Boosted Falcon

Sundeep on FF wrote:Hey Guys,

As some of you may know, I have been planning for the last three months to buy Venom XR's old SI 5 Spd CFI EA. Well, last Friday I took the 12 hour trip to Sydney by bus with my cousin to take delivery of the beast.

Well to say the least, I am extremely happy. The car made the 900km trek down to Melboure with no hassles at all. We cruised at an average of about 130km/h all the way using about $100 worth of petrol.

Anyway, what I have done so far is :

*Waxed it twice (damn Venom! did you use a scourer to clean the car??)
*New centre console
*New roof lining
*Detailed the engine bay
*Changed the oil and spark plugs
*Replaced the gear knob

What I am doing very soon :

*Installing new 10 blade fan and clutch (old one's rooted)
*Getting the MPI conversion (Already have the parts)
*Changing the dashboard
*Upgrading the door trims to SII cloth ones
*Installing a new head unit
*Pod filter :s5
*Clear indicators

Today I picked up all the MPI stuff I need pretty much. Does anybody know if the CFI and MPI fuel pumps are the same?? The person I bought the stuff off said that he checked with a dealer service department manager and a friend who works at Ford and they both apparently said fuel pumps are the same.

Another thing, I had taken pictures of the car but the stupid disk aint working so I'll put some on later.[/QUOTE]

Stevo-14th-April-2003 wrote:Hi Guys, Im new (from melbourne)

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hey guys.. Me and my girlfriend own a EF Fairmont Ghia I6.. We are from Cockatoo , Melbourne


Any melb cruises comming up that we could come and meet some of you guys??

If any of you guys are going on some melb cruises, or if you regulary meet somewhere of a friday/sat/sun.. let us know, we will come along to say hi

Steve & Leah

Sundeep wrote:*Upgrading the door trims to SII cloth ones

03-07-2003, 18:44 Gunns:
Where can I find a T5 conversion kit for my ea in Melbourne?
and how much are they worth?

I had one quote at $1550 and they wanted my 3spd trans, this sounds a bit steep to me!

20-01-2003, 20:23 Ghia5L:
Hi all,

I'm wondering what to do with my EB's audio setup. It's got the stock tape player & speakers (6" in the back, 4" in front doors), but it's only good for listening to the cricket.

I'm thinking of getting a decent head unit (around 4x50 watts), no amp, & I'm having a hard time choosing between 6" or 6x9 speakers for the parcel shelf. Should I have the shelf & carpet cut up to house 6x9s, or can I get good all-round sound out of some decent 6" speakers? I'm after a system where you can hear <some> bass in the car, but not 100m away! That's why I'm wondering whether really good 6" speakers would be acceptable for a quality, unbiased bass/treble sound.

Hmm... perhaps I should get around to ripping the (cough!) MASONITE board out of the XE's parcel shelf & replacing it with some black carpet. I think that the crappy speakers (2x6" + a $40 sub LOL!!!) don't do the parcel shelf any favors but the fact that the board is literally just sitting in place means it wants to do a <crappy> soundoff with the speakers!

-Dave-

TUFED6 wrote:You guys are gay. I had never even heard of the club when I started building my Falcon. First I heard of it was when it was nearly finished and Sunny came up to chat at Autosalon (05?).

old_mate wrote:wonder if you had the same car back then as now?

frd_pwr 13-4-2003 wrote:dude for 25k i think people would rather buy a stock one for about 12-14k in same condition (minus extras) and then spend 10k or so putting aftermarket parts which will make it heaps better and more unique than factory fitted extras

EF Fairmont Ghia. It's factory fitted with a 5 litre V8, body styling kit, 16 inch wheels, sports suspension, LSD, sunroof, full leather interior and an Alpine 6-stack CD player. It's only travelled 90,000 km's and is in great condition. Best offer ove $25,500

someone on ford.i8.com wrote:Cheap Cosmetic Changes I am 15 and I had plans to buy an EA to do up. Unfortuantely I had no money for an EA, so i bought an XF Fairmont Ghia.

Here are the low budget cosmetic plans I had for the EA

*Remove windstrips (bodyside protection Mouldings)
*Color Code Mirrors
*Put on Interceptor Rims with Taxi Caps (15" EL)
*Tint front indicator lights and Rear indicator
*Big Stereo brand sticker on rear windscreen (sony, pioneer)
*Buy an SVO Front grille
*Lower

The 15" Interceptor Mags make the car look leaner and Lower and make the car look lower

someone else on ford.i8.com wrote:Re: WHat Modififications Have you made to youe EA Ive got an EA S, Series I (CFI). My mods arent much compared to you guys...

ive replaced a lot of stuff though. new shocks/springs, plugs/leads/distributor/head/tyres/diff. recently new headlights/blinkers (old ones melted, see my headlight post).

Stereo, including
* polk 6x9"s in parcel shelf
* response 12" carbon fibre sub in self made 60ltr 18mm MDF box, carpeted (fits behind gas tank in boot). ported.
* 2x jaycar 100Wx2 amps (see hot 4's for a review, these amps are cheap, have great sound, and pump it).
* sony pre-xplod single cd head (want one of the sony mp3 ones!)
* response 4" adjustable coaxials in the doors

Also..
* tint-a-car formula 1 tint
* nolathene bushes
* ef thermos
* alarm/central locking

and probably shitloads more that i cant remember.

Rollin wrote:i might have to sell my girlfriend so i can get a blown XR6...anybody want her??? i have wanted a turbo 6 since i first worked out what a turbo did, im going to be having impure thoughts whenever a XR6T goes by...waaaaaTISHwaaaaaaaTISH..oooh, i have to go change my pants...

EAT HSV - there is no substitute for cubic inches. Except BOOST!!!!