Stevemack

I have a really clean XB Fairmont 6 cyl that I'm starting to get some bits together for a rebuild. I'm going to leave the 6 in there as i have a few others with 8's. But i want more oomph than a standard 6 but not so it's grumpy to drive. I have seen some 2V heads etc around, but they want big $$$. Has anyone done any work to a standard head with good results and perhaps used a redline manifold or similar, cam profiles etc. carby selection? There will be a build thread when it happens in the hopefully not to distant future.

I know there are some good paint guys on here, so hoping for a bit of help. Wanting to paint my EF racecar, do i need to rub it right back to bare metal or can i paint over the top of whats there (original paint) with a bit of rubbing first? Also what type of paint should i be using from undercoat to clear? Wanting to do white with some stripes over that. Any help appreciated.

Not sure why it posted twice sorry

Some progress this week, finally got some colour on it, just the body kit and bumpers to go. Spent too long trying to make it super smooth, then came to the realisation that it's a race car! It'll probably get a couple of dings and scratches first time out anyway. It's very very green, but not to fear Stick This decals is hooking me up with some funky bonnet and side styling, should have them next week!

Hopefully Trev, should be painted and stickered in the next fortnight, I've got another respray after that then I can put it back together.

So it's been a while since I started doing some work on the race car, lots been happening but got back into it over Christmas. Now you may remember that I had decided to go with the Peter Jackson colours.......well this happened. I know it looks as if it's going to be a greens tuf lookalike but it's not, it is going to be a retro throwback though. Painting happening now stay tuned.

I run one out of a CASE IH tractor, opens up huge, no problem with flow. An old ford mechanic told me about it years ago, cant remember the part number though but might be able to find out if you need it.

Yeah Pedders for me too, the local shop in Bendigo does a really good job.

Yeah it is, the only non off the shelf ford parts are the pistons and the ecu, other than that its all ford. The first engine split the block in two straight down the middle when number three let go at 7500rpm! This one still has a standard head too, no port work or bigger valves. Big cam though.

I run the hybrid engine between EL and AU and i had mine fully balanced, it was dynoes at 220KW at the wheels and i regularly spin it to 7k for long periods. Hasnt broken yet.

Good old 80/90 mate.

Have you got injector pulse?

Sounds like an injector is leaking down overnight perhaps? Would dissappear for the rest of the day, had plenty through the workshop. If you have time, pop the plugs out first thing in the morning, then put some cardboard over the top of the holes and turn it over, if there is fuel in there you will see it on the cardboard. Worth trying.

Went down the shed to do some work on the race car, did this instead

Lol, Dave, it's got an EA 5 speed that hasnt broken in 6 years, and 3.23 locked diff, which also hasn't broken yet. Engine is hybrid EL/AU balanced bottom end, 12:1 comp, standard head with no porting but lumpy cam, makes power from 2000 to 6500, but will rev to 7500 with no breakages. Magna blue top injectors, standard pump, has a piggy back chip, (cant remember brand) tuned by Howe Autos in Daylesford. Need more power though, will keep up with worked 8's for most of the track but they just get away a bit quicker out of the corners. Currently getting a turbo rebuild, and paint etc. Pics in other post Painting of race car.

I'm getting 240KW at the wheels with stock pump and Magna blue tops, still got more till maxed out too.

Been doing some bar work and seam stitching in the car last month or so, but this week got some fun bits turn up!! Gt3540 turbo, 700mm intercooler, 12 psi 50mm wastegate and GReddy blow off.

Two each side in the boot under rubber grommets, one 10mm under each side guard, pop rivets underneath into spare wheel well.

Hi all, does anyone know if any company makes an underdriven harmonic balancer for EF EL falcon 4.0L ? Need one for the racecar and am having trouble tracking one down.

I looked at their online catalogue but no listing, they do them for the V8 but not the 6.

Nah, tried it before, they break 90% of the time when they are urethaned in, windscreen bloke even said not to bother. Just measured up some new bits for the cage, another 14m of tube to go in!!! Just had Luke around and we are going to replace as many of the suspension bushes with solids as we can, opened a can of worms i think! lol

Nope, gonna leave the windows in Trev, Dont wanna pay for newies. Perspex side windows though.

Bare bones now. Time to weld on some more cage and bog some dents.

I have an EF racecar with an NA 6 pumping 220+Kw at the wheels, goes great and stops pretty good with Brembo rotors and race pads, but i need it to stop better. EF brake upgrades are not cheap and thats when you can find a decent kit. There is a bit of Fab work going on in this forum, so i thought I'd ask. Has anyone done any fab stuff to upgrade the brakes, perhaps modding the upright to accomodate BA hubs etc? I'm thinking of grafting a whole BA front crossmember and suspension setup across if i can't find something easier. Anyone?

Ok so I went down to "start" work on the racecar, then I got enthused and decided on a full rebuild with haltech and turbo to start with. 240 at the wheels at the moment, looking to get 300 to 350 when finished. More pics to come.