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Sorry was 20fwkw off. Hit the wrong number haha thats what happens when you post after a 12 hour shift late at night none of the power figures quoted from factory are actually true anyway so its a bit pointless quoting them. Especially seeing as anyone here would be modding there engine anyway being it intake, exhaust or turbo. If anyone would like to find alot of good information on the engines a good site to have a look at is www.fordforums.com.au and the xr6turbo forums.

BA onwards are all twin cam, DVCT. Cast block and a big resounding no to it ever being alloy. You have the N/A version which BA ran 140fwkw BA turbo ran 240fwkw (BUT this is very conservative numbers as its been found most run more than this from factory. F6 (Typhoon-Tornado) ran 270fwkw which again was very conservative. And i mean very. BF the kw jumped slightly and for FG they jumped up lots Pre BA they were all single cam but when turbo make bucketloads of hp and MASSIVE amounts of torque. Depending who you talk to AU and EA heads are the best...but depends who you talk to but if your going a serious build you would be doing head work anyway. If you american guys are really interested in doing something like this your best bet would be to buy a standard engine and box OR visit the ATOMIC engines website and buy a fully built shortblock and get the head/turbo gear sent from a wreckers. would make a damn fast Z and a very unique one too!

TE's have a slightly bigger bay so I dont think that it would have been as much drama fitting the engine into one. Slightly heavier than a TC/D but a hell of alot lightler than the AU the engine would have come from. Would be a scary drive N/A! With a blower I think you would have better power/torque than some of the v8 conversions would have. Pretty sure you would have to carry around a spare set of undies. My old man had a TD when he was young and I looked into getting one for my first car but its seriously hard to find one in good condition for a good price ay. Plus the not handling well thing kinda bothered me. mmmm centura. I was gonna buy a Ranger XL for 300 bucks when I was about 16 but mum wouldnt let me haha. Probably a good thing. Love the old Vals ay. The 265 was an awesome engine. Keep us updated with how you go mate. AU engines with low kms from the wreckers are about 400 bucks now. You can get them from the quokka easily too. Usually with a auto gearbox for 5/600. Engine management is cheap as chips if going N/A. Slightly more for F/I. R200 diff and custom driveshaft and you would have a freakin weapon. Even if you went N/A. Cam, head work, stallie and you would have a super fast car just because of the massive weight advantage.

Not sure mate. I know the blocks and sumps are very different to the Xflow, blocks not so much to be massive but enough and the sumps very different. Blokes changing TD cortinas and that have trouble fitting them. I think a slegehammers used haha.I think if you did some measuring youd probably find they would fit but Being able to close the bonnet would be the next step. Thinking about it they probably wouldnt like corners that much either. The falcons dont, some of that can be put down to weight though. But I think the weight of the engine would induce a bit of understeer. They engines are pretty much square too so they dont rev that much. You can get 250s to rev with a bit of work. Something about a crank out of a 22* or something. Looked into it all awhile ago but cant remember exactly what is needed. You can run massive cams in them though because of the valves/springs/blah blah. But saying that having mod work and a massive cam still only nets you the same power as a later model engine. Yeah had a mate from highschool with a 280Z. He got me into them and then Ive loved them since. Was going to get a rolling shell off him for free but couldnt transport it and didnt have the money to get stuck into it so it would have been a bit of a waste. I look at is this way. Im 20 so ive got a bloody long time to do a project. No point rushing. Id rather get all the research done, figure out the best way to go, know all the bits i need and then once i have the car can crank it out in no time Mate if youve got one lying around, go the Rb30. Looking in the RB section its a bloody easy swap by the looks of it. Nissan engine mounts fit and you can also get stuff from the rod shop. Although Ive heard some bloody awful stories about them lately. Everything from the skylines/vl commos is an easy fit and I think the stock driveshaft can be used? Is your RB30 from a turbo vl or standard as they used 2 different blocks. I think one had an oil tap and one didnt or something. Bloody hell what a book haha. Some days i just start writing and it doesnt stop hahahahaha

AU2 Falcon ute here mate. Love my ford 6's. And 8's but theres just something about the humble Aussie 6. (yeah yeah I know it started as a yank engine but they ditched it and we kept going. Now theyre all jelous haha) Unfortunately mate I dont have a Z. Was planning on getting one but that idea got smashed to bits and then I needed a new car that was reliable and newish. Always loved my utes so it was pretty natural to get one. One day Ill get a Z but for now the utes staying. But theres no harm in researching and drooling is there! Personally I think with a Z I would either go an RB30ET (damn easy to get power and parts and they fit no problem) or an LS1/2 engine. Falcon 6 would be awesome but alot more fab work involved than a RB30. Although it could be easier than a LS engine? What have you got planned for yours mate? COME ON! MUST BE SOME OF YOU U.S. GUYS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS???

Depending on what stage your talking about depends what Nizpro used. Its pretty much all capa (SCT) flash units these days. WAY better than anything on the market ATM. Unichips and the like were used in the early days but theyre poo. The flash allows you to access all areas (including tranny for autos) and make the tune perfect. There was a bit of buzz about the new snyper tune but I havent heard anything further really. I think that may still be alot further off. And from what I understand it is very similar to the flash unit. Another good thing about the engines is they're alot cheaper to mod than jap engines (you can buy a short block built to run 600hp all day everyday for around 5grand from memory. More for the 900hp model), you dont need to rev the crap out of them to make awesome power when boosted and you get all the extra torque, trannys are sorted for them too. Would be a bloody good swap I reckon. Anyone with lotsa money wanna try? PS: Good to see another West Aussie!!!

Would make for a very fast Z. The falcons are damn heavy and stock Typhoons do 13's on the qtr. I think the fastest stock F6 was in the high 12's! The thing I would be looking at is the physical size. They are huge engines. Im sure they would fit but would still be fun. Also finding an ECU to run the show is the next step. There isn't a gaurenteed fix for running it. BA you can do a bit easier than BF as the BF engine has twin variable cam timing and all that junk. BA you can lock. You dont make as much power but saying that you still make a huge amount. Another option is hacking up the standard computer but you still need keep about 3 other parts for the car to start. From memory EMS 8860 SHOULD work with the twin cam timing. Know a bloke playing with this now so should find out in the future if that can control it. The real fun thing about these engines is the torque!!! 550nm stock. When modded 800+. And a lot of HP to go along. If I had the cash Id try it. Would be a very different and very scary beast! Lots of info on the falcon 6 on: www.fordforums.com.au www.fordmods.com and the xr6 turbo site (cant remember the addy and im at work so cant check.) After saying all that If i was going down the Faclon 4ltr swap road I would probably go for an AU 4ltr. Lots of parts avaliable. Lots known about controlling them ecu wise, just 1 cam!! and when built to last put out a huge amount of power while still being reliable. But saying that as always reliability and power comes down to the tuner!

AAHH yes makes perfect sense Graeme. Alot of the cobra boys are spitting chips with the new laws as it means if they want a NEW car they have to have a NEW engine. And the BOSS260/290 which everyone likes are coming down in price but still arent cheap. And I dont know if a Barra engine or anything would fit. For our American friends theyre the engines in our Falcons. Check em out. If youve never seen them before youll love them. A good place to look with lots of info is http://www.fordforums.com.au . Make sure you get some vidoes when its all finished mate. Its gonna be a beast. Especially when it gets blown!

Its alot cheaper than regular unleaded and especially premium eg BP Ultimate (98 ron!) Less emissions too. Mostly its just cheaper. There are some other benefits too. Higher octane and so forth. In theory should make good power. Graeme: Have you had any stick with the air filters? I was pretty sure that by law they have to be in an air box to be legal? Any word on this?

230 hp would probably be fun but theres also the shipping of the motor to think about. Plus if me and my mate build an engine I get the tingly feeling of knowing we did it all ourselves. and its a good chance to learn. Your mate should put it in the 1200. Are they the same size/bigger/smaller than a 308? One of my mates dads has a 327 in a 1200 sedan. The firewall is chopped back to make it fit nicely. Hopefully the nissan V8 is smaller and he wont have to go to that extent. Yeah Im not havin a dig about the wank factor. I reckon it would look tough with a bug catcher. Your looks hot as mate. But is attracts too much attention from the boys in blue and doesnt quite have the sleeper effect.

Might have to grab the book from the site but ill check out the locals first. Might save borrowing the old mans credit card and making him angry lol. Im not fully commited to the 308, its just that it would be an easy engine to get and know its been build properly as my mate (diesel mech) wants to build one up for fun. So in that way itd be easy to get, but im sure I could convince him to build a mild 350 instead. Im pretty sure the 308 would fit easily as many people swap 350's for 308 and the bolt straight in so I cant forsee a problem. But suprisingly I have been known to be wrong before LS1 look like a nissan v8...just swap the badges. Im sure they wont be able to tell the difference

Full of top ideas you blokes. I would if i could mate. But im pretty sure id kill myself. Ive come close a few times in a 2ltr so 5.7 should be fu lol. But then again this wont be driven rally style on gravel tracks.... If i was going to go forced induction i would go a blower sticking out of the bonnet just for the wank factor. Plus the extra torque of course.

I would love to go a turbo but it means I would either have ALOT of fab work to do to turbo the L28 or I would have to buy an RB30ET, which isnt hard to do here in Aust, but then I would need a computer and to tune it and piping and cooler and all sorts of rubbish. That just makes the price sky rocket. Im pretty sure I could fit anything up to 5.9ltrs so a 350 chev would be fine and seems to be alot easier than an RB30. This is going to be done on a budget. Nothing big and fancy. Its basically just an exercise of get an engine running and in there. Drive it around for a bit. Go to the drags and see what it pulls. Then dump a bigger engine in and go from there. That doesnt sound too bad at all. If it can be done for $5 and a little time that fits perfectly within the budget. Another question for ya mate. How much power will the standard 280 diff cope with? I really dont want to have to go to a 9inch or anything. Or even a Borg Warner. Cheers for all the info blokes. And if there are any guys on here in Perth that have done a swap I would love to have a look sometime.

Cheers mate. We have a big technical book store here in Perth so ill see if they have any or can order one in. If there mounts sound as easy as that to make then we shouldnt have any problems. Well be going Auto as theres way too much involved in changing it over to a manual. Seems fairly straight forward so far but im sure there will be some huge hurdles I cant forsee. Half a year from Sydney to the US? Thats stupid. Did somebody swim it across? Cheers for the info boys. Hopefully this project will get done fairly quick. Engine and drivetrain wise. Panel and Paint can wait

Jeez mate shouldnt you be working or something? haha (If my bad memory is right isnt it about mid morning/coming up to midday in the good ol US of A?) Thanks for the info. Is it hard to make engine mounts? Alot of welding involved and are there better metals to use than others? I also read on here about the distributor getting in the way? Is this on all models and is it a big thing to get around or can you just sorta put a spacer in the get the bonnet to raise a few mil higher? This will be my first project car so im trying to find out heaps before I start. And so I know what im in for and dont get all stroppy with it lol.