Boosted Falcon

hi to all , just come a member to this form. it's great to see there's other's that love there car as much as i do. my self i have a ef2 xr8 manual. on my first dyno run it was 132 rwkws making it 176.5 hp , don't no if this any good or not but it gave me a starting point to work from. my air flow ratio was in the 10:1 which i was told to be a low reading. am looking at to make some modification. any ways so far i have fitted a set of mh headers and new sport exhaust system , band new air flow meter , spark plugs ,msd coil , new fuel filter ,drilled holes in front of the air air box and now running on 95 petrol , the next step is to do a dyno and see if i have made any ground. that's about it for now. will let you know how the dyno go's , it's booked in for next week.

132's pretty decent for a stocker.
5 speeds make these cars.

the 5l EFI isnt known for making much power in standard form, so i wouldnt stress, just be thankful that you at least have a manual lol.
get an exhaust with extractors with CAI and filter and a J3 chip to get a decent tune in and you should get a bit more kick, but most get good gains from changing heads and manifold.

run 98 instead of 95.
but yeh thats not bad power for a stock 5l
they are gutless but a manual would certainly help it out

in stock that are. nuggets

remember your car destroying mine on the highway when you were leaving waynes'

SLOXR8 win

Stock x cop ef auto xr8 on gas FAIL.

good luck with it mate but don't let be a dyno queen make sure you remember decent suspension and maybe some diff gears to help it on the street.

As for my XR8 biggest regret of purchase ever.

put pics up

have tried and not sure how too up load photo's any help would be good.

thanks , here some photo's

that aint standard 5 litre

nice purchase,

look like my old extractors lol, might have some head work or a cam? pipes and a coil might push it to 130,

when i had the dyno done it had the old standard exhaust , standard coil and a the air flow not working right. if you look at the dyno sheet you can see the air flow ratio was down in the 10's making it run too rich. now have replaced the air flow , new headers , exhaust , msd coil , drilled hole's in the front of the air box. has had no head work or cam done. going in for a another dyon run next week will post results.

fair enough, pretty impresive for a mild 5 litre

explorer manifold be ya next bet i reken, and t/b n maf upgrade

yes will like to get my hands on a explorer manifold or a gt40 manifold. been looking out chips for the ecu but a little lost as there are to many to choose from. And trying to found some here in new Zealand for the right info is next to impossible.

i got a chip tourque chip in a ed 5 litre i bought

i put it in my new eb 5 litre, dead stock no other mods just the chip and i definetly noticed a difference, be at least 8-10 rwk i reken, im going to try it on my mates dyno see what difference it makes

worth looking into

With just adding timing theres a 9rwkw gain, i recon your power should be between 140-150rwkw with those mods.

My mate has a series1 el xr8 5speed and the only mods when he bought it was a full exhaust system, it made 127rwkw...

After fitting an rpm2 manifold and 70mm T/B he ran it on the crescent motorsports mainland dyno and made 160rwkw with a 13.1afr, seems the manifold (better flowing) and full exhaust leaned out his afr.

On the same dyno that day a series2 el xr8 (explorer manifold) pulled 156rwkw with underdrive pulleys and full exhaust (T5).

My eb fairmont made 108rwkw stock with 12.5:1 afr so so crap.

hoping for a 10kws gain with the new set up. will see net week , any more would be just a bonus.

hi to all went in today for the dyno run and i must say , i was very happy with the out come.
it made 219.8hp and 163.9kw at the rear wheels. will add photo's tonight.

photo's are up.

43 hp more cool.