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hey bruce, its garry with the acid rush ute that was tuned just before yours, we made 376rwkw but we pulled it back a little. I will be going back shortly to add atouch of fuel in the midrange due some early morning detonation thinking about some g force radials to get the power down. I think my launch control is set up wrong cause it suxxxx. works well when stationary and equally well in any gear at any speed. car is limited to 3000rpm if your foot even looks at the clutch when moving. good way to get a ford emblem on your forehead.

Here's a quick update on my experience with the stage 2 Nizpro kit. Sorry its taken me so long, I've been pretty damn busy. Since the install of the Nizpro Kit we have had the car back to M/T. At this time the gearbox was removed and reconditioned due to excessive gear noise. This work was carried out under warranty; also a H/D extreme clutch and pressure plate was installed. It should be noted that the gear box was noisy prior to the Nizpro upgrade and only worsened after a while. The gear box was reconditioned by Peter at “Precision Differentials” and I was able to talk with Peter and discuss the probable cause of the failure. Peter explained that the noise was due to gear wear only. This is probably caused by Ford utilising incorrect oil and the service period being stretched out too far. The strength of the shafts and bearings appear to be adequate to handle the 295 RWKW the car is producing even with the heavy clutch installed. The car has done around 4000 KM since the upgrade, total 25, 000 km we have not had any tuning since the install. The following points describe my observations to date -: Rough idle still exists but not too bad Occasionally the engine stalls on take off. Maybe once in fifty starts? Fuel economy is amazing, prior to install the car would go about 400-440 kms per tank. Now we go 600-680 kms per tank. This is a huge bonus although I was worried about the car running lean. This prompted me to install a air fuel ratio gauge to monitor the situation. The gauge indicates all is well. Wait and see? Oh, by the way, I’m not real gentle with it! The engine is real strong all the time with no noticeable lag. Boost hits 15 PSI at 3800 rpm and stays until 6000 rev limit cuts power. The engine runs smooth and consistent, never falters or back fires etc. ‘I like it!’ When boost comes on in first gear the rear loses traction and you have to drive through first to keep traction. Second gear also breaks traction at 4000 rpm especially on cold temperature nights or early morning. Car will pull hard all the way to 200 and then I get scared! I don’t know how far it will go… New clutch shudders a bit! To summarise I would say the car is excellent and I will cope with rough idle, stalling and clutch shudder to enjoy the huge output of this daily driver. M/T have been keen to please and will look to re-tuning soon. I am too busy to give the car up right now, but will try soon. Garry

bought an autometer shift light only to be informed that it can't be wired up. surely there is an rpm signal somewhere to tap into. any help would be appreciated other wise there is a shift light for sale he.

car is booked back in for further tuning, idle is pretty bad seems weather related as well. today it wouldn't idle at all I had to keep the rpms up everywhere, however came good a little later. still loving the power, spins second gear under acceleration. gearbox is whining bad. however gearbox expert that maughn theim use is adament that it is gear wear and not power related so it's warranty. would want warranty anyway as my son busted them thrashing the ute on a test drive to listen to the gearbox. managed a 13.61 at 108mph the clutch was slipping off the line and the car felt mega heavy!!! you really can tell. driver, small toolbox, fuel and hardtop 2.1tn bloody hell!!

why valve springs? sounds strange considering rpm is unchanged

The power in the ute feels great. you still know she is heavy though. the clutch won't get this beast off the hard for long so I just dump it now. is anyone else blown out about the traction in these things. I the manual feels great but it is obvious that the auto makes best use of the power after comparing with boost 6. valve springs are standard.

The kit I would say makes alot more than 350fwkw. it made that just by plugging it in and going before it was even tuned. the exhaust is still the same, just the centre section a bit more flowee. there is a lot more in this kit I believe. especially since the dyno was reading a 10.0 : 1 air fuel mixture.(mega phat) I had to ditch most of the capa gear. but I kept the intercooler waterspray.

The kit is installed!! made 293rwkw, the car feels so different. on only 13psi. this kit was very comprehensive but the piggyback needed a bit of tinkering to make the power. it only made 265rwkw straight as it came.

I raced boost6 in this trim as a comparison and it was very obvious the midrange power was stronger on boost6. so I ordered the kit. anyone at A.I.R an sat. I left early but I heard a rumour boost6 six ran 12.3 is this true. if so wohoo!. I saw the 12.6 run, blew away a very strong v8 in the top end.! Rods and stage three in another 6 months I reckon!!

tweaks. centre section of exhaust replaced. alloy cold air box, water spray on intercooler. capa boost box (yay an extra psi of boost) However it made 205rwkw standard so that's why I consider these only tweaks.

thanks, acid rush ute with some little tweaks, makes 225rwkw.

I just ordered my stage 2 kit through maughn theim ford Adelaide. $8350 fitted. test drove John Munros (Tilbrook) blue ute, boost6, raced me, was a lot faster. anyone gone this path. any comments.