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roller and a bombproof
With rear wheels that would shame a steam
0hp, Kynan Hall’s evil
blown 526ci big-block good for at least 220
t big guns
XC coupe is ready to mix it with the burnou
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burnout pad for a
YNAN Hall hasn’t been near a
low while he put
g
layin
couple of years. He’s been
the guys at the
to
it
take
to
car
new
a
together
ght – this is not
strai
thing
highest level. Let’s get one
job. Apart from
t
pain
new
a
with
car
blue
Kynan’s old
skid car was
ious
prev
his
the fact this is an XC and
between the
es
renc
diffe
few
a
quite
are
an XB, there
engines
Ford
n
blow
with
coupes,
two. Yep, they’re both big ol’ Falcon
s end.
aritie
simil
the
re
whe
t
abou
s
that’
and big billet wheels, but
to go down the blown route.
Kynan remembers how he decided
ogin Revheads with a mate
Narr
at
n
dow
“I started doing burnouts
early 2000s,” he says. “We got
of mine, Dave Morgan, back in the
e has changed. Back in those
“It’s amazing how much this scen
r cars that were blown.”
othe
days there were only two or three
since those days, and that’s
bit
a
on
ed
mov
itely
Things have defin
a new car just for the
build
to
part of the reason Kynan decided
of the pack with his
d
ahea
was
he
t
poin
one
burnout comps. At
t car, but people
stree
a
ly
ntial
tough blown combo in what is esse
ers got bigger and
blow
and
nes
engi
as
him
ed
caught up and pass
cornered the market on Big & Ugly
the West Aussie burnout scene
injector hats.
king the car and I didn’t want
“It got to a point where I was wrec
says. “When you’ve got guys like
to keep doing that to it,” Kynan
quality show cars that do high-end
Loader and Nogas building top-
s changed. A decade
ha
e
en
sc
t
ou
rn
bu
e
th
h
uc
m
w
It’s amazing ho
rs that were blown
ca
r
he
ot
e
re
th
or
o
tw
ly
on
re
we
ago there
be. I was able to be a part of that
burnouts, that’s where I wanted to
that
t putting a blower on an XD
talking one day and thought abou
to another and Dave said: ‘Why
led
we were going to do. One thing
[XB] coupe?’ I said: ‘Nah, it’s too
don’t you put the blower on the
: ‘It’s just a bonnet.’ I thought, well,
nice, I’m not doing that.’ Dave goes
how it came about.
s
that’
So
.
there
t
you’ve got a poin
the engine up because I had the
“The first time I took it out I blew
I
and overdrove the crap out of it.
pulleys around the wrong way –
that’s
and
ne
engi
an
build
to
eone
went on the hunt looking for som
something I could drive on the
when I met John Napier. I wanted
r engine builders said it couldn’t
street and do skids with. All the othe
said: ‘Yep, we can do that, no
he
,
John
d
aske
I
n
be done but whe
Revheads in 2006 and that
re
befo
worries.’ That was three weeks
g.
stron
g
motor is still goin
e, but there came a point where
for a brief period with the other coup
dy had the engine, I just needed
everyone just went past me. I alrea
”
in.
to find something to put it
her Falcon coupe, of course –
Kynan knew what he wanted – anot
ed off with a different body,
start
ally
actu
he just had to find one. He
and it would have taken a lot of
but it turned out it was pretty rusty
another came up for sale on
ily,
Luck
tch.
work to get it up to scra
minus engine and box – that was
the east coast, a complete car –
t
in pretty good nick. Well, it mus
be
to
ed
already tubbed and look
was
it
n
whe
’09,
Feb
,
SM
red it in
have been okay, because we featu
n struck the deal, hooked up
owned by Shane Etherington. Kyna
country to get it. Yep, keen as!
the car trailer and drove across the
EXTE RIOR
Shaved door handles, drip rails and
bumper bolts made for a smooth
ne
canvas to lay down the Brandywi
it’s
Kandy. It’s over a black base, so
then
pretty dark until the lights hit it,
it really pops!
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Two-tone leather interior is all
class, although it will probably be
a nightmare to keep clean once the
dash is
burnout comps begin! The filled
es
an interesting feature with the gaug
now located in the centre console
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ved and Brandywine
’t long before Owen Webb got invol
had a motor lined up, and It wasn
the new hue. Charlie
as
ted
selec
was
base
As mentioned earlier, Kynan already
black
a
y over
s can put down your pitchforks Kand
out his fingerprints as he spent
not just any motor. All you Ford lover
c Takacs was the man wearing
cubi
526
all
,
Ford
all
is
it
but
s
and painting, and although
– this baby may have Hemi head
some 300 hours doing the bodywork
ex-Pro Mod motor
an
is
half
m
botto
the
still a few extra touches
hell,
were
nuts
a
there
In
inches of it.
pretty good to start with,
of John’s old funny cars. The it was
up.
while the blower and hat are off one
it
d to clean
ewhere between 2200 and adde
a few bars were removed
combo is probably capable of som
Bumper bolts were smoothed off and
ing
push
be
’t
won
they
usly
obvio
user-friendly. The engine
more
little
a
it
make
to
2500hp according to John, but
age
in it, this thing will out of the rollc
tune
st
softe
d’s
custom boot hinges
worl
and
the
with
filled
s
Even
it that hard.
bay had any unnecessary hole
tubs, as the car had
be making well over 1000hp!
cated to work around the existing
big-block, there was were fabri
ng
Raci
Ford
inium
alum
an
nd
Based arou
iously had a lift-off boot.
it came time to order the parts. prev
ior either; Kynan took the
absolutely no stuffing around when
e is nothing left of the original inter
Ther
a
with
off
s
start
d and
forge
is
stuff
ing
and let them loose. The
rotat
ers
the
of
Trimm
r
all
Of course,
down to Southside Moto
and a set of pistons that set car
Bryant stroker crank, Brooks ally rods
, but even with the world’s
hp
00
-25
00
22
of
ble
pa
ca
is
o
mb
The co
making well over 1000hp
be
ll
wi
ng
thi
s
thi
it,
in
e
tun
st
fte
so
n with a filled dash and custom
result is a classy leather-lined cabi
Yes, you read that right.
the static compression at 12.5:1.
with titanium valves and the
filled
are
s
head
i
Hem
The EPD
re hat get busy pouring in
onfib
carb
16/71 Kobelco blower and
r will be sucking it down big
the methanol, and no doubt this moto
custom-built 150-litre fuel
a
’s
there
time. Not to worry though,
.
cell in the boot
of holding the horsepower
Finding a gearbox that was capable
n at it was no easy task. JW
– and abuse – that will be throw
US supplied one of their full
the
in
Performance Transmissions
s are bombproof and are
race-spec Powerglides. These thing
also supplied the adapter
JW
hp.
capable of withstanding 3000
has been built with ultimate
and converter, so the entire driveline
not cheap, but neither is
it’s
No,
.
strength and reliability in mind
you hit the burnout pad.
blowing up your gearbox every time
ld have been to slot all that
wou
car
The easy option with this
ed, painted and leathertubb
dy
alrea
the
into
gear
killer running
lem – the colour. It
prob
l
smal
a
trimmed body. But there was
it didn’t seem to grow on him
wasn’t a favourite of Kynan’s and
l & Paint for a colour change.
Pane
with time, so it was off to ITP
the Dakota Digital gauges.
centre console that now houses
ly with the luxurious Billet
stark
A TCI Outlaw shifter contrasts
l, yet somehow, it all seems to
Specialties Outlaw steering whee
“John reckons they’re to catch
s?
seat
work. And those holes in the
for the first time,” Kynan jokes.
all the poo once I put my foot down
is in-yer-face and the wheels
car
this
Just about everything on
as big as you can get – most
are no exception. They are about
.5 rim on the back of their car,
20x8
a
people would be happy to run
Out back are ridiculously
up!
front
the
ing
hold
is
what
but that’s
Pirelli make, a 405/25
er
rubb
st
huge 24x17s with the wide
fit in the tubs no worries,
PZero Nero. The good news is, they
overall diameter is around
the
ntic,
because although they are giga
as a 16-inch-wide Mickey
32 inches, which is about the same
Thompson Sportsman Pro.
building burnout cars to this
It’s pretty insane that people are
read this, the XC should
you
time
level, but we love it. By the
Good Friday burnout comp at
have blown some tyres off at the
already seen the video. s
ably
the Motorplex and you’ve prob
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It’s a Hot Wheels car come to life. Mass
20x8.5 up
Malibus are 24x17 out the back and
will handle
front. A Mark Williams 9.5-inch diff
front end
the power no worries, while the RRS
motor and
allowed enough room to fit the giant
r-assisted
pipes with the added bonus of powe
rack-and-pinion steering. Luxury!
If the engine looks like it belongs
in a drag car, that’s because it
does! It’s an ex-Pro Mod mill put
together by John Napier. That
Kobelco 16/71 blower has gone
5.90s in one of John’s alcohol
funny cars
KYNA N HALL
XC FALC ON COU PE
Paint: HOK Brandywine
Kandy
DON K
Type: 526ci Ford big-block
Inlet: EPD blower intake
Blower: Kobelco 16/71
Heads: EPD Racing
Valves: Titanium
Cam: Crower solid roller
Pistons: Forged, 12.5:1
Crank: Bryant
Conrods: Brooks
aluminium
Radiator: Brown’s
aluminium double-flow
Exhaust: 2.25in
primaries, twin 4in pipes
Ignition: MSD 12A
magneto
Sport 245/30ZR20
(f), Pirelli PZero Nero
405/25ZR24
SHIF T
THAN KS
Box: JW Powerglide
Diff: Mark Williams 9.5in,
44-spline, 4.5in tailshaft
BEN EATH
Front end: RRS coil-over
Steering: Power rackand-pinion
Brakes: Discs (f & r)
ROLLING STOC K
Rims: Intro Malibu;
20x8.5 (f), 24x17 (r)
Rubber: Achilles ATR
John and Debbie Napier;
ITP Panel & Paint;
Southside Motor Trimmers;
Shocking Auto Electrics;
Genie Exhaust; SRM; House
of Kolor; Steve Loader;
Buzzard Fabrication;
Russell’s Water Supply;
Oz Mining Solutions; my
best mate Warney for all
his help; Paul Dowsett; my
wife Kelly and kids Aiden,
Amani and Jorja
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