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Old 06-10-2015, 05:43 PM   #1
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Default Who here races or knows someone who uses an EL 4.0 for track work? (or other E-series 4.0s)

Hi all,

I have been wanting to start a budget track car build for a while now. I have an AU XR8 that I was planning to use but I am not sure I can bring myself to stripping it.

My parents are getting rid of their EL Gli 4.0 which is a great car with a lot of good equipment in it. It was the car I learnt to drive in too which is a cool bonus. It is a GLi so it's light and has a live axle so big weight advantage.

This way I can keep the XR8 as a street car which I think it a better option.

The car is an auto but manual conversions can be had cheaply these days.

Just keen on hearing from others that have run ELs or other E Series as club track cars.

I know that they are very reliable. I was at Winton in my daily the other day and saw an EL and AU there.

Anyway any thoughts would be great on how they run, brakes etc.

Thanks.

Jason.
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Old 14-10-2015, 01:13 PM   #2
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http://fordforums.com.au/showthread....ighlight=track

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I have a mate with an EB dedicated track car (I6), he has spent a bucket load on it including turbo'ing it, he has had on the dyno to 400kw, but has it sitting at 351 kw, he is a fanatical Ford bloke, it is doing 1:32's at Winton, 10 seconds off V8 Supercar times
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His car is the 2nd car listed, not his best time but gives you an idea

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Old 19-10-2015, 10:01 PM   #5
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Default Re: Who here races or knows someone who uses an EL 4.0 for track work? (or other E-series 4.0s)

look at Super Tin Top Racing Victoria - STTRV is a good cheap way to get started
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Default Re: Who here races or knows someone who uses an EL 4.0 for track work? (or other E-series 4.0s)

So any progress with this race car?

We have a couple in E-Series Owners Club.
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