Kyle's ED Falcon GLi/NL Fairlane Ghia

by **XR_Lightning** » November 13th, 2008, 8:32 pm

masking tape is the best for doing things like that, you dont mess around do you? your car is getting better and better every day, gear boot looking good though, did you just mould it into the standard surround?

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 13th, 2008, 8:34 pm

Snaken wrote:were u drivin on bergins road and stud road at about 6:30 today?

Yes i was mate, was that you in the green EF XR?

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 13th, 2008, 8:35 pm

XR_Lightning wrote:masking tape is the best for doing things like that, you dont mess around do you? your car is getting better and better every day, gear boot looking good though, did you just mould it into the standard surround?

Yeh thanks Damo, i modified the existing surround to fit in the XR one. I dont mess around at all

, I like to make sure everything is done properly

by **XR_Lightning** » November 13th, 2008, 8:36 pm

Kyle the ED4LTR wrote:
XR_Lightning wrote:masking tape is the best for doing things like that, you dont mess around do you? your car is getting better and better every day, gear boot looking good though, did you just mould it into the standard surround?

Yeh thanks Damo, i modified the existing surround to fit in the XR one.

cool as man, looks pretty neat, good job

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 13th, 2008, 8:37 pm

XR_Lightning wrote:
Kyle the ED4LTR wrote:
XR_Lightning wrote:masking tape is the best for doing things like that, you dont mess around do you? your car is getting better and better every day, gear boot looking good though, did you just mould it into the standard surround?

Yeh thanks Damo, i modified the existing surround to fit in the XR one.

cool as man, looks pretty neat, good job

cheers mate.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 14th, 2008, 1:01 pm

without the tape, just needs a wash and a front bumper

by **t1MMy** » November 14th, 2008, 1:32 pm

In that picture it looks like the Tickford and XR badge are way too high.

by **BROCKYB8** » November 14th, 2008, 2:23 pm

Was about to say the same thing.

Tellyou what tho this car looks really clean

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 14th, 2008, 3:13 pm

BROCKYB8 wrote:Was about to say the same thing.

Tellyou what tho this car looks really clean

thanks mate

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 15th, 2008, 5:36 pm

went down to Phillip Island and took some pics.

And it rolled over 250,000km today.

by **Bomber** » November 15th, 2008, 6:21 pm

Thos bumpers look nice n shiney Kyle

by **BillyED** » November 15th, 2008, 7:16 pm

Car looks good man..just one thing missing....

Where is the hot trophy GF on the front bonnet so that you can take better pics?

by **huggiebear** » November 15th, 2008, 8:57 pm

yeah this is looking great. i got my LED globes on their way to me now for my dash... it doesnt look right from the side and back without the chrome strip...

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 16th, 2008, 2:57 am

Bomber wrote:Thos bumpers look nice n shiney Kyle

I forgot who did them

. Yeh there lookin great, I got a rear bumper strip, just need to get side mould tape.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 16th, 2008, 4:52 pm

Like I said I got a rear chrome bumper strip, and gave the car a wash.

And I did a lil 0-100 test, Rough Figures.

0-60 = 4sec
0-100 = 9sec

by **edfairmont4.0** » November 16th, 2008, 9:55 pm

tidy ed man lovin it!

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 16th, 2008, 9:57 pm

edfairmont4.0 wrote:tidy ed man lovin it!

haha thanks mate

by **shane-ed** » November 17th, 2008, 9:00 pm

so who did your coloured bumperS?

by **ford_racing_8** » November 17th, 2008, 9:12 pm

lookin very nice now u got the side moulds.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 17th, 2008, 9:36 pm

shane-ed wrote:so who did your coloured bumperS?

Bomber

ford_racing_8 wrote:lookin very nice now u got the side moulds.

thanks mate

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:32 pm

Car now has a dilemma as most of you know, typical driving it like a bitch lifter noise

. Im giving some lifter noise reduction stuff and hopefully the trip to Eildon will do it some good. But I have some options on the table, To replace the lifters it would be roughly $200 incl parts and labour. Now keep in mind that this engine has done over 250,000km so I run the risk of it playing up again. My other option is goin ahead of schedule and doing an AU conversion which comes with a 12 month warranty. So I need opinions on what I should do.

P.S: I was planning on doing an AU conversion but it wasnt gonna be this early

Cheers

Kyle

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 20th, 2008, 1:34 pm

AU engine they the best

but all depends how much you can get the au engine for.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:37 pm

The conversion is in the 4 figure area, The motor is from an AU2 with less than 50,000km, comes with a 12 month warranty, done professionally. It's the same place TiMMy got his one done at.

by **Commando** » November 20th, 2008, 1:37 pm

Where'd you get the $200 figure from? Did you see my link in your other thread for how to do it yourself?

burnt turtle was selling a complete motor for $50 recently, dunno if it's still up for grabs or not. If you're getting an AU conversion in the near future anyway, just take a gamble and rip the rocker gear off the $50 motor. $50, 1-2 hours' work, done.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:38 pm

Commando wrote:Where'd you get the $200 figure from? Did you see my link in your other thread for how to do it yourself?

burnt turtle was selling a complete motor for $50 recently, dunno if it's still up for grabs or not. If you're getting an AU conversion in the near future anyway, just take a gamble and rip the rocker gear off the $50 motor. $50, 1-2 hours' work, done.

good idea, ill give him a buzz.

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 20th, 2008, 1:42 pm

How much do they want for all that includeing the engine and fiting

by **Commando** » November 20th, 2008, 1:43 pm

Well, that's just one option

I scored a free rocker assembly when I had a lifter let go, you never know maybe Kev could source you one for cheap cheap.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:44 pm

he literally sold the engine today, so my other options are to buy new lifters, which are expensive.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:50 pm

I just found out how expensive, 660 for a full set :shock:

NO WAY!

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 20th, 2008, 1:51 pm

what about the wreckers you could get a lifter cheap as.most the time people have pulled the rocker gear off and its just laying there u can just pull a lifter off and buy it,or pocket it they are small

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:52 pm

travs ea-xr6 wrote:what about the wreckers you could get a lifter cheap as.most the time people have pulled the rocker gear off and its just laying there u can just pull a lifter off and buy it,or pocket it they are small

yeh but i then run the risk of picking ones up that are fucked, cars arent generally always in the wreckers cuz they have been smashed

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 20th, 2008, 1:54 pm

True but just have a look at the clusters in the car check the k,s on em and inspect the lifter.if your not sure just grab a couple.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 1:59 pm

travs ea-xr6 wrote:True but just have a look at the clusters in the car check the k,s on em and inspect the lifter.if your not sure just grab a couple.

What do lifters generally look like?

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 20th, 2008, 2:03 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ford-Falcon-EA-L ... 240%3A1318

by **Commando** » November 20th, 2008, 2:06 pm

lol, that's thru Ford hey.

You could also look in to what I suggested above, scoring an entire rocker assembly for cheap. Surely there's a cheap head complete with rocker gear for sale floating around somewhere.

I found an EA head for $30 in the For Sale section

http://boostedfalcon.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6350

EA 3.9L MPI Head - ( been mildly Ported) ( with all accesories ie, cam lifters ect ect)
head gasket was leaking .. unknow condiotn still drove very well wen in car... Buyer to remove..$30 or swap for something of intreresst

I'm assuming here that a complete EA rocker assembly is compatible with an ED head (and rocker cover). Find out whether or not it's compatible. If it is, well there's a $30 fix to your lifter problem. Or you could even get him to seperate & get the rocker assembly for <$30?

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 2:08 pm

im gonna go to the wreckers and grab some lifters (Tappets), what do they look like?

by **Commando** » November 20th, 2008, 2:17 pm

Well, have you looked under your rocker cover before? If you pull off the rocker cover and remove the entire assembly, in the method described in my post in your other thread, the lifters are these little metal slugs the size of rubbers on the ends of pencils, and they're stuffed in the end of each lifter arm (there's 12 arms, 6 for the intake valves 6 for the exhaust valves). If you shake/tap the lifter arms they should come out

Can't remember if there are shims or not as well... Shims are like skinny little metal discs.

by **Commando** » November 20th, 2008, 2:27 pm

http://www.loc-nar.com/gallery2/main.ph ... alNumber=2

^^^ it's a weird link but it should come up as an image if you click on it. They look something like this, also known as hydraulic lash adjusters.

by **ford_racing_8** » November 20th, 2008, 2:39 pm

AU III motor would be sick kyle, but i wouldnt change a whole motor cause of the lifter noise, talk to my mate ruleford (chris) about your lifters, he is doing mine.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » November 20th, 2008, 4:10 pm

Well i got some lifters from the wreckers, is there any way of telling if there any good or not. Here they are:

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