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I have a brand new custom "true" GT3540, aka GT3582R = .70 A/R comp housing that I was going to use in my 3.0L Merc build. It has billet comp wheel & dual ceramic bearings. Better than the XR6T stock Garrett which has .50 A/R comp housing. Also, Garrett use plastic ball bearing cases whereas this doesn't! It has a small .63 A/R turbine housing but all you have to do is fit your XR6 rear Cost me $2100 make me an offer above $1200 & it's yours. Never fitted on car!

Yeah I'm pretty pissed but glad I found out now than later. I agree with you 100%. Think the seller is covering up what he knows.

Guess noone bothered with this car? Can't believe it as it was $13k with 65k mileage??? Since found out it was a repairable write off, impact damage, where as owner stated a trailer had simply damaged one rear door. A rear certainly door does not warrant an "uneconomical viable repair" now does it? Car was bought & re-registered only 3 months ago. Maybe alright but has had 3-4 owners from what I can tell........I have asked seller to explain himself a bit more in detail regarding repair/s!!!

Below is link guys: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BF-FORD-FALCON-TURBO-6-2006-MANUAL-/120746143753

Hey guys, Anyone view the yellow 06' BF 6 speed XR6T with black stripes ended on EBay yesterday? Is currently registered in QLD but sold here in VIC with VIC RWC. I don't wanna put up add in case I upset mods or admin you see. Basically, still haven't heard from seller as yet, although it may well be a business car so, off PC until tomorrow, was just after any information if any member knows the car or looked at it? Is @ Sunshine. Just curious before I hand over the cash within next few days I guess? Any info would be great. Thanks!

Thanks & will do! Will be awesome......

Hi guys, joined a few months back with an inquiry about Force 6's as I was lokky looky @ one that was damaged. Well, after all that I have purchased a low mileage BF 6 speed manual beasty today! Yeehar Will hopefully pick it up on Tues/Weds coming. It's stock, as I wanted, as it will be a mild project up ahead I have been collecting a nice sound system for another car I had but will now sell so, prolly will fit it to the XR. So, that's prolly the first interior mod I guess haha Pics when I get it home! Cheers for now guys & glad to be back here for the long haul

Well Russell doesn't know what he's talking about then. Apparently there were about 110 built. I will clear this up soon as I find the article/s again. I would have also presumed there were a certain number produced for each model, not just 1?

Bit of an update! I dipped out of the purchase of the Force 6 as it had a little more damage than first indicated (funny that). The LP injected one had too many k's on it really. So, I'm looking @ a late BF one @ moment, without too many frills & with much lower mileage than the last one. I'm just confirming whether or not it has the 6 speed auto. This will prolly be the seller for me I'll let you know how this goes hopefully soon.

There's a 6 speed manual beasty going @ the moment on LPG vapour injection. If anyone knows about the high octane of LPG & mixed with the injection factor &....boosted = great economy, pretty much similar power to petrol, especially if tuned well, as opposed to the old mixer/carb style LPG = pathetic in stock engines. Only con with this baby is the mileaage. 160k.....eeeeiiiioooow! If it had less k's I would be seriously interested. I have LP injection on our VY Late model camira wagon. It's pretty cool power & economy wise. Not that much different really.

Also. Chargers were not collectable in any way shape or form in the late 80's or early 90's. I paid little under $5k for it woot woot Sold it for $5k about 3 years later

Well. A little truth here now you provoked me haha.....picked up my first turbocharged car waaaaay back as a teen. Get this. An E38 Hemi trackpack. One of 30 odd made, ready to race! A VH Bathurst Charger with twin fillers on rear guards. Bumble bee striping you name it. Petrol tank in the boot (kinda where the LPG tank goes in older LPG sedan conversions) &......it was turbocharged with a Garrett air research T03. Small for a 4.3L engine but did it accelerate! Anyway. Owned a Corolla 1.5L import years back & most recently a lil' Mazda 88 model twin cam turbo 323. I was moding it when I decided to give up & part it out. The gearbox's are crap when engine output is increased. Sorry, just got turbo excited there for a minute! Yep. Certainly the Force 6 is a horny bugger for the eyes! Anyone that doesn't see potential in these XR6T beasts are on a different planet imo. I mean any XR6T for that matter. Worth their weight in gold, regardless of the model/year. Aussie gold haha I am even considering a BA with a mild flash tune @ the moment as well. Who knows? Er....EDIT: the Charger of course wasn't boosted from factory hehe. Sorry if I got some ehart beats knocking. Turbo's were rare in the late 80's. Especially custom non-factory mods. This car I owned had low comp' pistons & that was it. It ran a Webber 48mm if I remember, carb & had water through a thin vacuum pipe straight into the webber air cleaner. It ran out of juice at about 4500rpm. How could I forget. That was it's limit in every gear. But it spooled low down. This is why I am liking these XR6's. I need a big six boosted engine again

In stock form then. This equates to a very under-used turbo & little stress to the engine. Keep them stock, serviced regularly & they will have a very long life

There's little wonder a flash tune, say to 10psi, yields impressive results. The stock 6psi these put out is nothing for the Garrett GT. At 6psi they are hardly in there efficiency zone. These turbos, by design, work better @ 10-15psi on performance app's. As I said earlier, yo could guarantee an incredible streeter just by fitting the smaller exhaust housing (.84 A/R). Unless you were pushing it up in the higher rev range for extended periods, the extra heat the smaller housing would create would be pretty much negligible! I went through all this when I was considering boosting my 87' Merc 300E. I'd bought it roo-ted & already boosted with a hiflowed T103 (is only a 3.0L). Interestingly, I had purchased a GT3540R same as what the XR6T runs but I was going to use the .84 A/R housing. Ths is why I am fascinated @ the performance of these XR6T's.......

Thanks. Definatley helps as I thought so since learning they are all much the same set up really. I just needed confirmation. My past boosting experience is centered more on 3.0L platforms & I've only really researched how to get big top end power which really results in poor low-down grunt. With big power in a 3.0L Nissan engine, if the turbo spools well @ 2500, your impressed. That is with the GT30R/3540R's, as in the Fords, but I'm pretty new to the XR6T's larger 4.0L engines so, obviously the GT35's are definately not a huge turbo. Begs the wonder what they would be like with the smaler .84 turbine housing instead of the stock 1.06? They'd be mean down low......