.0 to distinguish
It's a 5.0 engine, meaning it's really a 4.9 and some wretched fraction.
Most people know this, calling it a 4.9 is unacceptable parlance. All engines are rounded, even if this one the wrong way Matt nailed it.
5:13 that was the best one yet, had me keking heartily for a good minute
I thought you needed a different crank to increase displacement, not different rods. Old-school hot-rods were "bored and stroked", so that 289 just sounds like it had a longer throw crank in it, with the same bore as the 260.
I'm guessing, both of them would result in higher torque over OEM, since a greater bore would mean a wider piston surface for force to apply to, while a longer throw on the crank would amplify the basic leverage effect that even we use (longer spanners to undo stubborn bolts).
And I'm also thinking they give different results, like boring would slightly increase torque but maintain a relatively high-revving engine, while stroking would be a significant increase in torque but with a lower RPM due to the rotating mass increasing.
Or maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about and someone can correct me as soon as possible so i can learn better :|
6:59 that's why classic cars are so great. Even the ones that weren't meant to be sports cars back then still had at least 200-250ftlbs sometimes as early as 1500rpm. And if you got one of the unnecessarily huge big blocks, you're looking at almost 400ftlbs stock
It won't have the hp or rpm range to go faster than 100 without trying to externally combust, but it's definitely got enough torque to get out of its own way
I like cars that want to kill me. Also, do a tractor, you want to go south sometime, we got 4, so if you do one, this’ll sound weird, I’m offering our hippy tear producers to you for a video.
Thank goodness for positive caster!
11:56 No... it is called a hipster. Hipster is the word you are looking for :)
Early Falcons are coveted here, (Australia) my mum rang me one day to ask if I wanted to keep my granddad's immaculate, two owner XK Falcon. I was in the city of Sydney and thought I would never need a car. So she sold it in 85' for $600. It was a beauty.