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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:24 pm 
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im in the market for ed 4.0l most likely tickford, im going to be droping a 4.0l into an xf i have been doing i currently have a well worked crossflow but i want to upgrade to a 4.0l i will run a wolf 3d computer. but i have a c4 shift kitted auto. and want to bolt that up to the 4.0. have seen this conversion done but most of my expereince is with 4.1 not the 4.0l and can any one tell me what dramas there would be with bolting the c4 up. and also fitting in engine bay i need to get a really good idea what dramas maybe facing i have done many engine changes but this conversion i havent done and will be doing it early january. thank you guys any input will be great

info on my car is below this is a project car

www.cardomain.com/ride/2178160/1atfull.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:29 pm 
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seeing you guys and girls are mostly e series u have a bit more experience with this motors and specs than i do so seeing ill be having one in a car soon ill have to get used to them. im finally moving on from the old crossflow which i have grown to love over the years. i know the crossflow like the back of my hand but the 4.0l has got my attention and want to make my xf a xr look a like reall xf6 with the tickford. so your knowledge on this welll be very helpfull
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:03 pm 
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hi mate,

have you tried contacting a gearbox conversion specialist, they might have a bellhousing for the C4 to mount directly to the 4.0L. don't know if any one tried it on a later model engine.

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:20 pm 
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im gonna ring around but wondering if any one hear knows anything about . i know it has been done.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:08 pm 
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well i contacted a mob that built my c4 and they are trying to come up with a setup that will bolt a c4 to the 4.0l i guess this wont be a cheap mod but im sure it will be worth it, they havent done this conversion onto the c4 before but one of the blokes said a while back it would be a cool conversion and wanted to atempt it so i rang the right place i also tryed other places and they didnt want a grain of it so. i will install the motor and im gonna drop the box out then cart the car in there and they will fit it up but they will see if they can come up with al lthe adpters and bellhousings and all that gear first before i finalise if im gonna do this or not at this point im going to if its possible of cause
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:09 pm 
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they also are contacting a bloke who aparently hooked a c4 to a ba falcon to get ideas off him.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:15 pm 
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ok .
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to start of with you will need to source out a motor from a XG / XH ute , they use engine mounts that suit the X Series falcons
once you got thos bits you can bolt tha motor in , and then find Series 1 EB / wiring harness as those models didnt have Smartlock , which is a big help .....
hope that sheds some lite onto the subject .

EDIT i just remebered if you do find a XG ute use all the wiring and motor from it for your conversion to your XF , use the dash and so on that way you dont need to find EB wiring harness's

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:22 pm 
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thanx yer this site is a great forum mre-40l. but the thing is im not using a xg-h 4.0l i was looking at a tickford out of an xr6 ed-el but i was gonna consider a xg-h if i cant get this motor to bolt to c4.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:23 pm 
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find a wreck , sell motor and get tickford motor
all you need is the wiring and everything else that bolts to the motor .

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:32 pm 
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yep mre got it right find an xg without smartlock at a wreckers or buy a wreck, i dont think any of them came with smartlock but they did run to 95 so maybe im wrong

dont forget up until the xh ute they were all based on the xd xe xf shape
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:48 pm 
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yer that sounds like a plan i have got a wolf 3d ill need al the wiring stuff i supose a wreck is a good idea. can u fill me in on this smart lock gear. igot a bloke lined up to get this thing running do all the wiring all that stuff and get the computer programed, but i wouldnt mind understanding these motrs abit better so any info will help me see im a bit old school always muked around with crossflows lol so all this high tech gear is a new learning curve seen a few 4litres in xf but always have a manual behind it im not going down that road
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