hey fellas, thought i would post up my ride for the hell of it.

GENERAL

MAKE: Ford
MODEL: EL Fairmont Ghia
YEAR: Sep 1997
COLOUR: N9 Navy Blue

MECHANICAL

ENGINE: 4.0 Tickford inline 6
TRANSMISSION: 4 Speed Auto
DIFFERENTIAL: 3.45 LSD
BRAKES: Standard
SUSPENSION: King Superlows
EXHAUST: Motavator Extractors, 2.5'' X-Force Exhaust

STYLING

WHEELS/TYRES: 17'' Speedy Longchamps, 235/45 Supercat Tyres
INTERIOR: Standard
EXTERIOR: NL Fairlane side indicators, NL Fairlane cornering lights
IN CAR ENTERTAINMENT: Pioneer DEH-P7700MP H/U, Factory Premuim Sound

OTHER

FUTURE PLANS: Manual, CMS 3 Head and Cam, New Seats, Respray, Tickford Bodykit, New Sound System.
MONEY SPENT SO FAR: about $3,000 (on repairs lol)
CREDITS/THANKS:

bought it back in march 2008 for $8,000, probably a bit too much but it was kind of love at first sight.

anyway, 2 weeks later, it started pinging under acceleration, and misfiring at high revs. hmm, this was strange i thought. dizzy was fine, coil was fine, all the leads were fine. the next day, the auxillary shaft decided it would strip its teeth.



the old one was just as shiny as the new one, this confused us a bit. found out it hadnt been done properly 35,000km beforehand, and it had been misaligned with the dizzy drive cog. so a couple of teeth eventually shaved thin enough to snap off... and ended up in the sump, which was then sucked up by the oil pump, which promptly seized.



thats what we found in the oil pickup screen.

anyway, that was all fixed, along with a new timing chain, whith was also half rooted.

and basically this is how it is today:







So yeah, thats about it for the moment. i shall post updates and new pics whenever i get the chance to.

Last edited by alfy on Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:17 pm, edited 14 times in total.

heres a video of the exhaust. it sounded a lot meatier then, before i got the extractors fitted. and yes the starter motor was rooted. lol

and heres a 0-100 video, taken on a flat highway in a 110 zone, at night with no other cars around.

Nice EL man. Lookin real nice .

EL's FTW!!!

Nice mate, real nice.

thanks guys.

very tidy looking ride you have.....

Nice looking Fairmont you got there
Nice buy!

lol i had the same problem!! in Lincoln to! 2 days in Lincoln turned into 5, i turned left at the roundabout near kfc dove up the road it started coughing and carrying on and stopped right outside the workshop/servo and yeah it had stripped the cog,

lol how long ago was that?

ages ago, about a 8 months ago

nice looking car. if u want to get rid of that service light hold the button down thats infront of the cluster. put the keys in the igniton and turn onto acc while u still have the button in. then wait for the service spanner to go away

lol yeah i done that video ages ago. the lights gone now lol

oi sweet car love the black and chrome on it

lol i wish it was black

its actually Navy Blue, the pics make it look black.