The Ford Falcon GT was a series of Australian muscle cars designed and built in Australia especially for the most popular race in Australia the Bathurst 1000. The most famous of all the muscle cars built in Australia was the Ford XY Falcon GTHO phase III, There were 300 of these beast built from September 1970 to December 1971.
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When built the XYGT Falcon was the fastest four door family car built anywhere in the world. It has a 351 cubic inch (5.8 litre) Cleveland V8 and delivers between 350 to 380 bhp (270–280KW) and had 380 ft/lbs ( 513 Nm ) of torque @ 3400 rpm.
It also came with a Twin point dizzy, and a 780cfm 4 barrel Holley carburettor.
The gearbox was the bullet proof 4 speed Toploader, and the gear ratios were
1st: 2.32:1
2nd: 1.93:1
3rd: 1.36:1
4th: 1.00:1
Reverse: 2.78:1
It came with a Ford 9 inch limited slip differential with a 3.25:1 ratio
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The phase 3 had a top speed of 225 km/h or 142 mph @ 6150 rpm,
It could do 0 – 60mph (0 – 100km/h) – 6.4 seconds
And a standing ¼ mile (400m) in 14.2 seconds,
this was straight off the showroom floor. These cars originally sold for about $5159 and now can fetch a price of between $650,000 to $750,000 in genuine condition.
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