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sooty72 wrote: GeZza200 wrote: there were also factory XE turbos which were quite quick as well They were buckets of s**t! They used a SU carb, for f**k sake! If they had used the EFI setup, they could have been a good thing.  hahaha wow XE turbo hater lol, they wernt that bad. 4.1 turbo had 530Nm and 190Kw, thats is heaps for 1983 car
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GeZza200 wrote: sooty72 wrote: GeZza200 wrote: there were also factory XE turbos which were quite quick as well They were buckets of s**t! They used a SU carb, for f**k sake! If they had used the EFI setup, they could have been a good thing. hahaha wow XE turbo hater lol, they wernt that bad. 4.1 turbo had 530Nm and 190Kw, thats is heaps for 1983 car Did you ever drive one? Or work on one? I like XE's, Ive had a couple, but the turbo setup on these cars sucked a***. We painted one that had been converted to EFI using all XF Fairmont Ghia stuff, made a much nicer car that actually started when you wanted it to!
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sooty72 wrote: GeZza200 wrote: sooty72 wrote: GeZza200 wrote: there were also factory XE turbos which were quite quick as well They were buckets of s**t! They used a SU carb, for f**k sake! If they had used the EFI setup, they could have been a good thing. hahaha wow XE turbo hater lol, they wernt that bad. 4.1 turbo had 530Nm and 190Kw, thats is heaps for 1983 car Did you ever drive one? Or work on one? I like XE's, Ive had a couple, but the turbo setup on these cars sucked a***. We painted one that had been converted to EFI using all XF Fairmont Ghia stuff, made a much nicer car that actually started when you wanted it to! haha na never driven one, were they a bit unreliable or a dog to drive?
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GeZza200 wrote: sooty72 wrote: GeZza200 wrote: sooty72 wrote: GeZza200 wrote: there were also factory XE turbos which were quite quick as well They were buckets of s**t! They used a SU carb, for f**k sake! If they had used the EFI setup, they could have been a good thing. hahaha wow XE turbo hater lol, they wernt that bad. 4.1 turbo had 530Nm and 190Kw, thats is heaps for 1983 car Did you ever drive one? Or work on one? I like XE's, Ive had a couple, but the turbo setup on these cars sucked a***. We painted one that had been converted to EFI using all XF Fairmont Ghia stuff, made a much nicer car that actually started when you wanted it to! haha na never driven one, were they a bit unreliable or a dog to drive? Not so much unreliable, just untune-able. If anyone has had experiance with useless f**k s**t SU carbs, they will know what I mean. The one I drove, carbed, had soooo much lag you would start to back off coz it felt like something was wrong, then whooooosh away it went. Until the next gear, when it would drop off boost again. Very frustrating and unpredictable. Guzzled the fuel too. Once he changed it to EFI, it was a whole new car.
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AU99 wrote: EFFalcon wrote: AU99 wrote: The Ultimate sleeper of its time.... Another rare car is the EA SS only 10 built I beleive.... EB SS, not EA. I knew it was one or the other.....  Found a link.... http://www.whiteline.com.au/articles/Pf ... 3_EB_1.htm
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AU99 wrote: AU99 wrote: EFFalcon wrote: AU99 wrote: The Ultimate sleeper of its time.... Another rare car is the EA SS only 10 built I beleive.... EB SS, not EA. I knew it was one or the other..... Found a link.... http://www.whiteline.com.au/articles/Pf ... 3_EB_1.htm You didnt read my comment further up did you?
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the best of all time was the twin turbo XF AWD
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some more pics
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and the last few
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ashcook wrote: What a shame that never hit the showroom floor. Wow, what a car! yeah, it would have been deadly for back then
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jerrytorry wrote: ashcook wrote: What a shame that never hit the showroom floor. Wow, what a car! yeah, it would have been deadly for back then Even today in the wrong hands. I remember reading an article about the AWD turbo XF years ago, but never seen pics of the gearbox or front diff. It was nice to have a look at it. Cheers ToranaGuy
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another car was the EA Brock
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ToranaGuy wrote: jerrytorry wrote: ashcook wrote: What a shame that never hit the showroom floor. Wow, what a car! yeah, it would have been deadly for back then Even today in the wrong hands. I remember reading an article about the AWD turbo XF years ago, but never seen pics of the gearbox or front diff. It was nice to have a look at it. Cheers ToranaGuy the front end is the bit ive never seen. i have seen the t5 4wd transfer case that you can bolt on.
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FAST-XR wrote: another car was the EA Brock Scott (BROCKYB8) on here has a Brock EA running low 14's, turbodrift on boostedfalcon has a Brock EA than runs 13's N/A too.
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sooty72 wrote: Not so much unreliable, just untune-able. If anyone has had experiance with useless f**k s**t SU carbs, they will know what I mean. The one I drove, carbed, had soooo much lag you would start to back off coz it felt like something was wrong, then whooooosh away it went. Until the next gear, when it would drop off boost again. Very frustrating and unpredictable. Guzzled the fuel too. Once he changed it to EFI, it was a whole new car. The only people that think SUs are hard to tune are people that don't know what they are doing. They are quite easy to tune. Time consuming to find the right needle but in no way is hard to do. |
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