what E-series ford I6 will beat a VN V6 auto?

[XR8-260]

From your pictures it looks like your car has no tyres... Lol

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by 30487256

From your pictures it looks like your car has no tyres... Lol

Very low profile lol

[EBFalcs]

iv'e owned 2 falcon I6 autos and i dragged a VN in one of em EBII wagon and got flogged by about 2 cars, and i reckon he got those two car lenghts on me while my car was still bogging down before take off, it stayed the same after that the whole way.

and now i own a 5L auto VP Calais and i tell ya what, the 1st gear is insane, in the fords you had to wait until 45-50km before you got going but in this thing it starts to pull hard as at 20km, hit second and kicks *** end out a bit, crazy. another thing the VN's have over the fords is the trans is very firm and shifts very hard and quick, (they have all hydraulic transmissions, not computerised)

[EBFalcs]

slick holden is that your VP, it's the red colour right, looks good

[Windsor220]

Originally Posted by 30487256

Wasn't the EBII 200KW Falcon GT around? That would surely eat the XR6.

GT came out after I think. It would of had trouble beating the XR6 anyway.

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by EBFalcs

slick holden is that your VP, it's the red colour right, looks good

Yep thats it thanks but minus the fake kit and rims. I just washed it that day thats it's good side the other side isn't as good more scratches and the bonnet is goooone. Just was quoted for a 2-pac paint job $1500 maybe one of these days I'll get around too painting it.

[EBFalcs]

here's a pic of my VP Calais, i just need to lower it at the back, and maybe get some different wheels, but i'm not sure yet as 15's are cheap and i seem to go through em for some reason

[XR8-260]

Originally Posted by KJLynx

GT came out after I think. It would of had trouble beating the XR6 anyway.

Why? I know it was quite a bit heavier than the xr6 but it had 39 more kw and mountains of torque.

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by EBFalcs

here's a pic of my VP Calais, i just need to lower it at the back, and maybe get some different wheels, but i'm not sure yet as 15's are cheap and i seem to go through em for some reason

Nice looks already lowered? You could ad that lower SS kit with fogs Beautiful.
You might need some 18" too keep more rubber on the tyres.

[S3SR]

go get a manual AU...dont be so damn lazy..lol
or an EA 5sp MPFI, thermos and aluminium radiator (if not already), CAI i think the EL or au ones will fit will some modding and that machine would eat any and come close to a stock AU without a tickford engine

or just give your mate a good smack in the face and say Ford won bathurst (we have braging rights for one whole year) what more you want.

anything below a VT looks crap imo, and ive had the privilege of driving some nice VK/VL calais' VN's a VR some were fast but they ALL look like a failed attempt pretty much like the AU

Go FORD

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by SlickHolden

That was a chop up of what i want in the future for my car, Had some ideas one night too open it up in MS paint and cut and chop bits and even changed the colour:P It's not too good the chopping skills but a kit makes a big change too the cars look. And i stole some VE SV6 rims and pasted them on.



Shift points stay the same. I still don't know what he ment by sticky tyres I had remoulds that were good in the dry.
That would be the best thing for a E-series early 90's car shift points and better diff gears, If it moves faster off the mark it's going too be harder too stop because it's launch is it's weakness. Guess that why the 5 speeds are so much more faster then the Auto's.

So what does you car look like before any chops?
Like this? ;)

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

So what does you car look like before any chops?
Like this? ;)

Ah ha ha ha ha it's not a wagon

[xr8man83]

mate i use to own a el falcon i had some light work done to it and i use to get eaten by vn's i fixed that and just got me a xr8. but in all fairness to my old tractor it use to beat some vns as well i just think there are some freak cars out there and if your mate has one in the form of a lightweight vn i would be optin for a healthy auto xr6 and put some 3.9 diff gears in it and a shift kit as well but dont tell him just smoke him off the line and it would only cost 1500 bucks at the most it:

[16wantsI6]

[QUOTE=FALCONSR]go get a manual AU...dont be so damn lazy..lol

hey! im not lazy all i drive is manual, i hate autos, every time i go to drive one i put my foot down for the clutch!

and i dont think i would want to get an EA and do it up, they are just to lemony (lotsa things wrong with them)
i would rather get an EBII 5spd (all the **** ironed out)
or my best plan is to get an EFxr6, thats what i want to get for my next car.

[DEVL-XR]

my eb xr6 beats my mates vn s pack, both 5 speed manuals and both with 2.5" exhaust.

[16wantsI6]

Originally Posted by xr8man83

mate i use to own a el falcon i had some light work done to it and i use to get eaten by vn's i fixed that and just got me a xr8. but in all fairness to my old tractor it use to beat some vns as well i just think there are some freak cars out there and if your mate has one in the form of a lightweight vn i would be optin for a healthy auto xr6 and put some 3.9 diff gears in it and a shift kit as well but dont tell him just smoke him off the line and it would only cost 1500 bucks at the most it:

yeah 1500 bucks, and then another 20,000 for the car lol! im a first year apprentice mechanic so i wont be affording that to soon.

with that 20000 i could make a EBII or an EF go a little bit quick lol.

[xr8man83]

na you can buy a half decient au xr8 for 20grand man. do it to a normal ef they have 157kw but free it up with a exhaust and do them other mods mate and you would be laughing and that could all be done for bout 10 grand

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by xr8man83

mate i use to own a el falcon i had some light work done to it and i use to get eaten by vn's i fixed that and just got me a xr8. but in all fairness to my old tractor it use to beat some vns as well i just think there are some freak cars out there and if your mate has one in the form of a lightweight vn i would be optin for a healthy auto xr6 and put some 3.9 diff gears in it and a shift kit as well but dont tell him just smoke him off the line and it would only cost 1500 bucks at the most it:

My brothers old EFII Fairmont was beaten by nothing in VN-VY EA-BA 6's. He even gave his mates AUII Ghia V8 a hiding and his mates car has done 14's at calder. Other then exhaust and ECU tune it was stock Auto. He then spent out some good money on it, EL XR 5 speed and LSD and they had too customise his ECU, New exhaust and it was even quicker.
When he sold it for his BA Fairmont he was pretty upset, But with 2 kids and a third on the way he didn't think it was the kind of car for a family too have. He still regrets letting it go. He claimed on the dyno stock it was over 180kw. There was always something about this car as it never had take off issues it never struggled with tall gears and god could it handle.
I drove it plenty of times and that is true there are some freak cars from the factory.

[1TUFFUTE]

Originally Posted by SlickHolden

My brothers old EFII Fairmont was beaten by nothing in VN-VY EA-BA 6's. He even gave his mates AUII Ghia V8 a hiding and his mates car has done 14's at calder. Other then exhaust and ECU tune it was stock Auto. He then spent out some good money on it, EL XR 5 speed and LSD and they had too customise his ECU, New exhaust and it was even quicker.
When he sold it for his BA Fairmont he was pretty upset, But with 2 kids and a third on the way he didn't think it was the kind of car for a family too have. He still regrets letting it go. He claimed on the dyno stock it was over 180kw. There was always something about this car as it never had take off issues it never struggled with tall gears and god could it handle.
I drove it plenty of times and that is true there are some freak cars from the factory.

AMEN...to the first bit :

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by 1TUFFUTE

AMEN...to the first bit :

I was always hoping someone on the forum bought it I'd love too know how it was going. It was very rare looking. Had original 18" option XR rims. Full Ghia look with EF chrome grill and number plate was chrome insert also. Had some herrod badges And was 5 speed which is rare for a Fairmont. And had a VT supercharged exhaust tip.
I only have old pics and no scanner:(

[Carlsworld]

Don't know if I've got a freak motor or something, but NO V6 Commie has been able to quite match my EL Fairmont up to 100 (stock 157kw, not a Ghia) An Alloytec190 VZ came VERY close once, but thats about the only one.

[5L]

my mates car, vn v6 auto pacemaker extractors hi flow cat 2.5 inch cat back cold air and he hasnt beaten me since when i had a slipping clutch.

[WHIPLASH]

Had a bit of fun with my mate in his VN auto the other night, my EA has extractors, cams and is 5 speed manual, needless to say ... left him for dead :

Little fox

[SSBUB]

my mate also has a VN - it goes ok....meh - i dont know what all the fuss was about...he just recently sold it and bought a vx ss....i think he wants to be me

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by WHIPLASH

Had a bit of fun with my mate in his VN auto the other night, my EA has extractors, cams and is 5 speed manual, needless to say ... left him for dead :

Little fox

My mate has a EA 5 Speed. My car has a L67 intercooled with Cam Roller rockers 15psi pulley custom extractors twin high flow cats twin 1.5" system straight through muffler 3.73 LSD Auto th700 Corvette servo kit and stage 2 shift kit high stall. I think he was stuck in neutral:P:P:P ;););) j/k's.

[ea_boss_05]

Got some figures from wheels September 1988

VN man - 400m 15.6 - 0-100 7.6
VN auto - 400m 16.0 - 0-100 8.3
EA man - 400m 15.5 0-100 7.8
no times for the multi-point auto

I knew keeping all those mags would come in handy one day.

[16wantsI6]

15.5 for EA man? that is bull **** fast!!!!!!!!!
thats like the average speed for a bf xr6 which is more than 10years newer and makes way more power and torque! what is the go there? i think ford may have been hiding the real details of the EA's power, or they were really really light lol

[16wantsI6]

also gos to show how **** the 4spd slushy was in the early E-series, 2 seconds slower!

[XR Martin]

EAs were 1450kg, BAs are 1700kg. With the same power, thats more than half a second difference over the 1/4mile.

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by 16wantsI6

also gos to show how **** the 4spd slushy was in the early E-series, 2 seconds slower!

Being that article is from 1988, it would be the 3speed Auto, and is also the Throttle body/CFi engine.