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Old 06-04-2006, 05:47 PM   #1
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just a quick and possibly stupid question (forgive me im a noob) my mate has an xb which hes done a bit of work on but he wants to sell the car, im thinking about purchasing it, but i just want to know if its possible of putting the motor from his xb into my xf panel van..... and how much would it cost.

if this isnt possible can anyone tell me a nice set up for an xf to get some decent power. thanks. phill.

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Old 06-04-2006, 05:51 PM   #2
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It may be possible but its actually illegal to put an older motor in a newer car
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Old 06-04-2006, 06:57 PM   #3
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it's very possible, my dad put a steel head XC falcon motor into his XF ute, it fitted straight in with no exhaust changes or nothing, but you have to use all the manifolds that are already on the XB, the alloy head ones are different, other than that it's the same as putting another XF motor in, just a straight swap.
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Old 06-04-2006, 07:07 PM   #4
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Xb's heads are non cross flow, eg: Intake and exhaust are on the same side of the engine. Was not till XC did they start using the cross flow head. If you can't push more power from your XF compared to an XB, I'll give ford's away! :
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Old 06-04-2006, 08:12 PM   #5
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just a quick and possibly stupid question (forgive me im a noob) my mate has an xb which hes done a bit of work on but he wants to sell the car, im thinking about purchasing it, but i just want to know if its possible of putting the motor from his xb into my xf panel van..... and how much would it cost.

if this isnt possible can anyone tell me a nice set up for an xf to get some decent power. thanks. phill.
Just to clarify a point, are we talking 6 cyl or V8 in the XB?
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Old 06-04-2006, 09:35 PM   #6
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v8 250 i believe, red666 can you tell me some nice easy ways that are effective at adding power!
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Old 06-04-2006, 09:41 PM   #7
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It may be possible but its actually illegal to put an older motor in a newer car
Can be done, and has been done legally. Clevo's in XF's and even E series Falcons are some examples that spring to mind.
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Old 06-04-2006, 09:47 PM   #8
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how much to put in a clevland? where to buy?
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Less emission hassles with a clevo if you convert to LPG.

Buy a wrecked XD/E and you will get a lot of parts you'd need.
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Few ideas for you:

http://www.fordforums.com.au/archive...p/t-24816.html
http://www.fordforums.com.au/archive...p/t-20573.html
http://www.burnoutsunlimited.net/fea...ute/xfute.html
http://www.trueblueford.com/CliffsXF_V8.html
http://www.trueblueford.com/paulsxf4wd.htm
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