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Mate if you are doubting playing with it do yourself a favour and f**k it off for something else before you chuck too much cash into it.
The E series nowdays unless it is a really special example is just an old s**t. Tale a good AU for a drive. If you look at series 2 onwards they are just a much better car. Give away prices , parts are available , they handle pretty good and brake upgrades etc are cheap and easy. I had a series 1 5.0 millions of years ago which I loved but went due to an idiot ex missus. I didnt miss it for ages and was happy in an E series. Then I took Daves TE50 for a decent drive. I ended up with the AU ute which then my missus was getting around in. Very soon after the EL XR8 was replaced with a Series 3 5.0 Ghia. They are just chalk and cheese.
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EVL098 wrote: Mate if you are doubting playing with it do yourself a favour and f**k it off for something else before you chuck too much cash into it. The E series nowdays unless it is a really special example is just an old s**t. Tale a good AU for a drive. If you look at series 2 onwards they are just a much better car. Give away prices , parts are available , they handle pretty good and brake upgrades etc are cheap and easy. I had a series 1 5.0 millions of years ago which I loved but went due to an idiot ex missus. I didnt miss it for ages and was happy in an E series. Then I took Daves TE50 for a decent drive. I ended up with the AU ute which then my missus was getting around in. Very soon after the EL XR8 was replaced with a Series 3 5.0 Ghia. They are just chalk and cheese. If I.get rid of this car, there wont be another falcon in my shed for a long time if I ever bothered buying one again, I know what you mean about the au coon, I drove a low km 5 speed sedan a few years back at the car yard I worked for, sure s**t all over my el I have now!
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uniacidz wrote: You might like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P52gGHPzSQ then part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7yfm_KhKmU Basically, imported a front of a vehicle into Aussie, bought a toyota cressida for the goodies to fit into and cost $2700 all up Dragged it at WSID against a falcon in second episode and killed it. Note: And i have the distinct inpression that the red falcon is a fordmods member Lol, my mate had a fast cressi, was ghey because he had air bags in the rear
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uniacidz wrote: You might like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P52gGHPzSQ then part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7yfm_KhKmU Basically, imported a front of a vehicle into Aussie, bought a toyota cressida for the goodies to fit into and cost $2700 all up Dragged it at WSID against a falcon in second episode and killed it. Note: And i have the distinct inpression that the red falcon is a fordmods member in all fairness the falcon was a n/a, probably a 15-16 sec worrior against a turbo cressida.. bang for buck the cressi wins.. |
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if I had some spare cash id buy this for sure
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uniacidz wrote: 79raven wrote: if I had some spare cash id buy this for sure http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1999-Ford-Fa ... 564975674e I wouldnt. Series one has the weakest engine of the XR8s. The standard AU V8 was 175kW. The AU XR8 Series1 - 185kw to AU XR8 Series2 - 200kw to Au XR8 Series3 - 220kw and got modified cast iron GT40P'S See http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11203667 If I had a full licence id buy an au xr8 right now, they are fair priced and arent such an old car, the te50 wins for looks tho, wish I could afford one of them. I wouldnt bother with a 6 cyl au for now. Havent looked at my mates little car, he wants to rip me off on the price, dropped 300 off the price for my brother and theres somthing hes hiding abput the car..
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Hey Bry if your main idea is to save money, I'd seriously consider some small jap car like a charade or excel or something similar.
Yeah they're heaps girly, and extremely slow, but the girlfriends excel gets 500-600km to a tank of 91, which costs about $40-$60 to fill up as an example... They're usually pretty reliable and not that hard to work on either if stuff breaks and you know what you're doing (which you seem to have quite a bit of mechanical knowledge) It all depends on how much you want to spend and what you want in a car I suppose as newish small cars can be had for almost peanuts these days!
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lukeee wrote: Hey Bry if your main idea is to save money, I'd seriously consider some small jap car like a charade or excel or something similar. Yeah they're heaps girly, and extremely slow, but the girlfriends excel gets 500-600km to a tank of 91, which costs about $40-$60 to fill up as an example... They're usually pretty reliable and not that hard to work on either if stuff breaks and you know what you're doing (which you seem to have quite a bit of mechanical knowledge) It all depends on how much you want to spend and what you want in a car I suppose as newish small cars can be had for almost peanuts these days! To add to this - When I borrowed my Mum's '91 Corolla 6A-FC 1.4L, I filled it up to thank her. Then I thought what an idiot I am when the total added up to $35 lol.
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evxr6 wrote: lukeee wrote: Hey Bry if your main idea is to save money, I'd seriously consider some small jap car like a charade or excel or something similar. Yeah they're heaps girly, and extremely slow, but the girlfriends excel gets 500-600km to a tank of 91, which costs about $40-$60 to fill up as an example... They're usually pretty reliable and not that hard to work on either if stuff breaks and you know what you're doing (which you seem to have quite a bit of mechanical knowledge) It all depends on how much you want to spend and what you want in a car I suppose as newish small cars can be had for almost peanuts these days! To add to this - When I borrowed my Mum's '91 Corolla 6A-FC 1.4L, I filled it up to thank her. Then I thought what an idiot I am when the total added up to $35 lol. Been driving my brothers 90 model twin.cam carby roller today and I quite like it, would prefer injection model cars though,
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uniacidz wrote: There is an unplated VX SS in red on sale for $4999 in VIC though, 190k kms on the clock. Paint in good condition. Would be a good project.  to many projects,buy roller skates\double up as engine movers
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hans hartman wrote: uniacidz wrote: There is an unplated VX SS in red on sale for $4999 in VIC though, 190k kms on the clock. Paint in good condition. Would be a good project. to many projects,buy roller skates\double up as engine movers I could actually get around by bmx bike at the moment, the bloke I get lifts to work with only lives 2km from my house, I was quite the bmx'er back when I was a youngen! Unfortunatly the mrs would disagree to owning a deadly tredly as the only way of transport lol
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bry40l wrote: hans hartman wrote: uniacidz wrote: There is an unplated VX SS in red on sale for $4999 in VIC though, 190k kms on the clock. Paint in good condition. Would be a good project. to many projects,buy roller skates\double up as engine movers I could actually get around by bmx bike at the moment, the bloke I get lifts to work with only lives 2km from my house, I was quite the bmx'er back when I was a youngen! Unfortunatly the mrs would disagree to owning a deadly tredly as the only way of transport lol up the horse power-bmx with victa-brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm
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hans hartman wrote: bry40l wrote: hans hartman wrote: uniacidz wrote: There is an unplated VX SS in red on sale for $4999 in VIC though, 190k kms on the clock. Paint in good condition. Would be a good project. to many projects,buy roller skates\double up as engine movers I could actually get around by bmx bike at the moment, the bloke I get lifts to work with only lives 2km from my house, I was quite the bmx'er back when I was a youngen! Unfortunatly the mrs would disagree to owning a deadly tredly as the only way of transport lol up the horse power-bmx with victa-brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm I bought a 3 cyl charade....it may aswell have a wipper snipper mounted in it lol, my mates mrs gave it to me for 300 with a month rego,needs 1 cv joint for rego and a few adjustments on the carby, turbo kits are cheap too!
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So next month we can expect a video like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqB-7csefVc
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I put new plugs in this thing, needs an oil change and degrease, should be fine after that, it does skids...kinda
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