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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:20 pm 
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Still chasing bits for the huffa setup man, or have you got them all sorted.
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:42 pm 
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Yeah still got a fair bit to go unfortunately, it's dragging on a bit, check the link in my signature to see where i'm at :wink:
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:49 pm 
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matt, ive begun stripping my F6 motor of s**t i dont need

- coolant hoses with the oil filter sandwich (cools oil by running coolant through sandwich plate)
(the lines that wrap around motor etc)
will do for CHEAP AS f**k for ya matty

- butterflyless BBM (minus TB, and im still unsure about Map Sensor, will let you know)



and matt, turbo return oil line is cheap
the 3/4" telfon stainless braided line is like $80 for a metre of it, then you need the barb fitting for sump and the turbo drain fitting




ill have more parts off my phoon motor... will keep you in form matt :)
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:55 pm 
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matt, ive begun stripping my F6 motor of s**t i dont need

- coolant hoses with the oil filter sandwich (cools oil by running coolant through sandwich plate)
(the lines that wrap around motor etc)
will do for CHEAP AS f**k for ya matty

- butterflyless BBM (minus TB, and im still unsure about Map Sensor, will let you know)



and matt, turbo return oil line is cheap
the 3/4" telfon stainless braided line is like $80 for a metre of it, then you need the barb fitting for sump and the turbo drain fitting




ill have more parts off my phoon motor... will keep you in form matt :)
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 9:43 pm 
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Schweet as bro! So which metal lines have you got? The turbo coolant feed and return? If they're the ones i'll nab them for sure! As for the turbo oil drain, i'm going to stick with the stock line, i'm just being fussy now haha.

I've managed to score a butterflied lower manifold, i've already gutted it and just need to dab a bit of weld in the hole at the front of it.
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:31 pm 
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wow ive just read all 42 pages and this has got to me my favorite el fairmont on fordmods
cant wait to see/hear this boosted one day soon

 

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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:33 am 
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Awesome, thankyou very much for the kind comments. Not too far away from being boosted now, just a few bits to go...
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:17 am 
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just wondering is there any interoir pics or full car pics ?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:08 pm 
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I have a few shots of my car in my gallery over there <------ but now that i think of it, i don't really have any good interior pictures. I'll have to fix that one day :D
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Now 300,000km's Old
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:08 am 
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I went and purchased some exhaust studs and nuts today, just another thing to tick off the list. Had a bit of fun bolting a few things together, should be sweet.

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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Five steps closer to boost!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:49 am 
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Getting ever closer to getting this turbo stuff on the road. These are all the bits i have stashed away:

Stock exhaust manifold
Stock dump pipe
Oil supply line
Oil return line
Coolant supply line
3x Banjo bolts
Turbo oil filter and adapter
Banjo sealing washers
Intake/plenum and exhaust manifold gaskets
Exhaust studs and nuts
Stock turbo
600x300x75 intercooler
Lower intake runners
Exhaust manifold heat shielding
XR6T fuel pressure regulator
Walbro GSS341 in-tank fuel pump
Modified heater pipes
Cheapo stepper motor boost gauge
XR6T MAP sensor
MAP sensor socket

I still need to do up an exhaust, intercooler piping, turbo gaskets, boost controller, relocate the battery to the boot and get a tune done, but that's about it.

Finally getting that bumper damage repaired on Wednesday, will be two days untill i get the car back, but should be as good as new.

Also, has anyone got any advice on what to do with shuddering brakes? I had new rotors, pads and bearings fitted around 3000km's ago and already i'm starting to feel a shudder, urgh! I hate Ford brakes :evil:
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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Five steps closer to boost!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:42 am 
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Fordman, what brand are the rotors? Just contact the manufacturer if you fitted them yourself, or the fitter if you didn't. I had a brand new pair of RDA (329mm) rotors with similar k's. They warped, I had them machined, and they warped again. Fitter contacted RDA, and they came in and replaced them.

Good luck, and looking forward to seeing more of this project!

Joe

 

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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Five steps closer to boost!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:00 pm 
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Hey,

Looks like you been busy man....

Do you really have to move the battery?? Using alot of factory parts, so should all fit, even though it's a different model falcon, they are essentially the same. I saw an under battery tray intake pipe, looked ok. Surely you could do the same, and save a bit of work with the battery, unless you want to to tidy the bay up??

Keep up the good work....

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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Five steps closer to boost!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:44 pm 
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This is a awsome build thread with plenty of info

Make sure u do a separate thread about using pre BA/BF BTR gearbox on BA/BF engines as this would be great for anyone who wants to do the conversion without using BA/BF gearbox.

I wonder what sort of HP numbers if you kept this NA and used a E-GAS engine instead???

 

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 Post subject: Re: Fordman351's DOHC EL Fairmont: Five steps closer to boost!
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:19 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Fordman, what brand are the rotors? Just contact the manufacturer if you fitted them yourself, or the fitter if you didn't. I had a brand new pair of RDA (329mm) rotors with similar k's. They warped, I had them machined, and they warped again. Fitter contacted RDA, and they came in and replaced them.

Good luck, and looking forward to seeing more of this project!

Joe

Thanks Joe, yeah my rotors are made by RDA too, i'll see how they go, if they get any worse i'll get onto them and find out what they will do.

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[b]Hey,

Looks like you been busy man....

Do you really have to move the battery?? Using alot of factory parts, so should all fit, even though it's a different model falcon, they are essentially the same. I saw an under battery tray intake pipe, looked ok. Surely you could do the same, and save a bit of work with the battery, unless you want to to tidy the bay up??

Keep up the good work....

Yeah, i'd like to move the battery anyway just to make the engine bay a bit tidier, plus it will give the air filter somewhere to live. I have seen the under battery intercooler pipes from BA's, although it's a great design it won't fit in EL's unfortunately :(

{USERNAME} wrote:
This is a awsome build thread with plenty of info

Make sure u do a separate thread about using pre BA/BF BTR gearbox on BA/BF engines as this would be great for anyone who wants to do the conversion without using BA/BF gearbox.

I wonder what sort of HP numbers if you kept this NA and used a E-GAS engine instead???

I've put the transmission build on the backburner for now, we'll see how the BA 93LE holds up with minor abuse haha.

I'd like to know how an E-Gas engine would hold up with boost, even though it has the F6 internals the compression ratio compared to the NA engines is even higher still!! Wouldn't take much to get it boosting!



Well, a bit more news. I had a crack at getting the heaters going and what a botch-up of a job that was. What was meant to be a couple of hor job (like we all know) turned into a complete day job. Nothing went right, the metal heater pipes i had made just dont 'work' and looks very half-a***.

I'm going to get another cheap work bunkie to get around in and to do all this turbo stuff right, i might pull the whole engine out so i can get into everything a bit easier.
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