COMET CENTRAL

Hi Joe, car turned out awsome, sounds great too, I haven`t been on here for a while & just catching up on the finish of your build, some great pics on the track, could have been right out of 1964 !! John

I bought one to do my Ranchero & used it on my comet, best thing I have bought, made things so easy, now a friend has his 64 Fairlane on it. John

Fred, its the most docile car to drive, just like a stocker, anyone could drive it, but push it past half throttle & it makes boost & then it revs real quick, its great on a trip on the highway too, good fuel economy & quiet John

bit of an update on the Ute, I have been chasing a few bugs with it fixing little things, it had a temp problem which ended up being head gaskets, I had the engine out to fix that & only just put it back in recently, I finally got it tuned yesterday, I was surprised, I knew it went well, but now I k...

Pop, you`re right, no use having the cars if you don`t want to pay for fuel & they were built to drive not sit in a shed !!, fuel here is much more expensive that over there too, the Comet just beats the truck in fuel economy, I get about 10 - 11 mpg in the truck Roger, your comet is pretty cool, I ...

Hi Fred, I think I might have at some point but I forget, its a 8.2 dart SHP block 4.125 bore, makes it 364 cu in, scat steel crank, scat rods, JE 13:1 pistons, AFR 225 heads, crower solid roller cam, milodon gear drive, jesel rockers, genuine Parker funnel web intake now with 3" of spacer, 950 holl...

I will be in for a couple, if you will send them down here, & same as the rest have said I am happy for you to add a bit for your time, effort & skills. John

Roger, I wish mine was that light, mine now weighs 3700 lbs without me in it, its a bit heavier now I fitted the roll cage & more sound deadner, but it is more of a street car than race car, haven`t raced since feb, car is still on the truck, hope we can get some passes in soon, hoping to try a coup...

I agree with Pop, good idea to use running in oil, the oils are so good now that without using running in oil without all the additives the rings wont bed in, i have had that trouble before & had to pull the engine apart again & rehone it, also dont have the engine sitting idling too much without ta...

good to see it motivated you a bit, will be good to see another Comet on the road here, I bought my rubbers from the Rubber Connection in Melbourne, Jeff & Heather are good to deal with & stock good quality bits, I bought all the rubbers from them for my truck, ranchero & comet, they have the clips,...

nice work mate, good to see you are getting into it & its all coming along so well, I remember speaking with you a couple years ago about the RRS front end. John

its a pretty impresive car & he drives it well, I have known him for a while, he has just pulled out of that racing bracket recently, i think it might have been getting a bit expensive, a few years ago he broke an axle at the Sydney track in testing, he rang me to see if I had a spare, so I dropped ...

I always run a factory Ford steel 6 blade fan on mine, I have fitted a 16" electric in front that only comes on when it needs it, whenever I have taken the steel fan off even in winter the electric doesn`t seem to cool mine enough, mine is 13:1 comp & I sometimes rev it to 8500rpm on the track I hav...

yes thats the one, theres an engine bay pic near the top too

Hi Roger, Phil did well with the big Falcon, its a nice car & hes a top bloke too, just missed out on a 7, he did a bit of damage trying to get it, think he ran a 8.1. John