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Old 14-02-2005, 11:52 AM   #1
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Thought I would post up whats happening at the moment

Well as some of you know, my current motor is worn, and thats an understatment (Ask Thanatos about my exhaust :P)
Ive been working on a new motor for a while that is going to be fitted THURSDAY NIGHT : just in time for AFD as long as the head vacs up good on tuesday

Motor is a reco 3.9 block with EF head, EF cam, EL Tickford rockercover. I had found a EL2 Tickford style head and cam but the head was so far gone it was useless, but im sure the EF one will do fine.

Also this week the following is being fitted
Psyco chickens old 3:23 SS diff (Damn EB bush's)
Clear modded EB fairmont Garnish

Restaining of Interior woodgrain inserts.

I also Fitted this week a new QMAX subbox, with Kicker EX sub which sounds sweet on the VDO amp.



Ill post up updates as it goes along
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Old 14-02-2005, 01:56 PM   #2
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Breathtaking :P

How do you restain the woodgrain bits? Arent they plastic? Your cars coming along quite nicely. Least you got thurs fri and sat (and i guess sunday morn) to get your motor in. Going on past experiences when you have something you need the car for and your working on the car nothing goes right.
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Old 14-02-2005, 02:02 PM   #3
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hahaha.
you're right, nothing ever goes right :o
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Old 14-02-2005, 06:50 PM   #4
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hey wher'd that amp go i gave you with the box & sub:P
looks sweet as though, and seems you got that scratch off the box aswell

good to see it's finally being put to good use at my place it just sat on the garage floor as my dad hates subs in cars:(
so im gonna be buying those 6" ones off ebay and puttin them in the tailgate, so he dont know:P
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Old 14-02-2005, 06:54 PM   #5
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oh btw , put a black light neon in the sub box and use it at night makes it look sweet, i had on in there and the white bits really light up, but i have since moved the black light into my computers case
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Old 14-02-2005, 07:13 PM   #6
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Should go alright when you drop the new motor in The garnish looks great as well. Keep us posted with progress.
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Old 14-02-2005, 08:17 PM   #7
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Advice to anyone thinking about dropping parts of to Mick's place; Don't.

Jesus christ, suprised I didn't have to dodge any cows.

lol seriously, hope it all works out, let me know how noisey the diff is.
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Old 14-02-2005, 10:31 PM   #8
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About time you got that motor sorted! :P

I wonder how many people have permanent lung damage because of driving behind you?? :P lmao
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Old 14-02-2005, 11:16 PM   #9
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About time you got that motor sorted! :P

I wonder how many people have permanent lung damage because of driving behind you?? :P lmao
I now know why people sit 5 car lengths behind me LMAO
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Old 15-02-2005, 01:14 AM   #10
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Good stuff Mick, your car should be a rocket with the new motor. Hopefully the engine swap is pretty painless for ya. Good luck with it. :hihi:
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Old 15-02-2005, 03:51 PM   #11
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Advice to anyone thinking about dropping parts of to Mick's place; Don't.

Jesus christ, suprised I didn't have to dodge any cows.

lol seriously, hope it all works out, let me know how noisey the diff is.
There's some wicked windy roads up there though.
The cows don't like the hills, chances are you'd find more around my place :P

I like that sub box - looks very nifty.

Hopefully the motor goes in without a problem, but I'll be kind of dissapointed if I don't read a "where the hell does this spare bolt go?" thread from ya ;)

Looks like my car isn't gonna win any more Mick :(
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Old 15-02-2005, 07:44 PM   #12
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Advice to anyone thinking about dropping parts of to Mick's place; Don't.

Jesus christ, suprised I didn't have to dodge any cows.

lol seriously, hope it all works out, let me know how noisey the diff is.
tell me about it!!!
i almost called him up to say that i think it took a wrong turn..... but i just kept on going and eventually got there.
it didnt look that far out in the melways!
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Old 16-02-2005, 12:30 AM   #13
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Advice to anyone thinking about dropping parts of to Mick's place; Don't.

Jesus christ, suprised I didn't have to dodge any cows.

lol seriously, hope it all works out, let me know how noisey the diff is.
hmm i think all you "suburbs" people have got it wrong! where me and mick live we are fully civilised...Honest!
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Old 16-02-2005, 12:35 AM   #14
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LOL...
johns right!
Wayne you live in WHOOP WHOOP LITTERIALY! lmao
Rob you too live in whoop whoop.
Its cause most members live over the dandy area
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Old 16-02-2005, 12:57 AM   #15
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No no, you've got that all wrong. Here in civilisation we don't have EA's dumped over the road from our houses and we have street lights.
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lmao i live closer to melb cbd than some "melbournians" LOL
only 40 mins to cbd for me.....

and i have streetlights. hell..... one is right outside my house
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The only reason you're only 40 minutes from Melbourne is the fact everyone comes to live on this side of town to get away from Geelong.
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Old 18-02-2005, 01:10 AM   #18
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UPDATE
The old motor is now out. After running around all day to make sure ive got everything, and "enjoying" my old motor for the last time, and I cant say thats a sad thing :P

Thought id put up some pics for the sake of it

This image is for anyone who was at xrated's modday and remembers my stupidity of calling my clutchfan a "propellor" as you all have heard now


We did find some interesting things thou.....
1. ALL THE BITS CAME UNDONE EASY! hmmm explains all my creaks,etc
2. My Torque converter is red? Does anyone know what the colours mean?
dellboy tells me that his was green?

The new motor will be going in... well tonight since its 12:10am.
Lets hope there isnt any suprises and it actually starts :

Big thanks to Al (Gunns), Jason (Dellboy) and John (John_Xr6) for the assistance lifting it out
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Old 18-02-2005, 01:43 AM   #19
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whats that coming out of the tranny? looks a bit like BLOOD to me, U BASTARD YOU KILLED THE TRANSMISSION!!! U BLOODY BASTARD!!! WHYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

oh sorry its on fluid *phew*
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got ne pics of the clear garnish on the car ??? and did u do the indicators as well to match?
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Old 18-02-2005, 12:16 PM   #21
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My torque converter was black or blue I think LOL. And my old one could have been silver... Hehehe ?
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Old 18-02-2005, 01:41 PM   #22
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mm... good stuff
lets all hope its back together ASAP
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Old 19-02-2005, 10:14 PM   #23
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Well the new motor is in....... CANT START IT THOU!!!!! :jab:

After Dellboy, John_xr6 and I getting the thing ready to be dropped in around 3pm, we couldnt get the harmonic ballancer off my old motor. Some Peanut had siliconed it on?? :

After some of Dellboys Inventive idea's we got the balancer off to find that its cracked down the center of it where it mounts onto the crank. :

Well atleast the Engine is now in, and the trans is all bolted up.

Thanks to this damn Balancer, this means no AFD for me!

Anyone got a EA Series 2 / EB/ED Balancer, PLEASE PM me ASAP
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* UPDATE *

After Spending most of the day under and around the EA, while all you guys had fun down at geelong, I Got quite a bit of work done.

All the Intake Manifold stuff is on, Cleaned all the Wiring loom connections, etc. Ordered a new Harmonic Balancer in at $70 which is a great price compaired to $95 as most places wanted.

Took a pic as of what it looks like now with the new rocker cover
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Old 22-02-2005, 11:13 PM   #25
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ITS ALIVE!!!!

After soo much effort and problems, The Car was started for the first time today and STARTED!!!!

Its Damn quiet compaired to my last motor (anyone who saw it will tell you : ) and Seems to rev alot less but is alot quicker. Also Has the bonus of not using 3lts of oil and 1ltr of water a week.

Amazingly john managed to get the timing right straight off without a timing light.

A Humungus thanks to john_xr6 From MJZ Engines for building the motor
Big thanks to John_xr6, Dellboy & Gunns for getting the motor in, without you guys id be staring at it going :

Here she is!
Reco 3.9 with EF Head, EF style cam, EL Rockercover :1syellow1
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Old 22-02-2005, 11:20 PM   #26
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sweet as Mick!

All that hard work has paid off. Well done.
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Nice work there ;)
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Old 23-02-2005, 09:08 AM   #28
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Good stuff Mick
Should be nice to drive it around atlast!
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Old 23-02-2005, 04:17 PM   #29
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Thanks guys...

Just another 955k's Untill its seated in
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nice stuff micko...

good to see its going now
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