bugster70

No mate, I've got no extra gauges in my car.

0 280 155 968 - but go the Siemens!

Whilst I'd be the first to admit that I didn't fit my tranny cooler myself, I know a lot of people have fitted it between the intercooler and the radiator. That's where mine sits and I've got a much-larger-than-stock Monza/Wogcooler in there to boot. It's a tight fit, but it does fit.

And therein starts the slippery slope down the modding path. How many times have we heard this story (I was exactly the same!!) - get XR6T, amazed with the power; get edited, how could you EVER need more power than this; get injectors, etc, hit 300rwkw and feel like life is only just starting!!! Be prepared to do some serious saving mate, and welcome to the forum.

Is your boost gauge a good one? My understanding is that most of them are pretty unreliable. But yes, if it really is at 15psi, your result does sound a little on the low side, especially given that you have larger injectors. Bear in mind that autos will tend to read a bit lower too, and you haven't mentioned what you have. Also, whilst it's a good move to fit the HD valve springs, it's also quite a costly exercise and something most people do after fitting a larger intercooler, for example, which will probably give you more bang for your buck at this stage. Either way, good luck with modding your car and welcome to the forum!

Ross is correct, I paid $300 for my 3.5" MetalCat and $180 to have it fitted. Also did the centre muffler replacement mod (with hot dogs, not straight through pipes) purely for sound. With the rest of the zorst stock CV still managed a comfortable 308rwkw. $500 for the CV cat (fitted) sounds like great value to me - had I known about it before I did my zorst mods I would almost certainly have gone with that. Reason I didn't go for a full system was mainly to keep the wife happy and to retain a 'stock' appearance. EDIT: Laner, I think you'll find that a single 3" system actually flows less than the stock twin 2.25", sorry to break that news to you. You'll need to go to a 3.5" system to start seeing any real gains I think.

I reckon that'd tow a fair few ski-ers!

I was gonna say, 'saleen' and 'stealth' just don't mix!! Remind him Rob, why did you return your first supercharger?

Way to go Jimmy, warmest congrats to you and your missus. We had two in quick succession (not twins!) and they sure take you on a wonderful roller coaster of emotions. It's all good, enjoy being a Dad mate!

There's Blu Ray and HD DVD battling it out at the moment. Both formats have major backers. But Blu Ray may have an advantage thanks to Sony including a player in its PS3. Either way, I'll certainly be in no rush to replace my current DVD player until the new format is well and truly established. Remember, many people backed Beta as it was a technically superior format, but VHS won the war thanks to clever marketing, etc. There's plenty of advantages to not being a new technology adopter!!

At a bare minimum I'd be looking at upgrading the fuel pump too if you're gonna use those injectors to anywhere near their potential.

Sorry mate, forgot all about this thread, what with the thread reply notification feature not working and all! Well, I actually work in town, so meeting there would be easy for me. I'll shoot you a PM with my email address in case I forget to check this thread again!

Sigh, late as usual, but better late than never I say. Top job Rob, sounds like one helluva weapon now, must be amazing to drive (and just listen to!). Can't wait to see it in the flesh mate.

Yeah, yeah, I know! It's all a matter of timing and when I can get the car to a workshop without arousing too much suspiscion! Don't ask me how, but I've managed to book the car into CV for one of their tunes - with the full knowledge of SWMBO!!

Regular occurrence, usually seller has zero feedback and bidders need to go on a 'pre approved' bidders list. Caveat emptor, I can't believe anyone would still fall for these types of scams.

Mate, there are just way too many factors/variables to be able to categorically state whether that's a good outcome or not. There are large differences from car to car, dyno to dyno and tuner to tuner. As has been said plenty of times before, it's not about the final peak power figure, it's much more to do with the area under the power/torque curves, the way the car drives, etc, etc. Dynos, for example - my stock auto read just over 200rwkw on one and 188rwkw on another. On the one where it read 188rwkw, I had a custom tune done that raised it to 'only' 215rwkw. At the time, others were getting closer to the 240rwkw mark with edit alone. With the mods I have now I'm running around 265rwkw, while others have hit close to the 300rwkw mark with the same sorts of mods. It's too easy to get caught up in final numbers, just focus on a good, safe tune that delivers the power nicely. As long as you're happy with the drive, the numbers shouldn't really matter too much.

Yup, would be good to meet up and I'd be keen as beans to take a closer look at your beast. It's a long shot, but I don't suppose you work opposite the Fyshwick markets, do you? It's just that I've seen a stock looking purple F6 parked there quite a bit.

The same could be said of a T cranking out in excess of 400kw at the treads.

I think 200km/h may be a bit of a stretch, but apparently the new R1 will do 160km/h in 1st gear. Quite ridiculous!! I know what he's saying about quick though, I had a modded Z1000 (naked bike) that was pretty fast, and that was by no means anywhere near as fast as a full on (litre class) sports bike. But I still dunno that I'd wanna take on some of the 400+rwkw beasts that lurk around here!!

Can't really say for the others, but the swaybars seem overpriced to me (unless you're going for the Extra Heavy Duty versions, which would be too much anyway). From memory, the front and rear Whiteline swaybars (27mm and 22mm) zre available from CAPA for something like $150 and $180 respectively? And to charge $154 for fitting them is nothing short of a bad joke.

I'm on the southside, in Narrabundah. Stock looking HgAg T, except for the 18" ROH Drift R wheels.

Marcus, you sure you're not getting confused with the VTR250? Now THAT'S a Monster lookalike!

Well then, you'd be looking at something like the GSX-R750. More than enough grunt for real world situations, handles like a race bike and will top 300km/h if you really want to go that fast.

Yes, yes we did!!!

As Jeff said, of course the Premo front brakes will be better. But, in answer to your original question, no, you won't be going backwards by fitting the BF front brakes to a stock BA brake setup - it's just that the Premos will be a better option for the front! How much do you wanna spend? 'Cos a Brembo setup is better again, then there's AP, Alcon, etc, etc...