Some Unwelcome Symptoms - Page 2

FGII-XR6 · 19-03-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechan1k

I think Joe said his 4.5L engine is ready to go now from my understanding.

Don't go to FordPro to do a conversion ... I don't trust them ... neither for a few others on here as well. I might get the odd part I can't from anywhere else ... but that's all.

Have a chat with Joe about it.

they did a good job for me

sly · 31-03-2011, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bodes-sh

as for the conversion options, being that yours is a s1 (or 1.5 as you have it), unless you have a s2 front end on it (or high series 1) you will need to do that if you went the ba/f motor and box route as it won't fit under the au1 / xr type bonnet...

By how much does it fail to fit? Joe is doing a DOHC retrofit to an EF XR6 which apparently has a low bonnet as well. It just rubs on the underbonnet rib ATM and he expects to get the motor another 5-10mm lower by modifying the mounts. He thinks it will go in mine, but then he's mainly doing E-series. Mine would be the first AU he's done if I go that way.

There are also issues apparently with adapting up the BA shifter to go into the AU. Maybe I should go manual as well?

XRGhia · 31-03-2011, 01:42 AM

i've put a BA shifter into an AU... the complete assembly is in there..

its just hard to make it fit really...

bodes-sh · 31-03-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sly

By how much does it fail to fit? Joe is doing a DOHC retrofit to an EF XR6 which apparently has a low bonnet as well. It just rubs on the underbonnet rib ATM and he expects to get the motor another 5-10mm lower by modifying the mounts. He thinks it will go in mine, but then he's mainly doing E-series. Mine would be the first AU he's done if I go that way.

There are also issues apparently with adapting up the BA shifter to go into the AU. Maybe I should go manual as well?

from memory in the thread that ftg auto salvage did when they put the motor in, they cut 1 rib away under the high series bonnet and it fitted without issues. i think that was with standard mounts though, so with lowered ones you may be ok. i think the main problem is with how far forward the motor sits...

i found the thread, but they didn't actually say what series au they used... so that being the case, it may well fit with a s1 / xr bonnet

http://fordforums.com.au/showthread....+motor+into+au

**Stav** · 31-03-2011, 09:25 PM

The white specs on plug one look like detonation but its a bit hard to see in that photo.

sly · 09-04-2011, 10:19 AM

Yeah sometimes it gives a very faint rattle at higher revs on hot days. Hard to tell whether it's detonation or something else. If I were keeping the engine I'd be playing with the temperature compensation on the timing curve.

But after a few chats with Joe from CMS and a couple of wreckers, it looks like a heart transplant is starting to take shape. Early days yet, more details as things progress...

**Mechan1k** · 11-04-2011, 08:30 AM

So what are you going to do now ... twin-cam????
I know he's playing with a B-series engine transplant into an E-series at the moment .... and that should all be sorted for a drive-in drive-out conversion.

sly · 12-04-2011, 11:26 PM

He has 4 E-series lined up for that conversion, NA twin-cam bolted up to the existing 4-speed auto. I'll be going a bit further...