InfernalTyrant's EA

by **SNR** » April 9th, 2011, 6:37 pm

If you are going to do a J3 then it does not matter.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 9th, 2011, 10:43 pm

Won't be doing that for a while though. So I want it to be running well without that.

by **edfairmont4.0** » April 9th, 2011, 11:25 pm

dont get an XR6 computer and you will be fine. Just drops more fuel in for no reason. It will run fine with any other ECU, weirdly enough i tested a few ecu's Fairmont ones seem better...Well my ECU is EF1 Fairmont ghia... got about 1L better per 100 then all the others..

by **SNR** » April 9th, 2011, 11:26 pm

You can get away with an Auto one and the resistor mod then, but for how cheap a J3 is (i.e. way cheaper than a proper tickford manual ecu) you'd be best to do that, as you then get the benefit of the better timing etc that the tickford tune has standard.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 10th, 2011, 11:39 am

I bought an EF Fairmont ECU from a wreckers a while ago though and it had a different plug than my EA. I was told that I have to get an EL one.
I'll just grab one out of an EL next time I'm out there, then.

by **huggiebear** » April 10th, 2011, 11:43 am

yes. EF is different due to it running coil packs. EA EB ED EL all share the same plug and EF and AU share the same plug

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 10th, 2011, 12:08 pm

Okay, cheers for that.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 21st, 2011, 6:53 pm

Got my license today. =]
Been in Moe all afternoon, went to the wreckers to grab an ECU but he was shut. Gave him a call, gonna go back on Tuesday.

So keep an eye out in south gippy!

by **scorcher** » April 25th, 2011, 7:25 pm

looking good the bud, with the ecu just remember that with the el ecu you will have to get a smartlock override due to the ea's not having it.
keep up the progress

cheers

by **huggiebear** » April 25th, 2011, 7:31 pm

unless he runs a J3 chip in which he can over-ride it and also install a tickford or custom tune at the same time

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 25th, 2011, 7:34 pm

Ah cheers mate. What exactly is smart lock? Seen people talking about it but not really sure, and how do you override it?

Gonna grab some black paint on Wednesday and paint the wiper cowling and a few interior pieces. I'll get the ECU then as well.

by **scorcher** » April 25th, 2011, 7:46 pm

here is a bypass that you can get, but for that price you might as well go get a j3
http://www.shiftkits.com.au/index.php?m ... ducts_id=4

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 25th, 2011, 7:48 pm

Ah, yeah I'd definitely go a J3 at that price. Thanks for that.

by **freerider** » April 25th, 2011, 8:19 pm

ive got a bypass i dont need anymore if u want it hit me a pm

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 25th, 2011, 8:49 pm

Nah I'll just go J3, was gonna get one anyway. It's running a lot better on the EA ECU now anyway, doesn't stall at idle now, still runs pretty rich, though.

by **FAT088** » April 25th, 2011, 8:50 pm

Great start keep up the tasteful mods and you'll have a nice car.

Cheers

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 25th, 2011, 9:18 pm

Cheers bro =]

by **TechXR** » April 26th, 2011, 3:21 pm

Not a huge fan on EA's but I like yours.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 26th, 2011, 3:33 pm

Thanks man.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 28th, 2011, 5:36 pm

I got an EL ECU yesterday, it wouldn't be worth putting it in until I get a J3 with Smartlock disable would it? I'm gonna get a custom tuned J3.

by **JETEL6** » April 28th, 2011, 6:36 pm

also take into account that EL's have knock sensors in the block, unsure how this affects the ECU if there is nothing plugged onto the pin

its probably worth spending a few minutes to research that haha

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 28th, 2011, 6:46 pm

I haven't heard of anybody having a problem with that.

by **huggiebear** » April 28th, 2011, 6:46 pm

i had a EL ECU in my NC - had EL motor but still running NC loom so no knock sensor. had it going like that for over 12 months no issues

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 28th, 2011, 6:52 pm

Sweet, thanks for clarifying that.

by **xr6berto** » April 29th, 2011, 7:53 pm

hey mate got an el ecu here with j3 in it if u are interested

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 29th, 2011, 11:35 pm

Nah I've already got an EL ECU and I'm gonna get a custom tune on my J3.

by **xr6berto** » April 30th, 2011, 1:49 am

ok though you do realize you can change the tune say if you got mine, and save a bit of cash.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 30th, 2011, 2:40 pm

Yeah but I don't wanna have to learn to use it. Thanks though.

Sprayed the wiper cowling and cluster surround today in a flat black. I think they came up pretty good.

by **huggiebear** » April 30th, 2011, 2:47 pm

did you clean it before you painted it? the area to the bottom left of the cluster look like it has piles of dirt under it

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 30th, 2011, 2:54 pm

Yeah I cleaned it all properly but it was already lumpy from whoever painted it before. It was kinda blue/grey.

by **xr6berto** » April 30th, 2011, 5:49 pm

InfernalTyrant wrote:Yeah but I don't wanna have to learn to use it. Thanks though.

Sprayed the wiper cowling and cluster surround today in a flat black. I think they came up pretty good.

learn what. arnt you going to get a tuner to tune it. you would have to get a new j3 tuned anyway.

by **InfernalTyrant** » April 30th, 2011, 6:41 pm

Getting it tuned for me.

by **InfernalTyrant** » May 4th, 2011, 2:51 pm

Asked John to move this thread here, as it's hardly a build.

by **InfernalTyrant** » May 7th, 2011, 1:22 pm

Something went wrong on the dyno today... not even sure what it was but it fixed itself. It only ran 73.8kW, and when I went to go park it, it had basically no go at all. But then driving home it was fine. So I was pretty pissed off as it was a waste of my dyno run.

by **krazyea** » May 8th, 2011, 6:27 pm

Lol y did he get banned

by **DFP4LTR** » May 8th, 2011, 6:31 pm

Just general dickery viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20099&p=377553#p377553

by **InfernalTyrant** » May 15th, 2011, 6:00 pm

Yup...

I bought an SVO spoiler for it off eBay for $100, was rapt with that. Uni holidays are coming up soon so I'm gonna get the paint matched and get a few things sprayed, including the spoiler.

by **EFFalcon** » May 15th, 2011, 7:14 pm

SVO spoiler is the pinnacle

good price

by **InfernalTyrant** » May 15th, 2011, 7:36 pm

I was just looking for a rubber XR spoiler and saw this one. Was at uni at the time and didn't even really have to think about it, drove to St. Albans the next night to pick it up. It's had the SVO label covered over with fibreglass, but I'd only care about that if it were going on an SVO, so I really couldn't be happier with that buy.
The guy I bought it off had about 6 E series parked in his driveway and said that he had 10 more at his farm. Wonder if he's a member on here? His eBay ID was xr6mick

by **InfernalTyrant** » May 18th, 2011, 10:28 pm

Somebody was telling me that venetians would look good on my car. But I'm not so sure. Especially because I want to get the windows tinted fairly dark.
Opinions on venetians for this car?

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