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I spoke to Blake from MTQ last week and he said that some of the later bf's had a bigger internal wg. That could account for my car not needing the flapper mod with the stock turbo.

Pick your power and get the best response you can.

Hp tuners ftw. It will cost more than a tune, or the same, depending on who you talk to but it's worth it. The downside is you need to know how to tune an ecu. It's not that hard lol. Although an injector slope change will fix it in all of 5 minutes (if it is the issue) I doubt a workshop would do that for you. A workshop has a reputation to uphold and would more than likely want to check the entire tune if they changed it even slightly and dyno it as well to check it. I'd buy hp tuners. I already did. I had your issue when I swapped injectors and used the calculated injector values. I also fixed it in a few minutes the next morning. I don't know if you should because I don't know your level of experience.

Obligitory not an fg and not a manual. Imo it really comes down to preference and driving style. I spend 90% of my driving at either 100 or 110kph because of where I live so it's mostly cruising aka no boost. I could easily have a larger turbo in my situation and not be annoyed by lag. I'm mostly out of grip under 100 now so more power is not always better.

Silly questions Ralph. I never said one size fits all. Lol what answer/s do you expect? I tell you what, you run your car in how you want and I'm do mine the way I described. Brb checking my blinker fluid.

True that Ralph. That is the beauty of the internet. More bullsh*t than the local rodeo. I learnt how to run in an engine, in various states of rebuild, from one of South Australia's leading engine dyno operators back in 2001. The procedure I gave was the road equivalent. I personally wouldn't deviate from that too much but hey, each to his own.

Lol. Not everyone is mechanically savvy. I remember signs on cars growing up that would say "running in, 80kph max, overtake". Some folks think that a car has to be babied to be run in and some say thrash from the get go. There is a proper way to run in an engine depending on its application and output but it should not be done gently or excessively.

Unless you intend to drive like a grandma in which case you will probably glaze your bores and then it's honing time again.

Assuming honed bores, new rings and bearings I would run my car in thusly; If I was doing it on the road then I would put my stock wg, dump and cat back on. I would zero out the desired boost in my tune. I would install an oil pressure gauge temporarily. I would warm the car up by driving around with no more than 2500rpm and no wot. Once it was at operating temp I would do wot 3rd gear pulls from 40kph to 110 for 20 minutes. I'd drive home and drop the running in oil and filter and open the filter to make sure the bearings are still ok. I'd also check for leaks then too . Then I'd replace the filter and oil with every day stuff. I'd put my aftermarket parts back on, reload my tune and proceed to thrash it. Alternatively I'd put it on a dyno and pay someone to run it in for me.

Sometimes if you want it done right you gotta do it yourself. I'm pretty sure you and the hubby could build one of these bases?! http://www.diyncrafts.com/13552/home/21-diy-bed-frame-projects-sleep-in-style-and-comfort

We bought our current bed from a place on Port Road about 3 years ago. I believe it was called save a lot beds. https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Save+a+Lot+Beds/@-34.891434,138.550117,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1f3832ef658601b8 We bought a king size cloud 9 mattress that can be flipped. It has the mattress part on both sides. We also bought a 2 part base for it. All up it came to $1900. The mattress was $1500. I've broken beds in the past from bedroom antics but this one has lasted so far. My only gripe is when we bought it I weighed 85kg and now that I'm a hundred it gets dented quickly. It seems too soft now. If I flip it weekly it is fine though.

I don't know if it was or not. I found that clip on youtube last year and thought it was sufficiently gross to use as an example.

She actually doesn't like it when I give it some. It makes her feel sick she says. It's only me and the kids that appreciate fast cars lol.

I'll look into it. The missus is already mad that I'm "wasting" money on my car.

Bill at ATS.

Jeturbo that is what I am doing to fit my 0.7 comp housing. I'll use a different bracket and I have a 4 inch to 3 inch silicone reducer lying around to fit it to the stock crossover setup (hopefully).

I haven't done it myself so I can't speak from experience. The bloke who is modding my stock turbo had reservations about the amount of material available in the turbine housing to fit the gtw3884r wheel.

Agreed x2. It is an awesome stock setup.

The draw back of the ford turbine housing when looking for more fresh air (from the compressor) is the size of the wastegate. The gtw is not bolt on and neither is a gtx. The gtw needs more fitting by far. With the modifications required, although not excessive, coupled with the lag a gtw would bring, one would seriously need to think about staying with a gtx35r or modified gt35r even if the slightly larger power figure is tempting.

Nice. As a person who buys cow by the side I can almost taste the goodness. 8kg is going to make a hell of a roast.

Good points there. The gtw should make more power according to numbers and figures but as mentioned the compressor wheel has the drawbacks of being old tech. There are other reasons not to use a gtw turbo but google can provide those reasons to interested people. It did for me. "Is the cost difference worthwhile?" Decide how much power you want, your dollar per kw and what will achieve those goals.

Maybe I was getting confused with the previously decided 66 mm comp wheel? I decided against that, because, from my calculatoring the compressor would be too big for the combination of the stock turbine wheel as well as the internal wastegate. I almost went gtw3884r with adapter but at twice the cost of a stock upgrade as well as having a stock motor and driveline I chose the lesser path...for now. If I was to buy a gtx35r outright, I wouldn't. I'd go bigger but that is just me.

That is what I'm currently doing. My stock turbo has just shown signs of being worn. I had a spare external gate gt35r so I used the core from that, added a gtx wheel and machined the 0.7 comp cover to fit the larger wheel. With a flapper job and other small mods for the larger compressor it will come in at less than a grand.

A random youtube find. This dude built this machine and plays it too. He has informative clips on how he built it and how it works.

Ok then. I didn't know. Due to having excess children I thought that my turbo gear might make its way into that or something like it and make it a 7 seater.