XRT 166

about all you can do with the turbo is take the induction pipe off it and give the shaft a wobble. Make sure it doesn't have too much play up/down or too much end-float backwards and forwards. It should only have a very slight amount of play either way.

Did you get teh HIV removed from the driver's seat before Mick put it on the dyno?

wouldn't sell me one without the VIN and FPV number. if a mate buys a GT then I'm in business though...

nah that's FPV parts only... I enquired about a blown 5.0 and got asked to provide the VIN/eng numbers. :( Otherwise XR8 parts they don't care about. They aren't numbered or limited or whatever so no biggie for them

had the battery disconnected for 2 days while I stuffed around with the ICC and the gauges that are in it - removed scotch locks, tidied up a lot of wiring, got some proper grounds happening etc etc..... took it out for a run yesterday arvo and tried to make it f*** up again - nothing. I might re-flash it with the tuner box that's here and see if that helps too.....

are those plates still on his old EF Fairmont? Last time I saw them they were.

cool as, cheers for that I'll ring XFT on Monday

Yeah the way it shuts the stereo off would suggest that to me, but I didn't want to pull it apart because someone told me the ICC's get all screwy if they're tilted past a certain angle. Any idea if there's truth to that? The traction control has apparently been disabled in the tune so that it doesn't have a sad with all the power going through it or something, but I rang the guys at XFT and they said that shouldn't have interfered with the interior lights or caused any funny business...

This got really bad this morning.... stalled out completely at a set of lights while trying to get my missus to hospital...... don't really want it to happen again - help???

OK there are a few things up with the turbo.... 1 - Every now and then the stereo just shuts down while driving. sometimes it's when going around corners, sometimes it's when hitting a bump in the road, sometimes it's when just driving it will do it randomly.... 2 - the courtesy lights don't work properly. have done the "press and hold button for 5sec" as the manual says but it makes no difference. they work if you press the button in the dash or unlock the car with the remote, but they don't come on when you take the key out of the ignition or open the doors.... 3 (and this is the worst) - I went to annihilate a Late model camira from a set of lights today (yes yes hero, blah blah blah) so chucked it across and bumped it back to start in 1st. Went to take off, about 1/2 throttle because any more and it's a smokeshow, and as it got to around 3000rpm I pressed to 3/4 throttle and the whole thing essentially blacked out. a whole mess of lights came on in the dash, lost power, ran really rough and didn't want to keep revving past 3. I put it into neutral, shut it off for a couple of seconds and then started it up again and it drove fine. It's now the 3rd time it's done this and doesn't do it unless I bump it all the way back to 1st..... Mods to the car: 60lb injectors, fuel pump, process west blacked-out intercooler, XFT tune for 323rwkw/420rwhp, voltmeter and boost gauges (Autometer Cobalt) in that centre pod, F6 intake. The only other thing I've noticed is the aforementioned voltmeter fluctuates a little bit every now and then, but doesn't seem to be any worse than other ones I've ever used... so it's got me knackered. I'm not familiar with B-series but I'm not a noob when it comes to cars and mechanical know-how so please try to keep acronyms to a minimum but don't ask me if I know what a multimeter is, just tell me if I have to connect it to something, and if so - where. Cheers Jais

yeah if you turn up that road that I can't remember the name of and go past Fielder's towards Ocean Reef Rd, they're on the left. They have loads of stuff there - seats, harnesses, bends, clamps etc etc haha fair enough about go-gear as well. I only use them if I can't find anything else because they're so damn exxy!!

a Kenne Bell would help with that matty...............

There's another joint in the new section of Wangara too, if you go up the road fromthe roundabout that Forparts is on... otherwise MTQ in Malaga are always good to fall back on, or Turbotech (EXPENSIOR!) as a last resort. Did you call go-gear or go in there? When I went there last they had every size and angle ali bend you could want, and is where I got my 4"x90deg bend from to suit the inducer.

Go-gear in Osborne Park have pretty much anything and everything you could want or need and it's almost always in-stock. Be prepared to pay for it though....

did Gav's EA turn a tyre in there with the BPT-tuned "237rwhp" ?