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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:43 pm 
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Use some contact cleaner on the connector at the firewall, the one that connects the bay loom to the injection loom, might find a dirty connector, if not, fault will probably be there in regards to no tacho or temp signals.

Coming along nicely man. Also good that you found a thermo fan wiring setup there, that will make the job so much easier down the track.

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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:42 am 
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i didnt butcher the loom for it, the aircon wire is coiled up and ziptied so other wires so when i install it all again there is no need to do anything apart from put some blade terminals on the thermos

 

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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:29 pm 
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Wow what a difference already! what cleaner did you use for the area under the airbox?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:11 pm 
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Ive got an EA - ED Airbox in the back of this wrecked Ghia somewhere if your keen for the drive ill pull it out and confirm its not damaged before you head over.

No charge as its on its way to scrap, or you can have the entire car for $500 :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:25 pm 
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the LTD looks like a POS

you woulda been better off with a EF/EL gli as a daily

and dansedgli, the turbo project makes way for ridiculous side projects because he's come to the part where he needs to spend more than $2 on exhaust/ECU/tuning and thats f**k the whole show :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:29 pm 
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the LTD looks like a POS

you woulda been better off with a EF/EL gli as a daily

and dansedgli, the turbo project makes way for ridiculous side projects because he's come to the part where he needs to spend more than $2 on exhaust/ECU/tuning and thats f**k the whole show :lol:


i quite like the old fairlanes and LTD's, i fair think AU's are all heaps of s**t.. worst car ford ever made but that my opinion and wont go spamming up your threads with it.

i used the 5star cheap a** degreaser over the whole car. currenty $1.20 at sams warehouse

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:10 pm 
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good answer... and good job on both cars huggie

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:14 pm 
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whoops i probably shoulda been politically correct.... good luck with the build
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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:36 pm 
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and dansedgli, the turbo project makes way for ridiculous side projects because he's come to the part where he needs to spend more than $2 on exhaust/ECU/tuning and thats f**k the whole show :lol:


and since the post was edited to add more ill comment again, where have i stated i was scrapping the fairlane? i needed a new daily and one on lpg came up cheap, you might think its crap and thats fine, you wernt the one who bought it or has to drive it but ill be more then happy to be driving something i like and enjoy for the cost of LPG.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:57 pm 
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and dansedgli, the turbo project makes way for ridiculous side projects because he's come to the part where he needs to spend more than $2 on exhaust/ECU/tuning and thats f**k the whole show :lol:


and since the post was edited to add more ill comment again, where have i stated i was scrapping the fairlane? i needed a new daily and one on lpg came up cheap, you might think its crap and thats fine, you wernt the one who bought it or has to drive it but ill be more then happy to be driving something i like and enjoy for the cost of LPG.


Nicely worded dude!

I too enjoy driving on LPG, much cheaper than petrol, and can be cheaper than a 4 banger to run as well. It was a car that you either have or can cheaply acquire spares for, so it was a good buy in that regard too. Plus it's something you want, and because of that you will look after if more than if it was a 4 banger s**t heap that you just thrash into the ground. :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:29 pm 
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By the time you get this one RWC and rego'd you could have spent the same coin getting the turbo fairlane running so it seems like a waste of time to me.

If you cant daily a turbo falcon then you didnt do it right.

Driving a car on LPG daily instead of petrol on your first car wouldnt outweigh the costs of a 2nd rego and 2nd insurance policy.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:00 pm 
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there is alot more to be done to the fairlane then people think, im not going to just dodge it up and put it on the road as id never be happy with it, im taking my time and doing it right, its still to get a build gearbox, full exhaust, ECU, injectors, handbrake done, more work in the engine bay, ball joints, bushes, compliance plate, RWC rego

somehow i think that will outweigh the cost of a 350 ltd on LPG for a daily

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:52 pm 
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there is alot more to be done to the fairlane then people think, im not going to just dodge it up and put it on the road as id never be happy with it, im taking my time and doing it right, its still to get a build gearbox, full exhaust, ECU, injectors, handbrake done, more work in the engine bay, ball joints, bushes, compliance plate, RWC rego

somehow i think that will outweigh the cost of a 350 ltd on LPG for a daily


I hear you with that one man. I could throw just $1500 at my torana & a whole weekend, and it would be on the road & drivable, but I wouldn't be happy with it.

Yeah a 2nd rego cost a bit, but you could easily save more than the rego cost's by running on LPG instead of petrol.

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 Post subject: Re: Huggiebear's NC II Fairlane ghia - going turbo
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:19 pm 
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there is alot more to be done to the fairlane then people think, im not going to just dodge it up and put it on the road as id never be happy with it, im taking my time and doing it right, its still to get a build gearbox, full exhaust, ECU, injectors, handbrake done, more work in the engine bay, ball joints, bushes, compliance plate, RWC rego

somehow i think that will outweigh the cost of a 350 ltd on LPG for a daily


The gearbox, full exhaust, ECU, injectors can all be done later on. The other s**t would cost less than $350 + rwc+ rego + insurance + whatever you spend fixing it.

I get 550kms to a tank in the AU and the GF only gets 300 - 350 on gas in her stock AU. I cbf doing the maths but I doubt the difference over a year is more than the cost of rego and insurance which would be $1000+. Depending on the amount of kms of course.

How many K's do you do?
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:37 pm 
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It really is all in the maths... it costs you roughly $75 to get to Roughly 500 Ks
with gas it's roughly $32 to get ROUGHLY 300 Ks so you're travelling an extra 100 ks for ROUGHLY the same $$
say you fill up once a week.. over the year.. your GF will have travelled 5000 more Ks than you or would have saved ROUGHLY $750
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