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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:07 pm 
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go see a sign writer and they can do the chrome tape/vinyl


cool thanks for that.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:55 pm 
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heres a photo of the ed at stock height
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ive recently noticed minor coolant useage in the ed, on sunday i pulled up outside my house and the car struggled to idle and was pumping steam/coolant out of the exhaust. took it to my brother inlaws work yesterday to be tested wich confirmed the head gasket. so today i stripped it down and for some reason my old man helped :P while stripping it down i noticed the upper chain guide is broken ive been told it will be fine. got the head off and took it to just heads where i was told the following. its not the original head its fitted with a early eb head (still tickford) and someones shaved it down to minimum thickness :evil: so pending the crack test tomorrow if all is well i will need to run a shim. the price isnt bad parents are paying for it i have to pay them back in fortnightly installments. machining, crack testing, gasket set, shim, hymolar spray and head bolts is around $360. so if the head is all good i pick it up and the parts on friday, my brother inlaw will come up sunday with the torque wrench and timing light and give me a hand to put it back together again.

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gasket went on No.1
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chain guide
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it all went pretty smoothly, the old fella isnt a bad apprentice :P

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD - BLOWN HEAD GASKET
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:38 pm 
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got the headgasket sorted out on saturday back to running like a dream :D

all the bits
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now over recent months ive been noticing the paint getting pretty bad in some areas so ive decided to do something about this depending on how many panels need respraying i may just spray it white as the colour it is now was a pain in the a** to spray and ive had some pretty good results with white in the past. ill keep you all posted on what happens with that anyway.

so this afternoon i got excited and sanded the roof back and primed it.
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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:09 pm 
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What do you think caused the apint to turn to #@$%? I read through your whole thread awhile ago now and was inspired by your do it yourself paint job, thought it was bloody good.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:46 pm 
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Sefton wrote:
What do you think caused the apint to turn to #@$%? I read through your whole thread awhile ago now and was inspired by your do it yourself paint job, thought it was bloody good.


i think maybe in a few areas the clear was abit thin and when wet sanding we have rubbed through it also i think i may have chosen a tricky colour to spray for a first time paint job :P as i stated it was abit of a pain to spray. but hopefully these touch ups/respray to white come up better.

thanks for the positive feed back mate it looks good untill the sun hits it and reveals all and the camera does it justice.

 

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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:25 am 
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Hi mate, pretty sure i seen this yesterday at the lights on the southern outlet, i was driving
my white xd, if it was yours its looks really good in the flesh.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:50 am 
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peterel wrote:
Hi mate, pretty sure i seen this yesterday at the lights on the southern outlet, i was driving
my white xd, if it was yours its looks really good in the flesh.


yes that was me at the lights, thanks mate i nearly broke my neck i swung my head around so fast :P your xd looks awesome.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:11 am 
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Yer its getting there, dont drive it enough, got the ef xr6 as a daily and my turbo eb,
looking for a good 4.0, 12 month's of boost rape and she's had enough lol.

Whats the future plan's for the ed?

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:29 pm 
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peterel wrote:
Yer its getting there, dont drive it enough, got the ef xr6 as a daily and my turbo eb,
looking for a good 4.0, 12 month's of boost rape and she's had enough lol.

Whats the future plan's for the ed?


got a few cars then how much power is the eb putting out?

ill keep my eyes opend for a 4.0 for you may come across something.

nothing planned for the ed after i finish tidying up the paint going to daily it or if someone makes a good offer ill sell it. Got abit planned for the xf.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:35 am 
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Havnn't had it on a dyno to do a power run , but i'd estimate probably
around 210-230rwkw but its the turbo's torque that really gets you.

Cheers for keeping an eye out for a donk. whats these plans for the
xf?

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:30 am 
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peterel wrote:
Havnn't had it on a dyno to do a power run , but i'd estimate probably
around 210-230rwkw but its the turbo's torque that really gets you.

Cheers for keeping an eye out for a donk. whats these plans for the
xf?


i could only imagine the torque it would have :P no worries just a case of finding one in a car so you can do a compression test etc.

for the XF:
install the cam and rollmaster timing chain thats sitting in my room
Gilmer Drives been told you can get them for a 250 so ill be looking into that :mrgreen:
manual or stalled/shift kitted c4
swap the 25 spline 2.92 single spinner for a 3.23 lsd out of a eb-ed
eventually pull the head off bigger valves and port work.
new wheels something abit wider
and possibly a respray
be slow going untill i find another job apprenticeships seeming unlikely :P

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:44 pm 
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Sounds good, you'll get there it all takes time,never seen a 250 with
the belt drive, i just put one on the d sounds horn.

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:50 pm 
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peterel wrote:
Sounds good, you'll get there it all takes time,never seen a 250 with
the belt drive, i just put one on the d sounds horn.


me either worth looking into tho, id be keen on a closer look at the xd and your turbo eb sometime.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:57 am 
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Yer no worries mate, like you im a member of xfalcon im trying to
get some interesr in a cruise, better stop filling your thread with
chatter i spose.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ED XR6 BUILD
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:37 am 
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peterel wrote:
Yer no worries mate, like you im a member of xfalcon im trying to
get some interesr in a cruise, better stop filling your thread with
chatter i spose.


yea its abit quite on xfalcon, doesnt really matter not a whole lot going on in here :lol:

 

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