1987 Ford Falcon S - Pak 250 Crossflow Gen II from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

A very fast, affordable icon

Faults:

My power steering box leaks sometimes and the head builds up lots of oil sludge if not changed at every service. Nothing else has gone wrong.

General Comments:

I changed the setup completely on mine. It was already great, but I put on roller rockers, lowered the overall height and added a shift kit to my auto transmission.

I drag off VL Commodores at the lights, which is my main achievement, but the big one is the paintwork. Totally original, not a scratch.

My car is king of the XF world.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 29th August, 2001

15th Oct 2001, 00:34

My car is a XF Falcon Sedan with a 250xflow 5 speed manual (t5), lowered suspension, 245 Hankook tyres and all round gunmetall grey metallic paint. Sports exhausts and extractors with a stage 2 cam.

My XF is very fast and beats the Holden 253 V8s and most VL Commodores.

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1987 Ford Falcon XF 4.1 EFI from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

A high performance cheapy

Faults:

I blew the differential as many burnouts were achieved. I opted for a bigger 9 inch and had no problems with it.

General Comments:

I never got beaten in this car. I raced many a turbo chariot. And still never got beaten. No Commodore could match the power of my MANUAL XF.

I have since driven the automatic ones which make it feel like a different car, and the extractors and head work that I had done made the car.

On a wet night I ripped a 4th gear burnout... I was impressed.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 17th July, 2001

25th Jul 2001, 04:22

You're right about the mad XF. I own an 85 model. Auto but still flies. Bets VL Turbos and stuff like that. On ya mate.

23rd Aug 2001, 06:50

I just bought an '85 XF Falcon for my first car and, mate, I am so impressed. Spacious, luxurious and damn tuff. My first burnout was a pear-la, I was coming round a corner near my place and let her rip, to say I haven't done any mods to it (yet) it still left a decent mark. On ya FORD.

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