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 Post subject: the el project (tips wanted)
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:24 pm 
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hey.
here is my 1997 el classic, picked it up on the weekend for a project.
completely stock besides crappy head unit, factory manual and lpg system.
260000 k's runs fine and is a nice little car.
paints a little fadded but will fix that

plans are:
2 1/2 inch redback system + hi-flow cat + extractors
lower it a few inch.
tinted windows.
16" ftr's
el xr6 motor.
cam.
(not to sure about this) l.e.d's in the front lights.

dont wanna go over bored on it but thats the plans..

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:30 pm 
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You can get 17's or 18's for the price some monkeys are asking for FTR's..

Tip- Strengthen your firewall and pedal box. do it before it breaks or cracks, will pay dividends in the long run.

Throw a new clutch cable at it if you are unsure of the current ones condition.

Sway bars.. do the sway bars. keep an eye out for some on fleabay or similar, they will do so much for your handling.

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:36 pm 
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dc_todd wrote:
You can get 17's or 18's for the price some monkeys are asking for FTR's..

Tip- Strengthen your firewall and pedal box. do it before it breaks or cracks, will pay dividends in the long run.

Throw a new clutch cable at it if you are unsure of the current ones condition.

Sway bars.. do the sway bars. keep an eye out for some on fleabay or similar, they will do so much for your handling.


Yea i noticed the ftr's are a bit pricey.
or another option the steel rims n the territory's look tough on the e-series.
the fly wall has already been done =)
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:44 pm 
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00sproggles00 wrote:
dc_todd wrote:
You can get 17's or 18's for the price some monkeys are asking for FTR's..

Tip- Strengthen your firewall and pedal box. do it before it breaks or cracks, will pay dividends in the long run.

Throw a new clutch cable at it if you are unsure of the current ones condition.

Sway bars.. do the sway bars. keep an eye out for some on fleabay or similar, they will do so much for your handling.


Yea i noticed the ftr's are a bit pricey.
or another option the steel rims n the territory's look tough on the e-series.
the fly wall has already been done =)



What is this "fly wall" you speak of? sounds like an irish joke.

:D

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:48 pm 
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dc_todd wrote:
00sproggles00 wrote:
dc_todd wrote:
You can get 17's or 18's for the price some monkeys are asking for FTR's..

Tip- Strengthen your firewall and pedal box. do it before it breaks or cracks, will pay dividends in the long run.

Throw a new clutch cable at it if you are unsure of the current ones condition.

Sway bars.. do the sway bars. keep an eye out for some on fleabay or similar, they will do so much for your handling.


Yea i noticed the ftr's are a bit pricey.
or another option the steel rims n the territory's look tough on the e-series.
the fly wall has already been done =)



What is this "fly wall" you speak of? sounds like an irish joke.

:D


Thats the sheet metal panel between the engine and the interior, to keep the flys away from the driver. Or the engine. :lol:

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:00 pm 
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yep strengthen fire wall, dont bother with the xr6 engine, they only have little work done in the head over the stock engine, just a decent cam in your standard head and full exhaust system will give you more than the xr6 head would, ebay bolt on 2.5 inch exhausts are good, i got mine for 220 including postage and it went straight on fine and sounds good,

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:00 pm 
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what do u guys think of blue to black fader window tint?
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:03 pm 
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00sproggles00 wrote:
what do u guys think of blue to black fader window tint?


gayer than 2 penis's touching.

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:07 pm 
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dc_todd wrote:
00sproggles00 wrote:
what do u guys think of blue to black fader window tint?


gayer than 2 penis's touching.



lol then there goes that idea
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:11 pm 
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yeah most of them coloured tints go bubled anyway, looks like a cheap home job

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:26 pm 
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bry40l wrote:
yep strengthen fire wall, dont bother with the xr6 engine, they only have little work done in the head over the stock engine, just a decent cam in your standard head and full exhaust system will give you more than the xr6 head would, ebay bolt on 2.5 inch exhausts are good, i got mine for 220 including postage and it went straight on fine and sounds good,


LOL. riiiiight

if he put extractors on a tickford head over extractors on a standard head the xr6 one would kick a**. the port differences help :lol: :roll:

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:49 pm 
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WILDEB wrote:
bry40l wrote:
yep strengthen fire wall, dont bother with the xr6 engine, they only have little work done in the head over the stock engine, just a decent cam in your standard head and full exhaust system will give you more than the xr6 head would, ebay bolt on 2.5 inch exhausts are good, i got mine for 220 including postage and it went straight on fine and sounds good,


LOL. riiiiight

if he put extractors on a tickford head over extractors on a standard head the xr6 one would kick a**. the port differences help :lol: :roll:


i wat thinking about au3 with vct, but if i put cams in dont the vct come out??? and also the el xr6 engine has bigger valves.
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Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:52 pm 
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since i got it iv done.

its lowared all the way around on pedders, 2 1/2 inch red back system.

tickford motor to go in soon = )))

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