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Yep that's a piece-o-piss. A 3V is probably a better idea though more low end torque to shove it along. In fact I wish my super pursuit had a 3V!
You could get away with the stock diff for the time being. You'll need a donor V8 car to make it easy for the conversion though. |
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| Disco Frank |
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DO IT
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yeh that would be sweet as!!!
stret fords did a shoot on a blokes wagon that had a typhoon motor in it, and seemed to go pretty good so i dont see why a v8 wouldnt work 
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That would be this wagon
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopi ... ht=typhoon Brett
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{USERNAME} wrote: if it was to be done I'd wait for a statutory write off XR8 to come up. 3 or 4 grand at the most and you would have everything you need apart from the diff.
sounds like a good idea though to me! nope stuff teh rx8 option go the 3valver like xr9 UTE suggested huge torque monster
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Nope.
The 3v 220 is a 3 valve per cylinder single overhead cam motor found in the BA XT's and Fairlane G220. The Boss motors are a quad cam 4 valve per cylinder motor. Both are 5.4 litres. 
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and to confuse things more
Both use the same block heheeh
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^^^ yup
as teh xr8 will attract more ppl and more $$$
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Better still...stick a 3V V10 in it.
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Hmmm anyone need a Fairmont? I'll go in with ya, I'm just chasing another 3v motor
XR9UTE i'll swap you my 3c engine for your 290 if ya want
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{USERNAME} wrote: Better still...stick a 3V V10 in it.
oi thats going in the au 
well maybe not 
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{USERNAME} wrote: oops, my wife just saw this thread on the screen, its her wagon, don't think she is to impressed on the idea, haha!
That will teach you for leaving this thread open  Now you can't even spin her some crap that the old engine is RS and it is cheaper to do this.
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Just had a look at that Fairmont, I reckon you would be better off waiting for a Ghia V8, then swap the whole interior as well, not sure about the rear seat but the rest should fit.
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i think the rear seat inards are the same or similar and can just be recovered in the ghia trim.
looked at upgrading my futura wagon a while back for similar reasons to ashcook. i like/need a wagon but have the urge to spec it up a bit every now and then.
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This is something that I considered a couple of years back just before we bought a XR8. I was going to get a cheap wagon from the auctions and a wrecked 3V donor car. I don't believe you will need a engineer's cert though. Should be a routine job infact.
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