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27-04-2011, 03:28 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 4
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im looking to put a au 4l and 4spd into my TE cortina
which is at the moment a 4.1 auto has anyone done this and have some info on conversion? cant seem to find any info thanks, jay |
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28-05-2011, 03:48 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Posts: 11
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You need to cut the bottom off both sumps, weld the corty bottom on to the E series top. (you can't use AU or Barra motors because they have cast alloy sumps and a different method of attaching the to the motor, Big $$ to mod the sump). Relocate the battery to the boot. Using an EL donor car strip the engine harness and the entire engine bay including radiator and fans. Change fuel pump for EFI unit and add return line. Custom made extractors plus you have to use the CAT because any conversion has to meet the emissions of whichever is the later, the car or the motor. Then just juggle and massage until it all fits, buy a J3 chip to bypass the smartlock, and tune it properly, open up the trans tunnel because the falcon shift is further back, get tail shaft to suit and your away. There are hundreds of other little issues but you get my drift. About 4k and a few weeks with a welder and a grinder. I'm doing an EL to XF panel van at the moment and that's easy compared to the Corty swap. I'd spend the coin on the crossflow. Don't forget you'll have to do brakes, suspension, tyres etc to cope with the new power so it's not just a plug and play gig. If you do go ahead then use a late model EL motor as they were a hybrid with mainly AU internals and head (96DA) and the sump issue is easier to deal with. I got to the point of test fitting into a TE and decided to go total old school with triple webbers and the crossy. Then I did the XF conversion and was glad I didn't persevere with the Corty job. A 4L with a 650 holley would be fun but you'd never get it passed for emissions. 
Last edited by Brycevr; 28-05-2011 at 03:54 PM. |
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28-05-2011, 04:09 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Posts: 11
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A 4L with these in a corty would be the thing
 High comp pistons, big cam.... 
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28-06-2011, 03:59 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 4
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Cheers for that mate, have been pre occupied with my other car to get round to this.
Still not sure on what to do with the corty yet |
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4L to TE cortina
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