i love bargains

EBFalcs · 31-03-2006, 11:21 PM

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

bt1-van · 31-03-2006, 11:22 PM

old wives tales or truth? arent the ea engines not the best but all the bugs were fixed up to the ed?

EBFalcs · 31-03-2006, 11:27 PM

what's that got to do with what i just wrote

bt1-van · 31-03-2006, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by EBFalcs

what's that got to do with what i just wrote

just wondering as im a newb, and when i saw ea thats what first thing came to my mind, sorry

31-03-2006, 11:32 PM

Great buy. Most people spend 250 just thinking about a car.

**Mechan1k** · 31-03-2006, 11:34 PM

pretty damn cheap for a run around car.

EBFalcs · 31-03-2006, 11:37 PM

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

alesia · 02-04-2006, 10:00 PM

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

Ringo · 03-04-2006, 01:50 PM

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.

EA2BA · 03-04-2006, 01:54 PM

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.

[Tonko] · 03-04-2006, 02:53 PM

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...

agony · 03-04-2006, 02:55 PM

great price for a round around, keep your money for a weekender good deal.

superpursuit83 · 03-04-2006, 06:07 PM

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.

BPXR6T · 03-04-2006, 06:20 PM

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.

EBFalcs · 04-04-2006, 10:55 PM

has anyone ever got or know if you can get some decent power from CFI EA engines

dansedgli · 04-04-2006, 10:56 PM

Convert it! I am also looking at a CFI 5 speed on the weekend. Its a bit cheaper than yours tho!

LUXO_8 · 04-04-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by EBFalcs

has anyone ever got or know if you can get some decent power from CFI EA engines

CFI engine is the exact same engine as a multipoint engine, just with a different manifold and dizzy on it..
it just doesnt have the flow to get decent power from.....
for the small cost of the MPI parts, just convert it....

EBFalcs · 04-04-2006, 11:00 PM

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

LUXO_8 · 04-04-2006, 11:02 PM

well....you "can" do all that stuff except for the pod lilter..... but its pointless, on a CFI car

EBFalcs · 04-04-2006, 11:09 PM

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

LUXO_8 · 04-04-2006, 11:12 PM

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....

dansedgli · 04-04-2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MADNC_8

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....

Whats wrong with that?

EBFalcs · 04-04-2006, 11:15 PM

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

LUXO_8 · 04-04-2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dansedgli

Whats wrong with that?

nothing wrong with that but i just dont see the logic, worrying that he'll stuff up a mpi conversion, but thinking turboing it would be easy....

mcflux · 04-04-2006, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by EBFalcs

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

I read this as "I don't want to convert it [to mpfi] because ... something will always go wrong ... ... ... I want to change the cam, exhaust, extractors..."