302 Windsor Engine

[sideshow]

yes the au is the easiest of ford looms to play with
especially when they separate in half at back of manifold

im not to sure what the engineers or the authorities think I an icv rolled up with an engine was 10 or 12 years old
maybe treeve can give us a heads up
but in a year or 2 au motors will soon be 12 to 14 years old and same goes with vt ls1s
does this have any impact on getting passed or is it purely passing the im240 test

[400TT]

Originally Posted by sideshow

yes the au is the easiest of ford looms to play withdoes this have any impact on getting passed or is it purely passing the im240 test

Jim, the emissions level we have to meet with IM240 is ADR 37/01. Luckily that is the emissions level that the IM240 was designed to test. AU engines complied with 37/01 when new. Running nice and efficiently and fitted with a good set of current cats etc they go through IM240 ok. But so do the LS engines, even the early ones.

The LS style engines have their advantages and appeal, but so do the Windsors. And so do the new Coyote's. We have customers ordering kits to suit all three engine types.

[Rossba]

Mine runs a AU engine. It came with the car (unfinished project) but was missing some critical parts missing and worked out cheaper I purchased a complete damaged AU XR8 from fowlers for $3000, stripped the bits I need and sold the rest of the parts and got my money back.
I then changed the front timing cover and water pump and mounted all the older style parts the same as the Windsor in my XY.
I couldn't change the balancer to convert to V belt so I made a adaptor of the factory balancer to run the belt.
It passed engineer with the factory injection system, intake, ECU but had to run aftermarket cats as the Ford ones were to big to fit.

[Jaydee]

Pity those manifolds are so ugly. I do like the LS setup better.
JD

[darkside]

Originally Posted by Rossba

Mine runs a AU engine. It came with the car (unfinished project) but was missing some critical parts missing and worked out cheaper I purchased a complete damaged AU XR8 from fowlers for $3000, stripped the bits I need and sold the rest of the parts and got my money back.
I then changed the front timing cover and water pump and mounted all the older style parts the same as the Windsor in my XY.
I couldn't change the balancer to convert to V belt so I made a adaptor of the factory balancer to run the belt.
It passed engineer with the factory injection system, intake, ECU but had to run aftermarket cats as the Ford ones were to big to fit.

dont spose you would have a pic or 2 showing yur au balancer with adaptor,would love to see another way to run these as that balancer certainly proves to be a problem to get around .....doc