E-series trivia quiz!

by **simon5574** » February 1st, 2008, 9:03 pm

series one has headlights that go yellow and series two they stay clear

by **Commando** » February 1st, 2008, 9:12 pm

oh ok!

Name the model range (EA, EF, etc...) which had the greatest range in power from the factory.

by **John_LS1** » February 1st, 2008, 9:24 pm

EBII

148kw for a stock 6 and EB GT with 200kw.

52 Kw difference.

by **Bipolar** » February 1st, 2008, 9:31 pm

Rollin wrote:EB 4L 147, EB GT's claimed 200kw but actually had 188. EL GLi 157, GT had an actual 200. So EL had the biggest difference - 43kw compared to 41.

by **Commando** » February 1st, 2008, 9:31 pm

winnar! It *just* pips the EA series with 49kw difference (90kw 3.2 vs 139kw 3.9 mpfi)

The floor is yours Zevros!

by **Commando** » February 1st, 2008, 9:32 pm

oh, fark, I answered my own question I guess?

Uhh, I spose Rollin/Bipolar goes next instead?

by **Bipolar** » February 1st, 2008, 9:40 pm

Not Rollin's turn. We forgot about the 3.2CFI

by **Damo** » February 1st, 2008, 9:45 pm

Is Kenster a 1984 ?

by **Bipolar** » February 1st, 2008, 9:51 pm

Goz-iller wrote:I got nothin

by **Commando** » February 1st, 2008, 9:59 pm

Damo takes the floor

WTF is "a 1984"?

by **Damo** » February 1st, 2008, 10:06 pm

If you have to ask what a 1984 is, then you are most likely being a 1984.

by **Jake** » February 1st, 2008, 10:10 pm

Urban dictionary says;
1984 (verb) - Anything that a government does to control people, brainwash people, or take away their rights.

"George Bush 1984s people into making them vote for him"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=1984

by **Damo** » February 1st, 2008, 10:14 pm

if it says it on urban dictionary it must be true, so I'll pay that to Jake.

by **Jake** » February 1st, 2008, 10:19 pm

lol, i got no idea what it ment so i checked that site

by **Commando** » February 2nd, 2008, 10:17 am

OK I figured it had something to do with Big Brother (not the shit TV show either) but I couldn't see the correlation between Kenster and 1984? How does Kenster 1984 people? You'd think the term would be used more in line with AFF?

Anyway Damo, you asking the next trivia Q?

by **67rce** » February 2nd, 2008, 12:30 pm

I'll ask one, When Jac Nasser wisited Australia in 1997, Ford gave him an EL to drive, what was it and what colour was it.

by **Steady** » February 2nd, 2008, 1:09 pm

EL XR8, regency?

by **pHaT`eL** » February 2nd, 2008, 2:14 pm

Sparkling ELGT?

by **LUXO_8** » February 2nd, 2008, 2:22 pm

Navy EL GT...

by **67rce** » February 2nd, 2008, 2:49 pm

Steady's right, Regency Red EL XR8

by **get_an_ea_today** » February 2nd, 2008, 6:09 pm

TICKFORD_XR6 wrote:EB - 3.9L - 120kw
EB GT - 188kw

68 difference

by **Rollin** » February 2nd, 2008, 6:39 pm

Are we counting EB and EBII as one model? I was counting EB and EBII as different models...stupid EA 3.2 crap pwned me though

The 'KENTSTER' in Goz' signature is not referring to the actual kent that we dislike, it's more of an insult - "Don't be a 1984 kentster" is more for the mods (mainly AFF) and means "Don't be a kent and delete/modify posts unless you absolutely need to, let people control themselves rather than being an overbearing mfker" - because overmoderation is FTMFL.

BTW - EB XR6 DID have a bloody tickford head!!! It was many pages ago so I've forgotten who said it, but EB XR6 did get the tickford head - if you bought one with a stock head you got raped.

by **spope** » February 2nd, 2008, 10:46 pm

Rollin wrote:Are we counting EB and EBII as one model? I was counting EB and EBII as different models...stupid EA 3.2 crap pwned me though

Now there is a question for the philosophers.
I personally don't see how you can count the EB and EBII as the same model - the EBI has more parts in common with the EA than with the EB2.
Incidentally, my information says there was no tickford head casting for a 3.9 litre - it was only a different head with the introduction of the 4.0 litre. Which would mean the original EB S-XR6 did not have a tickford head. I would love to be proven wrong though.

by **Damo** » February 3rd, 2008, 12:14 am

spope wrote:
Rollin wrote:Are we counting EB and EBII as one model? I was counting EB and EBII as different models...stupid EA 3.2 crap pwned me though

Now there is a question for the philosophers.
I personally don't see how you can count the EB and EBII as the same model - the EBI has more parts in common with the EA than with the EB2.
Incidentally, my information says there was no tickford head casting for a 3.9 litre - it was only a different head with the introduction of the 4.0 litre. Which would mean the original EB S-XR6 did not have a tickford head. I would love to be proven wrong though.

XR6 never came in a 3.9. 4.0l came before series 2. Some people need to just die.

by **Thanatos** » February 3rd, 2008, 7:35 am

Damo wrote:
spope wrote:
Rollin wrote:Are we counting EB and EBII as one model? I was counting EB and EBII as different models...stupid EA 3.2 crap pwned me though

Now there is a question for the philosophers.
I personally don't see how you can count the EB and EBII as the same model - the EBI has more parts in common with the EA than with the EB2.
Incidentally, my information says there was no tickford head casting for a 3.9 litre - it was only a different head with the introduction of the 4.0 litre. Which would mean the original EB S-XR6 did not have a tickford head. I would love to be proven wrong though.

XR6 never came in a 3.9. 4.0l came before series 2. Some people need to just die.

Actually, the 4L was introduced with the series 2, but you're right about there never being a 3.9L XR6.

XR8 was introduced with EB1, then the trim etc. was updated for EB2.
XR6 was introduced with EB2.

by **spope** » February 3rd, 2008, 9:44 am

Thanatos wrote:XR8 was introduced with EB1, then the trim etc. was updated for EB2.
XR6 was introduced with EB2.

See, I was under the impression the XR6 got introduced with EB1. It makes more sense that it came with EB2 though.

Ok, well that leads onto a good question. What are the actual differences between the EB 3.9 and the EB2 4.0?
Bore/stroke, cc, comp. ratio, etc?

by **Schmee** » February 3rd, 2008, 10:02 am

3.9L 6 cyl
Bore and stroke: 92 x 99 mm
Power: 120kW at 4250rpm
Torque: 311Nm at 3250rpm
Compression ratio: 8.8:1

4.0L 6 cyl (Series II)
Bore and stroke: 92 x 99 mm
Power: 148kW at 4500rpm
Torque: 348Nm at 3750rpm
Compression ratio: 8.8:1

4.0L 6 cyl (Series II S XR6)
Bore and stroke: 93 x 99 mm
Power: 161kW at 4600rpm
Torque: 365Nm at 3650rpm
Compression ratio: 9.0:1

got no idea on cc of the pots/head chambers havent bothered to measure one...

by **spope** » February 3rd, 2008, 10:28 am

You win!
The other difference is that the 3.9 is 3949cc and the 4.0 is 3984cc. A whopping 35cc difference.

by **Damo** » February 3rd, 2008, 11:03 am

edit:

by **Rollin** » February 3rd, 2008, 5:47 pm

Hard to see, but that is the engine bay of my 10/1992 EB S-XR6...clearly with a tickford head

by **spope** » February 6th, 2008, 1:21 pm

Thread mining FTL, but this is still bugging me.
What ARE the differences between the DF and DL LTD?

by **Commando** » February 6th, 2008, 1:22 pm

This should be stickied

by **arm79** » February 6th, 2008, 1:54 pm

spope wrote:Thread mining FTL, but this is still bugging me.
What ARE the differences between the DF and DL LTD?

Grill, exterior colours, steering (SSPS), ABS version, rim design and size, fully colour coded interior, plus all the other suspension mods that came with the EL over the EF.

by **spope** » February 6th, 2008, 2:00 pm

arm79 wrote:
spope wrote:Thread mining FTL, but this is still bugging me.
What ARE the differences between the DF and DL LTD?

Grill, exterior colours, steering (SSPS), ABS version, rim design, fully colour coded interior, plus all the other suspension mods that came with the EL over the EF.

Bipolar asked the original question, and it was what changes specific to the LTD. All those things you mentioned were part of the complete EF to EL change.

by **arm79** » February 6th, 2008, 2:03 pm

spope wrote:
arm79 wrote:
spope wrote:Thread mining FTL, but this is still bugging me.
What ARE the differences between the DF and DL LTD?

Grill, exterior colours, steering (SSPS), ABS version, rim design, fully colour coded interior, plus all the other suspension mods that came with the EL over the EF.

Bipolar asked the original question, and it was what changes specific to the LTD. All those things you mentioned were part of the complete EF to EL change.

We'll, if you look at it that way, nothing was changed.

by **EDFalcon** » February 6th, 2008, 2:05 pm

why release a new model with no changes?? makes no sense....... (not that i know the differences)

by **arm79** » February 6th, 2008, 2:20 pm

Well.. There was nothing that was really different between the 2, apart from SSPS which all high series xLs got. You could consider the rest of the differences just part of the model change upgrades that the rest of the range got.

I think the original poster meant something like the LTD got bullet proof glass as standard over the DF, and it was the only model at that time to have it. So that would be a LTD specific change.

by **spope** » February 6th, 2008, 2:27 pm

arm79 wrote:Well.. There was nothing that was really different between the 2, apart from SSPS which all high series xLs got. You could consider the rest of the differences just part of the model change upgrades that the rest of the range got.

I think the original poster meant something like the LTD got bullet proof glass as standard over the DF, and it was the only model at that time to have it. So that would be a LTD specific change.

Yeah, exactly. And I can't think of anything that is specific to the LTD. Hopefully Bipolar will see this and answer it for us!

Anyway, time for a new question.
Name all spec levels (GL, Fairmont, etc) for EA, EB, EB2 and ED including wagon and lwb.

by **Commando** » February 6th, 2008, 2:32 pm

GL, GLi, S, Futura, Fairmont, Fairmont Ghia, Fairlane, Fairlane Ghia, LTD, S-XR6, S-XR8, XR6, XR8, GT, XR8 Sprint

Do I win?

by **arm79** » February 6th, 2008, 2:33 pm

spope wrote:
arm79 wrote:Well.. There was nothing that was really different between the 2, apart from SSPS which all high series xLs got. You could consider the rest of the differences just part of the model change upgrades that the rest of the range got.

I think the original poster meant something like the LTD got bullet proof glass as standard over the DF, and it was the only model at that time to have it. So that would be a LTD specific change.

Yeah, exactly. And I can't think of anything that is specific to the LTD. Hopefully Bipolar will see this and answer it for us!

I can think of 1 thing... Maybe 2... But I havent been in enough DF's to notice if its true or not. So can't be sure.

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