Hows it goin

[BarraEL]

hey guys im jamie and my ride is based in adelaide

My ride is a 1998 5 speed el xr6. Ive recently just spent $6800 on the engine, it now has a ba mk2 xr6 turbo engine in it and the conversion was carried out by heinrich performance. The engine is pretty much stock but has a custom tune which makes 260rwkws. Its running a standard low k t5 which will do the job for now, the diff is being tightened up in 2 weeks and after that i am getting the UPC brake upgrade for the front. After that will put some 18inch bf cobra copy wheels on it in white, then susspension and exhaust.

Anyway heres some pics of my ride and am glad to be on this fourum

[KR1STO]

Nice!!!!
Welcome mate!!!

[nstg8a]

wow, sleeper much? thats freaking awesome. good to see more and more ba conversions being done.

[dylby1]

love it

[pagey]

nice mate, welcome.

[EFFalcon]

Looks great, certainly a good combo.

So easy to get drive in drive out setups now.
not a bad way to get a 12 second car

[BarraEL]

thanks guys now if only adelaide had a drag strip to see what times id get

[Dansedgli]

Thats mad.

I was going to get Bruce to put a BA motor in my car but didnt.

Probably should have though. :S

Did he hook up your aircon? How does he tackle bonnet clearance?

[LTDHO]

Awesome ride!!

[krisisdog]

Mint!

[nstg8a]

thanks guys now if only adelaide had a drag strip to see what times id get

if you dont mind me asking, what sort of cost was the conversion? was it straight drive in drive out?

[EFFalcon]

i'm pretty sure the $6800 is the drive in/drive out price?

[nstg8a]

i'm pretty sure the $6800 is the drive in/drive out price?

yeah i wasnt sure if that was just for the conversion, or parts etc.

if its $6800 for everything then damn its a good price. be enough for me to rip out the windsor lol

[Sunboost]

Brilliant shiz!! I like.

Breakdown on price and info on any issues encountered please.

[boostedbb]

nice car mate, i now wish i had gone this way on my ef instead of building the motor in it, easy power for fark all dollars good work

[BarraEL]

Thats mad.

I was going to get Bruce to put a BA motor in my car but didnt.

Probably should have though. :S

Did he hook up your aircon? How does he tackle bonnet clearance?

Umm im getting the aircon hooked up in a few weeks...that will cost me $250 and to fit the engine under the bonnet he just ovaled out the engine mount bolt holes and just a lil bit of panel beating on the bonnet bracing and thats it mate

[BarraEL]

thanks guys now if only adelaide had a drag strip to see what times id get

if you dont mind me asking, what sort of cost was the conversion? was it straight drive in drive out?

all up $6800 man, drive in drive out

[BarraEL]

nice car mate, i now wish i had gone this way on my ef instead of building the motor in it, easy power for fark all dollars good work

yeah thats the best thing about the barra 240t, they can make so much power for a little amount of money....hes just done a custom tune on the engine and thats it.

[nstg8a]

thanks guys now if only adelaide had a drag strip to see what times id get

if you dont mind me asking, what sort of cost was the conversion? was it straight drive in drive out?

all up $6800 man, drive in drive out

that is such an easy to get a fast street car...

[t1MMy]

why the F*** did I bother with the stupid AU motor...
Very nice car!

[nstg8a]

:banghead: why the F*** did I bother with the stupid AU motor...
Very nice car!

lol, im thinking virtually the same... "why did i decide on a V8" mind you i could always sell the motor....

[krisisdog]

:banghead: why the F*** did I bother with the stupid AU motor...
Very nice car!

That thought crossed my mind as well. Then I remembered I spent less than 1/10th of this conversion cost

[EBOOST]

nice car man and dam thats a good price imo the motors with wiring go for around 4-5k on ebay so all fitted and tuned thats good.
krisisdog it may have been 1/10th the cost but do u have 260rwkw and the reliability these barra engines have?
cheers josh.

[krisisdog]

krisisdog it may have been 1/10th the cost but do u have 260rwkw and the reliability these barra engines have?

No, but that wasnt the point of what I said......

[burnt turtle]

nice car mate, love how subtle it is. pretty much a sleeper.
damn that is a good price for what was done

[Parfrey]

nice car you have there! very sleeper spec at the moment.
Anymore pics or info on it? skid pics?

If you have the exhaust manifold heat shield it might pay to put that on, should get some heat away from the pipework etc.

[vegabass]

Using stock instrument cluster? will it be engineered? who is going to insure it? Sorry about all the questions but I'm thinking about opening the cheque book and stop dicking about with SOHC.

1 more question, They supplied the engine and ensured it was a good one?

[BarraEL]

:banghead: why the F*** did I bother with the stupid AU motor...
Very nice car!

hahaha yeh before i got the conversion done i rele wanted to get an el xr8 but now that i decided to go with the ba xr6 turbo engine i wouldnt even think of the v8 haha.....and thanks mate

[BarraEL]

nice car mate, love how subtle it is. pretty much a sleeper.
damn that is a good price for what was done

Thanks mate...yeah thats one of the things i love about the car, that it is pretty much a sleepa

[BarraEL]

nice car you have there! very sleeper spec at the moment.
Anymore pics or info on it? skid pics?

If you have the exhaust manifold heat shield it might pay to put that on, should get some heat away from the pipework etc.

Thanks mannn yeh i like it as a sleepa for the moment umm the only other pics i got is when they were taking the old engine out and putting the new one in....so i might have to make a build post with info and pics maybe??

Aint got any skid pics yet, cause its my daily and dnt wanna risk doing the diff or gearbox untill i get them all nice and strong. Yeh i just got the stock manifold and turbo shield the other day from the wreckers that cost me $68....will fit that on me next day off when i have time.

[BarraEL]

Using stock instrument cluster? will it be engineered? who is going to insure it? Sorry about all the questions but I'm thinking about opening the cheque book and stop dicking about with SOHC.

1 more question, They supplied the engine and ensured it was a good one?

yeah using the stock instrument cluster...just gotta get the tacho working , every other gauge works ummm in the future it will get engineered but aint in a hurry to do so......its already insured with Just Car, costing me only $8 more than when i had the el motor in it.........

They supplied the engine yes, i think he said it only had 40,000 ks on it.....its a ba mk2 xr6 turbo engine.

All good about all the questions man i dont mind

[turbo_nut]

SKIDDD vids
:P:P:P nice man

[BarraEL]

SKIDDD vids
:P:P:P nice man

haha soon soon...cheers man

[turbo_nut]

np my lil 4l single cam is gaetting a wild sure cam and soon but all sercrets hidden for now

[LOW_XR]

good stuff mate! looks good and good price too on the ba turbs motor.

[Eb Barbie]

Iv always wanted a white el xr and will never get over turbos. Love it!!

[EFFalcon]

for the price of the fairlane you probably coulda done it

[Eb Barbie]

Haha yeh I know But I wanted a V8 for a change and something I can rely on without messing around with it. Im not a mechanic and dont know enough to fix stuff myself yet. I'll end up in a turbo again one day though!

[pHaT`eL]

Awesome conversion Makes me think why did I go with the V8 in the wagon

[NickosEL]

Its my cars twin, But with MASSIVE balls , compared to mine!!