au 3 xr8 drive off and drive by

[@GODLIKEZ490]

when ever i look at the back of an AU i get sexually excited

[@MrBobbit666]

yeah does look nice but that front end is the ugliest ford ever

[@SuperTambo69]

clean. Love the AU's

[@flre_rgue3916]

Wow that sounds tuff as mate👍

[@chrissmith9854]

That very quick and sounds fucking mint as 👌🏼👌🏼😍🔥

[@G1AM_]

Were those FG wheels?

[@backyardmechanical]

yes, fg xr6 / xr8 wheels

[@slavojalois1639]

What size rubber and how well did they hook up? Also, I love the car and the video, I had a little cuckle about the signage in that street! @@backyardmechanical

[@backyardmechanical]

@@slavojalois1639 it had 245 40 18 on it, generally it hooked up pretty good, but i could get it to break loose pretty easy

[@littlea464]

Sounds tuff.

[@bryangrant4873]

Hi mate, old vid sorry. If you get this, are these the Tri-Y headers? Sounds great, interesting down below how you mention the Pacemakers sound different

[@bradspeed]

Mint!

[@shaunsiriweera120]

Sounds absolutely awesome mate! do you reckon these will go up in value in the future?

[@backyardmechanical]

i would say yes. i sold this one 3 years ago and in 3 years they have doubled in price

[@backyardmechanical]

@Stan Dup i picked this one up for 3000 in 2013 with 140.000km and sold it in 2016 for 6000 with 190000km, now people are asking over 10g for series 3 manual xr8s, ohh by the way this car was a factory manual car but i converted it to auto when i supercharged it, but in this vid it was still auto but i had sold off the supercharger. i did end up converting it back to manual and sold it.

[@prezzi5323]

@@backyardmechanical now they’re 15-20k lol

[@jacobhaussmann90]

Looking at 25-30k for a mint one here in NZ

[@cenzofrisina6517]

nice ! I'm not sure why but I love the AU! I'm looking for one atm but I'm copping flack from the boys. they want me to fg. I love the Aussie 5.0 etc.

[@backyardmechanical]

the au is certainly a love or hate type of car, usually the ones that push towards the ba,bf or fg are all about how much power the turbo 6 or the boss v8 have and probably never driven an au, but while the au is not quite as fast as its younger brothers its certainly the most reliable , better build quality with a better designed rear suspension set up and overall the better drivers car.

[@cenzofrisina6517]

what exhaust is on it mate ?

[@backyardmechanical]

@@cenzofrisina6517 it had hurricane headers, 100 cel cats, then a single 3 system with a single straight through center muffler and 3" tail pipe

[@cenzofrisina6517]

@@backyardmechanical ok thanks. sounds so damn good. hurricane muffler? mate I got a bf 5 .4boss 4v and am looking at a system for it . what brand do you recommend. liverpool exhaust make and fit all the hurricane stuff. expensive but not sure how their systems sound on a bf.

[@jonathonbrisbane2350]

Hi mate, what was it like driving with 3.9s? I was thinking of using 3.7s in mine keeping the auto and goin raptor supercharger. But I have found a company putting t56 6spd manual boxes behind the Windsor's so unsure which way to go. keen to hear your experience what sorta revs they we doin at 60, 80 and 110 to see what the drone was like?

[@backyardmechanical]

hi with the auto 3.9 is good, probably the best ratio for the 4 speed auto, at 110 it sat on 2500rpm as for drone if anything it was slightly less due to there being less load and slightly higher rpm at cruising speeds, and fuel economy was no different , while the rpm was slightly higher the load on normal acceleration was less, i did have a raptor supercharger on this at one point with the 3.9s and auto.. if you go t56 im pretty sure the box ratios are much shorter and i would probably leave it with 3.45

[@Edin507]

this thing is cool, I haven't seen one before looks slow af but neat Loud but slow

[@markstella8723]

May I ask what exhaust you had on it? I have a 304 and a LS1 and am doing my first Windsor atm.

[@backyardmechanical]

it had hurricane headers, 100 cel cats, then a single 3 system with a single "no name" center muffler. the xr8 i have now has a slightly different set up and sounds slightly different , have pacemaker headers, 100 cel cats, its dual 2.5" untill the 3"center muffler then 3" the rest of the way. i havent pit a vid of my current system yet. nut will in the next weak or so.

[@mrfrdman]

very nice bud :)

[@alenk7333]

😍😍😍🤘

[@TheMetal750]

Sounds awesome man is this the 302? And does it have gt40p heads? I'm building a 302 now and have those heads curious to know more

[@backyardmechanical]

yes, its the efi 302, 220kw. had gt40p heads.

[@weekesy5122]

@@backyardmechanical the au2 220kw was the same. The only difference being a cast iron head instead of alloy

[@runslaTe]

loud as man ..my 220 also has a single 3 with one middle straight through muffler and 100 cell cats but doesnt sound as loud as this.. I must have missed something

[@backyardmechanical]

it could just be muffler brand/ size or header difference, my current 220 xr8 has a very similar exhaust except pacemaker headers and is not quite the same depth or sound as this

[@runslaTe]

@@backyardmechanical ye im running stock headers ..might have to swap out the middle muffler for a hot dog but the drone will be over the top im guessing

[@shaneholland5701]

What exhaust you got mate?

[@backyardmechanical]

it had hurricane headers, 100 cell cats single 3" with a straight through type center muffler, no rear resonator.

[@kenoath6846]

Shmick👌🏻🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@toxsicxr8ford57]

Great use of signals 😂

[@josephb375]

Mine sounds better with a make up you ain't heard of g