hey all pretty new to the boostedfalcon

by **TURBO_GHIA** » January 19th, 2008, 5:56 pm

hey

this is my 97 EL fairmont ghia turbo

it came about after my ED fairmont was written off so the turbo kit came up at the right price so i jumped on it .them searched for the next 2 months for a new car.this came up in north sydney
went and had a look at it and it was in pretty good nice ,full service history a few little problems but nothing not easierly fixed.
for the next 6 months or so i spent my pay on buying something for the turbo install each week ,untill i had everything i need i took it off the rd and worked on it at work after work .
until i got it driveable .i then took it to KPC where me and the mech up there re did the cooler piping moved battery to boot ,installed wolf3d, turbo timer,new rear shocks and so on

got a half decent tune out of it 277hp at 8psi

it rides on king and pedders suspention
ROH RT wheels
snort turbo kit
wolf 3d v4
3" exhaust

future plans

AU head ported with new valves
crow cam
vernier cam gear
crow double vavle springs
new tial wastegate
and get it into the 300hp bracket

by **nothin suss** » January 19th, 2008, 6:52 pm

Good work buddy, looks really neat!

Just be careful of the battery in the boot with exposed terminals and a big metal brace holding the battery down... Could = fire!

by **TURBO_GHIA** » January 20th, 2008, 8:27 am

yeah its got a think rubber piece under the terminal so you wont touch

by **syko4d** » January 20th, 2008, 9:27 am

mate looks awesome congrats and welcome

by **TUFED6** » January 20th, 2008, 9:35 am

Looks the goods- time to crank the boost up? Seems like it has a lot of potential.

by **syko4d** » January 20th, 2008, 9:46 am

hey mate are they nsw plates???

were you from

by **pHaT`eL** » January 20th, 2008, 4:40 pm

Looks the goods mate. Love the Sparklers

by **private9** » January 20th, 2008, 6:23 pm

Very nice mate, nice and neat.

by **oneredED** » January 20th, 2008, 6:28 pm

Hey I remember your car dude, looks good. For some reason I thought you'd parted it all out, I must be imagining shit though haha, looks tops

by **Commando** » January 21st, 2008, 6:07 pm

I rate it!

by **Bipolar** » January 22nd, 2008, 7:43 am

+1. Veh nace!

by **TURBO_GHIA** » January 27th, 2008, 8:40 am

yeah there nsw plates im from the blue mountains

i was going to sell it off ,but now its getting a bit more done to it now ive got everything sorted

by **Xpfalcon170** » January 31st, 2008, 9:10 pm

looks good mate. well done. +2 veh nace!

by **TURBO_GHIA** » July 13th, 2008, 4:59 pm

well just an update

turbos stuffed

so its getting replaced with XTR GT3582 from GCG turbos
.70 front
1.06 rear
V band exhaust flange
Power ported front housing to improve flow

also my snort manifold has cracked so its all been pulled off to get welded up .

also going on is AU head with some extra work done to it .

turbo cam
vernier cam gear
double valve springs
electronic boost controller
and quick silver shifter
surge tank
bosch 004 fuel pump
turbosmart 38mm street wastegate

hopefully all be done for the all ford day in aug

will post up more pics as it all happens

by **[Sterling]** » July 13th, 2008, 5:04 pm

congrats with the street fords(?) feature.

by **Commando** » July 13th, 2008, 5:05 pm

^^^ beat me to it Kester

Well done mate, good luck with the new turbo & getting the manifold sorted

by **TURBO_GHIA** » July 13th, 2008, 5:14 pm

everyone has a copy but me ,someone scan it for me PLEASE !!!

by **Commando** » July 13th, 2008, 5:23 pm

PM Amon, he had a copy. He should be online a bit later hopefully

by **charbz** » July 13th, 2008, 7:04 pm

hey man neat car... i was looking at this thing in street fords mag last night... really nice car

by **DA22LE** » July 14th, 2008, 8:40 pm

Hey,

Sweet action man......when you coming to a fordmods meet in Livo???? I'll be there this friday.....Who did you're tuning??? Can i suggest something for the battery???.....Just turn it around and then the cables wont be going over the hold-down bar, surely you have enough cable to reach the different +/- terminal positions???...Nice work mate.

Cheers

8-)

Daz

by **TURBO_GHIA** » July 14th, 2008, 8:48 pm

when the cars back together mate .hopefully for the all ford day . yeah its going in a battery box very soon .

by **t1MMy** » July 15th, 2008, 12:51 pm

Nice car!!! Well done.

by **TURBO_GHIA** » July 19th, 2008, 8:42 am

well here are the pics from the mag

by **wolf** » July 19th, 2008, 9:11 am

what issue is this in?

by **TURBO_GHIA** » July 19th, 2008, 9:18 am

42 orange xy on the front

by **TURBO_GHIA** » August 3rd, 2008, 4:52 pm

well here are some new pics for you all .

thats the new head

new cam and vernier cam gear

turbo manifold on

new turbo garrett gt3582r

test fit to make sure it fits only just tho.

new wastegate turbosmart 38mm

new oil pressure gauge

the head will be back on tomorrow .and hopefully running mid week .then its off to get rego .

by **G3R3N** » August 3rd, 2008, 5:19 pm

Great stuff mate. That 3582 should see some nice power figures. I love the cleanliness of the engine bay.
Congrats on the feature too

by **YBHVE4** » August 5th, 2008, 2:19 pm

sweet ride mate.

good choice on rims too ;-)

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » August 5th, 2008, 3:27 pm

YBHVE4 wrote:sweet ride mate.

good choice on rims too

I wonder why Lalin?

by **TURBO_GHIA** » August 24th, 2008, 4:30 pm

it will be back together tomorrow then i gotta get it tuned .will get some new pics as well

by **TURBO_GHIA** » September 24th, 2008, 8:06 pm

well here are some updated pics
this is the new setup ,with old inlet manifold on it

and the new inlet manifold modded to delete the long stupid intake pipe

by **lowghia** » September 24th, 2008, 9:11 pm

TURBO GHIA !!!

YEP IM good with that... sounds familiar... hmmm

bloody nice mate..

ghia's on steroids kick arse..

by **hot_ed** » September 25th, 2008, 12:26 am

omg.......sex on wheels, good one mate. love it. shows the guys what can be achived.

nice one

by **TURBO_GHIA** » September 25th, 2008, 6:05 am

cheers guys

ive just gotta make up the pipe to go between the silcone joiners and weld on the fitting for boost and bov and its done .

next comes stall converter and retune

by **EFFalcon** » September 25th, 2008, 8:02 am

seems to be a common mod now.
seen a few people who have swapped the T/B around so its on the outside.

Be good to see how it goes come tune time!

by **thebeast.** » September 25th, 2008, 11:00 am

nice job, let us know how many kw its pushing. looks awsome

by **russ** » September 25th, 2008, 9:35 pm

makes you wonder why the intake wasnt like that from factory:S
gorgeous car love it.

by **Identity Crisis** » September 26th, 2008, 10:55 pm

AWESOME SLEEPER!!! love your work

by **Dumpsta** » October 2nd, 2008, 7:51 pm

Grats on your mention in the 'Budget Build' in StreetFords mate, looks mint, those RT's look great in the pic.

by **TURBO_GHIA** » October 27th, 2008, 4:15 pm

UPDATED!!

well its nearly finished .

here are some new pics

and some random pics

still to come

3000rpm stally
surge tank
fuel pump

and tune
have it ready for powercruise !

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