Watties ED xr8

[freerider]

G'day guys
thort it was about time i posted up a lil bit of the xr8 i had for a while..
i brought it off my old man while i was workin in the mines which didnt start off well.. i hit a roo doin round 200kmph+ on the way to work one mornin ( a day after getting my license and the same day i brought the car) then 4 days later got caught doin my first burnout in it 40 mins outa the nearest town in the dirt which set me back around $1500 for fees and impound and lost my license for a few months but its all goin well now apart from the odd speeding fine..

not many mods done to it..
i put a K&N pod in but only coz theres a headlight missing from hitting the roo so it gets lots of fresh air and my air box was totally smashed.
2.5 exhaust
heavy duty button clutch
kenwood 6.5" 240watt in rear
kenwood 6" 220watt in front
kenwwod 600watt amp
sony xplod 10" sub
plus i replaces all the leads, spark plugs, water pump, fuel pump and filter, radiator, engine mounts, bushes, and just alot of other little random things.
and thats it yet it still beats every vs ss ive gone up against..

heres a few pics anyway..









and the lil bit of a thrashing it got b4 i brought new tires;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVXwpQYou4

[tezza bear]

nice car there bud gotta love a black E-series.

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

not to bad at all mate.
any plans?

[freerider]

i was goin to get a set of typhoon rims and lowered a bit more with some new headers lumpier cam but other than that i dont have much planned.
but most of my money is goin into my ea and my xf

[Top-Ghia]

f**king tough man.. the typhoon rims would finish it off nicely

[EDXR61994]

Stunning mate absolutely stunning....needs the red trim on the front bumper too but I am just nit picking

[freerider]

Stunning mate absolutely stunning....needs the red trim on the front bumper too but I am just nit picking

haha that it does i lost it on the freeway somewhere needs a few new bumper clips aswell and driver door, front bumper, grill, front left pannel, bonnet and headlights haha the roo did a fair amount of damage to her but what do ya expect at that speed

[EDXR61994]

what speed did ya hit roo at?

[bigdell]

200km/h is that a typo or was it in a different car.

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

200km/h is that a typo or was it in a different car.

if its not a typo i think someone is telling lies! lol

[bigdell]

yeah because 120km/h messes up a falcon trust me.
mabey it was a joie roo.

[EDXR61994]

depends I guess where ye hit the roo and what part of it...if ya hit its tail it might just shatter a grill headlights or a bumper....maybe.....

[EDXR61994]

hmm oh well still man that is one hot XR8........

[bigdell]

yeah it is hot. and im just nit picking.

[freerider]

nah no llies here i was doin bout 4000rpm in 5th and a buck jumped out infront.. i tried to swerve but hit its legs and tail... it pushed the bonnet back bout an inch smashed the airbox to peices broke the headlights, grill and bracket and bent the frame crushed the front left guard but thats been beaten back and had a touch up of paint so it doesnt stand out too much and the end of its tail just mannaged to crack the bumper in 3 places.

[bigdell]

**** me i had a eb paddock basher and hit a roo at 120 compleatly fucked it. broke radiator, bent steering and it was just very bad.

[freerider]

yea i was lucky i didnt hit it good in the middle.. few pot rivets here n there bit of pannel beatin and paint and a new indicator and pod nd was pretty godd to drive 4 now

[EDXR61994]

I wants your side skirts rear bumper part of your kit and I wants your momo wheel

[freerider]

haha i wont part with them.. if anythin id mod em and put em on my ea.
ill try post some pics up soonish of then engine bay interior and the roo damage lol

[SnyperEB]

Looks pretty mint a bit of body work on the front guard and the drivers door and some new wheels it will be sweet!!

[freerider]

heres a few pics from tonight..






engine bay: doesnt have the engine cover or the fan cover on.. tha fan cover is broken and i needed engine cover off to get the the distributor i just havent put it back on..

[EDXR61994]

ochy on the damage part but atleast u got her fixed ....

[EDFalcon]

Very nice mate. Engine bay looks very similar

[sexyr6]

nice, another black E Series in mildura..

[freerider]

nice, another black E Series in mildura..

unfortunately not mine anymore but still in mildy... just the old mans got it now.. hopefully within 6 months my ea should be black tho theres just way too many white

[nstg8a]

why would you get rid of a ed xr8 manual, to do up a 3.9 ea?

[freerider]

why would you get rid of a ed xr8 manual, to do up a 3.9 ea?

lost my w.a license so now only have vic wit lotsa restrictions plus i wanna do up a turbo.. im putting a new engine in the ea either au or might do mods to fit ba

[xtrt4r]

You can turbo a v8 you know... and why turbo a 3.9 if your going to have restrictions?

[freerider]

coz it will take me time and it will be a 4.0 that gets turboed not the 3.9.. i needed a daily as the cops were getting onto me about driving over powered and they starting to come down on it hard here but only with v8 for some reason.. and basicly the xr8 couldnt handle turbo the way its goin it need full rebuild from dodgy work done b4 i got it

[DJV8T5]

looks pretty sweet, was what I wanted (ED XR8 Manual)

I managed to pick up an ED Gli 6 Manual a few yrs back...did the head so I pulled the 6 and 2yrs later its rebirthing as an 8.
just waiting on the bellhousing from Dellow.

[freerider]

looks pretty sweet, was what I wanted (ED XR8 Manual)

I managed to pick up an ED Gli 6 Manual a few yrs back...did the head so I pulled the 6 and 2yrs later its rebirthing as an 8.
just waiting on the bellhousing from Dellow.

lol been a couple of years since i had this now (even tho its still sitting in my driveway)
you should throw up a build thread of your car man id love ta see how ya went with a 6 to 8 transfer.. ive done a few transfers of standard 6 to different model xr6 engines but itd be interesting to see how ya went with yours..

[phunkshun]

8th photo is funny and cool