Test Fitting My Custom BA Falcon Haltech IC-7 Mount & Michigan Motorsports T56 Reverse Lockout

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Жыл бұрын

We're back with my BA Falcon XR6 Turbo, checking out my V2 custom mount for a Haltech IC-7 dash. Opinions will no doubt be divided, but I absolutely love it. We're also fitting a Michigan Motorsports Reverse Lockout Solenoid Delete kit to the T56 6-Speed gearbox to solve my weird lockout issue. #motoringbox
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@goddamncompsux Жыл бұрын

Love this! I hope one day you 3d print these i would run this setup in my bf in a heartbeat

@Jay-uw2eb Жыл бұрын

this version 1.1 looks way better than version 1 I'm glad you did recess it down into the dash and removing all the surrounding panel sure made a difference as well, I'm a gadget nut and I like it 😎

@MyYewTubeAccount Жыл бұрын

I'd personally take it one step further and pull the components out of the IC7 housing and design a pod with integrated housing and 3D print it, I'd probably also find and integrate some OEM style buttons and rewire them to the IC-7 board so it all looks factory.

@felixthecat1672 Жыл бұрын

I remember doing something very similar in the early 2000s with my n14 SSS with an Apexi SAFC controller. There is something quite rewarding about making your own custom part for your pride and joy. Especially when it's a one off that sets your car apart from others. Well done mate! 👍

@kan1330_ Жыл бұрын

big nostalgia hit with the gran turismo music haha

@blu99s Жыл бұрын

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. 👍🏼 That installation looks Awesome. 👀

@jzab Жыл бұрын

Good job Sean, but it looks a little too tall for me. I might change my mind if I saw it first hand. I was in SCA the other day looking for a battery for my kids Autocross car. I was just going to get a “home brand” version, but then I thought of you and your sponsor, and grabbed a Century. Does this make you and influencer now?😀

@Xutoh Жыл бұрын

really cool setup so far, it would be nice if haltech made a small sleek ultrawide screen with thin bezels

@2807204 Жыл бұрын

Great job..looks heaps better. Nice work mate.

@tcpnetworks Жыл бұрын

Looks like a solid winner.

@_autoverse Жыл бұрын

The mount looks smart and it’s usable clearly within your line of sight without distracting.

@malparish2938 10 ай бұрын

Really impressive there Sean, if you like it (& I gleaned you did 😊), then good on ya!! Car ownership is all about making it how you think it could be. Subtle or non subtle mods are yours to make, I prefer that then being in front of the cluster.

@rob45x Жыл бұрын

Love the mod of the ic7. Only thing is if you can get a slightly darker shade of silver or a metallic grey paint for the dash pieces. I think the silver is a bit bright. Just my 2 cents. Cheers !

@tractorguy1994 10 ай бұрын

Very nice installation.

@MrButtonpresser Жыл бұрын

As someone with an FG, it looks perfectly normal. Great job, colour me jealous!

@adamhodgeson9812 Жыл бұрын

Great work mate.

@A.R.C.77 Жыл бұрын

That's a sick setup

@lyonsy143 Жыл бұрын

Nice work on it mate

@TaranRamjit 2 ай бұрын

It looks great.

@pierreinthavong181 Жыл бұрын

Impressive work!😊

@damienwilloughby Жыл бұрын

I love it. Thank God for a BARRA video thanks Sean 👌

@ThePowerbloke Жыл бұрын

Looks great Sean 👍. Agree that the lower profile sits and looks so much better.

@1969Risky Жыл бұрын

Pretty good job there Sean. It's always fiddly but you have it right this time. The height is perfect. I modded a Holden VY/VZ clusterpod onto the top of the dash for a VU ute and with a good deal of thinking, I got it sitting firmly on the dash. Even though it wasn't made for it.

@tropicalxr8 Жыл бұрын

Looks awesome 👌

@martyburgess341 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! It gives the car a race inspired theme! 👍

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

That is a nice friction fit

@Devastator0 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always Sean, the 2nd iteration of the IC7 mount is much better. 100% the right call to recess it further into the dash. It's not perfect (when is it ever eh?) but I think it looks great! Keep up the good work mate!

@LukeTarquinio Жыл бұрын

I really like this Sean, I’m getting some R34 GTR’esque vibes from it too. Would be cool if you could make a custom display that emulates that of the the R34’s!

@BigPermGarage Жыл бұрын

Used that lockout delete over here for my Barra swap mainly because I couldnt fit that big solenoid in the tunnel

@john_barnett Жыл бұрын

still reckon it would be a mad thing to 3d print once you got the plug clearances sorted out

@TBRHIPHOP Жыл бұрын

Well sir, that’s very impressive. Once you iron out all the kinks I think you have nailed that project. Doesn’t look to out of place and once painted I have a feeling it will look very stock. PS: I must admit, as much as I enjoy Falcon content I’m so keen for more Magna videos. ✌🏼✌🏼

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

Something big on the way for that!

@driftonez Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the R34 MFD, lowkey wanna do this to my falcon aha

@Beer_Dad1975 Жыл бұрын

I think it looks great, and really if you want to keep the factory gauges - which of course you do because they are really nice, where else would you put it?

@leoncarlier Жыл бұрын

I like it!!!!

@TheRealMrCods Жыл бұрын

Looking good Sean, I knew you could do it better. 👍

@coadmanktm 2 ай бұрын

Hey Sean. Great job on the videos. Love the mount position. I’ve got an ic7 I’d like to mount in the same position. Do you or anyone else make a mount like this yet? Be great if someone 3d printed these. Can’t bring myself to cover the standard cluster and this seems to be the best option. Not sure I have the time and patience to make one from scratch. 😄cheers.

@rebelliousreptile7336 Жыл бұрын

Really cool. Personally, i would get a flipup android headunit that would go below the icc. I think that would look really clean.

@chriseveringham5013 Жыл бұрын

I re@con you did a great job,I bought a digital dash and did not want to block out my cluster either but I have a bf Typhoon,so I had to use a windscreen mount and sit my dash on the boost and oil pressure guages,my digital dash doesn’t have oil pressure with the standard computer for this dash,so not as good as yours

@MartinJones123 Жыл бұрын

It's definitely something different and not sure if I like it or not (but it will probably grow on me)... Would this thing fit between the infotainment and centre console area? (Below the AC controls)

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

I don't think it would - too wide. Also a very low spot to be looking.

@MartinJones123 Жыл бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV True, if you're looking at the gauges constantly, than that wouldn't be a good spot to put them...

@MrLurchsThings Жыл бұрын

Nice solution. What filament are you using for the 3D printing? How does it look from the front of the car/through the windscreen?

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

No printing - it's just sheets of ABS plastic and a soldering iron used as a ghetto plastic welder 😁

@MrLurchsThings Жыл бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV impressive! Very Toy-Polloi-ish (you’d have to know who that is 😂) Makes me wonder what could be done with 3D printing. The reason for my Q was that normal PLA won’t deal with the Aussie heat and you you’d want to use ABS or PETG filament.

@joe2653 Жыл бұрын

You should do a video of when your removing and painting the icc etc, I’m planning on doing the same to mine

@mahcooharper9577 Жыл бұрын

I reckon if you cut the top bit off the ICC (where the Phillips head screw is) you could get it to sit even lower and then it would look better. You don't need that top bit to hold the ICC, the 4 bolts down low are more than enough to hold it in.

@Viincey Жыл бұрын

I'm keen for version 69

@geoffreybanditt4355 Жыл бұрын

I have no idea if that screen display unit would support this but it would really give it that XR6 vibe if you could get it to display the XR6 logo on start up just like what you did with that unit you put in the Ralliart Magna.

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

No startup screen unfortunately, but you can customise the images used on the screen - which I will be doing at some point!

@paulp6386 Жыл бұрын

Sean, I noticed the battery with the car off was only 12.3V. You know anyone to get a good deal on a new Century battery 🤣😋

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

At the dash it's lower compared to measured at the battery, for some strange reason.

@paulp6386 Жыл бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV All good. Just poking fun 👍 Ps, Just bought a shirt and sticker 👌

@djjohnnymusic Жыл бұрын

If it's practical and does what you want, where you want, then who cares what others think.

@robert43g Жыл бұрын

LOL love the Chinese work boots

@kruleworld Жыл бұрын

How many of those dash triangles have been bought to be cut up? I know i have one.

@shannonspear8751 Жыл бұрын

Winner winner chicken dinner

@NERGYStudios Жыл бұрын

Dunno why but the Magna and Falcon have so much character compared to the 'modern cars'.

@ardie72 Жыл бұрын

Do not paint it silver...the light will reflect off your windshield. And become distracting hence why dashes are black to begin with. Drive with a plain A4 sheet of paper on your dash to understand what I mean .

@johndouglas1848 Жыл бұрын

Must admit, I was thinking if you paint the back of it silver, it might reflect light, perhaps the back should be as close to a match with the dash as possible?

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

Some BA's had these painted silver from factory. I think it'll be fine!

@MartinJones123 Жыл бұрын

I think it would only be an issue if he made it chrome...

@ardie72 Жыл бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV go for it... but...if I'm right...I want a call out

@HannahFortalezza Жыл бұрын

Agreed, at very least, silver should only be on the viewable face. the section on the windscreen side should be matte black

@A.R.C.77 Жыл бұрын

😁🤘🐠

@shannonspear8751 Жыл бұрын

Can you run Google maps thru it ?

@MotoringBoxTV Жыл бұрын

No its just a dash sorry.

@shannonspear8751 Жыл бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV Reply patent pending Haltech lol 😝

@thefox6324 Жыл бұрын

It seems my comment disappeared? But yeah exhaust video on my channel for anyone who wants to take a look and u shaun if u want to sounds fantastic 1996 vs commodore equipe series 2 with a 2.5 redback great vid that ba i love it

@g_force3857 Жыл бұрын

First time you park in Logan it’ll be gone…. I’d prefer stock gauges up there, they look clean…. This looks cheap, even though it’s not Certainly don’t hate the channel…. Good luck

@aulzhoefer Жыл бұрын

Sorry dude… getting too dodgy. (don’t call me a troll, you asked to judge). When ever you do a job ask yourself would a reasonable person accept this job from factory.

@jamesaustralian9829 Жыл бұрын

Crazy to think the vehicle is near on 20 years old. I'm keeping mine as original and in the shed for another 20, who knows they may be worth a few bucks (hopefully)

@mooroocho834 Жыл бұрын

Why not get the dash kit that its actually intended for? Looks silly sitting there needs to be where the cluster is

@malsmith2012 Жыл бұрын

He answered that in the video. He doesn't want to cover his factory cluster..

@AGRSSV1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah seems pointless having info out of your direct field of view.

@Low760 Жыл бұрын

@@AGRSSV1 do you constantly need to see how much Boost you make or oil pressure when you drive around on the streets? It's a flog to have it replace the stock cluster that is easy to see. Like when using Autometers was the thing to do.

@AGRSSV1 Жыл бұрын

@@Low760 to be honest I wouldn’t even bother with it full stop on a basically stock car

@mooroocho834 Жыл бұрын

@Mal Smith it literally does everything the cluster does. Theg also sell a kit to convert the cluster to digital. Theres no point to it if your going to keep the original setup