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Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 11:05 am
by nothin suss
s_pack89 wrote:
dad saw the head and said the motor would of been overfueling.. so theres something amiss with a sensor or whoever tuned it set it rich as fark
Isn't Kyles car on LPG? I have never seen a car on LPG with plugs like that...
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 11:24 am
by markTD
He has only just put the car on gas a few months ago so he is most likely still running the standard plugs and not gas ones therefore the gaps would be different and may be the cause of it running rich hence the valves being so black.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 2:53 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
picked up the motor today
Gonna give it a cleanup when i have some spare time, now i gotta find out which fins i need to grind off
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 2:54 pm
by t1MMy
The ones that get in the way..
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 3:02 pm
by BenJ
OOOO Pretty.
Should go good mate, when it is all back together.
BenJ
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 4:03 pm
by travs ea-xr6
you grind all the fins on the face of the sump faceing the crossmember
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 4:10 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
travs ea-xr6 wrote:you grind all the fins on the face of the sump faceing the crossmember
cheers Trav, much appreciated
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 27th, 2009, 5:48 pm
by misk
man that ED head was black as lol
im suprised the pistons were in such good shape considering there was so much carbo build up on the head
the bottom end looks likes its been rebuilt sometime in its life
anyway, out with the old in with the new lol
will be a nice package once its all back together!
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 1:21 am
by EB_Ghia
misk wrote:man that ED head was black as lol
the place that's got it atm freaked at the amount of carbon there. should be getting it back this week
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 1:22 am
by EB_Ghia
Kyle the ED4LTR wrote:picked up the motor today
Gonna give it a cleanup when i have some spare time, now i gotta find out which fins i need to grind off
looks good. when are you fitting it?
i wonder if i'd have the old ticky head on my eb before you have the au motor in?
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 9:34 am
by Kyle the ED4LTR
s_pack89 wrote:Kyle the ED4LTR wrote:picked up the motor today
Gonna give it a cleanup when i have some spare time, now i gotta find out which fins i need to grind off
looks good. when are you fitting it?
i wonder if i'd have the old ticky head on my eb before you have the au motor in?
the chances of that at this stage are pretty high
, im waiting for my government money, need to get a couple of bits, want to make this as perfect as possible.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 2:19 pm
by [D1SCNT]
how much and where you score it.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 28th, 2009, 2:51 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
Bundoora Auto wreckers and got it complete for $500
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 30th, 2009, 7:11 pm
by shane-ed
hey u know your gas system,
how well dus it run compared to petrol? much loss in power?
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 30th, 2009, 9:27 pm
by EB_Ghia
markTD wrote:He has only just put the car on gas a few months ago so he is most likely still running the standard plugs and not gas ones therefore the gaps would be different and may be the cause of it running rich hence the valves being so black.
i'll get the part no's off them mark. im sure there gas ones though.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: April 30th, 2009, 9:49 pm
by ruleford
well done kyle i think you need to hurry up a lil thoe get here back on the road
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 11:21 am
by Kyle the ED4LTR
shane-ed wrote:hey u know your gas system,
how well dus it run compared to petrol? much loss in power?
It's pretty damn good but then again my motor was fucking up so I cant really say much, but for gas it was pretty quick.
ruleford wrote:well done kyle i think you need to hurry up a lil thoe get here back on the road
haha tell be about it, waiting for good ol' rudd to give me my stimulus money so I can speed this up, taking a bit longer because im not just changing the motor.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 11:57 am
by psychotic-angel
looks tidy cant wait to see her on road.um dumb question but what ticky motor is it,ef el? or au?
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 1:06 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
AU Series 2 XR6HP
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 5:01 pm
by ruleford
fair enough kyle
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 5:11 pm
by EB_Ghia
s_pack89 wrote:markTD wrote:He has only just put the car on gas a few months ago so he is most likely still running the standard plugs and not gas ones therefore the gaps would be different and may be the cause of it running rich hence the valves being so black.
i'll get the part no's off them mark. im sure there gas ones though.
sorry to hijack again kyle...
mark the plugs are lpg plugs.. std gap from what i can tell.
ngk ZGR6B II
i even rang bursons to confirm the part no too.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 7th, 2009, 10:45 pm
by NL_CONCORDE
Any news whats the latest
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 7th, 2009, 11:35 pm
by EB_Ghia
yesterday the fins were ground off. flywheel was fitted. spigot bearing, clutch, bellhousing... had to go to kevs for a few bolts but found one of the missing bolts when we were tidying up a little before going to kevs
i forgot the clutch aligning tool so i just used the gearbox instead
nfi what they got upto today... i had to do stuff here
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 12:32 am
by needfordspeed
Nice, how's the interior coming along?
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 3:23 pm
by EB_Ghia
any progress pics kyle???
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 3:51 pm
by travs ea-xr6
yer wheres the progress pics
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 4:12 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
needfordspeed wrote:Nice, how's the interior coming along?
Not too bad, got the old floorsection out and did a trial fit of the dash and console. Here are a few progress pics.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 4:24 pm
by travs ea-xr6
good to see the engines in.
is all the dash wireing done,looks like a fun task
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 6:06 pm
by EB_Ghia
good to see the motor back in the car kyle... now the fun part. all the wiring and hoses
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 6:08 pm
by bentls
you are almost as slow as mark... least ur gettin shit done tho
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 8th, 2009, 7:41 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
travs ea-xr6 wrote:good to see the engines in.
is all the dash wireing done,looks like a fun task
nearly done, just gotta put in the gas wiring and modify the taillight plugs
Re: Kyle's XR6 Ghia-ED/NL Hybrid Project
Posted: June 19th, 2009, 12:11 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
another preview
Car should be finished mid day tomorrow, interior is all complete just gotta put fluid in the gearbox and set up all the hoses in the engine bay.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 12:34 am
by EBOOST
hey mate howd u go with it?
coming along nicely.
cheers josh.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 12:43 am
by SLY5LT
it's come together well
well done
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 1:40 am
by Sunboost
LTD cappa seats and grey everything else?
Re: Kyle's XR6 Ghia-ED/NL Hybrid Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 1:53 am
by Kyle the ED4LTR
cheers for all the comments guys, LTD seats will be getting retrimmed at some stage so at the moment everything else is grey besides the front seats
, really only wanted them for the electrics
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 2:00 am
by burnt turtle
so is it dosing yet? oh crap that was meant to be secret wasn't it?
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 9:37 am
by EFFalcon
LTD seats are great
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 11:24 am
by SnyperEB
Nice work kyle you should have cleaned up the motor abit before you put it in. New water pump and stuff and spray all the brackets black and clean up the bolt heads and shit. But hey its coming along really nice. Nice work.
Re: Kyle the ED4LTR's XR6 Ghia Project
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 12:38 pm
by UNEZED
so how long until you get this mutt of a car on the road kyle