Boosted Falcon

hi all i just purchased an ea falcon when i lifted the bonnet i saw a red rocker cover with tickford on it as i looked a bit further i noticed a raised T cast on the head at the front so i checked the eng number and vin number and they match its also on gas and is a multi point i have been searching for hours with no result the tags say eng d trans w trim b1 paint b6 built march 91 model 18933 sido 533790 can anyone tell me what i have just bought pleas

An EA with a tickford head fitted afterwards.

is there any way you know of to check the eng number to find out for sure

The engine matches the Vin so its an EA block.

The head has a tickford symbol so its an XR head off a later model.

yeah mate no ea tickfords ever built for production. I'm not sure if they had anything to do with ea gt show car but i don't think so

ta so i assume that means the 4litre head must fit the 3.9 then just checking cause it seems obvious from what ya said but i ask anyway

thought i might have had somethin special it goes pretty well

waynesworld66 wrote:ta so i assume that means the 4litre head must fit the 3.9 then just checking cause it seems obvious from what ya said but i ask anyway

3.9 and 4.0s are pretty similar. Heads are completely interchangeable.

What numbers are on the head near the T? You'll be able to tell what model its from by the first numbers, eg 94DT is an EF tickford head.

krisisdog wrote:What numbers are on the head near the T? You'll be able to tell what model its from by the first numbers, eg 94DT is an EF tickford head.

been looking the only thing stamped there is a J

HMMM so ya probably think the el has problems, i been keepin this quiet and i just dont know whats happened to it, about 3 weeks ago on a friday i thought i would give it a tub cause its dusty up here and go to town for a drive, got right into it with pressure washer everywhere! it looked as good as it could i had it runnin for about half an hour, nothins gone wrong since i got it it was all good after its wash i hopped in it headed up the drive and stopped to shut the gate, (thats like 200 metres) as i was locking the chain it just revved up a little only for a second or so died down backfired and stopped! i tried to start it up but she just sort of fired and stopped a couple of times and seemed like the battery was a bit low, so i went back got a 4by with 2 batteries in it and jumped it (headlights on etc 4by 12 volt system) tried a few times and the starter burnt out so i left it there. A couple of days later when i went to drag it into the shed i noticed that the battery was dead flat so i checked that out its knackered, anyway its had a new starter, battery, gas switches, sensors just about every relay, plugs, cap, rotor, reset everything we can, its got spark and if you do the ecu reset it goes but after its shutoff and i go back later its the same again, turn off the gas switch to the centre pos so all fuels off when its runnin and it just runs on petrol! i mean we have checked all the earths, checked everything in it and under it while its on the hoist so you can see properly and it still hasnt left the driveway! its almost lije the dizzy slipped the cog, but as i said reset the ecu and it runs untill its turned off. all i did was wash it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Use some punctuation please. A full stop and a space after each sentence would be enough. What you have typed above is painful to read!

LUXO_8 wrote:Use some punctuation please. A full stop and a space after each sentence would be enough. What you have typed above is painful to read!

there ya go dude,if i got it wrong at least i tried.

there were no Tickford EA's in production. it was only in EB onwards. that's why there were so many different small company's (SVO, AIT, TSS etc) that made performance models back in the late 80's early 90's.

WILDEB wrote:there were no Tickford EA's in production. it was only in EB onwards. that's why there were so many different small company's (SVO, AIT, TSS etc) that made performance models back in the late 80's early 90's.

yeah worked that out dont care i still like the old girl just wish i could make it go! been wonderin if the new motor and 4 spd auto was put in without changing the ecu and when the gas was fitted did they just trick it, cause its doin some weird stuff

gassing a tickford motor it makes baby jesus cry

EDXR61994 wrote:gassing a tickford motor it makes baby jesus cry

highest octane fuel you can buy do the maths

EDXR61994 wrote:gassing a tickford motor it makes baby jesus cry

baby jesus must cry every time i drive the EB lol

WILDEB wrote:

EDXR61994 wrote:gassing a tickford motor it makes baby jesus cry

baby jesus must cry every time i drive the EB lol

well he hasnt been crying a whole lot about the ea for a while now if thats what he does

i know the issue with your car... its an EA. plain and simple. both the motors will run on either ECU, sounds like you got water somewhere it shouldnt.
EA's are prone for massive electrical issues

i like my ea dude and i reckon you are right thanks

im not saying your car is crap or anything but its a well known fact that EA's were full of wiring issues. if you have issues still find an EB loom and fit the whole thing to your car and that will fit all the wiring issues

definitly water in your electrical system if you washed it and now it doesnt run.

its not science.