Supercharged and painted!

[vn_lexcen_s2]

yeh i thought i saw it the other day. i heard this loud car and i thought it would be some commy like a vn or some **** but then i looked around and i saw a silver EA. then i loooked again and the pink supra drove off from behind it. then this ppor as EA drove off sounding horrible. but the forst thing i thought was your car. coz of the kool sound. not the crap sound afterwards.

random i know but i thought i would share

[Alan Shore]

Mate...have you joined www.fordforums.com.au ? You really should. I know this is a Commodore site and although appreciation is given...you would be much more appreciated on the Ford site. This is a fantastic job and it would be a shame if actual Ford lovers didn't get to see it. Do yaself a favour mate and cover yourself in glory...loll.

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by Alan Shore

Mate...have you joined www.fordforums.com.au ? You really should. I know this is a Commodore site and although appreciation is given...you would be much more appreciated on the Ford site. This is a fantastic job and it would be a shame if actual Ford lovers didn't get to see it. Do yaself a favour mate and cover yourself in glory...loll.

I've been a member of fordforums.com.au since it origionated and I have it as my home page :P I've got a few forums that i browse every now and then.

[Jamie_87]

excellent job with the ford esp the ef-el ghia interior. I rekon u should put the EB-ED fairmont back lights on it , will look heaps better i rekon. Love the colour and the engine setup. Hopefully u will set the rice burners with thier 5inch turbo back exhausts back in thier place! Would definetly be a fun car to race down the 1/4!

[Alan Shore]

Originally Posted by Rmyers

I've been a member of fordforums.com.au since it origionated and I have it as my home page :P

...awesome...my mistake

Originally Posted by Jamie_87

I rekon u should put the EB-ED fairmont back lights on it , will look heaps better i rekon

Nah I think it people will react more if they know it's an EA. Everyone does EBs and EDs, so this is a refreshing option. The slits on the C-pillar and lights make it look sweet..

Btw mate...was the interior a relatively straight fit? Or was there lots of welding and fabrication for all of it?

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by Alan Shore

...awesome...my mistake

Nah I think it people will react more if they know it's an EA. Everyone does EBs and EDs, so this is a refreshing option. The slits on the C-pillar and lights make it look sweet..

Btw mate...was the interior a relatively straight fit? Or was there lots of welding and fabrication for all of it?

I prefer the EA garniish, taillights and c-pillar anyway :P

The interior wasn't a straight bolt in, the is a little work involved to fit it. THe seats need a new mounting point made up for the rear inner mount, and also you need to make some sought of bracket up to fit the handbrake on. What i did was little more extreme but it kills a few birds with one stone. There is a bracket welded to the floor on EF/EL that covers the whole transmission tunnel and provides the right mounting points for the handbrake, seats and centre console. I drill out the bracket on a wrecked EF, ground out the origional EA brackets and welded the whole lot in.

As for the dash, you need to modify the side brackets to hold the dash into place, and then there's the electrical side of things to get everything to work. Basically you need to find yourself a wrecked EL and transfer every single loom over, which also requires a few holes cut here and there to run them through the car. The origional rear body loom can be spliced in, but everything else needs to change including ECU, engine loom, front body loom etc.

Door trims also need a little work to fit, new points need to be made for the inner grab handles to bolt in, and you also need to modify the existing door handle rod to work with the new handles. Rear seats are a straight swap, but because this is an LWB NL interior, i hadto get a pair of SWB side bolsters and get them recovered in matching leather.

There's a fair few things i'm sure i've forgotten about, Fair bit of work, but well worth it in the end...

[Snotty]

looks tough, do you have much restriction in the air flow to the cooler? cause the front seams to block alot of it off. But i guess there isnt too much you can do about it.

Other than that it looks sweet, love how the colou and interior go together

[Jo3_Blo]

Wow, that car is AWESOME!!! Looks very tough. Like how you've converted the interior too. And the rims and body kit are fully sik.

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by Snotty

looks tough, do you have much restriction in the air flow to the cooler? cause the front seams to block alot of it off. But i guess there isnt too much you can do about it.

I was thinking about making an narrow air duct were the number plate is, but i think it should have enough airflow as is. The bottom lip on the front bar is angled in a way that it will scoop up air into the cooler. The cooler isn;t as vital on my particular blower as it is on others, it is internally belt driven rather than gear driven, meaning that the air charge is relatively cool to begin with...

[vnv8driver]

resprayed ea, supercharged and fairlane interior, this is one i like : )

[dijm8]

^^^thread digger alert^^^

[LS1Chubby]

Originally Posted by vnv8driver

resprayed ea, supercharged and fairlane interior, this is one i like : )

loves digging up those threads

[vnv8driver]

If its that old why did you come in to read what was said, then post an unnecessary comment?