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31-03-2006, 10:21 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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a few weeks back a bloke i sort of know told me he had a 5 speed EA for sale for $300 he said all it needs is a battery and petrol and i can't resist a bargain so i got his number and the next day went and bought it for $250 but i couldn't get it started so i had to tow it home and all that was wrong was the moron had got the timing wrong and thought the car was stuffed. i timed it and it runs sweet, it has no rust and after a bit of hard work the interior is like new, the paint is reasonable and the gearbox is sweet all for $250
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31-03-2006, 10:22 PM
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old wives tales or truth? arent the ea engines not the best but all the bugs were fixed up to the ed?
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31-03-2006, 10:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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what's that got to do with what i just wrote
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31-03-2006, 10:31 PM
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31-03-2006, 10:32 PM
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Great buy. Most people spend 250 just thinking about a car.
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31-03-2006, 10:34 PM
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pretty damn cheap for a run around car.
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31-03-2006, 10:37 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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we found why the timing was out it was because the harmonic blancer had slipped on the rubber, luckily we had another one on another motor swapped it over and all probs solved
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02-04-2006, 09:00 PM
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yeah , getting bargins rocks,
I picked up a genuine XRGT 4 Barrell Manifold for $20 got a 2500 High stall Dolminator converter for $100 Just got my run around car for $500, 1985 Ford Laser TX3 with the twin lights and everything, still had 2 months rego on it , ive probly put another $300 into it and ive had offers to buy it for $3500...... You just gotta know where to look  GOOD BUY
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03-04-2006, 12:50 PM
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Gotta love Fords - dirt cheap to buy and play with plus part are interchangeble like an old datsun.
Makes me wonder what sort of track day weapon you could make for yourself with $5000....wouldn't be much you couldn't pick up 2nd hand. |
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03-04-2006, 12:54 PM
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There is nothing wrong at all with an EA engine, just most of them would have alot k's on them these days, otherwise they are as good as the next motor.
Great bargain, got to love simple cheap fixes.
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03-04-2006, 01:53 PM
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What's green is gold
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yeah bargains are sweet, got my XD pretty much as is now (check sig..) for $1000. all i added is the interior and front bar.. had no problems with it.. except coppers asking if its a 302 or 351 (im a p-plater).. and i got my EA for free! with rego and RWC off the old man...
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03-04-2006, 01:55 PM
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great price for a round around, keep your money for a weekender good deal.
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03-04-2006, 05:07 PM
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Well done, you do find em now and then. i once bought a XC wagon with 302 in it for 500 bucks. Owner thought the motor was cactus. New extractor gaskets fixed that and it ran for 3 years before a trade.
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03-04-2006, 05:20 PM
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Hmmm, I've always got my eye out for a deal. Here's a few...
XW for the best price, free XR-XY Roll cage $80 from footscray swap meet Brand new Price Engineering drop tank $150 XB Fairmont with original 302C $700 XB GT Sedan $3000 XD reco warm 351 C4 XD ESP rear end and heaps of other great parts, $2200 XT ute RWC and rego no rust really $1200 Set of V5 Simmons, free XR falcon with 302C, C4, twin system - $200 Bug catcher $80 from Warragul swap meet Hornet scoop $20 from the same Warragul swap meet Near mint condition XR front guards $40 - Cranbourne Dog Centre swap meet That's all I can think of just now. I used to pay the $20 or whatever to get into the swap meet early just so I could walk around and get the real good deals as they're still setting up. |
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04-04-2006, 09:55 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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has anyone ever got or know if you can get some decent power from CFI EA engines
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04-04-2006, 09:59 PM
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it just doesnt have the flow to get decent power from..... for the small cost of the MPI parts, just convert it.... |
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04-04-2006, 09:56 PM
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Convert it! I am also looking at a CFI 5 speed on the weekend. Its a bit cheaper than yours tho!
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04-04-2006, 10:00 PM
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i don't want to convert it because that stuff never works for me something will always go wrong, i just want to know if a cam, exhaust, extractors, pod filter, and the usual stuff like that works well on a CFI
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04-04-2006, 10:18 PM
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04-04-2006, 10:02 PM
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well....you "can" do all that stuff except for the pod lilter..... but its pointless, on a CFI car
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04-04-2006, 10:09 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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can you turbo or supercharge them, i remember reading in a fast fords mag, that jim mock had a EB GL CFI and it was supercharged, before he turned it into the worlds fastest N/A falcon six
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04-04-2006, 10:12 PM
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ok, so you're worried about doing an MPI conversion.(one of the easiest mods to do......)....but feel that turbo-ing is the way to go.....
fair enough then.... |
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04-04-2006, 10:13 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Whats wrong with that? 
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04-04-2006, 10:17 PM
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04-04-2006, 10:15 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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iv'e got an MPFI auto EBII as my main good car but i just want to do the CFI 5 speed up so it can drag off a few commos and other falcons, it would be such an insult for them
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i love bargains
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