Boosted Falcon

Hi All,

I thought I might post my ride up.

Bought it stock as a rock back in late November after selling my EB2 Fairmont.



On Christmas day heading to my wife's parents place from my parents at about 2am on the back streets i hit a medium sized roo at 80k's. So glad we were in the EL and not the R34 skyline as the car would have ended up off the road for sure and maybe written off. The EL took a hard hit but only resulted in a slightly cracked grill and front bar but the complete front end covered in blood that even with the high beams on couldnt see anything (lucky it also went under the car and not over). Found out too a few days later the radiator recieved a slight puncher too so replaced it at that point with a copper core radiator.
Within the past few months I have dual fueled it, lowered all round with super low Lovells (was going to put ultras in the back but thought against it with the gas tank, towing and being a daily) and Monroe shocks, put a 2.5inch cat back exhaust and twin dump tips as well a few things here and there to clean it up and fix the bugs. After converting to gas i had many issues for about a month as the place didnt do a very good job and would highly recommend no one go there....but the fellows at Keith Linell tuning in dandenong got it running better then it ever was even on petrol. When getting this all done i also thought i might rebuild the tickford head with stainless valves to suit the gas and a new gasket.

Sorry about the poor pics but ill get good ones soon:




near future plans:

- Got some ROH 17's to throw on
- Paint calipers blue
- Got some clear rear tail lights
- Clear side indicators
- Tint the windows
- Get air con working better
- do the AUX plug mod on fordmods so i can use a mp3 player and keep the stock unit
- throw in a sub and amp
- mod grill and front bar after roo hit.

will keep you posted as I go.

cheers

thats awesome! should keep the factory wheels though it looks great!

kester94EF wrote:thats awesome! should keep the factory wheels though it looks great!

well ill try my 17's on and see how i go but dont mind this look as is anyways

here are some updated pics with the 17's:






next is getting the grill and front bar fixed

Wheels look pretty good.
Need to dump the rear or carry around a bag or 2 of cement

stevo wrote:Wheels look pretty good.
Need to dump the rear or carry around a bag or 2 of cement

tell me about it but they are brand new Lovell Super lows so still need to settle a bit but if i get new wheels ill get some ultras.

Looks tidy as

I still reckon throw the Skylines rims on for some pics !!

pHaT`eL wrote:Looks tidy as

I still reckon throw the Skylines rims on for some pics !!

need some hub adaptors to do that.

UPDATE:

well been driving around the past week with no front bar or grill. Dropped them both off for repairs and hopefully will come back with some tiny mods.

Hoping todo the following soon:

- remove plastic grills from grill and replace with mesh and fix grill (after kangaroo hit)
- fix front bar and mod side pockets for aftermarket driving lights and mesh centre of bar
- fit tickford front lip
- BA fairlane ghia badge on bonnet
- respray bonnet and give the car a good buff up
- go around and touch everything up

After that hopefully:
- Ultra low rears
- Clear side indicators or tinting them
- tint windows

will post up new pics once done

got the car back last night.

- got the front bar back on
- front lip put on
- silver mesh in the large pocket of bar
- modded grill with silver meshing
- BF ghia bonnet badge
- resprayed bonnet
- few touch ups here and there
- wheels touched up

all thats left now is fitting my driving lights and tiniing my windows till i can find some side skirts.

new look to the front!!!

Undecided on the grill, but the badge and lip look mint.

grill looks good i reckon, id even consider doing it to mine but i really cant be stuffed. car looks good mate

Looks good mate.

Throw up some pics of the 34! Is it a 4 Door?

Grill looks great with that colour, not sure it would look good on a darker car though.

Kaddis, its a 4-door and its fkn mint!!

Bipolar wrote:Undecided on the grill, but the badge and lip look mint.

cheers

well it gives out more of a chrome class look like the fairlane but still keeping it a fairmont.

i MAY paint the back ground black so the chrome mesh stands out a little more.

Kaddis wrote:Looks good mate.

Throw up some pics of the 34! Is it a 4 Door?

as requested

pHaT`eL wrote:Grill looks great with that colour, not sure it would look good on a darker car though.

Kaddis, its a 4-door and its fkn mint!!

cheers mate

I think it would look good on a dark colour too mate. wheres is your old grill.....ill give it a go and we can test fit.


UPDATE:
rear end is dumped and rear tips fixed up thanks to the Almight Kev (schmee).

new pics will be posted up soon. Looking f'n awesome...well in my eyes anyways

Thanks KEV!!!!!!

Haha, Kev is a champ!

your 34 looks mint!
very impressive looking car.

front of the mont looks good too.

Love the EL!

I say paint the section of the bonnet behind the grille black. I did it with my EF grille, and it looked heaps better.
Are you going to go with Fairlane cornering lamps or the fairmont covers?

R34 is fkn nice too!

EFFalcon wrote:Haha, Kev is a champ!

your 34 looks mint!
very impressive looking car.

front of the mont looks good too.

thanks mate.

the R34 has just had tune from Frank and the boys at F & T in narre (another hook-up by Kev) and its putting out at 7psi 198rwkws and at 12psi hit 220rwkws but need a software upgrade on the greddy e-management as it ran way too rich. after assessment the conclusion the is the car can run 14-15psi with the current setup but the management is the let down

but im happy as is.....your limited on what can be done anyways on the road...and got no time or money to hit the strip much these days either.

Fairlane_Ghia wrote:Love the EL!

I say paint the section of the bonnet behind the grille black. I did it with my EF grille, and it looked heaps better.
Are you going to go with Fairlane cornering lamps or the fairmont covers?

R34 is fkn nice too!

cheers mate

yeah i might do it when i get some time.

i've modded my factory fairmont side covers because i wanna put some aftermarket driving lights in there they they actually do something....LOL. Thats next on the list

Nice 34 mate! Why bother owning an EL when you've got the 34?

private9 wrote:Nice 34 mate! Why bother owning an EL when you've got the 34?

Well....the story is the EL was a replacement till my 4wd comes back on the road.

the EL does so much more for us then the R34. Due to the fuel, insurance excess costs, cant go park it everywhere and anywhere we dont run it too much. we run it a once a week minimum and for all cruises, shows, etc.

once i get the 4wd back we may evaluate our situation again and maybe get sell the EL and keep the R34 or vice versa...maybe even sell both and get something like a BA\BF xr6 turbo or if i can a fairmont ghia and put the turbo motor in it and put the left over money on the home loan. Not sure yet....still got time to think about it. House is priority for the moment.

here is a pic of my 4wd...currently getting a 1uzfe put in. this has my YBHVE4 plates on it:






i know its not everyones cup of tea and most ppl would ask why bother but i get high enjoyment and relaxation hitting the mud tracks....no cops and the fresh air really is something that grows on most after one offroad trip. Its also all opposite to the cars which also equals to less headaches with the law and more places to go and more things it can be used for. but thats my taste anyways these days

here is a new pic of the backdropped from Sunday

Nice. Wish mine sat like that.

impressive choice of toys u have there mate! good work on the front end of the monty

sits really nice at the back now,what springs and shocks you got in the back.

thanks all.

ill post some new pics of the skyline soon.

travs ea-xr6 wrote:sits really nice at the back now,what springs and shocks you got in the back.

its got kings ultra low rear springs with monroe standard height stocks with Kev's Performance custom shock tops. The coils on the springs are thicker then normal i am to believe and doesnt sag with the gas tank and towing.

Whoa, the 34 and 4runner both look awesome

oneredED wrote:Whoa, the 34 and 4runner both look awesome

cheers

here is a updated pic of the skyline. Now has red walls on the tyres to complete the VIP look

Somemore pics of the EL and R34 at the dyno day:

update on the EL:

- neatened everything up
- new globes on the dash cluster so i can see my speedo now
- did the ipod connection mode to factory unit
- 10inch subby in boot running of factory sub connections
- new rear rotors
- new performance pads all round
- brake fluid flush and bleed

running alot better and stops now...LOL

Lovin what your doing with your el ghia buddy.

Are you the guy I sold the springs to? If you are, no offence but you looked way too young to have a wife! Never would've guessed that.

Back on topic, nice rides. The R34 looks sweet, just remove all the decals and shit. I love the red walls. Fourby looks sick too and heaps of fun. Mont looks pretty good, but I reckon the Mont wheels looked trick.

XRated wrote:Are you the guy I sold the springs to? If you are, no offence but you looked way too young to have a wife! Never would've guessed that.

Back on topic, nice rides. The R34 looks sweet, just remove all the decals and shit. I love the red walls. Fourby looks sick too and heaps of fun. Mont looks pretty good, but I reckon the Mont wheels looked trick.

LOL...yeah i bought you Lovell springs...when i read the first few words of what u said i was like WTF till i read the rest. Yeah I get that alot. Im 25 and been with my wife for over 6 years and married for about 9months.

The R34 might stay with the decals for now. im getting mixed comments. some say it looks too race like now but some say it finishes it off because it was too plain before. I'm going to advertise it soon anyways and see if it sells for a price im happy with or else ill finish the interior and engine work off.

Im just waiting to get the 4runner back before doing anything.

Wow 25 never would've guessed that

What sort of ballpark figure are you looking at for the 34?

The 4runner will be sick with the transplant.

XRated wrote:Wow 25 never would've guessed that

What sort of ballpark figure are you looking at for the 34?

The 4runner will be sick with the transplant.

LOL....get that too. CROWN still ask for ID when I walk in.

Well i want something over $25k. I'll put it up for high 20's but be negotible on price depending if the person wants todo there own RWC, interstate, etc.

fingers crossed the 4by will come out as good as hoping. if so i'll be wrapped. been off the road for about 13-14months now

The 4wd will be crazy with the 1UZ in it!

If your having issues with tuning the emanage contact Cihan at http://www.etuner.com.au

The e-manage should not be restricting you at 14-15psi, a lot of the guys with 1JZ's run good tunes up to 300rwkw with the basic emanage blue. Even more if its an ultimate.

They are also developing a turbo kit for the 1UZ

Did you run the 34 on the dyno day?