Fordmods Logo

making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant 

 

Page 1 of 1 [ 8 posts ] 

 
 Post subject: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:54 pm 
Parts Gopher
Offline

Posts: 89

Joined: 20th May 2009

Ride: EB 91 now with mpfi

Location: wodonga
VIC, Australia

Hi all
I have an 89 xf ute ADR 37 compliant carby engine. I bought an 85 ZL for the front end and was considering using the engine (efi leaded adr27 compliant) into the xf. Would putting on a cat convertor be enough to allow the use of it or were there other changes done to emmissions for ADR37? or is it a no-no altogether as far as Vic roads and rego is concerned?
cheers
Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:10 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 56

Posts: 6467

Joined: 18th Dec 2006

Ride: 93 ED sedan

Power: 161 rwkw

Location: Rockhampton
QLD, Australia

03turbo wrote:
Hi all
I have an 89 xf ute ADR 37 compliant carby engine. I bought an 85 ZL for the front end and was considering using the engine (efi leaded adr27 compliant) into the xf. Would putting on a cat convertor be enough to allow the use of it or were there other changes done to emmissions for ADR37? or is it a no-no altogether as far as Vic roads and rego is concerned?
cheers


If you fit all the stuff from the 87 engine to the 85 engine ( this includes the head ), as well as the CAT, then you should be right.

 

_________________

http://youtu.be/jJTh9F3Vgg0

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:52 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 59

Posts: 1072

Joined: 6th Jul 2006

Gallery: 13 images

Ride: BA Falcon

Power: 106 rwkw

Location: Craigmore
SA, Australia

another way might be to run it straight LPG.. I would enquire about that 1st tho.....

 

_________________

2003 BA Falcon Egas Taxi Pack - XR Replica
Tpak MKII Build Thread

1984 ZL Fairlane
The Project

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:02 pm 
Moderator
Offline

Posts: 14489

Joined: 7th Nov 2004

Ride: AU XR8

Location: a shit suburb in sydney
NSW, Australia

i would just fit the efi engine using a catilitic converter and get the engine number changed on the rego,
thats it..
its not like you can run it on leaded anymore...

there is nothing specific that says its a leaded engine,
Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:49 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 42

Posts: 9452

Joined: 9th Nov 2004

Gallery: 4 images

Ride: Fordrunner 5.0 Turbo

Location: Wollongong
NSW, Australia

Differences between leaded and unleaded were basically, valve seats, ignition timing and fuel mapping. Both motors came out with EGR so you have no dramas there. with the X series the only real difference across the board was that EFI unleaded had a knock sensor whilst the EFI leaded didn't. And also the airflow meter was slightly different (had a different coloured lid to denote leaded and unleaded types). The carbies were all identical except for jetting and timing.
Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:05 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 52

Posts: 3763

Joined: 25th Nov 2004

Gallery: 6 images

Ride: EFII 5.8 NOS TerroristGhia

Power: 274 rwkw

Location: Sydney Australia
NSW, Australia

As mentioned above, and lastly the fuel filler will have a smaller inlet for unleaded. That should just be a top change for the filler neck, or you can get inserts for the neck that restrict the size, but with leaded fuel totally gone i don't know if you really need it. Speak to an engineer for the full run down.

Brett

 

_________________

The Terrorist ED Retired due to RUST.
The TerrosistGhia, EF Ghia 351 EFI 5 Speed.
Millennium Falcon, Sleeper EL DOHC 6 Speed Manual EFI LPG
Member#1131
I didn't Vote for Multiculturalism, DID YOU!!!

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:27 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 56

Posts: 6467

Joined: 18th Dec 2006

Ride: 93 ED sedan

Power: 161 rwkw

Location: Rockhampton
QLD, Australia

xcabbi wrote:
Differences between leaded and unleaded were basically, valve seats, ignition timing and fuel mapping. Both motors came out with EGR so you have no dramas there. with the X series the only real difference across the board was that EFI unleaded had a knock sensor whilst the EFI leaded didn't. And also the airflow meter was slightly different (had a different coloured lid to denote leaded and unleaded types). The carbies were all identical except for jetting and timing.


Leaded lids were black.....unleaded lids were blue.
Unleaded carbies had a TPS...for the EST ecu.

 

_________________

http://youtu.be/jJTh9F3Vgg0

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: making engine/vehicle ADR37 compliant
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:20 pm 
Parts Gopher
Offline

Posts: 89

Joined: 20th May 2009

Ride: EB 91 now with mpfi

Location: wodonga
VIC, Australia

so I was now planning to convert from carby to efi as i have a good block and head but the ecu might be a problem with unleaded? Possibly i could run an EA/EB ecu with the appropriate wiring mods?? the car is not currently registered and am concerned about what the rego inspector and or vicroads might make of it all. maybe get it on the road first then do a conversion or engine number swap with vicroads.
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:
Sort by  
 Page 1 of 1  [ 8 posts ] 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 74 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

 

 

It is currently Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:19 am All times are UTC + 11 hours

 

 

(c)2014 Total Web Solutions Australia - Australian Web Hosting and Domain Names