EL XR6 a few mods looking for many more

[skewy_33]

hey guys, im 17 and own a el xr6, burgandy 1 with 18inch ba gtp wheels i have had a few mod so far 2.5inch redback exhaust, ss inductions cai and sound system.

im looking at gettin a few mods to improve the power mainly the acceleration (wanna beat all those holdens) anybody got ideas on some performace mods i can get nothing to expensive but mods do improve it as much as possible thanks

[SgtBourne]

is it an auto? if so manual conversion or shift kit + 3.9diff (3.9 for el yeah?)

get a set of pacemaker extractors and a nice hi flow cat

and just do a decent service on it, new oil, filter, fuel filter, sparkplugs

should make you reasonably happy

[vegabass]

Full service Agreed.
A set of extractors and hi flow cat Agreed.
Bad assed cam.

then you can knock off the Scoobies as well.

[Commando]

then you can knock off the Scoobies as well.

Erm, not quite. But he will notice a hell of a difference in launch compared to standard!

skewy_33, if you want to beat others from off the line, you can't go past diff gears (3.9 or 4.11 ratio) and/or a manual conversion. If getting a manual conversion, 3.9s would be as short as you'd want to go.

If you do a search you'll find a lot of this has been covered in previous threads. Happy reading!

Cheers

[skewy_33]

yeh its an auto and how much roughly would it cost for the 3.9 or 4.11 gears be and also tha manual conversion thanks

[Commando]

These have been covered before (search.php is a very handy tool) but here's some basics:

1) Diff gears. Roll the dice with R31 skyline gears (just go for some 3.9s) and you can probably get some for $150ish. A diff shop should fit them for $350ish, with some shims on the pinion. Your existing bearings should be fine if your diff is behaving normally. so budget $500 for parts/labour. Your speedo will be out, but a Jaycar speedo calibrator (search for this too) will fix this.

2) Manual conversion. Check ebay, or the For Sale section of this forum & other forums for manual cars being wrecked out (or conversion kits being sold), prices vary.

[vulpine]

personally id stay with the 3.45 diff the xr has and a high stall converter 2500rpm rather than a 3.9 diff.
good solid cam to pull strong from 2000 or so up with vernier cam gear.
lukey extractors & 2.5 exhaust system sick of pacemaker this and that....
electric water pump, no power steering (drain the fluid), no aircon and you will pick up heaps of power hehe.
run high octane fuel!!!!
J3 piggy back and a solid tune.
oh and Tweecer emailed me saying they dont have an australian distributor and are looking for one if anyone here is into their over priced gear....
hehe.
I told them australia got sick of waiting for them to sort the def files out and are now making our own
aka go jump.

[ed4ltr]

if all you're worried about is beating them holdens then all u need to do is own a ford haha, my el xr6 easily beats the holden 6's even when it was stock.

all ive done to mine is Genie extractors,Magnaflow hi-flo cat and Lukey 2.5" catback an the tunings been slightly altered to run better on premium and i couldnt be happier with how hard it goes!

[SnipeZ]

ef gli.
some sort of exstractors and 2.5" full system with empty cat.
beats holdens off the line all the time. suppose the 5spd helps too

[1996xr6]

hey welcome. the only bad thing about the ford autos is the takeoff. my mates vs launchs my car then i get him up hi but a stally will fix that

[skewy_33]

here guys, these are some pics of the car got any ideas to make it look better altho its looks pretty good already


ba gtp 18inch wheels


ss inductions CAI


clarion head-unit


2 clarion subs n amp

[skewy_33]

vulpine, so your sayin get a 2500 high stall and a chip yeh ive been looking round for 1 for a while plus we i live in sunbury just outside of melb its hard 2 find sum1 close by to fit all the parts

[vulpine]

ive seen a few 2500 stall converters on ebay lately, and there is a company in queensland that does them as well as jmm.
fitting one is a backyard job if you have an engine hoist, and if you talk to jason (galapogos01) viewtopic.php?f=16&t=267&p=167533#p165199
he is doing piggyback programmable chips which can sort associated eec hickups which may happen.
they are out there, but are rare compared to a lot of other stall converters....all the more reason to have one