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What a tragic loss, two Aussie icons lost in one week, what a truly horrible week. RIP Peter, you will be sadly missed by all Australians.

I can't see any privately owned "T's" beating the MPH soon. Jeff could go close with the NOS. If 330rwkw's is needed to get 122.3mph I think 380rwkw's would be needed to get 127+mph, maybe Peter could confirm the power needed. I think in winter I could gain a couple mph to maybe 124ish but with out a major change I can't see Rumble going much quicker than that. Mind you HPF have the edit so you never know. Geea. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good stuff Geea and it would be excellent to see both you and Dean go quicker and faster this year, I have some plans for Deans ute and I'm sure you have plans of your own, should be an interesting year for all involved. I think HPF will need more than an edit to go faster than 127 MPH though. :lol: Peter

Hi Rob, We'll give you guys plenty of notice when we go out to Calder next - should be an interesting evening Thanks Peter

Hi Steve, Yeah the silver beast is producing a little over 500 RWkW's and does so consistently, though I have no plans to race this XR6T sedan, it's a test mule only for engine development. Peter

The record has been sitting there for over 14 months now so we're just sitting back waiting to see what transpires. We're ready for more though Peter

A copy of the 127.31 mph pass time slip has just been placed on the web site. See http://www.aps-xr6t.com/falcon/drags/1163.htm Peter

Fair enough Grant. Though in my view fastest is fastest and quickest is quickest, otherwise we will have the people claiming the fastest purple auto ute with 19" wheels privately owned with less than 10k kms on the odo meter with fluffy dice off the mirror. Peter

I think that your good sense of smell is correct. I suspect this person (Dave) is a SCT edit dealer soliciting business (free of charge) from the forum. Peter

Definitely Yes, FMCo and Ford service technicians can read the PCM has been flashed. Peter

Grant, your wrong mate, the fastest and the quickest XR6T in Australia are tuned via Unichip technology. Peter

When I get the chance I'll look up the engineering records regarding the exact fuel specifiactions during that run and report back. Thanks Peter

I do believe that replacing the rear with an aluminium tray brought the weight back around that of the sedan - and it retained the good old ute leaf rear end. Mind you, the driver at the time was, shall we say the size of two Not a bad effort. Peter

There is no doubt that quick 1/4 mile times and fast terminal speeds are hard to achieve, so it's understandable that when someone cuts a good time or fast speed, you want to crow about it far and wide. We have seen claims recently regarding a 126 mph terminal speed from Simon's XR6T and claiming it as an Australian record. In an effort to set the record straight, the fastest 1/4 mile terminal speed is actually 127.31 mph set at Calder on the 19th December 2003. This information has been available in the public domain for over 14 months. You can view the video action of the run at http://www.aps-xr6t.com/falcon/drags/127mph.wmv and other XR6T drag racing records (quickest 1/4 mile ET of 10.98 seconds) at http://www.aps-xr6t.com/falcon/drags/1163.htm Please note that this is presented in the spirit of promoting accurate information - not an attempt to discredit an otherwise fine effort. Thanks Peter

Chris if your looking for a really quick car for the'' twisties'' than you be hard pressed to find a better car than the 350 Z, the handling and braking of the Z track model is just superb, just add a Twin Turbo system then you'll have all of your wants/needs covered. Peter <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Couldn't agree with you more there Peter. A friend of mine traded his sti for a 350Z. I've driven both and would have to say that the 350 is one of the best handling rear wheel drive cars I've ever been behind the wheel of. I always thought you couldn't come close to the handling of an all wheel drive sti but the 350 does. Definately needs the TT set up though. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No doubt the 350Z has awesome handling and braking, then add another 120 RWkW's (courtesy of the APS intercooled Twwin Turbo system) and this 350Z is a real weapon, not quite a twin turbo Porsche though still an awesome amount of fun for the dollars invested. Peter Peter <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Peter, NOTHING compares to a TT Porsche...nothing... Dave. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fair call. The 993 and 996 Twin Turbo Porsches are both awesome cars, (I Drive these Porsches often) the Twin Turbo 350 Z has excellent road performance, (will run the quater mile in the low 12's) handling, and braking, and is a very affordable performance street car. Not quite a Twin Turbo Porsche though not many cars on the planet are. Peter

Chris if your looking for a really quick car for the'' twisties'' than you be hard pressed to find a better car than the 350 Z, the handling and braking of the Z track model is just superb, just add a Twin Turbo system then you'll have all of your wants/needs covered. Peter <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Couldn't agree with you more there Peter. A friend of mine traded his sti for a 350Z. I've driven both and would have to say that the 350 is one of the best handling rear wheel drive cars I've ever been behind the wheel of. I always thought you couldn't come close to the handling of an all wheel drive sti but the 350 does. Definately needs the TT set up though. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No doubt the 350Z has awesome handling and braking, then add another 120 RWkW's (courtesy of the APS intercooled Twwin Turbo system) and this 350Z is a real weapon, not quite a twin turbo Porsche though still an awesome amount of fun for the dollars invested. Peter Peter