EA SVO. Buying bits for turbo :D

by **89.SVO** » June 20th, 2010, 1:13 pm : **monstermk2 Likes this post**

Hey guys and gals,
This is my EA SVO. Bought it locally about 6 months ago. It was a rough old girl when i bought it so a couple of weeks after i bought it, it went to my mate who's a spray painter and got tidied up.

Currently it's a 3.9L auto. But the 3.9L decided to do a head gasket (while sitting mind you) so i'm going to piss that motor off and drop an AU motor in it and once off my P's turbo it

sorry about the pic quality. i still own a Motorola V3 phone with a VGA camera :shock:

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » June 20th, 2010, 1:15 pm

Looks good mate,Should be sweet once some boost makes its way into the bay!

by **BROCKYB8** » June 20th, 2010, 1:46 pm

Looks really good mate

by **89.SVO** » June 20th, 2010, 1:49 pm

yeh it should. but damn these P plate laws!
now the ultimate question is what would be the best way to go? i'm leaving the original log manifold in. and using a AU motor with the XH tensioner and belt.

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » June 20th, 2010, 2:01 pm

Nothing worng with having a boosted e series on your P's

Even once your off your P's the cops can still get you unless your planing on getting it engineered?

by **89.SVO** » June 20th, 2010, 2:09 pm

yeh but i live in the "hoon capital" i'd turn the key and they'd be there with the canary book out

by **89.SVO** » July 18th, 2010, 6:37 pm

once my tax return clears i'm getting a 70,000km AU motor and i'll have to track down a 5 speed conversion. i currently have one but it's going in the EB

by **Mickus** » July 19th, 2010, 7:55 am

looks nice man just dont put any wild plates on it :drinks2:

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 7:56 am

nah wildea is gone. lol. but seriously it is. i only got wildeb because it works on two levels.

i got plates lined up for it though

by **nstg8a** » July 19th, 2010, 8:07 am

oh christ, dont start the plate shit again... :banghead:

looks like a nice svo, i wouldnt mind one myself.

by **SnyperEB** » July 19th, 2010, 8:18 am

Love SVO's! Very nice mate.

by **josh_ef** » July 19th, 2010, 3:31 pm

nice rig

by **pHaT`eL** » July 19th, 2010, 4:52 pm

Love it.. Just needs standard SVO-xxx plates though

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 5:16 pm

i tried. its 554 of 1200. so i tried SVO554 but it's gone. i have plates lined up anyway

by **josh_ef** » July 19th, 2010, 5:20 pm

wildea ?

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 5:24 pm

if you actually read a few posts up

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » July 19th, 2010, 5:29 pm

Why dosnt it have SVO front seats? What exactly did the SVO have that an S pack EA didnt?
Just wheels,paint,Grill and different interior?

by **pHaT`eL** » July 19th, 2010, 6:07 pm

People chose what they wanted from the options list. Could just get wheels, badges, grill, interior, etc..

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 6:07 pm

the options list is in the car. there were a few things you had to have. other where options.

Must haves:
2 tone paint job with blacked out B and C pillars
SVO wheels, grill, wing and badging
SVO dash cluster
If you had a S-pac you had to get a Fairmont Ghia garnish to put the rear SVO badge in

Options:
Front recaros
mild profile cam
2.5" mandrel bent Stainless Steel exhaust
Adjustable sway bar pins
adjustable castor/camber kit
Bilstein springs and shocks
front bumper lower lip with SVO stamped in it
Momo "panther 360" steering wheel with SVO centre pad

i just took these pics just then to show the steering wheel and Fairmont Ghia based SVO cluster

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 6:10 pm

i forgot to mention. there were to bases. S-pac and Fairmont Ghia. this one is a Fairmont Ghia

by **SNR** » July 19th, 2010, 8:00 pm

WILDEB wrote:the options list is in the car. there were a few things you had to have. other where options.

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front bumper lower lip with SVO stamped in it
[/snip]

What options does yours actually have?

Does it have the lip/do you have a photo of the lip? I'd never heard of those before

by **SnyperEB** » July 19th, 2010, 8:08 pm

Very interested to see the front lip I have never seen one before.

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 8:17 pm

mine doesn't have it. it did but previous owner hit a hare and pulverised it. my mates red SVO does

by **SNR** » July 19th, 2010, 8:56 pm

Reckon you can get a photo of his?

[edit: is it like this?

If so is it really any different to the standard EA S-pac/EB Fairmont one except with SVO written on it?]

[edit2: here's a better angle - is this what they look like?

]

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:02 pm

that one doesn't have the SVO lip. thats a S-pac/Fairmont one

by **Sunboost** » July 19th, 2010, 9:03 pm

WILDEB wrote:that one doesn't have the SVO lip. thats a S-pac/Fairmont one

Never seen what you're talking about. Have seen about 5 or so SVO's up close, and have all the magazine comparos. You are tripping.

by **SNR** » July 19th, 2010, 9:06 pm

Ok, what about the second one I posted - that looks a "little" different?

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:06 pm

i'm not. it's one piece. has SVO stamped into the middle of it. it's kinda rounded

best pic i have. really small. but it's hard to get more pics. he lives in Horsham

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:07 pm

lol SVOSVO. thats the guy who used to own Strathfield in Bendigo

by **SnyperEB** » July 19th, 2010, 9:07 pm

Not talking abotu a sprint lip or and XR lip maybe?

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:08 pm

nah i know that they look like

SVO Recaros. awesome seats

by **SNR** » July 19th, 2010, 9:08 pm

Nah I found another pic - looks a lot like the spac lip just a little less plain - not much bigger though

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:10 pm

but like i said. the skirt was an option. like a $500 option. in 1988 too! so f**k all people got it i bet

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:11 pm

i posted a pic of the skirt about 5 posts up

by **DEVLXR** » July 19th, 2010, 9:11 pm

SVOSVO comes into my work a bit, very mint SVO and has a killer sound system.

by **stav50** » July 19th, 2010, 9:12 pm

dude, dont bother putting in the t5 in ur daily, if u drive in traffic its a pain in the ass. manuals are super fun, but i wouldnt have one in a daily, especially in an e series with a heavy as **** clutch...... i currently drive one atm, and its shit in any sort of traffic.

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:13 pm

i live in Bendigo though. peak hour is "oh no. it took me 15mins to get home instead of 10"

by **89.SVO** » July 19th, 2010, 9:14 pm

DEVLXR wrote:SVOSVO comes into my work a bit, very mint SVO and has a killer sound system.

lol one thing i actually agree with you on

by **SNR** » July 19th, 2010, 9:17 pm

stav50 wrote:dude, dont bother putting in the t5 in ur daily, if u drive in traffic its a pain in the ass. manuals are super fun, but i wouldnt have one in a daily, especially in an e series with a heavy as **** clutch...... i currently drive one atm, and its shit in any sort of traffic.

It would be shit in the city, I have seen that the handful of times I have been in Melbourne traffic. Anywhere smaller though manual makes dailys so much more enjoyable!

Excedy standard clutches are good though mine is light as and hasn't slipped on me yet - even if it starts to i'll just get another I'd rather have it nice to drive and replace it twice as often than have a heavy bastard that makes it no fun (like the brass button that was in my turbo EA)

by **stav50** » July 19th, 2010, 9:19 pm

fair enuf, but im sure it would be nice to jump into something and just cruise rather than have to change gears all the time, expecially if ur gunna have a fun car, thats all im saying, but each to their own.

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