El Andrew

Yeah fitting was fine from memory - just wedged a spanner in there. Didn't want to play this time, so went the angle grinder. Front end might get the same treatment so I can get the engine and box out together.

I heard Uber driving wears out the cams on an FG??

For anyone wondering how to hold the bolt head still when removing a towbar (bolt head is inside chassis box section) you get spanner access like this:

Listed the BA for parting and it's going off like a frog in a sock. Should have done this a few weeks back! First thing to seek was the exhaust so I guess I'm dropping a diff cradle later tonight.

Nice work mate!

Out of interest, what do you guys reckon a 168k BA turbo motor is worth? I'm doing my sums for parting out and it does look attractive. Engine is the big ticket item obviously. I'd probably sell it with inlet manifolds and bolt ons but sell the exhaust manifold and turbo separately. Wife says this afternoon "Why don't you keep it as a project?" Wait, what? Who are you?

Farkin updates. Last round resulted in both our laptops no longer working with our ultra wide monitor (but fine with standard resolution stuff). Talked my laptop into it again, but no luck with the wife's laptop.

No worries. Have bought a few things from you guys and service and price has always been excellent. I expect I'll be sniffing around for a pump and injectors for the FG soon [emoji3]

Getting back on topic, I just got a notification that my Monza cooler has been delivered.for the FG. Originally bought one for the BA as the stock one is tiny. Then the car died, and the supplier said they could swap it for an FG one. Given I'm unlikely to aim any higher than 320ish, the Monza should be fine for me. It's twice the capacity of stock so should help a bit. The quality of the BA one looked fine, but I'll hang onto the stock FG cooler just in case.

Lol. Why did my hard drive activity and upload activity suddenly increase?

Free USB drive : No way buddy! I wasn't born yesterday! Will probably install malware! Free mint: Ooh! Free candy!

Morning everyone. Quick question. Bought a dirt cheap USB cable on eBay. Came with a free mint. Should I eat it? I'm leaning towards yes, but happy to take other views.

I was pointing out my for sale BA, agreeing with the comment of turbo BAs hitting the arse end of the market. I've dealt with my fair share of time wasters in the past couple of weeks. Sorry I didn't mean I had a cooler for sale! It's factory. It is a fair point though that some people make recommendations on what they've heard is the best or what a workshop talked them into. Not everyone needs 6000cc injectors and a custom stainless exhaust - it's horses for courses. Keith usually knows his stuff though!

Yep staying strong - turned down swaps for an unregistered AU SR. LOLs for days. A few people seem serious, but I reckon I'll start parting it out next week if I don't get anywhere over the weekend. When you add up box, engine, turbo, seats, etc it's probably worth the effort. http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/fisher/cars-vans-utes/ford-falcon-ba-xr6-turbo-2004/1188504436?utm_source=com.google.android.apps.docs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Haha - he probably does!

Haha tell me about it. I'm trying to sell a BA with a broken diff on Gumtree...

At least one will post on ten old threads overnight, then we'll never hear from them again.

I grabbed my Taxtrix from TI Performance - $269 and sent from Australia.

Good work - it is a nice bit of kit. Even just being able to see the crap tune in the BA and sort it and then confirm the good tune in the FG was heaps useful for me and cost effective. The stock file database is pretty sweet too. I'll probably be a bit quiet on the tuning front for a bit because I'm back to square one on the hardware front - need to install wideband, boost gauge, trans cooler, intercooler, brakes, etc. Plus a tuned FG feels pretty quick right now, so need to adjust to that before looking for a bit more!

Arron means use no 1 for the rpm signal, not to cut cylinder 1

Totally normal for the reading to be lower at idle and higher with some revs. If you sit there an neutral and flick the throttle, you'll see the pressure rise and then drop again. Not sure why it would have been constant before that.

Might chuck a single spinner in it and advertise it as having upgraded safety pack.

Broken tooth on crown wheel or pinion. Still drives but goes clunk clunk clunk. I'll send you the details I'm a bit.

FG. BA still collecting dust. A lot of hectic buds want to buy a cheap BA Turbo bro so had a few time wasters. I'll give it another week or so then start parting out.

Love the easy fixes. Car threw a fit yesterday with ABS and DSC faults. Google, night time drive to check brake lights, trip to Ford this morning, $32 for new brake light switch, 30 secs under dash to fit. Solved. Only painful bit was the switch issue was very intermittent. Brake lights seemed to be fine ( was looking for reflections off street signs and the spoiler) but very occasionally wasn't or slight delay before coming on. Finally got a definitive scenario where I was hard on the brakes and no brake light.