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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:33 pm 
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lol. It's been back on the road, and is off again, after blowing the engine. damn money pit.

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:34 pm 
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how did you do that ?

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:53 pm 
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that looked nasty... hope you get a stronger tailshaft & a loop :P
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:31 pm 
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Sounds like your having a real run of bad luck mate.

I keep reading about XRs having alloy tailshafts. I have a 96 EF XR6 5sp and the bastard has a steel shaft. Whats the go?

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:28 pm 
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hi
im not 100% sure but it may be a ex police car..(check compliance plate for option 20)
my old eb xr8 was a ex police car and it had a steel tailshaft.and had no speed limiter..
but my mates eb ghia v8 has a alloy tailshaft and is limited to 180km per hour..
i could be wrong but... i just put 2 and 2 togather!
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:11 pm 
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nope not ex police, only 2 owners before me and i have all original purchase receipts. just a bit of trivia, it was bought for $50,000.

Tman, i thought the alloy shaft was superior to the steel one? your post suggests the oposite?

its all very confusing. I just want to know if i should be upgrading to the better shaft or if i already have it.

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:44 pm 
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yea
i get mixed answers when i ask that question ??

i personaly think the steel one is stronger..
i thought they used the alloy one to save weight. plus being lighter less drag on the drive line giving more hp at wheels????

also my ea spac has a steel tailshaft which i think all ea's have..
and it doesnt have a speed limiter and it has clocked well over the 180km per hour ..

?? what about the old valiant RT chargers they were getting about 130mph
aprox (210kms per hour) and they had steel tailshafts same as the famous GT falcon...
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:57 pm 
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I think it's more the Autos that are speed limited, the manuals are not.

All of the EL auto ECU's I've seen have speed limiters, no matter what the donor car was (stock, cop, XR, fairlane).

 

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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:30 pm 
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My Factory EL manual was also speed limited.

 

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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:42 pm 
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confusion reigns

 

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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:27 am 
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My Factory EL manual was also speed limited.

Likewise with my factory manual EF.
I think this has been discussed at length previously!

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:34 pm 
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Now does anyone know if an XR6T BTR box will bolt up to an e-series ??? If so it'd be great, I'll get one of those.
WELL ??? I WANT TO KNOW AS WELL
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:56 am 
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I never got a definitive answer, so I'm running a box from an EL XR.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:39 pm 
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on the topic of tail shafts, I have an early EL XR6 and it has a steel tailshaft.. however my EF XR6 SII had an alloy shaft..

go figure..

Prolly a friday built car.

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:12 am 
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yea
i get mixed answers when i ask that question ??

i personaly think the steel one is stronger..
i thought they used the alloy one to save weight. plus being lighter less drag on the drive line giving more hp at wheels????

also my ea spac has a steel tailshaft which i think all ea's have..
and it doesnt have a speed limiter and it has clocked well over the 180km per hour ..

?? what about the old valiant RT chargers they were getting about 130mph
aprox (210kms per hour) and they had steel tailshafts same as the famous GT falcon...


My old vh charger (my 1st car :) used to get around 230ish b4 peaking out never had any problems with tailies or trannies. Beautiful old tank it was :)
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