Another white eb

by **GQuick** » January 31st, 2015, 9:45 pm

Hi guys, long time watcher, first time poster. Proud second owner of a 91 eb fairmont. 167xxx Kms on the clock, stock as a rock when I got it. Hours cleaning it up and making it as close to showroom as I could. I fitted ftr rims and genuine ford clear indicators. Has a tickford head being ported and worked as I type this, new crow cam, bigger valves etc. 4480s to go on with new cat and exhaust to go on with the head ..pretty much a standard eb build in progress.

Thanks guys

Ben

by **GQuick** » January 31st, 2015, 10:01 pm

by **easjake** » January 31st, 2015, 10:45 pm

Looks clean very nice

by **GQuick** » January 31st, 2015, 10:55 pm

Cheers, plenty of elbow grease to get it back to that standard

by **CaptAwsm** » February 4th, 2015, 1:27 am

Not bad mate. I'm heading down the road of doing similar things with my ED Fairmont.
Ben.

by **GQuick** » February 4th, 2015, 4:55 pm

thanks mate, with a name like Ben you must be a top bloke too :drinks2:

by **Commando** » February 4th, 2015, 8:44 pm

I like it!

by **GQuick** » February 5th, 2015, 4:53 pm

appreciate it

thanks. cant wait to get the new head and 4480s on it though ...few more under bonnet bling parts to keep it looking good lol

by **GQuick** » February 6th, 2015, 8:32 pm

Head is done waiting to be fitted :grin:

by **GQuick** » March 24th, 2015, 5:40 pm

getting closer now ...got the 4480s off being ceramic coated, got a 100cpsi cat on order from venom, 2.5 redback exhaust waiting to be fitted ...all after the new head gets fitted next week ...all the stainless and billet goodies are finally going to come to fruition ...anything I should consider doing at the same time? head is fully serviced, ported and polished, oversize stainless valves both in and out, new springs etc, new billet cam ....anything obvious I may have overlooked? ...reminds me, must order my j3 lol

by **Jayedxr6** » March 25th, 2015, 3:41 am

Get some photos up!

by **GQuick** » March 25th, 2015, 1:41 pm

shitty resolution ...but hey its progress lol just got a FAST rising rate fuel regulator too ...ready for the next stage TBC

by **GQuick** » March 27th, 2015, 5:23 pm

Venom cat has arrived, picked up the 4480s from the coaters ...looking a million bucks, now comes the fun part of fitting all the toys ...hopefully by next weekend it'll all be sorted. Progress is slow, but its progress lol

by **GQuick** » March 28th, 2015, 1:34 pm

my new colour scheme ...soon to be mated to black bits and black braided hose ...opinions?

by **GQuick** » April 9th, 2015, 7:03 am

With yet more delays, cars in getting exhaust sorted, turn just gotta do the hard part lol no spare time sucks.

by **TUFEF** » April 9th, 2015, 8:26 am

Chrome is always a win...

by **Jayedxr6** » April 9th, 2015, 8:47 am

Love the red and chrome

by **GQuick** » April 9th, 2015, 10:15 am

Hoping it'll come up alright. Was gonna stainless braid everything but think itd be too much so gonna nylon braid all of it instead.

by **GQuick** » April 9th, 2015, 6:24 pm

one step closer ...exhaust is sorted. now just for the head etc etc ...farking mechanics sitting on his hands and I don't have the damn time to do it myself grrrrr

by **GQuick** » April 10th, 2015, 9:41 pm

What a difference ...bring on the new head. Went for the 4480s, 100cpsi venom 400 series cat and full red back exhaust with full size mufflers. Nice note and not too loud until you want it to be.

by **GQuick** » April 13th, 2015, 11:15 am

Picked up a nice clean NC leather wheel today...if only I could get clean cruise buttons that haven't gone chalky ...anyone have any ideas where to possibly get some or bring the existing ones back to life?

by **GQuick** » April 21st, 2015, 4:44 pm

turns out the new (?) meguiars extreme dash and detailing stuff works wonders on the cruise buttons ...few applications have them looking alright again. Ordered the j3 today, picked up an EL XR6 ECU today along with some thermo fans and AU upper arms ...ordered the adaptors today too ...HOPEFULLY next week the head will be going on. Also got the NC (darker) climate control and trip computer in today with the bad weather. Slowly getting there. Next will be the suspension and brakes ...then eventually a lick of paint all over.

by **Jayedxr6** » April 21st, 2015, 6:53 pm

Hey mate for future reference, use vasoline or baby oil on your cruise buttons, you'll need to apply it maybe once a year if that, it will transform even the greyest faded rough feeling buttons to a shiny black again.

by **GQuick** » April 21st, 2015, 8:06 pm

25 dollars later ....lol cheers bud will keep it in mind. Can't wait to get this head sorted now. Nobody notices the little bs details ...won't be able to ignore that one ;-)

by **GQuick** » April 21st, 2015, 8:08 pm

Trying to source a leather centre console or even a velour one if I can get one in good nick ...any help would be appreciated guys

by **Jayedxr6** » April 21st, 2015, 9:04 pm

Ebay sell new remanufactured ones. There sold as covers so you'll need to remove the old cover and fit new.
Search ford ed cover

by **GQuick** » April 21st, 2015, 9:23 pm

nah mate it's the whole centre console i am after, not the lid. I know the nc had a leather centre console and the Na had velour I think

by **GQuick** » April 25th, 2015, 7:28 pm

Finally the head is to be strapped on next week ..j3 and El XR6 ready to join it along with thermos

by **GQuick** » April 30th, 2015, 8:41 pm

Ok I'm thinking this should be moved into a different category ...maybe in the build please mods. Got the El xr6 ecu in today along with the j3 ...soon the head

by **GQuick** » May 19th, 2015, 2:46 pm

waiting ....waiting ...

old

new (oversized and stainless ftw)

and along with that, new belts, hoses, water pump and street series powerbond harmonic balancer

by **GQuick** » June 10th, 2015, 2:34 pm

time for an update ...all done, EL ecu, TI j3 chip to suit everything, new head, crow cam, springs, retainers, stainless OS valves, c/c paceys, new rising rate fuel regulator, new street series powerbond harmonic balancer along with water pump and idler pulleys ....oh, and fancy red hat to suit the head of course

any suggestions?

and just another few newer pics of int/ext ...few small touches like leather wheel, series II climate control and trip computer etc along with the customary clear AU repeaters on the outside

by **GQuick** » June 14th, 2015, 8:15 pm

Any chance of moving this thread to in the build guys? Cbf making another thread

by **justa6** » June 14th, 2015, 8:34 pm

That is one of the sexiest looking na engine bay's. Top work.

by **GQuick** » June 15th, 2015, 8:10 am

Thanks bud, still a way to go yet though. More polishing, more buffing ...more ceramic coating lol

by **GQuick** » June 20th, 2015, 12:45 pm

playing around with a few ideas ...anyone got any input as to how to gauge the airflow volume and/or pressure along an exhaust system? got heat covered just need to know flow rates if anyone has a little trick? any help would be appreciated.

by **GQuick** » July 10th, 2015, 5:49 pm

Guess not

by **TUFEF** » July 17th, 2015, 8:07 am

If you have extractors and an exhaust to suit say 2 1/2" with mandrel bend will be fine with back pressure.

by **GQuick** » July 17th, 2015, 12:15 pm

Had other plans bud, was considering putting a midmount turbo on the old girl but decided not to try reinvent the wheel. Gonna go conventional set up

by **Rollin** » July 19th, 2015, 5:59 pm

I reckon converting to serpentine drive belt would be a good idea, the 3 belt setup is crap.

There are a heap of threads in here with info on how to do it.

by **GQuick** » July 19th, 2015, 7:28 pm

Was gonna do it when I changed the balancer but couldn't justify it at the time as all the bolt ons were in good condition. In the process of collecting brand new alt, PS pump, ac pump etc then will bolt it all on. Don't like doing things by halves. Even more keen considering I twisted (5x) the good old alt belt and shredded the **** last week in less than 1000kms lol

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