flyingbrick Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 so, bought this on tm for cheap. its a 1993 eb2 falcon. was gonna sell but it's just too nice. parts are cheap and its the cheapest/ most comfortable daily iv ever had. underline cheap. I bought the mrs an 01 Stagea which we use for going places together so this can be as shit as I want. I fitted a sweet radio because it had none. no sound came out so checked and double checked wiring. found a shorted speaker in the back... cut wires to it and whalla! sweet tunes. I found some extractors for $130 wrapped in glass. fitted those and was disappointed during low speed rest drive. plugged in the 02 sensor and have taken it to work a few times- there is deff more power up top but I need to do zorst to get the most from it obviously. just bought lowering springs, a diff and a tq converter from the same wrecker as the manufold. the diff is 3.23 ratio to replace my 3.08. I want to get it off the line a bit faster. plan asside from that is cheap exhaust and then a cam grunt from Franklin- they will do me a road race grind for $170. win. basically go nuts when I have nothing to play with when home so am making my daily a project untill I get something more fun Sorry.. had to post prematurely. fixed now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 What car are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 eb falcon I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 oh yep. sweet. nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 sorry, i clicked post a little prematurely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 so, I flogged a rig welder from work and stopped in at coby on the way home. they sold me some exhaust tube, bends, flanges, gaskets, a muffler and a mandrel bent pre formed section which goes over the diff and turns to avoid the gas tank. coby has a full bolt in system for 820$.... iv spent 370 on the bits and end up with the same thing at the end, woo. the coby guy confirmed that my headers are made by pacesetter and that I will gain approx 15kw from the upgrade! not bad at all. for the record- coby has folders full of before and after dyno runs for their exhausts- pretty interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 these things go pretty good, a mate of mine had a manual one with similar mods to what you are doing and it hauled ass. one thing to check is the throttle cable, the outer goes hard and falls to bits on top of the rocker cover and the throttle doesnt open 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 thanks for that- will check. it's a fuggin great daily that I can still fiddle with so I'm happy! just at bunnings buying welding supplies, l love this place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 finished the exhaust today. pretty proud of my first attempt. do harder things at work errday but rarely make time for my own shit. super gay as I forgot to buy any steel bends so did the whole thing by notching and kinking the tube ( lobster back pipe work was once all the rage wasn't it?) also added a pod filter, dooort. certainly sounds great! these are good sounding engines. pics soon even tho nobody cares lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
governorsam Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 one of these at pickapart in chch, has a full set of koni shocks in it. wagon though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I think the wagons have a different rear end- leaf springs I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRK Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 yeh. i love these cars. My EA had konis and nolathane bushes. was sooooooooo much hard ride. I wouldn't recomend it. was like driving a desprung car except it was still factory height lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 goes a whole lot better with the new exhaust! a few trans mods and get the new diff installed and il be very happy! sussed a respray in factory color- cant wait. it's about time I made use of my spray painting cousin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 if youre mucking around with it, without a huge amount of care, why not paint it a cool colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 hey dude. because its going to be a doors shut quick respray- metallic then clear. it's costing me $400 and he does amazing work so I'm happy!! the factory color will look great all shiny and nice- its a slightly purple silver. I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 fair enough, can get away with varying the colour slightly and not doing door shuts/not caring about door shuts though i agree it would look nice all fresh, are you planning on ditching those terrible wheels ? i cant work out what wheels would look in as a replacement though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingpin Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 sweet ass ride...get a bench front seat for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Get some sweet 90s rims for it. I vote these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 yeah can't wait to ditch the wheels. those in the photo there would be ideal! if anyone finds any for a nice price let me know! as far as varying the color- maybe a very light bright silver would be nice- without the purple tint. holy shit, love the bench seat idea. that would need a cert though? wonder if it would if I just took the middle belts out for a wof. who knows what modems had the bench? edit: in the car now. didn't click before- the falcons with bench must have been column shift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 yep bench ones were column shift. ive got a vs commo wagon with bench/column/6chairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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