Just thought I'd chuck up some photos and details of my project which is dragging on more than I'd like.
Its an EA ghia, originally fitted with an AIT turbo setup from the dealer. I bought it in September 06 with a dodgy bonnet with scoop and moffat vents. It has S pack wheels as well.



Straight away I fixed those things.



It made 205rwkw once I fitted a big ebay cooler.





About a month after I got it on the road in November 06 I took the manifolds off to fit a GT3540, tial wastegate and 6BOOST manifold.

I got ambitious and put a BA motor in there instead.



Once I got the engine in and mounted I started hiding all of the wiring. I bought a snort manifold, custom plenum, A GT51R, 60lb injectors, bosch 044 pump and surge tank, LM-1 wideband setup and some various other stuff. I picked up some argo rods as well so I can prep a decent bottom end and wind up the boost. That build will happen later this year though.

Wiring.



With old turbo


New turbo


Ive always been a fan of the sleeper look so the kit and wheels came off and I fitted a smaller cooler to go behind the stock bar.







Thats about it at the moment. Ive got to finish porting my intake manifold, mount the new turbo, sort out oil and water lines, do intercooler piping and an exhaust then its ready to put the ECU in. The dash is also out at the moment so I can replace the heater core.

Im waiting on autronic to release a new version of the SM4 that works with the standard cam sensors in April so Ive got a bit of time to finish it all.

Last edited by Dansedgli on Sun May 27, 2007 7:04 pm, edited 4 times in total.

wot a f**k weapon...man that will be the ultimate sleeper..good luck with it and keep us updated....btw...wot happened to the orignal ait motor?is it for sale lol?

very nice set up!! only if i had the cash id turbo me XR

N E 1 wanna buy a nice XG S ute?....

were there anuy major issues fitting the BA motor? such as bonnet clearance or sump clearance...

issues with both! but they're able to 'rectified'

deadly. i like it. just dont let the cops see it

thats awesome! nice job

Thanks guys.

The engine dropped straight in and I sold the old AIT stuff ages ago.

I cant wait to get it running. Its going to be tough keeping the power down to under 300rwkw to protect the stock rods though.

you running the XT turbo setup as well EFFalcon?

Nope, but i've been watching the progress of Dan's car since he started.
EA only has very minor clearance problems.

very tempting eh

Do it. Its easy.

Im surprised more people havent done it.

Thats a f**k big turbo! The standard one would of been fine for the job! lol but its sick anyway! Great work.

Not when you want 500rwkw

im positive iv seen your Car at a AFD about 1-2 yrs ago, it really interested me with the Double Fuel rail setup