Another " Which way would you go" thread...

[BabyJ]

Boys, I need a bit of a nudge.

I NEED to upgrade my daily Wagon. Its pitiful.
I have stacks of options so I reckon a poll and a bit of advice from you will sort me out.
I have a budget of about $7500ish depending on the end goal.

I'm a builder/carpenter so i need to carry tools (and lots of them) as well as materials everyday.
Therefore I need a wagon (or a V8 crewman but I'm not that desperate!)
I have a wife & 3 kids so the daily is also used as a kid taxi from time to time.
I have also come to the conclusion that I have neither the time or $$$$ to have my project car (Big Block XA sedan) at this stage. But I need more POWER!!!!

Keep in mind that it is my daily so any 'mods' will need to be done on a w'end basis.
My current wagon is rego'd and in RWC so any mods done to it can be 'HIDDEN' easily from the authorities
It MUST also be reliable!!!!!

Please choose from the above or give me your own opinion


Thanks fellas

[ThePistonHead]

Things are goin to start falling Apart if you boost the wagon, which you forgot to mention what it is.

Go the b series, and do an xr6t conversion if need be.

B series is a decent jump in power from e series in stock form so you may not need to boost?

[BabyJ]

Ef Wagon.... I can't believe I forgot that part!!!

I'm leaning towards a XR6T wagon at the moment but just wanted to check my options

[Deaks]

EF XR6 wagon, i know they arent fast, but they sure look good. Maybe transplant an XR6T driveline in it.

[Jason[98.EL]]

I went with the transplant a V8

As Deaks said the sure do look good and with a V8 it would be a nice sleeper withthe right mods to the motor ect

Jason

[MAD]

Snort M112 supercharger kit.

Is there anything visual you want to do as well?

[Sorted]

Originally Posted by MAD

Snort M112 supercharger kit.

as above

Going to Sell for $3,500 to $4,000 I think

Here is one an an AU


Here is the stealth LOOK


Video of it on the dyno CLICK HERE

these are direct fit for eaton m112 ( svt ) and the cast alloy manifold will also be available seperate

these are 2 piece design which will be able to support other units such as whipple kenne bell magnuson ect

the m112 is suited for 4.0-6.0 ltr applications and will provide instant boost!!

the kits when sold new will be supplied with magnuson 5th gen m112 superchargers and will be complete bolt on package supplied non intercooled

the manifolds seperate 1200-1400 and the complete kits from 3.5-4k

More info here CLICK HERE

[BabyJ]

WOAH!!!!

Now thats a serious piece of kit!

If I got that way, I'll build a engine to suit.
Any ideas on what bottom end/cam/head to use??

[Sorted]

Alot of eseries guys just leave the bottom end as stock and install a super charger or turbo kit on them as is.

You don't even have to work the head, but a port and polish would help with rwkw as well as tougher springs.

You can get a head & cam package from Hoppers Heads for $1,095 which would suit, you could rebuild the stock bottom end using the same cast pistons, just hone it, re-ring it and put new bearings in it to make it pretty much bullet proof.

[BabyJ]

Originally Posted by Jason[98.EL]

I went with the transplant a V8

As Deaks said the sure do look good and with a V8 it would be a nice sleeper withthe right mods to the motor ect

Jason

Thats a good option too.
I reckon if I was to source a Ef V8 donor, I could do it quite cheap. Then spend $$$ slowly on upgrades.

[BabyJ]

Is that it.


No one else...

[cheek]

I voted chuck a v8 in it just coz it'd be pretty different to all the turboed e-series around..