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Originally Posted by Bossxr8
Thats it, its just my opinion.
XC was a thirsty pig though. Emissions really strangled them. Had a mate who had an XC GXL 250 that sucked nearly as much fuel as my XD 351.
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Definitely agree with you on that . Tacked on gear to keep the pollies happy wasn't very good and played havoc with the engine . I owned one of the last carby XE's built in 1984 with the 4.1 and by then they weren't so terrible in that regard . The EFI's from the XF onwards were much better though I believe.
. ADR27 played buggery with a lot of cars at the time . I bought a brand new Escort 1.6 in 1980 with the tacked on emission stuff and not only was she thirsty but gutless as well in reality .
Took it to a mob called Pride Auto's one Saturday after a few months and had the emission stuff "modified" . Difference was incredible .. Performed like the 1.6 should and fuel economy was much better . Illegal most probably yes but essential yes . Lots of people did it .
The old 4.1 was thirsty but oh so reliable and tough . Then again that reliable and tough carries over to pretty much every version of the Australian built inline 6 Falcon engines . The 4.0's fuel injected were also reasonably economical too driven sensibly given their displacement .