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Yeah not a fan of Ford service or their ability to 'fix' things, my next new car will be from Toyota

New boot didn't come with a badge, it's still on my stock boot which I will keep aside. I will get around to removing side badges one day...

Best shock available in my eyes, had adjustable Koni's in another car a while back but these seem better. Coilovers are my pick, XYZ or Teins

TURBO SIDE intake.... go on Mark... :sungum: get some real intake noises then

Spill ya beans.... how's the new power?

Had 2007 VE GTS and almost bought a 2008 FG F6 at the time of looking around.... 5 months later I sold the GTS and ordered a new F6 V8's sound good, VE's look pretty nice too... but the F6 is quicker and better on juice, comes down to you - Do you like V8 sound or do you like being pushed back in your seat when boost hits?

Good read! your car looks like a sleeper Some excellent numbers you have there, especially that near 10 with stock turbo (what boost did you have then?) Well done dude

I'm not sure how yours was tuned, or how it matches up with an auto.. but I can say confidently my F6 as standard, and now in it's tuned form has NO lag at all (slow to respond to inputs?) everything happens when I say - probably the reason I went a manual in the first place. When's the new car coming?

Bugger to have to sell it mate, it's going cheap for what is done to it... good luck with the next one

Bilstein shocks with Dobinson's Ultra Low springs. I'd coilovers if you are looking at changing yours - XYZ are my choice as there is plenty of height adjustment down from what I have seen. They are on my wish list, with whiteline sways front and back

Got my GT-E lip off Thommo for $150 second hand - Fraud want $1100 retail for them... doesn't matter if your price it as a G6E Turbo lip spoiler cause it's the same part - what a joke... who would pay that? Also got another boot lid quite cheap and sprayed by a friend... so not a bad deal all up and I get to keep my old F6 boot and F6 spoiler for down the track.

Fitted the GT-E lip spoiler up to a new boot... Finally!!

Should be a pic of mine in 300kw section if not wholesale suspensions section, post by me. It's about 20-30mm drop from memory bud

Had Kings and Bilsteins... King's weren't low enough (SSL & SL) Have Dobinson's Ultra low's now with my Bilsteins and am planning to get coilovers to get it firmer (and lower) - XYZ's cause they sit low enough for my liking. Now days coilover prices have dropped a fair bit. Moral of the story - get coilovers and have ample height and damper adjustment to WHAT YOU LIKE, had a price of $1850 to fit all 4 on mine, will be adding front and rear whiteline sways when I do and have been given a price of $2500 for the lot. Bilsteins are about $1100, add springs ($400) fitting and wheel align ($400) you're already up in coilover price ranges

It's a generic catch can - not really made for any particular model. Have a look on eBay, you should be able to get one for $40-$110

I wouldn't be too worried, my Nizpro piping slightly rubs on the engine bay soft/sound covering.. it sits a little high. You're alloy pipes look sweet anyways

that's some good power without having a Nizpro or Process West air intake.. good stuff!

Mechanical protection aimed at stopping the engine from POPPING if she overboost's, believe they work well - cheap insurance!

If you change the air intake to Nizpro or Process West (both require battery relocated) you will need to modify the waste gate and put a larger flapper spring to control the increased boost - if you don't your boost will spike all over the show.. It's all money in the end - and how far YOU wish to go. Some prices for indication http://www.xtremefordtuning.com.au/index.php/tuning/fg/xr6t-g6et

That's going to be fun throwing round a track! good work

When I have some money sitting in the bank for a 'built engine' I will throw some additional boost into it for ya

G'day Ben, F6's have 9 holes (YES 9!!!!) in the boot lid, I'm pretty sure the Fibre Sports one only covers holes from XR6T's spoilers? I am rocking a taped up boot lid at the moment, I will purchase a new lid with no holes and spray it up in the next few months... building a house and renting at the moment, money is a little tight so can't really justify the boot just yet - it's killing me though cause I blaaaarrdy can't wait to get it on :( Go the GT-E / G6E lip spoiler mate, you won't be disappointed

Hey Dillz, the closer to throttle the better... it's set to leak off to atmosphere when things aren't right. My boost is set for 16psi, I'm guessing the overboost valve is set to open around 2psi over that. The ECU should correct boost, but I don't think it can react quick enough to situations like blowing a hole in cooler piping, splitting a rubber/clamp on pipes etc... doesn't take much to pop an engine when ECU thinks it's only using 5-7psi but the turbo is puffing at 25+psi to maintain a set manifold pressure, whatever it may be. It's pretty much like a safety relief valve on a pressure vessel, a preset boost pressure will still go through the throttle and to engine (in my case 16psi)... it just has the mechanical protection of the overboost valve so if 19+psi occurs it will be relieved to atmosphere... if this happens I'd say some noise would be heard in the engine bay

20-22psi be enough for ya? :sungum:

Fitted new Cusco Oil Catch Can the other day, adds a little bling