Can you ID this 70's muscle car? Seen on the road yesterday in Bouse...

[SternDrive]

 

[4Waters]

It's Australian, maybe a Fairlane

 

[SternDrive]

It's Australian, maybe a Fairlane

Close...

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Mercury Cyclone?

 

[RVR_RCN]

Ford Falcon

 

[last1]

Mercury Cyclone?

Yes

 

[SternDrive]

Ford Falcon

Very Rare 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT

 

[4Waters]

Ford Falcon

Yup, I'm not aussi, I'm not up on my aussi muscle cars but it was a pretty good guess

 

[SternDrive]

This was same kind of car used as Mel Gibson's pursuit vehicle in the original Mad Max movie...

 

[SternDrive]

 

[RVR_RCN]

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

 

[boatpi]

Aussi car, close to a 1970 Cyclone.

 

[BigRedBryan]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

Hollow blower with a carb inside it would be my guess.

 

[stingray11]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

It's a movie car,everything is fake.

 

[mash on it]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

A "blower switch" everyone knows that

Dan'l

 

[Cdog]

The last of the V-8 interceptors

 

[02HoWaRd26]

A "blower switch" everyone knows that

Dan'l

My son still gets a kick out of that in the boat, or the nitrous switch (mph-km/h) in his mothers Jeeps!

 

[coolchange]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

We’ll hypothetically….
There was a guy(Probably more than one) on the hot rod pro tour or one of those drive and drag events, they ran a huge motor with a psi blower. Then to drive between events, they took off the blow off plate, and replaced it with a throttlebody and disconnected the blower. And the belt drive disconnect is on just about every car driving for the AC pump.So, hypothetically it is possible.

 

[outboard_256]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

That could be bolted to the hood for all you know. That's how movie magic works.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Hahahah it is a GT351….Duh!!!

 

[SternDrive]

Construction crews stopped traffic there in Bouse for about 10 minutes. I was right behind the car carrier so I jumped out and asked the driver if I could take photos of the car. He replied in a Terminator-like german accent..."yeah, sure, photos OK". He had no idea what kind of car it was.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Its a Super Roo.....duh.

 

[SBMech]

The last of the V-8 interceptors

Interceptors are made by Jenson-Healy, and have Mopar drivetrains.

This is a 73 Ford Falcon GT (XB), only made in Aussyland...we never got it.

 

[4Waters]

A "blower switch" everyone knows that

Dan'l

A/C clutch right

 

[SBMech]

You can do anything if you are determined enough....

Yes. You can actually make it work.

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/d...ur-supercharger-mad-max-heres-correct-switch/

 

[rivermobster]

It's a movie car,everything is fake.

You spelled SEMA wrong.

 

[Cdog]

Interceptors are made by Jenson-Healy, and have Mopar drivetrains.

This is a 73 Ford Falcon GT (XB), only made in Aussyland...we never got it.

Its the scene from mad max/road warrior In the movie the car was called an interceptor

 

[Taboma]

Its the scene from mad max/road warrior In the movie the car was called an interceptor

Movie lingo name vs real life product name, who's on first ?

To offer a quote by a Mad Max film aficionado

 

[boatnam2]

You knew bad shit was going to down when mad max flipped the blower switch!

 

[Shlbyntro]

I’m still not clear how Mad Maxs engine would function without the blower turning. Some kind of bypass system if we’re speaking hypothetically?

To introduce some boating content to this thread. Volvos TurboDiesels that they put in front of their IPS pod drives are a supercharger over turbocharger setup. The Superchargers are on something similar to an AC clutch and run at idle up to about 1700RPM where they will cut out when the turbos finally start spooling. Apparently the engines dont have enough compression for an ignition event without constant boost so Volvo had to add a blower for the engines to be able run at the lower rpms.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

To introduce some boating content to this thread. Volvos TurboDiesels that they put in front of their IPS pod drives are a supercharger over turbocharger setup. The Superchargers are on something similar to an AC clutch and run at idle up to about 1700RPM where they will cut out when the turbos finally start spooling. Apparently the engines dont have enough compression for an ignition event without constant boost so Volvo had to add a blower for the engines to be able run at the lower rpms.

I wonder why they couldn’t have ran a compound turbo setup. But hey good job on the boating content!

 

[Shlbyntro]

I wonder why they couldn’t have ran a compound turbo setup. But hey good job on the boating content!

Because Volvo can never do anything the easy way!

 

[4Waters]

I wonder why they couldn’t have ran a compound turbo setup. But hey good job on the boating content!

Because @BoostPower doesn't work for volvo

 

[Shrub Lurker]

and the dog was a Queensland

 

[BoostPower]

Because @BoostPower doesn't work for volvo

lol I Tinker now

 

[BajaT]

You knew bad shit was going to down when mad max flipped the blower switch!