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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
ToranaGuy wrote: Thx dude. Can say the same about you too. Altho i have wrecked a few too, but you need organ donors to save lives lol! Cheers ToranaGuy this is true. it's just something about the XD-F and EA-D models. i like the squareness. LOL
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The EA-ED are actually a lot curvier than they appear, as they have a pretty low drag co-efficient, especially for the age of the car, being designed in the 80s. I do prefer the look of the EA-ED over the EF - AU car's. The BA doesn't look bad tho, a good rework on the AU shell i think.
But i don't really like the interior of the BA's. I'm mostly happy with the interior of my EB Ghia, maybe needs EL Ghia door trims and some black leather to break the seats up a bit maybe? Anyway, changing the interior is a dream atm, too many other things to do, that i have the bits to actually do right now lol. I have a really crazy idea of what I'd like to do to a EA-ED boxcar if i had the time, a little money & somewhere to store it. Maybe one day. Until then, I'll keep playing with what i have. Cheers ToranaGuy
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EF fronts are miles better than the ED or earlier. What the hell!
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
fiend wrote: EF fronts are miles better than the ED or earlier. What the hell! eww. no grill isn't cool
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fiend wrote: EF fronts are miles better than the ED or earlier. What the hell! Maybe in aero terms, but not looks. Cheers ToranaGuy
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WILDEB wrote: fiend wrote: EF fronts are miles better than the ED or earlier. What the hell! eww. no grill isn't cool Fairmont, Fairlane, LTD and variations thereof all had grills mate. I don't like the GLi either... I do like the box car LANE and LTD front ends - Longer and enough space for a big intercooler with no mods at all. Great foresight shown by the Aussie Ford people there... 
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
fiend wrote: WILDEB wrote: fiend wrote: EF fronts are miles better than the ED or earlier. What the hell! eww. no grill isn't cool Fairmont, Fairlane, LTD and variations thereof all had grills mate. I don't like the GLi either... I do like the box car LANE and LTD front ends - Longer and enough space for a big intercooler with no mods at all. Great foresight shown by the Aussie Ford people there... true. lol
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fiend wrote: WILDEB wrote: fiend wrote: EF fronts are miles better than the ED or earlier. What the hell! eww. no grill isn't cool Fairmont, Fairlane, LTD and variations thereof all had grills mate. I don't like the GLi either... I do like the box car LANE and LTD front ends - Longer and enough space for a big intercooler with no mods at all. Great foresight shown by the Aussie Ford people there... Very good point there Fiend. A GT front bar doesn't need too much in the way of mods to fit a FMIC there, but you do need to move the a/c dryer still. In a lane/ltd you wouldn't have to move it. I didn't get much done on the car's today, another issue i had to tend to took up too much time. Cheers ToranaGuy
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Been playing with the Ghia a bit today. Installed my premo sound amp under the seat. Sounds good with the engine off. Seems to only full range amplify the top 2 channels, bottom 2 seem to be bass only. So i have my rear speakers hooked upto it.
Start up the engine to see what the go is - huge alternator whine that rises & falls with the rpm! Ah s**t. Earth is good & same size wiring for this amp. So i pulled the head unit - earth wire has pulled a little and wasn't doing a great job connecting. But there is no alternator whine in the speakers that are running off the head unit. Just to add something to the s**t pot. Anyway. I decided to run a earth directly from the battery to the head unit's earth wire. The alternator whine get's worse.   I pulled the earth wire out..... wait a minute, the head unit didn't turn off! WTF? I pulled the aerial wire & it shut off. So the head unit is earthing thru the antenna wire. With it unplugged & the earth from the battery to headunit in, the alternator whine in the amplified speakers is still worse than without directly earthing it to the battery, it's present but not very loud in the amplified speakers without the direct earth to the battery..... Far out. This is going to piss me off trying to work it out. Cheers ToranaGuy
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Scratching my head a little more, i unplugged the RCA's at the head unit, all noise is gone from the system.
Maybe my pioneer headunit's rca earth has crapped itself? [edit] This is it, i earthed the RCA's, all noise gone. f**k pioneer head unit! Now to make my ghetto fix more permanent. Cheers ToranaGuy
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Anyway, on a happier note, i thought i'd post up this pic, seeing as i had the seats out of the Xr8 series 1, and the passenger seat out of my EB Ghia while fitting the amp under it.
Attachment: P1010016.JPG From left to right. Eb Series 1 Xr8 trimmed in cloth. ED Ghia Leather & Velour trimmed & my EB Ghia Series 2 "Full Leather" trimmed seat. Interesting to see the different trim options on them i thought. Cheers ToranaGuy You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
and the one on the left. and it's pair is mine. i'll transfer now
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WILDEB wrote: and the one on the left. and it's pair is mine. i'll transfer now Yep, they will be yours soon dude. With a little bit of work they will be very cool & comfy in your EB.  In case anyone is wondering, yes i have the other seats to make pairs lol. WILDEB has purchased the Xr8 seats, and the others are not for sale, they are going back in my car's. Cheers ToranaGuy
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
damn straight. *shakes fist*
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ROFL.
Stereo sounds good with the ghetto fix, earthing the rca leads to the housing of the headunit. I might go for a short cruise later to give it a proper test. Speaking of testing things, after driving my white Xr8 the other night, and taking a good hard look at the peddle box & firewall, they both seem good. I'm going to check the adjustment of the clutch cable tomorrow, and if it hasn't got anymore in it, i think i'll have to pull another T5 box out, as it's probably the throw out fork causing the issue.  Cheers ToranaGuy
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