Front bumper for EB Falcon Turbo

stevo_538 · 01-09-2006, 11:13 PM

Need a decent front bar for my falcon as there is none of the standard one left with a 300x600x100 cooler hanging out it. Any ideas?

BLKPHN · 02-09-2006, 11:30 AM

stock bar!!! keep it it cooler only hangs out a little bit..

LUXO_8 · 02-09-2006, 11:37 AM

get an airsaw (or hacksaw but that takes a little while and im lazy) and cut out the numberplate area, and either have a slimline plate which is out of the way or offset plate to the side VL style..

lets a little more air pass ove the cooler

ned · 02-09-2006, 12:43 PM

I agree with ebmanul! Let it hang out!

dansedgli · 02-09-2006, 01:36 PM

get a scorcher front bar, when you find one sell it to me!!

Thats the one that I want but I cant track the guy down who makes them :(

Im sussing out water to air options to keep the stock bar now.

EFFalcon · 02-09-2006, 01:40 PM

a guy on Fordmods managed to get a scorcher front bar fairly recently.

dansedgli · 02-09-2006, 01:41 PM

how recent? I have found 2 contact numbers so far. 1 guy has been disconnected and the other wont answer calls or sms's :(

dansedgli · 02-09-2006, 01:49 PM

Found it. Some dude called Kronky got one a few days ago! I have sent him a PM.

Cheers John.

snypereb · 02-09-2006, 02:10 PM

Let it hang out show it off why not!

EFFalcon · 02-09-2006, 02:17 PM

the less cop attention the better i say.

Rollin · 02-09-2006, 02:20 PM

ebmanul that looks really good - total sleeper!

ned I want to see when yours is done - are you going to used polished alloy piping at the front? It should look really good!

I went the 1995 WRX front bar + colour coded intercooler piping route:

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It takes a bit of work to get it to fit well (the dimensions are very close but not quite right) but it allows you to mount the intercooler really high and you get a lot more airflow over it.

snypereb · 02-09-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rollin

ebmanul that looks really good - total sleeper!

ned I want to see when yours is done - are you going to used polished alloy piping at the front? It should look really good!

I went the 1995 WRX front bar + colour coded intercooler piping route:

It takes a bit of work to get it to fit well (the dimensions are very close but not quite right) but it allows you to mount the intercooler really high and you get a lot more airflow over it.

That looks crazy cant wait till my bar is ready!

FRDXR6 · 02-09-2006, 03:45 PM

Its amazing how much the front end really does look like a rex at first glance.

stevo_538 · 02-09-2006, 03:59 PM

Dont really want to paint it black

Very cop bait atm with it hanging out tho

Sick EB · 02-09-2006, 04:26 PM

i recon air flow would be better on snypereb's car although i think the stock bar still looks good

BLKPHN · 02-09-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by stevo_538

Dont really want to paint it black

Very cop bait atm with it hanging out tho

my cooler was sivler to start with i took it out for its first drive and i hadn't got evan 2 streets away b4 i met a cop car with 4 cop sitting in it and as i drove past 2 pointed and they did a quick u'e and followed me till i was able to escape down some back streets, now the cooler is black and ive never been pulled ova or looked at............. i love the sleeper look though, hubbies etc,

XRated · 02-09-2006, 05:41 PM

Your car looks sweet ebmanul.

ned · 02-09-2006, 09:47 PM

Rollin, I'm getting 3" stainless steel pipes, which will polished (lol bad I know), I'll see how I go with it, then I might go for the black look, time will tell.

SVT8 · 02-09-2006, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ebmanul

stock bar!!! keep it it cooler only hangs out a little bit..

So thats your turbo beast!!. Did you end up fixing the heads?

bluethunder · 03-09-2006, 02:52 PM

Go the sleeper look!! This is mine, I didn't have to modify anything coz my car doesn't have air con, just cut the bottom bit out of the bar.. can hardly notice it and its still the stock bar! Personally I think they dont need an aftermarket.

dansedgli · 03-09-2006, 02:59 PM

What size cooler are you using?

bluethunder · 03-09-2006, 04:00 PM

just a 300x600, exactly the same type as this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Universal-Fro...QQcmdZViewItem

Jees there cheap now, I remember I payed about 300 for mine.

EFFalcon · 03-09-2006, 07:38 PM

spose you're not running aircon bluethunder?

Christiaan · 03-09-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EFFalcon

spose you're not running aircon bluethunder?

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Originally Posted by bluethunder

Go the sleeper look!! This is mine, I didn't have to modify anything coz my car doesn't have air con, just cut the bottom bit out of the bar.. can hardly notice it and its still the stock bar! Personally I think they dont need an aftermarket."

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EFFalcon · 03-09-2006, 08:22 PM

haha, pays to read ;)
i think thats one of the biggest keys to getting a tidy intercooler install.
it still gets in the way on EF's, just not as bad.

stevo_538 · 03-09-2006, 08:37 PM

one problem its a 100mm core so aint nothing left of the bumper even with out air con

XRated · 04-09-2006, 12:14 AM

Fricken hell, all these turbo E-Series. I'll join one day hopefully.

ebs_4l · 04-09-2006, 01:28 AM

stock bar, 100mm core, waaaaaayyy cop bait, in a small town, the cops dont really care much, two of the local cops were looking over my car the day of the show where that pic was taken... every time i drive it i seem to drive past a copper, havent even been stopped

Rmyers · 04-09-2006, 03:24 AM

Here's how mine sat behind the front bar. Doesn't look hacked and fit in quite well...

ned · 04-09-2006, 10:18 AM

With most of the pics that have been posted up in this thread, I'm already aware of the sizes, but for other people I recommend that we include the size of our cooler so it doesn't cause any confusion.

Mine is 600x300x76.