[tomcat racing]

i owned recently a 220kw ts50, the series 1 ts50 was 220kw and te50 was200kw, then they all went to 220kw in series 2, the series 1 220kw had alloy gt40 heads, [the only factory alloy heads fitted to a 5.0 windsor] in series 2 they went back to iron gt40 heads as a cost cutting measure i think. the xr8s had iron heads. they are all badged tickford, hand built and plaqued with the engine builders signature. i doubt that you would get an alloy headed factory 5.0 as they only made 54 of them, mine was no 31, if you get one out of a wreck youve got a pretty rare 5.0. series 3 was all 347s 250kw and is a gun car with an excellent plenum chamber,the rarest car of them all is the series 3 tl50 347 long wheelbase, they only ever made 3 of them. in my opinion the t series cars were far better engineered allround than the ba series 5.4 ltr that replaced them, even today a lot of ford guys dont even know what they are, my ts50 was an absolute ripper and out handled any equivalent commodore much to their dismay. one of the nicest features of the car was the push button sequential gear change on the steering wheel. tomcat