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heyy all, im atempting my first real big build..
anyways i'll fill you's in with most things that you'll need to kno.. anyways last year i bought an EA (1989) falcon factory 5 speed manual was $500 an for my first real car it was a great deal i thought an it even come with a roady anyways it had a blown head gasket but the previous owner cammy wielded it an silocend it LOL butt yeah a year an a half later... its still going hard over the year an a bit i've owned it all i have really done is put an LSD (think its a 3.23 ratio) anyways i've always wanted to do a full ef conversion on it. motor interia full wire loom an stuff, an i've managed to get an ef off one of my brothers mate for free (you'll find out what i get out of it) i bought another ef from a guy around town ($500) an the other day i went halves with a mate in a crashed el xr6( 250 each + a carton of piss) well i guess i better start on the build thread an give details on what i have done an going to do
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well so far lsd is already in, as you kno
i started the interia up grade, front seats an back seats out of an el gli to begin with what i had done a month a go was drilled out the floor pan from the free ef an went to my mates how an welded it in, ( its what racedirector did ) how ever i had to trove a few km's so i tex screw it in to begine with  lol sorry i didn't get any photo's seeing as i had for got because i needed to be some were for other commitments :/the next thing i have done is, in the other EF i started removing the dash an all the wire loom an stuff still doing the wire loom :/ but dash an stuff is out. i pulled the motor an box out sadly seeing as it was the first time of doing it an by myself... i had a few set backs, i didn't kno ti make it easyer i had to jack up the front remove the balncer an C**k cover :/ a broken windscrean an bent raiator support pannel later, was finaly out  i started stipping the engine only to find some bad corrosion in it... soo i thought i may as well go get a full rebuild done.... but then something happened, my mate said there was an xr6 el for sale near his house, he wanted 750 for it to start with, but we talked him down to 500 BARGAN!!! so me an my mate went halves in it  yesterday i pulled the lsd off it (3.45:1) most the interia which is nearly perfect condition  i m going back next weekend to pull motor out an rest interia an what ever else i need to pull out...
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so to fill in the details
i was ment to be going to the ipswich drags in the ea with ea motor an running gear on the 20th this month for the test an tune day... going with my brother an some mates how ever i have resently found that my steering rack on of the arm's has desided to crack an leak fluid all over the place. sooo i m going to pull motor out to replace the rack from my brother ea he has (good old brothers: )[megalo7] ) an while i m at it pull out the ea's wire loom an stuff out an convert the el xr motor to the ef an running gear... so i have about 20 days to pull the el motor out of the xr, convert it to ef pull ea motor out with all the wire loom an stuff. an the rest of the ea inter which is still left over put ef loom's in an adapt it to the ea, an dash an door cars an accessories onces thats all done. put the el/f motor into it how ever i have to buy ef clutch an fly wheel how ever, i m still at school an work pretty much every after noon till 11 so this will make it a hard task to get it all really in time for the drags sorry that the posts have been rushed i had too much to right if i went into detail, last night after a school comitment i put the el xr seats into the ea will post some photo's up soon any help an information would be appreciated with it to try an get this build done in time thanks dan
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as promised,
here are some pictures
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i like your plans you have.
i recently done the EF dash and loom conversion. if your swapping the lot its piss easy, rip it all out, feed the body looms across then fit the dash in then drop the motor in. you dont need a EF clutch and fly wheel. it will still bolt up fine. |
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cheers bloke,
any other tips you could conseider giving me? ann gotta love it get home at 10.30 at night motivation is at a 2 but you kno you should go out an do something :/ bout to go out an pull heater box out an maybe deppending on time, attempt the rest of the loom
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well heater box is out, thinking of getting some foam to replace the old dead stuff, might solve the cold feet problem as well
lol also got half the engine loom out, going to go back out in a second an see if i can get the remainder of the loom out cheers dan
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well after a long day at school, only to be greeted with a long night at work, i had nooo motivation to do anything to the car,
how ever if i wanna make the 20th dead line i needed to, soo now its 1.30 in the moring on a school night i managed to pull the heater box out, an the FULL motor an interia loom out of it wow that was an experience just hope i remeber how most things go back together an what spot they go in : / anyways some pictures of how its been going thanks dan You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Good on you for having a go.
This really is a great conversion. The EF-EL interior is sooooo much nicer and user friendly compared to the EA-ED one. Keep up the enthusiasm. The end result will be worth it. Cheers BenJ
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cheers benj
i've read most your posts like 20 times over, one the main ppl that gave me the idea to start with ann if i need help with something hope you don't mind me asking a few questions well, fished work tonight 11 pm.. thinkiing, weither or not i should pull another late nighter on starting to pull the ea apart.... going to be great fun.. : ) cheers Dan
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hey all that have been watching my thread,
just letting you's kno i pulled my me engine an box out this after noon : ) very pleased with how it went
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mate u are motivated it will be good to see the end result keep up the good work
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need more pics!
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well as you's kno i removed the motor an box this afternoon how ever seeing as i had work i didn't have enough time to do a good post
last night i was up till 1.30 again i undid most the things i had to for a rather easy removal of the engine an box, seeing as its the second one i have taken out i learnt the does an don't how easy way's to do it : ) ok for e series, its easy if you take the rockercover off give you more clearence an more room to manover, also having a rope hand also helps because you can put it around the box to help get the right angle, also jacking the fron up helps to, for the ea - i removed the clutch fan (basted to undo) but saves your panels, when i go to remove the xr engine i will take the hamonic balancer (learn the hard way on one the ef's) anyways some pictures to prove the progress sorry posted pictures in the wrong order, butt i can't be .... fixxing it lol You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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now that the engine is out, trying to deside if i wanna go out an stip the interia so i can start progres on removing dash so i can remove the loom....
stuff it another late night i thinking :/ school day yay....... lol anyways thanks to all that is showing interest in what im doing gives you a boost knowing some one is watching you progres cheers dan
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