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Yeah well ive done alot of research and pretty much everything ive read says they are lemons, and now this forum, looks like ill keep searching, im not big on ef/l, and probly slightly out the price range too, see if i can find an eb II, thanks for your help, ill let you know if i pick one up.
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EA series 1...lighter than EF/EL by a long way.
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Yeah i know this is a couple months old but I forgot about it, just to update on it, picked up an EB II SXR6, manual, nice and cheap but did need some work for roady, 2 rear tyres, battery, windscreen, were the majors, been registered for over a month now, been goin beautifully, took it to calder and got a PB of 15.7, which Im happy with, although I know it requires a new fuel filter, and It was my first time at the drags, so probly lacked the skill for a good time, but a 15.7 completely stock was a pretty good result.
I'll be looking to cam it soon, most likely 977B, and get some extractors, just need some more cash  , also some rims and a lowering will be nice, but I think i wanna get it quicker first 
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Sounds like a good score & that's not a bad time for a stocker!
The car's are much more fun with a 5spd in them.  As for the EA & EB s1 being "lemons", there were faults with them when they come out, but let's face it, 17+ years on, the one's with the faults from the factory are either off the road or the faults have been repaired.Cheers ToranaGuy
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{USERNAME} wrote: Sounds like a good score & that's not a bad time for a stocker! The car's are much more fun with a 5spd in them. As for the EA & EB s1 being "lemons", there were faults with them when they come out, but let's face it, 17+ years on, the one's with the faults from the factory are either off the road or the faults have been repaired.Cheers ToranaGuy the only problem that may not have been sorted in EA and EB1 3.9L was the bottom end knock and crankshaft end float. but in typical Ford style mine has had it for 30,000kms and still does trips to Melbourne!
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: Sounds like a good score & that's not a bad time for a stocker! The car's are much more fun with a 5spd in them. As for the EA & EB s1 being "lemons", there were faults with them when they come out, but let's face it, 17+ years on, the one's with the faults from the factory are either off the road or the faults have been repaired.Cheers ToranaGuy the only problem that may not have been sorted in EA and EB1 3.9L was the bottom end knock and crankshaft end float. but in typical Ford style mine has had it for 30,000kms and still does trips to Melbourne! Yeah but let's think a little further up the engine on this one. How many would have had head gaskits done? All of them by now. Also, how many still have the original engine & not an exchange full reco? ( due to head gaskit's going on them) Sure, it's possibly still an issue in some 3.9 powered car's, but not as much of an issue as it was when they were less than 5 years old. Issues that can be fixed relatively cheaply too. Cheers ToranaGuy
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is this a 1992 EB S?
because im quite sure mine has a LSD, and has electric windows. pretty sure its all stock too, maybe wrong? and yeah the plastic in thems s**t haha, but never driven a better car and blows all holdens in the same year away!
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or maybe its only xr6 with the LSD etc?
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xr6 definately has an LSD 3.45 centre.
i've got a 1992 EBII S and it had an open wheeler with 3.27:1 gears.. |
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I thought 3.45 didn't come in until the EF Xr's?
Cheers ToranaGuy
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nope mine definitely has a lsd
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i might be wrong about the 3.45s ToranaGuy..
i've got a book at home that says what centres they had, i'll check later and post what it says. Its entirely possible someones put a different centre in throughout its life, theres plenty of centres out there and open wheelers are bloody depressing.. |
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{USERNAME} wrote: I thought 3.45 didn't come in until the EF Xr's? Cheers ToranaGuy my ed xr6 wagon has a 3.45 LSD
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afaik eb2 or ed that were the first to get 3.45 ..
all the xr6s had a lsd though.. |
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nah Jay they did come out with 3.45:1 in EB onwards XR6
and EB S-pacs should have a 3.23:1 open wheeler so if yours has a 3.27:1 it's wrong. thats a Fairmont/ Fairmont Ghia diff
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