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Title: Front ends Post by: Poo Wagon Bloke on September 17, 2005, 10:34:22 AM G'day,
Can anyone tell me what the differences are of the FE, FC, FB and EK frontends? Are they interchangeable? Thanks, Alan Title: Re: Front ends Post by: Sarge on September 17, 2005, 09:42:11 PM Yes they are, but you should change the outrigger also the brake are a bigger diameter.
Cheers Sarge & Kiwi Title: Re: Front ends Post by: mcl1959 on September 17, 2005, 11:27:58 PM They are interchangeable - no need to cut and change the outrigger.
The difference is that the FB/EK front end is not as deep under the sump as FE/FC - it is the same general shape as the EJ/EH and HD/HR front end. This is why the outrigger off FB/EK and EJ/EH are used on HR front ends when fitted to FE/FC Holdens. When fitting to an FE/FC, an FB/EK front end has different size brake pipes, you need to use the FE/FC front brake hoses, or use adaptors to convert from 3/8 to 7/16 thread size, or have custom hoses made which are 3/8 one end and 7/16 the other end. Other differences FB/EK has different front shocks which don't protrude under the wishbone. FB/EK has wider brake shoes and drums. FB/EK has a bigger upper kingpin pivot bolt diameter FB/EK has a different front stabiliser bar. FB/EK has different front springs which are slightly heavier than FE/FC Ken |