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I agree caliper needs to be bigger and that is why I am trying to find out how hard it is to source the PBR caliper that Ford was using on the 325 mm rotor Awesome forum BTW K31th

So to be clear I want go with 325mm Dba slotted rotors, my original calipers with a seal kit put through them with the new bracket to fit the larger rotor and Bendix premium pads, I think that will be a massive improvement on what I have now?

Hi All, I have read through the brake threads and studied the conversions. The 355 mm rotors and Brembos are very nice but a little hard to justify price on a BA street/work ute. My brakes are a total rebuild so the 300mm standard diameter rotor with slots seems a little pointless so I have arrived at what I think is the middle ground. 325 mm DBA slotted rotors with either my original calipers with new seals and the bracket kit or PBR Calipers Ford genuine or the variants I have seen. Can anyone comment on the differences on the two caliper choices?

800 for the whole car factory gas canopy and mags, recond good auto 480,000 km motor is very good ex freight company vehicle this is the real donor car, the other car is going to be my daily and yes I do like those FG rims more than the ones I have lololol I couldnt help it

Progress Update They have begun to multiply.......

So have we heard anything on the health of the car? That's a far more valuable life to lose.

Same in Qld in the past I have been booked in a HZ ute many many years ago for having a towball obscure the plate. All factory too...

no definitely not, I like LPG. but I am impressed with its fuel economy on the petrol, mind you its running 98 at 1.50 per litre. I also like the ability to run dual fuel, its mighty hard to fix if one should run out of LPG. I just went thru your divorce thread, how is your ute running? I am starting my research on gas next week and I found one of my old gas converters that I am going to put a seal kit thru. It will go on the bottle regardless, I do way too many km to run unleaded. I am just starting to read thru the turbo section of the forum to start working out turbo and manifold choices

Did 500klm on the highway today running around and found out some of her bad habits will start the real detail tomorrow averaged about 8.3 l/100 on the open highway with aircon on

This thing has been loved I could tell the moment I saw the photos on the net went straight down to Bris and bought it. No dints in the cab at all mostly original paint with a few little touches. Never been hit in the front (hard) clean underneath I am cheerin the tub is very straight, two dints maybe. Hadn't thought of making a trailer that a good idea cause as far as I can see the tub is worth sh*t...... I am happy and I think the Km's are legit I have seen enough sh*tbox in my time thanks all for help let the games begin

This is a different car 2004 BA MKII XLS 115,000 klm Petrol 4 speed auto new pads on the front 4 tyres so so prolly 40% 12 months extended warranty which is meaningless only a tiny bit of guttter rash on the front left otherwise neat as a pin nice interior drives really nice handles like a bucket of sh*t but that is to be expected. looks like it has bigger springs all round. I like the way it goes it has some grunt. Overall its nice car I am impressed with the design, tragic Ford stoppen manufacturing. 12mnths rego $7500

Well gentlemen look what the cat dragged in, Apologies for poor quality pics more to follow in daylight

look at the specs for the torque on the gas motors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Barra_engine the gas motors are only making slightly under the petrol torque figure with less horsepower of course. This is why I am interested in LPG turbo, not for hp but for torque. Notice the increases for the eco lpi motor. The car I am looking at has an old fashioned taxi mixer style setup which I am assuming is the first gen. If this is the case then it is dead set easy to put a big mixer on and run the metering on positive pressure with fan.

Copy that I don't need to go that far and he makes a valid point about engines that close to the edge. I would be more than happy with 300kw at the flywheel. Just reading through @Rab thread now. Also looking at the eco lpi specs. Saw the TR6060 today and I am chasing info from Mal Wood.