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Haha yeah, the bug has bitten! Hopefully can get the car tuned mid september, then it's back to the strip to crack 14s as I mentioned previously. Maybe I can nail a launch and shave .099 off my 60ft =P With the mods I have, I'll be happy to make 165-170rwkw and crack a 14.8. But we'll see! If I start getting serious it's time for 3.9 gears and a stallie. Hopefully that wont sacrifice streetability.

Took my N/A Xr6 out for a hoon at tville dragway last weekend. Did 9 runs. Best time of the night was: 15.443 @ 89.10mph - 2.099 60ft. Gonna get the car tuned soon and hopefully crack 14s!!

That's a downhill mountain bike...not motorbike lol.

I think I speak for everyone when I say I want to take my XR6 for a strap on that road!!!!

When people try and correct things you say or try and tell you you didn't say something. I Know what came out of my mouth idiot.

We could just blame P-Platers, Finacial Crisis and Global Warming. Everyone else seems to!

Name: Hal Age: 21 Sex m/f: Male Location city /state: Cairns, FNQ Occupation: Civil Designer for The Robert Bird Group Currently drive: BA MkI XR6 Next drive: No idea. Married: Nope

I've been first on the scene of a rollover too. The guys were drinking and lost control off a roundabout. There was a teenage party close by too, so no doubt they were heading there

Worthwhile on a N/A?

Get the 4490s if you are after low end torque. Get the 4495s if you are after high end torque.

Here is my tinted taillights Done them ages ago, but gave them my own little twist. Masked the brake and reverse/indicator sections off and tinted the rest. 2 Lights coats. Then a polish. Came up sweet. At night

Ugh....wrong. Explain why I fitted a 2.5in" high flow cat to my BA Mk1 XR6...and didn't get a tune or anything like that. Never once seen my engine light come on, and it was far from doughy. o2 sensor is located before the cat on the std headers anyways. Hmmm. As for bang for your buck mods...Get an F6 lower intake, K&N panel filter and an XR6 upper snorkel. Won't really give you any rwkw, but you'll get better throttle response and a nice induction roar. All up...well for me...It was about $150ish. If you wanna go further, build some custom piping from the airbox to the TB. Exhaust is the next thing. Good set of headers, 2.5in" catback and a high flow cat. Should pick up a few rwkw there. Underdrives next. Good luck finding someone to put it on though. You need a special harmonic balancer removal tool...escpecially built for the Barra motors. Think it's like $180ish too. You could always use a normal tool and breaker bar to the ground and then crank the motor....not reccommended, but it works. Also, when doing the underdrives, replace the timing case cover seal (I think that's what it is). That's about $40ish. Umm...BPT thermostat is a good investment. Doesn't open fully until 104 degrees or something, std opens way earlier. They are about $40. Once again, no rwkw increase. Pretty much after that you're looking at decent coin....$600ish for a flash box, plus custom tunes. Scrape in for under 1g there. Cams and valve springs, once again...600 for cams, 450ish for valve springs, plus the money for another custom tune...Over 1500 there. Then you can look into doing headwork...which I don't think anyone with an N/A BA/BF has really explored....Ummm if you are after high end torque, you can look at the option of a turbo intake plenum, not much rwkw increase for the dollar though....Would be a good $2000 all up for that I'd imagine. You could get a custom twin throttle body setup made....Once again, big money for small gains...Also I hear rumours of a TB spacer being made for the N/A 6's...which should see some good gains. Stall converters, diff gears....LSD....manual conversion....All these things spring to mind. But remember it's not how much power you have, it's how well you get that power to the tarmac. So in saying all that, there is definatly potential for a 200rwkw + N/A 6...especially with a BF as they had the barra 190 motor...dual knock sensors and dual cam timing. But, you'll need to spend some big coin to get there. But that's the price of being different. Hope this helps. Cheers

Sounds awesome man. It'll definatly be a nice motor with the rebuild! Should be good for some decent power! Yeah, put some thought into the gearbox. I had a new 4 speed put in a month or so ago, and had it all strengthened, etc. The transmission blokes said it'll handle a lot of power now. But in case I've got a PWR trans cooler to go on it as well. I'm also planning to get a tailshaft and LSD center out of a XR6T. I'm hoping I can find most of these parts locally. But if not, FTG is my friend. I think I'll definatly go down the path of getting a turbo sump...I just hope the sumps are easy enough to change over! How does a N/A PCM read boost? Stock boost controller? I've thought about just getting a 12psi actuator and controlling boost that way. Anyways mate, I'll keep this thread updated as I progress. look forward to seeing your build! Good to see us N/A fellas are all starting to convert!

Alright. Nearly ready to do this...finally....I hope. I've got, and this is how much I've spent. Std Cross over, intercooler, dump pipe, BOV - $150 Std manifold, 2 bar MAP, Oil & Water Lines - $500 (FTG) Garret T40E Turbo - $450 Manual Boost Controller (Can I use this? or will I need electronic) - $150 Boost Guage - cheapish "drift" unit - $50 All associated fittings, T pieces, Hose clamps, etc etc - $200ish I'm guessing Can I get away with not having a CAPA flash tuner & custom tunes for a couple of weeks once the car is converted? Reason being I have a week off work soon, and wanna do the conversion then, then when my next pay rolls in, get a flash box & tunes. I'm still concerned about drilling and tapping the sump...Perhaps a viable solution would be to but a xr6t sump and put that on. Is it a big job to take a sump off and put one back on? I think an xr6t sump would be about $300ish? I think I'll go down this path...May be able to source one cheaply. Umm...mmm, any last minute questions I can think of... Oh, since I'm using a t4oe turbo, will I need an adaptor plate, or are they the same flange as a genuine xr6t turbo? Also, in regards to the std dump pipe...will that fit on a t4oe? or will I need something custom made... I'm thinking once it's done the cars gonna have to be trailered into an exhaust shop to have a custom dump made and the dump bolted up to my exhaust. Anyways, I've put aside roughly another $1000 to get all the small things done. Hopefully I can wrap this all up for around the $2500. As ol mate big Kev'd say, "I'm Excited"

Great Post mate. I've also been looking into ways of avoiding tapping my sump. Using something like you've pointed out in the picture seems like a viable solution. Perphaps not the ones on the bottom...as doesn't the oil drain grav down? But plug HB3 seems like it'd be good. Not sure what diameter the oild drain is...my guess is around the 12mm-15mm mark. Perhaps pirtek or whoever could make something to suit one of the holes already there. I'll subscribe to this thread. Cheers