Ford Cortina 3.0 Liter V6 Leisure (1984)
| Model Number | 1984 Ford Cortina 3.0 Liter V6
Leisure (Ford 1-Tonner 3000 Leisure) |
| Engine |
3000cc; BHP 103.4kW/236.7Nm WHP 85kW/194Nm; Ford Essex V6 engine; 6000 RPM; 6 Cylinder V6 (60 deg); 12 valve OHV; Single cam; Holley 4 barrel Carburettor; Petrol; 5 speed manual; RWD; 200 km/h |
| Date Bought | November 1997 - Bought from an Auto Dealer on Jules Street in Malvern |
| Date Sold | June 2005 - Sold privately as a deposit for my 2002 Ford Ranger Double Cab XLT 2.5TD |
| License number | BMX865GP |
| Mileage driven | Bought with 216,000km on the clock, sold with around 366,000km on the clock (150,000km) |
| Mods done |
Gasflowed & skimmed heads, Port matched inlet manifold, Cut
Cam, Holley 4 barrel carb, Freeflow branches & exhaust,
Lowered suspension, 15" dish mags. Longer ratio differential
installed for higher top end speed. Dark tint, Leather seats
& steering wheel. |
| Sound Installed | None |
| Rims | 14" stock steel pressed rims (14x5.5J) with 175 SR x 14 Tyres upgraded to 15" Smiths Wheels Ranger all silver ET15 Mags with 205/50R15 Eagle GTA 85V Tyres |
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My second car that I bought from a dealer on Jules street in Malvern. I owned this as a second vehicle for 8 years.
When I first bought the bakkie I tinted the windows a very dark tint and installed black leather front seats from a Nissan Sabre as well as a leather steering wheel, very nice for a Cortina bakkie.
I also installed a nice set of deep dish 15" mags and profile tires and lowered the bakkie to the floor by putting in a spacer on the rear suspension leaves and heat shrinking the front springs.
I installed a freeflow exhaust to the existing freeflow branches the bakkie came with.
In around December 1998 I took apart the engine and had Richie Jute in JHB CBD gasflow and skim the heads, grind the valves, port match the inlet manifold and cut the cam.
I put it all together and also swopped out the 2 barrel carb for a 4 barrel Holley carburetor. At the time in 1998 it was very fast and I could run with the BMW 325i E30's. I never dyno tuned the engine so I don't know the power output after the mods, but you could feel the power.
The idle and engine sound was awesome and I has a side swept chrome tip exhaust coming out of the rear left of the bakkie. The 4 barrel Holley sucked gas though.
Skidpan at Kyalami February 1999 :
Kyalami Racetrack open BMW day August 1999
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