Craig.

Why do you feel the need for a bigger turbo? What I mean by that is what are you planning to do with the car? Are you building a 600RWKW dragstrip monster? Or is it just your daily driver that you want to modify?

A the moment, no you can't. Why cant we do what the Germans do though. They are the same species believe it or not and they seem capable enough of it? They don't possess any senses or talents that we don't. Because our governments set the standard so low. Driving skills are not required to pass a licence test here. As long as you can steer a car, parallel park a car and know enough about the road rules to pass the theory section, a licence is yours for the taking. In most states, cars only get a roadworthy done when they change hands. Those that do get annual inspections ( only NSW from memory), the inspection isn't as thorough as it would need to be to ensure a car could operate at autobahn type speeds. Most of the modern cars here would do fine at highter speed limits though. Many of them are sold in Germany as well after all. As for our Fords, the only thing I think they need to be able to travel at high speed on an autobahn style road is better braking system. If you have an FPV then that's already covered. All of these things could be changed for the better, if the pollies could be bothered. Better road toll numbers. Better road systems. Better road making and maintenance. After all, its not like all Germans are Schumacher either and they seem to be doing just fine at 200KPH.

I agree, but I feel that the federal and state governments and their 'nanny state' policies have contributed to this attitude! So many dumb laws to protect us from ourselves, over regulation and over enforcement lead to this attitude in the general public. The law makers have taken our ability to use common sense away. They have set the bar for the lowest common denominator and have dumbed the rest of us down in the process! Regarding law enforcement on our roads, the Australian public have been duped! The majority have been brainwashed into thinking that speed is the main contributing factor to our road toll. The cops genuinely believe it too as they have also had the propaganda fed to them. That and attending fatalaties (which re-inforce the message that that speed kills regardless of the actual cause of a particular accident)have made the average copper hyper sensitive to the issue of speed, which is why they have no problems booking you for doing 80 in a 50 zone, even though in all likely hood, the 50 zone you were booked in is almost certainly as safe to do 100 in as the 100 zone just a few metres up the road. This plays right into the politicians hands as they reap millions a year from speeding fines, many of which, in reality, do nothing for road safety but much for the bank accounts of said governments. What they should be doing instead is bringing our highways/freeways and driver licencing/education system up to scratch with the rest of the western world and then raising speed limits to suit the 'worlds best' road conditions and skill level of the now highly trained drivers! This would save more lives than the speed enforcement culture that we have at the moment, and they know it! Unfortunately this would mean less revenue from our roads, so governments see no advantage in spending the time and money on getting this right! The fact is that we are stuck with some down right draconian laws relating to our licencing system, road making/maintenance and law enforcement on our roads. Unfortunately, I believe that we have left it too late to do anything about. The gate has been left opened for far too long. PS for those of you who are in the police force, this is not aimed at you. The whole system is topsy turvey. You are just doing your job. It is the law makers that are at fault here.

First and foremost, sorry that you find yourself in this unexpected situation. From a purely financial position ( and that sounds like this is where you are at), you are best off returning to stock and selling the aftermarket goodies here on the forum. Its a little more stuffing around but will return a better yield!

Oil pump?

Internet banking is the way to go mate. Or you could get yourself a credit card and order over the phone. Failing that, I have purchased a lot of motorbike gear from the states over the last 5 years using a paypal account.

I'm with internode. I get 5 gig for $49.95. Speed is 1.5Mbps which is reasonably fast. Fast enough to watch online TV or movies or youtube without any delay. If you dont want a download speed like that they do a 256 plan for around $35 a month. Internode

Same here! I had a 5" 100 cell fitted to my ute and it made no difference to how loud the exhaust was.

I remember another pizza thread but I thought it was a Sydney one so didn't bother to search! Sorry about that. Will go and have a bit of a look.

I'm just about to embark on a flying visit to Melbourne ( to buy a car believe it or not. I will be arriving next Tuesday and out of there by Wednesday. Being a fat bastard and lover of great food ( pizza in particular) and coffee, I am looking for advice from any Victorian members on the best pizza and cafes in Melbourne. The car is in Moorabin and I will be staying in the city, so business in the CBD or SE suburbs would be handy, although I am prepared to travel prett much anywhere in Melbourne if the pizza or coffee is truly worth it! Any suggestions guys and girls?

No, I think you misread my first post. I'm not leasing a vehicle. My employer wont entertain the idea ( bastards) even though it would have some definite tax advantages for me. I'm considering purchasing a vehicle second hand ( using good old folding green stuff) off someone who leases it. They have taken advantage of the 50% rebate being offered by KRudd for business at the moment. What I am trying to establish is whether or not I need to make payments to just the guy selling it, or to the leasing company. In other words does a lease mean that the vehicle is encumbered. If I write out a cheque to the guy selling it and he doesn't pay the lease in full, will the leasing company try to yake my car away from me? I suppose either way, a REVS check should be able to clear this up but thought there may be guys here that are in the know on such things!

Thanks *Beep*. So from what you are saying, it is kinda like buying a car under finance. I will have to have a cheque drawn up to pay off the remaining part of the lease and then any extra needs to have a cheque drawn up paying they guy ( or company) selling the vehicle to me.

Hi Guys and gals. Just wondering for those that will be more in the know than me, if I purchase a car off a company halfway through the lease period of that car, is it similar to purchasing a car that is under finance? That is, do I need to make the cheque out to the lease company instead of the business selling the car? I have not had any dealings with this before, hence the question. I am currently looking for another car at the moment and this has come up with one potential purchase. Anyone enlighten me?

If the only symptom of the influenza virus was a snotty nose, do you think anyone would bother making a vaccine for it? Sadly every year thousands of people die from influenza across the world. Is that worht crying about? I suppose it depends if it was a loved one. I personally used to be against the flu virus. I am a strong young healthy guy, so why bother. Whats more, despite what many people seem to think, it isn't a magic shield that protects you from every ailment going around. It doesn't stop you getting a cold as it that is caused by a completely different pathogen. You may even get the flu after having it because of the high mutation rate of viruses and the fact that you are only vaccinated against on eor two strains of the virus. It only protects you from the one or two deadly strains that scientists think will be a problem this year. In that regard it is a lottery, because the people involved in the making of the vaccine are making an educated guess about which strains are going to appear in Aus based on what has happened in other parts of the world. Having said that, I have had the flu shot over the last two years because it was offered free of charge where I work. I know that I may have a reaction from the shot, but also realise that any reaction I do have isn't from the virus itself, but an elergic reaction from something else in the virus. As it turns out, I have had no side effects whatsoever to date.

In 6 cyl, Ford recommends 4.8 ltrs. That's 1ltr more than what they recommend to fill the same box takes on an V8. They over fill it on the 6 to try to quieten it down apparently as it is more prone to the roll over noise. To get 4.8 ltrs into her, you will have to remove the reverse signal switch and fill it from there, or jack up the passengers side so the car is on an angle and fill it from the normal place.

Perhaps Cv haven't heard of your Ace Option 3 plus Mal!

Oh, the roll over noise is probably due to the fluid change. What was used ( oil type) and how much was put in? In the 6cyl Ford recommend 4.8ltrs, yet the same box in an 8 they suggest less than 3.6ltrs. Go figure!

So many opinions. They're like arse holes. We've all got one, so heres my $0.02 Ring Pete from Textralia. He knows this particular clutch better than ANYONE! He will explain the best way to bed this baby in. Do it right and you have a clutch that will hold massive power and torque and will drive pretty damm nicely in traffic to boot. Get the ph number off their website and call him up mate.

Pretty sure I saw you guys out and about. I am in Palmwoods this weekend visiting the parents. If I had driven the ute down I would have joined you, but flew in. Did some of you come through Palmwoods on the way down from Montville this arv?

Of course we do. You posted it on an internet forum so it must be true!

I don't put a lot of weight in the links you have supplied I'm afraid. Just cause its on the internet, doesn't make it true mate. Wiki= opinion based, no independently tested facts found here. Just anyone who could be bothered giving an opinion. Another forum=opinion based from heresay from a friend of a friend who owns a fully sick car/boat/lawnmower that runs E85. Can you supply any links from INDEPENDENT REPUTABLE sources. Perhaps an independent lab that has no interest in pushing one product over another, or wasn't commisioned by an interested party to find results that made their product look the goods? I know there is a fair bit of propaganda about biofuels and ethanol up here because we are surrounded by Cane farms. The local sugar co-op see it as another income stream for them and hope it will drive sugar prices up, so of course they think its a great thing, even though sugarcane isn't the best crop for ethanol production. Fact: Ethanol is corrosive! It swells rubber, eats fibreglass for breakfast and will make pretty short work of certain types of plastic. Countries that run high % ethanol also have cars built/modified to use fuels that have a high ethanol %. That isn't the case here as vehicles sold here are made to run E10 at most. You may no have issues right now with E85 sitting in your car for the last couple of months ( a car designed to run petroleum based fuel with a MAX ethanol concentration of 10%), but give it 2/5/10 years and see what time brings. Then get back to us!

But the civies will call you a wingnut.

I thought you would never ask! Water injection works in three ways. Firstly, when the water is injected into the intake system prior to the cylinder head, the small droplets absorb heat from the intake air. Water has a very high specific heat rating (it can absorb lots of energy while only slowly increasing in temperature) and so the intake air is initially cooled. Next, the small drops of water start to evaporate. Water has a very high latent heat of evaporation (its change of state absorbs a lot of heat) and so the intake air charge is cooled still further. Finally, when the remaining water droplets and water vapour reach the combustion chamber, steam is produced. This acts as an anti-detonant and also keeps the interior of the engine very clean, so preventing the build-up of carbon "hot spots". Water injection was first experimented with in the 1930s. At the time it was discovered that detonation could initially be prevented by enriching the air/fuel ratio. As cylinder pressures rose still further and that approach ceased being effective, the injection of water into the intake air stream was found to prevent detonation. Interestingly, the detonation remained suppressed, even if the air/fuel ratio was then leaned-out. This occurred because the excess fuel was being used to cool the combustion process. When water replaced fuel in performing this function, less fuel was then required. Anything else you would like to know? What about methanol injection? Research carried out during World War II indicated that pure water is best at suppressing detonation, while a 50/50 mixture of water and methanol permits the greatest power output before detonation occurs. One reason for this may be that the alcohol burns more slowly than petrol, so causing peak cylinder pressures to occur at a later crankshaft rotation, increasing torque. The question of whether a water injection system can increase engine power is a contentious one. While the intake air will be lower in temperature (and so denser) when a water injection system is operating, the presence of an increased amount of water vapour in the air means that there is less room for oxygen. It is for this reason that dry air (that is, air with a low relative humidity) can allow an engine to develop more power. So when the air is cooler but its water vapour content is higher, will more power be developed? If no changes are made to air/fuel mixtures, theoretically the two factors almost exactly cancel each other out. This means that if water injection is used without any changes made to the tuning of the engine, improvements in power are possible but not probable. However, if the engine air/fuel ratio is leaned out, or boost is increased, or the ignition timing is advanced, more power is very likely. Supercharged aircraft engines using water injection had mechanisms that leaned out the air/fuel ratio simultaneously with the operation of the water injection. However it is very important to note that making random changes to the air/fuel ratio and ignition timing at high engine loads can be very dangerous for the health of the engine. Such changes should be made with care - it is very easy to blow up a forced induction engine with random leaning of the mixtures and/or ignition timing changes! Google is your friend!

No greenbacks back then either, so your sandwich may not be all you hoped it would be.

Thanks for clearing that up IC. I agree with you regarding quality issues, although it does seem to vary from car to car, like many other makes. I have always thought that these ( Fords) were as reliable as any car. The exception may be when they are modified and driven a lot harder than they were engineered to be. That comes down to a case of you pay you pay though. My old man still drives around in his old EF Futura which he bought new. It has towed a van half way around Aus among other things and has over 300K on the odo with original motor and tranny. Pretty sure he hasn't been stuck on the side of the road in all that time. that's a good run regardless of make, and I am not sure how well a lot more expensive 4 cyl cars would be going after 300K.