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Thats awesome, appreciate the info

I'm looking at doing a bit of a dodgy with my young blokes 89 XF falcon ute, needs an engine and I have a spare running 93 XG engine in my shed with an EA cfi manifold fitted to it. My plan is to shove this in his ute to get it going as I have all the engine mounts, sway bar, bellhouse.and clutch from the XG so fitting isnt a problem. My main issue is the XG dizzy which is the same as the EA/EB unit. Can this be wired up to the XF's EST computer? We are intending to run an ADM weber on the CFI manifold and fit a holley electric pump to feed it. So while fitting a streetfire is the obvious solution, he doesnt have the money for one yet, but all the EST gear is still in the ute. Can this be made to work with the EST?

Looking at both dizzy's they appear to have the same black, green and red 3 wire setup to to module from the hall effect sensor...hmmmm

I might have a look at how the XG dizzy is wired internally and see what the difference is to the EST style dizzy is. Externally apart from the tfi module on the side of the xg dizzy they look very similar, both are hall effect types that appear to work very similar. I've been told to just get an XF dizzy and turn the gear upside down, but not going to go that dodgy..dont wanna leave the poor bugger stranded some where...lol Im thinking of just getting him a streetfire and be done with it..he can work off the bill for that.

Not going to brand bash here just want honest opinions on Pulsar turbo's. Im looking at getting one for my XB and they are very cheap but seem to have good reviews, especially from xr6t guys. Are the worth looking at for something that will rarely see a track and do limited daily driving?

Will be looking at a TKX for the future, but I now have a spare T5 now...yay

A long time ago in an internets far far away... I saw a clean maroon XF falcon with a Blow thru ADM 34 turbo setup on it on the Xfalcon forums... Does anybody have any info on this car? I remember the owner even had posts regarding the custom carb hat and other bits and pieces.

http://www.ozfalcon.com.au/index.php?/topic/815-can-a-weber-34adm-be-boost-referenced-and-how/ however I did find a reference to the car and owner here.

Hmmm seems this particular car has disappeared...oh well...

Although that carby hat would certainly do the trick...

Its not so much the carby hat that im interested in as much as how the carb was set up on the falcon and how much boost it ran, I do recall it made more than 250 rwhp.

I bit the bullet, ordered a PULSAR Next GEN PSR3582 XR6 turbo with the wastegate set to 11 PSI, under a grand with shipping, will need to adapt a manifold as it a T3 turbo but should be easy enough to do. Now to collect the rest of the bits I need. Hopefully it'll all hold together to make 350ish HP without killing the T5

So I spoke with Mike Vine turbos today, a very interesting conversation, seems they still have a few parts left over including a few exhaust manifolds, mainly to suit the iron head crossflow but they believe they have a few AIT manifolds in storage to suit the later Alloy head engines. Not sure if I'd want to go the iron head route...they are so damn heavy compared to the alloy head and even the old log head. Up side of going with an iron head, I can get the Manifold for a T4 turbo for around $350, I can get access to a rebuilt iron head with big valves for less than a grand, and lastly I still have 2 and 4 barrel cain manifolds left over from my old cortina project, along with a lot of other bits to suit... Shame the head is so damn heavy....

https://www.hotrod.com/features/ccrp-0603-1963-ford-falcon-futura Something like this US falcon setup but maybe without the 17 psi boost to kill head gaskets. I'd probably get a slightly thicker head gasket made up to help drop the comp ratio a bit, try and keep it around 8.5 - 9:1 off boost should be alright for PULP 98 on the street.

I was thinking of a gt3576r or 82r on a setup like this for the XB. Been recommended a 2 barrel holley, but really dont wanna run a holley.

I was thinking of a toned down version of this. The Pulsar G42-1200 seems to be extreme overkill in my case...I dunno if the 750 quickfuel would be necassary either as I'm chasing roughly half the power, but I love the idea of this car.

I wonder if the little turbos were intended for the AIT twin turbo kits as that would make sense as two of those would blow enough air to feed a 4.1. I remember seeing lots of articles back in 80's of the twin turbo XF's and the AWD monster that got trashed in the UK. I'd imagine those kits being very collectable nowadays.

Maybe, the AIT kits did, I would of thought the Exa would of had a tiny turbo from factory, but who knows, dont know m7ch about those cars. TO4 seemed to be the go to turbo during the 80's for turbo crossflow setups. It would be interesting to see the improvement that the old Mike Vine and AIT kits would have with a modern turbo like GT3576R, I'd imagine turbo response and spooling would be massively improved.

That's cool always like the AIT kits for the XE XF falcons. Do you know what size turbo you have? Normal the kit would of had some form of TO4 attached. I was thinking of seeing if Mike Vine turbo's still had t4 flanged manifold availible as they were well built and compact. The other option is a 6boost manifold, a bit pricey but very nice.

I remember seeing in Street Machine a few years back a red XF that had a blow thru setup on the crossflow with a monster sized Pulsar turbo that made over 400rwkw's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAmnSIA9ZSE The Pulsars seem to be almost identical to a Garrett turbo according to this video.

*crickets* not a good sign...

I have a complete VCT engine to use including the correct ECU. I'm just wondering wether its worth playing with or should I use the 94da top end I all so have sitting in the XG in my back yard. Looking for the best bang for my buck type of thing. Both engines are currently running so they pretty much just need the bottom ends freshened up.

Pretty much what the title says, can the AU 4litre bore out to 60 thou, which would pretty much give it dead on 250 cubic inches. Is it worth the effort going for 60 thou, I know crossflows and a lot of other sixes have no issues with a 60 thou overbore and it gives about 6 extra cubes on a 6, but is overboring the block really worth the effort? Also does anybody have any recommendations for piston brands these days. Normally I would of just picked up some ACL's but seeing as they dont do that stuff anymore, what's the next best thing?

that would be awesome if you can. I think something close to thom's 180rwkw's beast would be more than enough for the XB. I'm pretty sure the XG engine I have has a 91DA cam in it, but I havent had it apart to check, but I was rebuilt by HM Gem a few years ago so who knows what it could be lol, I can only assume.