Kyle's ED Falcon GLi/NL Fairlane Ghia

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

yes i forgot to but the last one in the pic

[edfairmont4.0]

well i think the easiest way to tell if they are fucked... if you can push them closed really easy they are collapsed. you shouldnt by hand really be able to make them move.. the part on the inside.

sorry my explanation is hazy lol

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

I bought a new set of lifters today, Hurt my pocket a nice $175 for a full set. I have put em in, followed Dave's tutorial and a few calls to Kev(Schmee) and Josh(burnt turtle) the car now lives.






I thought all hope was lost but now it's all fixed I am in an ecstatic mood, cruising awaits, especially Eildon.

[edfairmont4.0]

Awesome work man, its a good feeling when ya fix your car youself and it all goes sweet.

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

Awesome work man, its a good feeling when ya fix your car youself and it all goes sweet.

yeh it is, i feel great. My next door neighbor gave me a hand to make sure i didn't miss anything. But otherwise it works.

[Commando]

Good work Kyle!

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

Good work Kyle!

Cheers Mate

[UNEZED]

Awesome work man, its a good feeling when ya fix your car youself and it all goes sweet.

yer it dose but it really sux when you fuk it up lol

[Amon]

man uve done well... all u need is clear indicators and ur laughing

[pantic]

with fixing anything mechanically biggest trick.

right torque settings.
remember or take a picture of what ya removed.
remember different bolt sizes and lengths and were they went.
double checking is never a bad thing.
20mins - 10hours. doesnt matter aslong as its done and its done right.

when i do anything in mechanic wise i can tell you were everything goes and went and roughly what torque stuff should be set at.

thats also years of experience

good work bro. abit of faith in ya self and you got it done

+1 on clear idicators

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

Everyone thinks i should get clear indicators, personally if there on standard lights i dont believe in them, they dont look right. I am getting an XR front soon and that will obviously have clears.

good work bro. abit of faith in ya self and you got it done

yeh thanks mate, much appreciated

[Frost]

with fixing anything mechanically biggest trick.

right torque settings.

Lol does a ratchet count as a torque device

When I done the cam in my car, I just done everything up as tight as I could or till it felt like it was going to strip itself. Never had any trouble with doing that on the old motor.... Although when we done the head in the EA we did use a torque wrench.

[pantic]

ratchet is a torque wrench...

1/4 drive for around 20 nm
3/8 drive for around 40 nm
1/2 drive for around 60 nm

1/2 drive with a long pole = 120nm

haha

[huggiebear]

not soo true... i had my sidchrome 6 inch ratchet do up 120nm on head bolts and that was only "nipping" them up to me... i guess it depends how strong you are.

[pantic]

well its possible but you do the tighten to the size of the bolt

[edfairmont4.0]

Awesome work man, its a good feeling when ya fix your car youself and it all goes sweet.

yer it dose but it really sux when you fuk it up lol

yeah fucken oath, like this weekend just gone, epic fail, me and my cous swapped diffs. his was 4.11s and a little whiney i got about 20 mins out of it before it blew up and teeth smashed off the pinion and crown.... all those hours swapping and now its in the garage fucked

sorry to nick thread! back on topic!....

[KR1STO]

Mate, just had a quick read through, great build thread man.
you've done some great work there..
car looks mint..

kris

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

Mate, just had a quick read through, great build thread man.
you've done some great work there..
car looks mint..

kris

thank you very much mate

I do my best

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

After some inspiration from the thread Sunny put up with the history of his cars, i thought I might make a post with where my car has come from to what it is now.

The Sale Listing: These were the pics from the ad for my car which was on carsguide.com.au. Guy only put 2 pictures up. The guy thought the auto was fucked and I got the car unreg and no RWC for $1350.




The Day I got it home: First pic I ever took of it.



Next Day: Me being overhyped that I got a car, i took a dozen of pictures.




Then the cat found that there was something new:



2 weeks had passed and the car was finally rego'ed, me and my mates had to celebrate:



Next came the weekend and I gave it a good wash and went to pick up the boot garnish i bought off LOW-XR:

Before:

After:



I then tried to rig up my trip computer, my original one was out of an NA Fairlane, hence the silver:



Time to get rid of the stock standard GLi seats, in go the Recaro's, I got these off of John_LS1:




Then after the Phillip Island cruise, I noticed Terry's car was an XR but had the fairmont style rear garnish, so within A few days I made a trade with MarkTD for my XR one and I got his Fairmont one:



I have always said I am gonna put an XR front on, I was very close at one stage but found out that individual parts for the XR front are rare:



Until I took it to Kev's there was a long gap in doing mods, I hadn't done much besides put on the XR/S-Pack style moulds, oh god that ride height is awful :



And then of course, with my tax refund came these :



Next it was at Kev's being pulled apart to become what it is today:




3 Month Gap and when I arrive I see this, car was all ready and Kev was just giving it a clean, it was fairly dirty:



Moulds were still off as they were getting sprayed by Mark (Bomber):




And here is how the interior and car stands today:




Kyle

[edfairmont4.0]

Nice work dude. No GLI anymore

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

Nice work dude. No GLI anymore

yup

[ford_racing_8]

very nice kyle, have done well with the car, now all it needs is a turbo

[huggiebear]

hey kyle... loving the car as it stands...

got a sujestion.. instead of clear front indicators why not make up some vinyl to throw over them in colour code with thin horizontal cutouts so you can see the indicator. there is a black XR with it done and it looks hot as... would definately be different and more sleek i rekon

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

hey kyle... loving the car as it stands...

got a sujestion.. instead of clear front indicators why not make up some vinyl to throw over them in colour code with thin horizontal cutouts so you can see the indicator. there is a black XR with it done and it looks hot as... would definately be different and more sleek i rekon

ah yeh, what exactly do you mean though, are you talking about the front indicators or the side AU repeaters?

[huggiebear]

front ones. keep them orange and throw a design over them

[huggiebear]

like this but i rekon more lines and thinner

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

looks mad on that, but i dunno if it would look good on mine, im getting an XR Front soon anyway's

[private9]

That looks really, really gay! (The indicators on the black ED above).

Nice work on the car Kyle, looks good.

[Amon]

ed 351 is mad!

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

after a week or so I finally have my Manual Gear boot situation half sorted:


After speaking with Dylan I might tackle this sometime during the week.

[edfairmont4.0]

that style gear boot cannot be beaten they look sex

[Commando]

Have you spoken with others?

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

i have but they havn't really had many answers, Dylan suggested to get the proper one so the round bit fits in easier. Just needs minor modification.

[Commando]

Yeah, speak with a few more people first just to be 100%

[NickosEL]

hey man, I just drove past you on Gladstone road, I was in the white ELXR8. Plates UGL170. Clean car mate

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

hey man, I just drove past you on Gladstone road, I was in the white ELXR8. Plates UGL170. Clean car mate

ah yes!, i remember u were looking at me, thanks mate, glad u like it, ur car looked decent too. what time was it, i remember seeing ya but i cant remember when it was

[NickosEL]

was about 6:30 7ish, I see you all the time actually, your plates stand out well, last time it was on police road. Yeah my car needs another wash, the red stripes do my head in, I have to touch them every couple of days.

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

was about 6:30 7ish, I see you all the time actually, your plates stand out well, last time it was on police road. Yeah my car needs another wash, the red stripes do my head in, I have to touch them every couple of days.

ah yep cool, i was on my way from the gym, didnt realize my plates stood out so much

[Kyle the ED4LTR]

A bit of an update, the car is currently getting it's head gasket changed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for sometime today, but most likely tomorrow. I will get pics when it is complete.

[huggiebear]

a headgasket should only take a few hours to do max, unless you sent the head off to be shaved. i normally have a spare head so i make sure the spare is good and clean then do a quick swap over. normally 2-3 hours.