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i have just got my self a ed xr8 with 5 speed.....has 120k k,s on the clock ...this is my first v8...previous car was xr6 with mild work done....i am currently pricing an exhuast (and advice on this would b appreciated also)...after the exhaust i dont really know where to go with it....i am aiming for around 200kw at the bags..to get there would i b looking at new computer set up and cam??...any advice at all would b great
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Yes.
There's a few things which goes against these engines.
The standard heads, manifold, and throttle body will hold you back. So will the pathetic excuse for an airflow meter (see that bit in the inlet tract that goes down to nearly an inch in diamet |
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hey josh...thanks mate thats some helpful advice =D.....ii think u just saved me wasting money on extractors...because yes no doubt the heads will b replaced....rofl...yea all that stuff has scared me a little but hey better 2 b scared then waste a boot l
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No worries! You can learn a lot by reading the right stuff and talking to the right people... anyway.
I would guess your car to be making about 100-110Kw @ wheels.
If it were my car, being a poor mechanic, I would...
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And btw.
I had an EL futura for a while. I never touched the motor, but i did touch the suspension, which is basically identical to your ED's.
If you want it to go round corners, get some pedders gear. I had their lowest legal springs and sportsrider sh |
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yep i will b hooking up thermo,s soon as possible and i might just take u up on your offer...because i do not know how to hook them up....i have seen a few sets of el thermo,s on ebay along with a few other things...have u seen those chips for sale on eba
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rofl...sry i just read your post about your el and it reminded me!!!...i still have my xr6 and am taking allot of gear from that like my 18" crhomys/iszotta steering wheel and a few other things...wich brings me to the quetion....i just recently got monro
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hey josh just sent you an email coudl you have a look at it wen u get a chance.......benderz=anthony...i just sighned up to the forum and some dood has got my name *GASP*...ok thanks =D
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A lot of what Josh has stated makes good sense. I would expect a bit more than 100-110kw from a stock v8 though as my old EB2 used to do 80kw before an injector clean & tune & 100kw after. It was a 4 litre manual. If the airbox is the same as any 6cy Edited by user Monday, 12 March 2007 11:21:09 PM(UTC)
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hey thanks jim 5.0...and i will be hooking up the thermo,s for sure...most likly the el thermo,s josh mentiond somthing about au thermo,s but he wasnt sure about their size ...any chance u might know if they will fit ed at all?
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It would not surprise me at all if a 5 litre made the same power as a good 4 litre, especially if the six has had a head gasket done at some stage, and has a bit shaved off the head.
Stock 302s are slow as hell.
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Benderz no the AU fans won't fit the whole assembly is too tall & narrow. I once bought a set that were marked "EL" but soon found out different. Virtually nothing interchanges between the EF/EL fans & the AU/BA items except the clips that hold the b Edited by user Tuesday, 13 March 2007 11:20:10 PM(UTC)
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Thanks again jim =D....now i know wat im looking at wen it comes to the el/ef fans
hey guys just making sure yaz know i have a ED xr8....not sure if there was some confusion wether i had a eb or ed ...but its deninatly ED k thanks =D ....anthony
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There is not a lot of difference between an EB2 & an ED besides small cosmetics (such as the fact that ED had a nicer grille & headlight treatment for the XR's)
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lol no probs jim....i didnt know that....just thought id better check just in case...hey um josh sujested that i look into gt-40 heads...and ive found a set on ebay...do u know much about these heads?...and would u know wat they retail for new>?...and
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To be honest not a great deal unless they come with exhaust manifolds because earlier manifolds don't fit gt40 heads properly. Well they fit but you can't change spark plugs. Certainly stau under $1000. you could spend the low $2000 mark & get new alloy h |
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thanks again jim
could u recommend a set of alloy heads?
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