Re: My Supercharged ED Fairmont 180rwkw

by **EF ECTIV** » November 23rd, 2010, 2:07 am

2400 at 100kph isnt too bad... Mine with the 3.9s and 3speed TH400 sits at about 3200

by **mygreened** » January 1st, 2011, 7:14 pm

Hey guys Just spent new years day sanding back the rocker cover Looks really good could look better but ok for now I will try to get my hands on another rocker cover thats not painted so I can take my time & get it all sanded up nice & smooth & painted.

Thanks Happy new year to all, John :drinks2:

Before

After

by **wicksy** » January 1st, 2011, 8:32 pm

A pre sticker ay lol bugger that! That rocker cover looks good

by **EBOOST** » January 1st, 2011, 8:58 pm

yeah it looks heaps better.
i recon polished intake and coated extractors would look really good.
cheers josh.

by **mygreened** » January 2nd, 2011, 8:44 am

EBOOST wrote:yeah it looks heaps better.
i recon polished intake and coated extractors would look really good.
cheers josh.

I'm not sure if I should do the extractors the same colour as the rocker cover or silver & I agree with the polished intake.

by **wicksy** » January 2nd, 2011, 9:06 am

The paint on the extractors won't hold get them ceramic coated

by **huggiebear** » January 2nd, 2011, 9:35 am

yeah get the chrome ceramic coating.. saves you polishing them and it will match the intake if you polish that too

by **Parfrey** » January 2nd, 2011, 9:58 am

looks better mate, i'd go for black paint or a silver coating on the extractors.
Is there anyway of tidying up the wiring/other stuff?

by **mygreened** » January 2nd, 2011, 10:22 am

Parfrey wrote:Is there anyway of tidying up the wiring/other stuff?

Yeah I want to tidy up the whole engine bay just got to find the time to do it all

by **mygreened** » January 6th, 2011, 6:36 pm

I thought I would share the other Ford in our Family. Its a 2004 BA XR8 had it for 5 years. Been on direct injected gas for 2 years. Its the Wife's car & just a family cruiser. It has leather trim premium sound & a sunroof. No mods have been done to it yet besides the new 19" we had fitted today . Hopefully there is an exhaust system being fitted soon. The other little touches we have done to the car is the hot pink boss 260 stickers & all the red 8's have been changed to pink. Here are some photos for you to enjoy

by **EBOOST** » January 7th, 2011, 5:16 pm

the xr8 looks good mate.
cheers josh.

by **[Sterling]** » January 7th, 2011, 5:28 pm

That XR8 looks awesome on those wheels!

by **jazza312** » January 7th, 2011, 5:29 pm

xr8 looks good. i am curious about the gas system tho. how mych did it cost to get it all done if ya dont mind me askin... how far out of a tank do u get and do u lose/gain any performance?
just bought myself a xr8 and am considering a good gas system if i see it as worth it in the end.

by **mygreened** » January 7th, 2011, 8:26 pm

Thanks for the comments guys the wife & I are very happy with our buy

jazza312 wrote:xr8 looks good. i am curious about the gas system tho. how mych did it cost to get it all done if ya dont mind me askin... how far out of a tank do u get and do u lose/gain any performance?
just bought myself a xr8 and am considering a good gas system if i see it as worth it in the end.

The gas system lacked performance at the start eg: if you were to put your foot down it would starve for gas. We had it tuned & it was a massive improvement. It took off almost as good as on petrol. The guy who we used told me if I got the newer gas injectors for this system ihe would be able to make it go better. As k's the car doesn't leave Werribee it is used to transport the kids to school & the wife drives to work so we get around 220k's to a tank 55 usable litres on the highway when i took it to QLD with cruise set at 110 I got about 350 to 400 k's out of it. Price I can't remember what we paid for it sorry mate. Don't know if its worth it as gas has gone up 8c p/l but in saying that it is still cheaper than petrol. $25-$30 a week to run a V8 around the suburbs can't complain about that.

Thanks John

by **jazza312** » January 7th, 2011, 9:00 pm

thanks mate. these things are worse than i thought on the juice! i drive around town in my nc v8 and get 320 to a tank of gas. get 550 on the highway.
thanks for that.
pickin up my xr tomorro and am very excited!

by **nstg8a** » January 7th, 2011, 10:10 pm

those wheels are perfect for the XR, good choice.

ride height looks good too.

by **mygreened** » February 18th, 2011, 5:40 pm

Update
Had to take my car to Jim mock motor sport for some work. Went in to have the timing chain fixed & found out my timing chain had been stuffed for a while also had a small crack in the timing chain cover. Then I found out my dizzy cap was not on properly & was way out of tune. He said it was running retard 35 degrees & who ever tried to tune it before I got it tried to compensate for this. Anyways got it all sorted had it dyno tuned & it now has 180rwkw & 850nm of torque. Very happy with the end result now drives a lot better.
See you at the all ford day John

by **iCER** » February 19th, 2011, 7:58 pm

take it back and say to undo all the fixes cause you want your 220rwkw back lol!

im sure its fun to drive! Skid picks?! Got a vid of the sound of the charger?

by **justa6** » February 19th, 2011, 8:56 pm

don't think powerdynes really make a noise. belt driven aren't they. i'm sure brendan would get the most out of it.

by **EFFalcon** » February 20th, 2011, 7:38 pm

they make a little noise, but compared to vortech's etc they're quiet.

by **mygreened** » February 21st, 2011, 6:16 pm

iCER wrote:take it back and say to undo all the fixes cause you want your 220rwkw back lol!

im sure its fun to drive! Skid picks?! Got a vid of the sound of the charger?

lol I was told 220 but brendan at jmm said with the setup i have thats pretty much it its a pretty old setup he says but im happy with it its just a daily for now Hopefully I will be able to take it off the road or a full rebuild was thinking au xr6 engine with a vortech & plenty of other good bits n pieces. The powerdyne does make a little noise you can notice it if you know what to listen for but as i said its just my daily very happy with it love it. Just want to put a lsd into it. one day i suppose

by **EFFalcon** » February 21st, 2011, 8:06 pm

180rwkw is a good bit of poke in an ED.
maybe look at galapogos' EF for some ideas to squeeze a bit more out of it.

otherwise, like you said, vortech will solve it