Benny

KV, Don't worry too much about your seat. I thought the same thing when I first rode my new bike and had trouble sitting for a few days. But you will get use to it with more time in the saddle. I'd suggest getting some nicks or riding shorts with some padding on the crouch. Benny.

I could be wrong but I think the GT3576 is a non internally gated turbo which is the same size as the FG XR turbo. Benny.

Sorry for the delay KV. Been having troubles with this site. My bike retails for about $5k but picked it up on a run out sale for $3k. Been out riding it today and had a ball. I love the duel suspension, very forgiving which is great for my limited ability.Have you found a bike yet? Benny.

I've just replaced a Giant Yukon hardtail with a Scott Genius LT30 and absolutely loving it. It's a bit more than you wanna spend but I'm having a ball. http://www.scott-sports.com/us_en/product/10840/55639/217964 Just riding alone at the moment but keen to find some people to head out with. Pitty I'm not in Melbourne. Benny.

I agree with Tab. The car will do a ABS self test just shortly after starting the which has a short vibration sound/feeling for about 2 seconds. Benny.

Yes Ford are being conservative with their 270kw rating. You can add roughly 20% to your figure to get engine kw. Benny.

Good find. They look ok but don't really excite me enough to have to go buy one. Benny.

Interesting. There must be a reason why the engineers at Ford would run the engine at 91deg though. Benny.

Grub screw type hose clamps have got to be one of the most annoying items to have to work with. As has been said get rid of them and use the ones from Supercheap or Autopro etc. Much stronger and wont blow off. Benny.

From experience my car was faster 0>100 when I had 300rwkw than with 340rwkw. But from 100>200 the 340rwkw tune was faster. I think it depends on what you want and how you plan to use it. I agree with most people here that to make a fast street car it's not about having the biggest kw's but having useable power. Benny.

+1 for Racebrakes Sydney. Matt has some good gear. Benny.

Interesting. Great post. Benny.

I agree with that. My RE55S are the noisiest tyres I've driven on. You need heat in them to get good grip. I've never used them in the wet though. Benny

Awesome I can take down the noose in the garage and clean up all the empty bottles.

Investing in a dump and cat is easy to install or remove if required also. Benny

Jake, I don't have a definate answer for you but I can only assume that the decision to go with 2 pipes instead of 1 is purely for clearence. Where the exhaust splits into two there is a small brace that crosses the car which I assume is for improved chassis torsional strength. It's only a small brace but I can't think of what else it could be for. I'm sure Ford would have minimum clearance measurements to prevent the exhaust knocking or heating sorounding parts so with a 3 inch pipe this may be too close to the drive shaft or floor pan. As for a 2 x 2.25 pipes flowing more that a single 3 inch you also need to take into account the extra pipe wall area in using two pipes over one as the more pipe wall area you have the more resistance to flow there is. So the calculation also needs to take pipe wall area in account. Obviously there's more wall area using 2 pipes than 1. From experince with my FG the mid and rear section of exhuast had no trouble flowing up to 87rwkw over standard rwkw figure. If I was aiming for say approx 400rwkw in an F6 I'd probably use a 4 inch dump tapering to 3.5 inch. If I was going to 400rwkw plus I'd go 4 inch. Benny.

That's due to the public released Black FPV having different wheels to the Motorshow car. The public will be just getting GT wheels painted black. Benny.

As above your car wont rev when in neutral. This is designed to prevent people reving their engines right up and dropping it into drive for launching. If your car goes fine when driving then everything is fine. Benny.

Looking great Corzza perfectly modified and very tasteful. Must be proud to have that in your driveway. Benny.

Best option would be to give Matt at Race Brakes Sydney a call (02 9609 1101). He'll have what you need and at a good price. I'd steer away from using drilled rotors and just get slotted to prevent cracking. Benny.

Has your car been tuned or stock? A nice high flow cat would give you extra sound when accelerating and quiet at cruise. If it's just sound then a single 3 inch pipe would be cheaper to manufacture, just need to make sure you wont lose too much ground clearance by using a single pipe than two smaller pipes like the factory setup which runs either side of the drive shaft. Benny.

Quick question Jake. Why do you want to remove the centre muffler? Is it for better sound or performance? Benny.

Something like this you looking for? Benny

Yep great kit, good quality and works well. The hose off the turbo I have is now black not blue so it looks much better. Benny