NEW MEMBER EA fairmont ghia

[kj88fairmontghia]

hey all this is my ea fairmont ghia i bought a few months ago for 500 cash



broke the aircon lines as it was cross threaded in there that bolt is stupid and i dont know where the mount went it wasnt there when i started to take the motor out

as i have broken the clutch fork the motor is in the shed as there isnt enough room in there at the moment

[kj88fairmontghia]

more pictures to come as my camera died have to get a new one

[CHEETR]

welcome to the forum, dont tell me you put that cannon on lol?

[kj88fairmontghia]

yea i did the cops hate it as i only did it to quieten it down lol at least it looks better then the one that was on there it ant no pea shooter

it was on my sl/e

[CHEETR]

its not a honda civic dude, rip that thing off there lol

[kj88fairmontghia]

its only on there so i wont get done for noise polution cause the plod decided to pull me over in it when it wasnt on there and i was starting to go deaf from the note it was making common its 2 and a half inch cannon its not a rice rocket thing

[CHEETR]

it is rice.

and it looks rediculous lol

VTEC just kicked in yo! nice car other than that mate.

i would rather the stock exhaust than driving around with that on there..

[kj88fairmontghia]

nah it is getting changed when i get it setup for turbo then ill put a different pipe on her and if i owned a peice of shit vtec i would runn it off the nearest cliff and send it back to japan, jap cars shit me

[kj88fairmontghia]

ya should of seen the one my mate who i bought the car of off had on it now that was a peice of rice rocket junk

[CHEETR]

so is that one on yours mate lol its a nice car dont wreck it with that thing on it.

[kj88fairmontghia]

nah its going back in the shed shortly to sit next to the sl/e in two months you will see a compleetly different car if everyhting go's as planed

[SnyperEB]

Old girl needs a bit of work by the looks of things, you gotta get rid of the ricer cannon dude.

[Dansedgli]

wtf have you done.

[Frost]

why dont you get some neons under it bro, and some altezzas on the rear. And some fluffy dice and some hub caps and she will pull all the chicks bro..

[EFFalcon]

be good to see what its like when you've finished it.
good luck!

[kj88fairmontghia]

there the cannon is gone

[SnyperEB]

lol welcome to the car club.

[CHEETR]

lol well done, probably the best mod you will ever do

[Bipolar]

Haha funny shit!! Peer pressure FTW!

[kj88fairmontghia]

ill put it on the only rice burner in my driveway lol it will look right at home on the magna

[kj88fairmontghia]

has anyone done the serpemtine setup on a 3.9 any pictures would be appreciated will be getting most parts this weeked when on a wreckers hunt i have the pwoer steer pump el belt thingie but apparently i need a xm one, ballencer and im getting a new water pump just while it is out as ive done the clutch fork just the other day
i have looked at the article in boosted tech

[SnyperEB]

Its pretty easy the only thing you will have a problem with is the XH tensioner bursons sell an aftermarket one for abotu $200 i think. The tensioner makes the serp belt go lower so it doesnt get in the road of the intake.

[Dezza]

has anyone done the serpemtine setup on a 3.9 any pictures would be appreciated will be getting most parts this weeked when on a wreckers hunt i have the pwoer steer pump el belt thingie but apparently i need a xm one, ballencer and im getting a new water pump just while it is out as ive done the clutch fork just the other day
i have looked at the article in boosted tech

Welcome. Always good to see more EA Ghia owners on here! It looks like it needs some work though. Good to see that cannon gone too. They are just so ricey!

As for serpentine, it's a fairly easy job. I did it recently on mine. You can run the EL tensioner but you have to cut down some aircon spacers, and have to get a special belt that costs $70... or you can use an XH tensioner and belt and it's heaps easier. There's a how-to-guide here that I found very helpful.
tech/index.php?title=EA/EB/ED_Serpentine_belt_conversion

Here's how I did mine:

The start. I'd already removed the thermos (If you run serpentine, you also need thermos), radiator, aircon condensor and intake.


Removed the powersteering pump, waterpump, alternator, and tensioners


Harmonic balancer and aircon compressor removed. To remove the balancer you'll need a balancer puller (get one from Repco, Bursons, etc.). The easiest way to crack the centre bolt on the balancer is to use a socket and a breaker bar, rest it against the left hand chassis rail (intake side), and just very quickly crank the car. Don't start it though. Then wind the bolt out most of the way and use the puller on it


Degrease everything. Go nuts. I also took the opportunity to replace the front crank seal as it was the cause of all that oil there. Bolt the new stuff on. Make sure you clean up the block where the waterpump bolts up so that it doesn't leak. I stuffed that part up. Also I found on EA, the alternator has a different plug, so you'll have to snip off the old plug, and wire the new one on instead. I also went the EF radiator and bottom hose to make it easier.


You can also fit an EF belt cover which look awesome

[kj88fairmontghia]

cheers for the pictures and the helpful hints here is my motor and a few other pictures of the car and stuff
i just had to put this in its a 186 holden motor big cam lots of lump

[kj88fairmontghia]

he well its been a while since i've continued this page and i've done a few mods to it so far i have changed the wing mirrors to ef/l one's just trying to find a passenger one, the motor and box are back in finally did it i a afternoon now im just sorting out the dash as i had to take it out to fix the heater box and now its jsut one big mess of ford all over my shed at the moment

[pHaT`eL]

LOL @ rice, coming from someone with massive stickers down the side of a car

Stock outside, slammed on turboblades and its done!

[kj88fairmontghia]

well i decided to get a few new pictures up as the old girl was out the shed for a few pictures



and the interior is back together this took age's and its still not completed

[psychotic-angel]

looks heaps better