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I found my 19inch xr6t fg mk2 limited edition rims at a wreckers in S.A. I had been looking for a set for about 2 years. Very minor gutter rash. 50% tyre wear. $1100. Completely suits my Silhouette black BA mk2. I was getting some turbo bolts and there they were. Sometimes ya get lucky. So don't give up hope, the rims ya seek are out there.

I lost two from the actuator bracket, went to the local ford wreckers and they had a bucket full of old turbos and I just picked which one I needed and grabbed three of them. But definitely take a bolt out so you can compare them just in case.

Yep that's pretty much how the van looked at 6:10 this morning. Fark this cold weather, one month and I will be in Darwin for 8 days.🍺🌞 I have been pretty keen on getting one ever since I saw it on Supercars (Will Davisons mustang ) in the pit garage. I already have couple of batterys (M12's )for the multitool and plan to get more. So Im gonna get one soon, just bought a new cement mixer and a 3 piece dewalt drill/impact/grinder kit before the EOFY so it will have to wait for now. Cheers mate.

Cheers Gary, I will see what the plans are for the Sunday and work around where your all gonna be. I have Naths number and Rabs as well so I can text either of them to find out exactly where you all are on the day. Will be good to even just catch up for the BBQ.

I was looking at the bonnet light as well Aaron, I've got the 12 v multitool so I thinking of buying one. Let me know if it's worth the $250 asking price and if ya can could you get it any cheaper then the full asking price.

Hey lads, haven't been to active on the forum lately, but that's not to say I haven't been keeping an eye on the cruise that Nath has put together. A bit more info on ya plans for Sunday and I should be able to catch up with ya all along way. I should be able to join ya for the day/part of the day depending on the route and where you'll be. Will be good to catch up with ya all again.

Your about 7 yrs to late with ya reply mate. Helpful information though, there are a few tasks on these cars that are better left up to a professional. Especially if a person doesn't know which is the intake manifold and which is the exhaust manifold. Welcome to the forum.

Shows how much I have been living under a rock, didn't even realize ya had been trying to organize a mini cruise nath. I'm down south but definitely can meet up in the hills to start a delightful drive through the hills. So definitely PM me if ya get a few members keen. Don't forget scotty Panda lives in the hills he may be up for a cruise as well.

Cheers for pointing me in the right direction Aaron, I wasn't keen on buying another set of coils or a surge tank in order to fault find the problem. Unfortunately I had already picked up the plugs from Adrien Brien ford $70, so I thought I will try them considering they were pregapped at .7 But they fixed the problem so I'm happy with the out come. Big shout out to Nath as well. You and Jet were bang on the money identifying the potential cause of the backfire issue. I will make a run out to your place again soon mate, hope you and your army of rug rats are all doing well.

0.7 plugs fixed the problem. 0.9 is what the last set were gapped at. New plugs pre-gapped to 0.7 did the trick. She's back to her post tune best again. Running full boost again.

Plugs is were I'm gonna start. Im thinking the candles are getting blown out now its back to the 14.5 psi after fixing the actuator bracket.

A bit puzzled, yesterday I replaced two lost turbo bracket bolts. The bracket that has the wastegate actuator on it. Farkn fun that was to get to. But got it done. Now after taking it for a spirited thrash on the way home last night it start hitting a backfire and smoke kick out the back. 4000 -5000RPM on full boost. I have replaced coils with genuine units recently. Just under half of a tank of fuel, so hoping it's not surge issues.(255 walbro with small pot drop in set up) Im gonna try a set of SK20R7 spark plugs. 315 rwkw's on 14.5 psi. 8 psi garrett actuator. Any ideas on what it could be would be well received.

Sydney prices in general can eat a dick. You guys get ripped blind for what you pay for a 3 bedroom home on the eastern side of Australia. The Great Australian dream. More like a farkn nightmare.....

BA versions definitely sell for a bit less. BF and BF2's still sell for 25+ with low k's. Fuel pump is a cheap do it yourself mod that's worth doing if ya gonna do the exhaust and actuator because you don't won't it to be thing that your tuna says if you had have done it I could have got another 20 -30 kw'smore out of it.....

He wishes.. Plus he lives in Queensland not Iceland. 😉

You really have to run ya tuned car with a stock cooler in hot weather or multiple full boost runs to experience heat soak. Then ya say to yourself "sh¡t that feels like it's down on power " at that point ya decide to pony up for a decent cooler, what ya buy after that is a question that has been answered and argued over and over on here. So it's upto the owner to make the decision, whether it be right or wrong. And if ya saving for a house good luck with that as well in this day age. Especially depending on which state ya live in... Hehe...

Phoons do still turn up wif low k's every now and then but there still holding big dollars. Just depends if ya want to pay 25 -30 k for a 2003 -06 FPV. FPV 497 ya middle muffler isn't as much a restriction point as the ya cat. Cats gotta go..... Dump will be fine, do full cat back exhaust and a new fuel pump (255 walbro intank unit ) and you will make 300+ rwkw's easily. Maybe a new Garrett wastegate actuator while ya at to keep boost under control when ya turn it up.

Finally installed new genuine O2 senor yesterday. Took it for a hills drive and reset the trip computer. Instant results were really good, dropped from 17.7 L/100km's to a best of 11.8 with it settling to around 12.1 -12.4. Time will tell what it stays at but its a good result for now. Also re- installed my turbosmart bov. On a general inspection I noticed I have lost two bolts from rear of my turbo, two of the six that are on the half round brackets. (One next to the wastegate actuator and the above.) Does any know the spec's on these bolts or I'm just gonna remove and take one down to nuts and bolts r us.

All the info you need is right there in all the replies above. Generic plug and play tunes are still relevant but definitely out dated. They were aimed at giving people a tune which could just be thrown in the car and off ya go. (Take ya money and see ya later sort of thing.) As Keith said get it to a Vic tuner, give him ya car and ya money and you won't regret out laying some hard earned coins. Definitely get in contact with the tuner, tell him you wanna do injectors, high flow cat and a custom tune. He will either source the stuff for ya or send you away with a shopping list of goodies to get before tuning it. Suggestion: Mick at Pitlane performance. Plenty of other good tuners in Vic to help you out, get on the ferry.

Not if ya keep putting it in the pooper. Definitely like Christmas, my partners parents are heading down for a holiday and to spend Christmas with us. Love Christmas day feeds, the presents thing is okay. Got 3 weeks off over Christmas as well, so I always look forward to that every year. Gonna spend alot days swimming either at my mums swimming pool or down the local beaches.

I know your pain Nath. Silhouette black is a painful colour to own. Looks nice clean for about a day after washing and a good chamois. A good Northerly blows and layer of dust coats my car, And its time to wash it again. #SilhouetteblackLYF.

All else fails. Trade the ute. $2500 Personal loan $ 6000 ( $80 p/w) _______ Buy Ba XR6T $8500 ute or sedan. Result. ----------- $80 per week for loan $80 per week for fuel. Endless fun per week... weeeeeeee

The six auto in my VE series2 sv6 is an absolute shocker. Doesn't know what it wants to do. 210 kw car with a trans that surges then hangs neutral gears. I think like double R said they need to tuned. Before that there still rubbish. Give me my T56 in black betty any day. #ManualLifeFTW

There be could plenty of this causing poor fuel economy. Blocked cat. Blocked injectors / injector Fowled O2 sensor. Heavy right foot. (Joke) As for fuel smell remove the rear seat and remove the cover for the fuel pump. ( its on the passengers side) You'll see the top of the fuel tank and pump assembly. Fill up the tank again a check for a leak around the top of fuel pump where it screws down to the tank. The big flat ring seal may have failed. All are a game of elimination.

Oh dear.... That definitely is one sorry looking HQ. "I'd buy that for a dollar" Robocop quote. Looks like vehicle from Mad Max2.