Boosted Falcon

On FM theres been a few, but none of which that I can remember were EFs...
Kinda turns me off an AU motor knowing it still happens...
Ah well Timmy, you'll get it sorted I'm sure.

Thanks mate. I just spoke to the mechanic and ased him how the progress is going. He said that amazingly the only problem they can find is the 2 gears that caused the problem were broken and nothing else was damaged.
I told him to go over the oil pump and make sure theres nothing suss goin on in there which may have caused a slight jam which led to the teeth snapping off. All the internals look fine, bearings look in good condition etc..
Car should be ready by tuesday if the can get their hands on some more gears.
The fun continues...

did they pull the engine out

Yes, engine is out.

Small update.
Engine is back in after having the oil pump pulled off and inspected for faults. Nothing wrong with it apparently so will get the car back tomorrow.

New problem, radiator has a small leak.

Money pits!

1) remove radiator

2) replace with 600x300x75 intercooler, and appropriate attachments.

Got the car back. It sux going from driving a BA Fairmont Ghia to a EF XR

Puttingnewraditaorinitnowbai

was it a costly exercise?

Yes..


$945

$945.. well, at least it's fixed.

My aux shaft died a while ago, luckily no major damage. Fkn scary though.

that aint too bad but if u can swap motor yourself it could have cost $350 lol

trust me bentls I know, but I don't have a engine hoist at my disposal. 6 days of work for $900 isn't too bad I suppose.

fark man thas alot. probably could have bought a motor and paid to have it swapped for less then that.

but ah well at least its done.

at least your car will be reliable now.

you cant trust motors from the wreckers.

but sometimes you can get a good deal and it will last for ever.

Hrmmmmm Fairlane G220. They are nice!!

t1MMy wrote:Hrmmmmm Fairlane G220. They are nice!!

especially with a turbo !!

LOL Paul, if I get a G220 you'll have to take us for a drive in the Ghia and sell me on the idea of putting a turbo on a 5.4L

it'll be a very short Drive Timmy.
Paul's Turbo setup is awesome.

Pauls setup will make u want to turbo a 5.4

t1MMy wrote:Hrmmmmm Fairlane G220. They are nice!!

i just missed out on a bf "G8" (5.4 230kw, 6 speed ) , it was going cheap for what it is.......
was on my way down to look at it & someone had snapped it up

*update*

Firewall is cracked and so is the pedal box. WINNAH!!!!

You're OD'ing, guess you'll know it won't break for a while once it's all fixed up. Pedal box/firewall was a real KUNT when I had to do it on my old EF.

Yep. Hence why I'm not doing it, Kev is gonna help us out with it.

Since it's being strengthened I'm going to put a Exedy HD clutch in.

You may want to look at the clutch fork while you are there.

if clutch fork is buggered to i have a spare bellhousing and fork if ya want it.

yeah why not. It's probably next thing to go on the list. How much you want for it Holmsy?

You smash any mirrors lately? run over any black cats?
.

No. But there was 1 occasion a few months back where about 100 ppl got canaries on their car and mine was the only one that didn't get 1.

I'd say this is karma catching up.

Quite possibly.
What wheels are you rolling on now?

Still got the GTP's.

I'm glad someone else has a money pit...

Umm... I've had three AU engines in this car all running a dizzy... BUT i brought one dizzy for the engines, bcoz the dizzy i pulled off the el block had some slack. Maybe the sensor your putting back in has some slack, and due to the different wear patterns on the shaft/dizzy it caused it to break...? If you kept the au sensor when the engine swap was done then to me the break makes no sense.

Anyway just thought i'd throw it out there, could be something worth checking... could save you 900 odd bucks, for a five min job!




I got a P/D kit suit AU motor.... I know how much you nag everyone else to get one... Everything needed to bolt straight on...

t1MMy wrote:trust me bentls I know, but I don't have a engine hoist at my disposal. 6 days of work for $900 isn't too bad I suppose.

You do realise there is a community engine hoist!!

My engine crane is an E series slut as well.

Wave_Man wrote:I got a P/D kit suit AU motor.... I know how much you nag everyone else to get one... Everything needed to bolt straight on...

P/D kit??

SnyperEB wrote:You do realise there is a community engine hoist!!

Hahaha thanks Shaun, but you're about 2 weeks too late. I'll keep it im mind next time it does it..

powerdyne kit.

Oh ok, well now I'm really confused because of....

Wave_Man wrote:I know how much you nag everyone else to get one... Everything needed to bolt straight on...

I don't recall nagging anyone to get one.

you know that you want a s.c kit dont lie. just put the bloody thing in it

pfft apparently the motor can't even cop N/A power, sif give it forced induction.

MAte the problem you had is a common thing that happens in those motors . I think that it wouldnt have a problem for a s/c kit .

t1MMy wrote:I don't recall nagging anyone to get one.

LIES bitch!!! I can think of one!