Thought I'd introduce myself + pics of the EF

[Miller]

Well, I've been lurking around for awhile and thought I might introduce myself and throw up some photos of the EF.

Well, name's Michael, I just go by Miller though, 17, still go to school and all that Jazz.

Been a ford person since before I could remember, my mums last 4 previous cars where an EF wagon, AU1 forte, AU1 futura, AU2 XR8 and her current is an XR6T. The old man has a pontiac (gm rubbish, bit fun to drive though ;)) ZH-ZJ LTD (no idea which one) and his 2 door RS2000.

Anyway, got my Ps last august and I had bought a nissan exa off my neighbour and fully sicked it up a little bit


Problem is, that I would wake up of a morning wondering if the car would start or not, and I would have to cover my face driving that thing around, it was just plain embarassing. It was unreliable, leaked water (it's a targa top), constantly decided to run on 3 cylinders, backfired, broke down so many damn times, christ you name it!

By christmas myself and the old man decided it was time for it to go, did a bit of hunting around on ebay and all the car trader websites and I finally landed myself the perfect car right here on the fordforums!

Few details, 95 Futura, 5 speed, pacemaker extractors, high flow cat, 2.5" exhaust all the way through with 1 muffler and no tip. Interior was/is clean as, exterior almost perfect, but paint is a bit dodgy in places because I'd say it's been in an accident. The car was also located in WA so I had to get it shipped over, and when I picked it up from TNT, first thing I noticed...slipping clutch : .

Ah well, put a brand spanken new clutch innit. Anyway, best part about the car that appealed to me the most, is that it had only done 103xxxkms. I was having a hard time finding an e series under 180 thousand. So here is some pics.






















Now, I have a question about this one



Basically the timing chain snapped and bent 5 valves on the old head, so I was going to get them all replaced which would cost me about $100. Rang around a few wreckers and a fella said I could grab a tickford head off the shelf for $150. So I went down and grabbed it, tickford or not I thought it was a bargain. Anyway, after seeing a few photos of cars on here, I am not too convinced it is a tickford head. The valves are indeed about 2mm bigger on this than the old head, and there is a T cast into the front of the head underneath the serpentine belt cover thingo. Any clarification would be great ;)


Now, first thing on the agenda is of course to lower the car, not for **** factor but for the fact that the car handles like a dog's breakfast, all over the place. Also going to convert the rear windows to power windows and I am looking at getting some leather interior for it, can only do this when funds permit though .




Anyway, if you have read this to the end you are a champ and I DO apologize for the life story, just thought I'd say g'day!

Cheers

[frd_crzer]

hey michael welcome. You have picked urself up a nice ride. the engine bay needs a bit ok a clean up but other than thast the car seems to be clean

[old_mate]

if the t is on the head its a tickford head

[niko]

good price mate!

[[EDGHIA]]

Nice car mate. the seats in the EXA look mint :P

[~EFhastE3~]

you know mate, you could have done a buttload better with the floor mats. i've seen pregnant sixteen year olds in moe with mocossins and an xf falcon who are less bogan than you. and i'm pretty sure they're sold for about au$3.50 at super **** auto. :thebirds:
liked the seats though

[Miller]

Originally Posted by frd_crzer

hey michael welcome. You have picked urself up a nice ride. the engine bay needs a bit ok a clean up but other than thast the car seems to be clean

Thanks mate, yeah, the power steering leaks a little bit from the cap and I need to get the rocker cover painted, it's on the to do list ;)

Originally Posted by old_mate

if the t is on the head its a tickford head

Thanks for clearing that up!

Originally Posted by niko

good price mate!

For the head? If so yeah I was pretty stoked ay, would have had to wait a week to get the old head back, so I was able to throw that one in the same day. Also managed to score the car for 5k. Was seeing other falcons with over 200xxxkms on the clock going for about 4 so I was pretty happy with that.

Originally Posted by [EDGHIA

]Nice car mate. the seats in the EXA look mint

Thanks! They were/are a bastard to keep clean, and you sweat a lot in them as well lol.

Originally Posted by ~EFhastE3~

you know mate, you could have done a buttload better with the floor mats. i've seen pregnant sixteen year olds in moe with mocossins and an xf falcon who are less bogan than you. and i'm pretty sure they're sold for about au$3.50 at super **** auto. :thebirds:
liked the seats though

Um, thanks? I guess? Well the fact is, is that they were given to me as a gift so I decided to use them rather then just throw them away and waste them. Also since when do shiney floor matts = bogan? I always thought it was the clowns in club stockie that are the bogans? :the_finge

[XPfalcon170]

very nice mate. already got a good start with the exhaust and a manual.

[~EFhastE3~]

[EDGHIA] posting.
Stockies are for bogens huh?? ok?? so wat wheels do you have?? yet another person bagging out stockies??? i hope you relise that Alloy wheels also come under the clasification of "stockies". i would rather have nice black Steelies. than some *** aftermarket 16" or 17" chromes?? the way i see it, they make you're car look like a cheep piece of sh!t or a jap car..... i thought the point of working on Fords, or holdens is to keep the muscle car going, not a matchbox car. :

[Miller]

Originally Posted by XPfalcon170

very nice mate. already got a good start with the exhaust and a manual.

Cheers mate, was very hard to come by a manual


Also I didn't put **** on stockies once, just defending myself after you had a whinge about my damn blue floormatts you sooks. Also if you prefer having your car look cheap with stockies, then fine, that's your choice! But if I prefer to have my car look like a 'piece of sh!t/jap car' then that's MY choice.

Also, fine, I will redefine stockies to 'steelies'. Also if you are going to look at it that way, does that mean that the rims on a typhoon or gtp, hsv etc are stockies as well?
Cheers for turning this into a shitfight, but I'm always up for a good argument

[~EFhastE3~]

you want to talk about cheap? that red paint on your rocket cover looks like it didn't cost much. either you can't spray or it was less than five bucks. in addition, your wheels didn't cost sh!t, they were stock.
by the way, do the kids at school think your a badass for calling us sooks?
grow some balls tough guy

[Miller]

Well actually if you had have read the thread you would realize that the red paint is stock due to the fact that it is a tickford head ;)

Anyway, keep talking it up mate, I'm enjoying this.

[~EFhastE3~]

then why do you have two different photos with different rocket covers?? is it cos u wanna look like u got a tickford??

[Miller]

Well once again if you read the thread you would realize that the timing chain snapped and bent 5 valves on the old head, so I got a tickford head to replace it

[~EFhastE3~]

you suck fat ones...

[~EFhastE3~]

according to all my mates...

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by ~EFhastE3~

you suck fat ones...

bye bye

[Miller]

Ok mate, I'll keep that one in mind.

[Serial_Fool]

What a *****...... good EF mate. Any major modifications planned for the future?

[EDXR6T]

Originally Posted by Miller

I always thought it was the clowns in club stockie that are the bogans? :the_finge

Were called Muzza's.... :

Sweet pick up, be sure not to keep it stock for to long.

[Miller]

Originally Posted by Serial_Fool

What a *****...... good EF mate. Any major modifications planned for the future?

Thanks mate, nothing major for the moment. Looking at getting my old cam reground, and when it's time to replace the air filter, I'm going to get all the K&N panel filter stuff that adds 100hp. I'm just going to keep this as a comfortable driver, because as soon as I turn 20 and get my full license I plan on selling it. I was also looking at doing an XR front end conversion, or just getting a nice kit. We will see, have to save the funds first, just had to fork 500 for all the work just done to it, and that's a fair bit for me lmao.

Originally Posted by EDXR6T

Were called Muzza's.... :

Sweet pick up, be sure not to keep it stock for to long.

Sick re!

I actually mentioned something about your car to a mate awhile back saying that it looked damn nice dumped on it's *** with stockies. (yours is the red one in your avatar is it not?)

[snypereb]

Originally Posted by EDXR6T

Were called Muzza's.... :

Sweet pick up, be sure not to keep it stock for to long.

Fully Sick Muzza's.

[Zedjay]

Originally Posted by ~EFhastE3~

then why do you have two different photos with different rocket covers?? is it cos u wanna look like u got a tickford??

its rocker cover not rocket you penut! :

i think the stockie EF rocker cover looks much better than
the peeling XR one

[Tiga_EL]

Originally Posted by ~EFhastE3~

according to all my mates...

Who is this clown.. Is he one of glenns mates? what a w4nker..

Miller thats a nice clean ride u got there mate.

[Miller]

Yeah, I'm going to repaint it during the holidays, don't have much time at the moment, rebuilding the damn engine in the escort :

[EDXR6T]

Originally Posted by Miller

Sick re!

I actually mentioned something about your car to a mate awhile back saying that it looked damn nice dumped on it's *** with stockies. (yours is the red one in your avatar is it not?)

Yer mate thats it thanks for the comments.

ATM its covered in dust and awaiting a new engine...Plus its sitting on dub'd out chrome 19's

FULS1K bro!!!

[I6T5]

Nice car mate, i've got a manual EF too it cames standard with the tickford head. ;) My rocker cover was the same so I stripped all of the paint off and am in the process of polishing it. Good luck with the EF.