Another newbie from Brisbane.

[seary]

Hey everyone,

I've had my EA Fairmont Ghia for a little while now and i'm trying to make it right. This forum is awesome, you guys definitely know your stuff. So that's why i've joined, i need heaps of help improving my car performance wise. Ultimately i'd love to throw a turbo into it, but if that isn't possible i'd like to know what other options i have to improve it. It's running duel fuel at the moment and i have no worries about ripping the gas system out if that would make performance mods easier.

If you guys have any usual meet ups or cruises in brisbane i'd love to come along and get some info of you.

anyway. here's some horrible pics. i'm buying a new camera tomorrow so you'll be able to see all it's flaws when i update the pictures hahah.








so yeah. PLEASE HELP ME MAKE MY CAR FASTER! hahaha

[Dumpsta]

Welcome mate, looks low, what springs? Extractors and an exhaust will give you a bit of a power gain.

[SNR]

How many kays does it have? Might be worth putting in a fresher motor (EL XR6?) and a 5 speed conversion while you're doing the exhaust

[Malakai]

Welcome aboard... check out our weekly mini-meet at Aspley every Thursday night. Here is a link to the thread about it: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=325

[seary]

so i've sourced a '96 xr8 motor. for a reasonable price. for it to be compliant it would have to be on straight gas, right? would my existing gas system from the duel fuel set up be adequate enough to do this? i need to know asap, as i'm planning to buy the motor in the next couple of days and don't want to make a huge mistake haha. any help would be much appreciated.

[BI6TIM]

so i've sourced a '96 xr8 motor.

Only put that in if you want it to go slower.

If you want to go faster on a reasonable budget keep your six!

[Rollin]

Yeah...putting an 8 in would be a mad pain in the ass....

[BROCKYB8]

keep the six and put a turbo on it .
Well welcome to the forum good to see another white ea in the club .

[seary]

thanks for the input guys. guess i'll sit on it for a while and save some money up.

to answer some other questions asked before, it's on ultra low king springs and it does have extractors and an exhaust system. i bought it with my brother off one of his friends. BIG MISTAKE. The thing was/is a pig. i've got it mechanically sound now but it still needs alot of work done on the paint/body and the interior carpets are pretty badly stained. i'm too far in now to be bothered selling it though. so i'll keep it for a while and hopefully get it back to a decent standard.