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Took your advice but couldnt get it put so I pushed it until I thought itd break but they snapped into place. Just needed some encouragement haha thanks keith

Oh no problem. I have tried to remove the air vent on topnof the dash that demystifies the windshield. I have pried out a few of the clips but not all of them. Now I can’t clip it in again and I’m afraid I might snap off the clips if I put pressure. not sure how to remove it and reinstall it

Hey guys, I checked the haynes manual and no luck. Ive tried to remove the front demister vent but I couldnt and now I cant reinstall it, its no longer flish andnibcant clip it in cant find any youtube videos or anything on how to fix this now. Any advice?

Yeah flushed and changed to fresh fluid

New DBA Street Performance Slotted Discs (T2) and matching Pads, fine for around town. I was breaking them in, did a few 60-20 stops, a couple hard stops from 100/140 to 40 or so, all separated by around 3 minutes, followed by a very hard stop from 180 to 10. It was more than they could handle. Needed to cool them off, and until they cooled off they were spongy and required a lot of extra foot pedal pressure to stop the car. For the way I drive, I'll be going a better brake system next time. If you want an upgrade from stock for regular people driving, these are fine. For more aggressive driving, no. Maybe they're still breaking in. The discs are now multi coloured from heat so either this was beyond their capabilities or I've over-cooked them before breaking them in enough 🤷‍♂️

Sounds like this is a common issue. Could it be a fuse that isn't quite broken? Otherwise could it be a damaged wire?

Great advice, thanks. I'll grab some lines to be safe and watch out for idiots and kangaroos. We'll see how I go with the restraint though... I will try to behave

I thought that might be the case - it's an Australian car so I'd imagine they're built for Australian roads and climate

Has anyone had any experience of driving in the outback with their turbo falcon? I've got an FG xr6t and hoping to take it to Broken Hill. There are some dirt roads that are 2wd appropriate but I'm wondering how it'll do in those conditions, and in the heat. Any experience on this forum?

Ok great, thanks guys

When I plug in the OBDii+ sensor, two things happen: 1. Traction Control turns off and a warning comes on saying DSC fault 2. When I get on boost, the boost is cut completely. If I turn off the car and unplug the sensor, all works fine again. My car is tuned so I'm thinking that the parameters are all different to factory, causing issues. So for example with 2, when it exceeds the factory set boost, it cuts boost. But an OBDii+ sensor should surely not cause that? And it's not going into limp mode, just cutting boost. Any ideas?

Second to the comment earlier about xForce sitting too low - mine isn't lowered but will scrape the bottom and it's only the 3.5inch - the 4 inch would surely be worse. It's stainless steel and does sound good though

I can speak for mine I have standard dump, high flow cat, 3inch xforce It's a smooth tone, on the loud side when it idles, sometimes pops on high rpm gear changes (more when it was stock) and under WOT it's a loud, smooth tone. Sounds like an inline 6 motor my mate has an xforce 4inch, louder. He has a split from the last muffler. One side is say 0.5m the other split is about 0.7m. This difference in length causes the exhaust gasses to escape at different times, creating a rumbling sound - think V8 instead of a smooth and balanced i6

Try asking RVO if their Stage 2 can handle that power? I don't know about your engine rods/pistons - maybe someone knows how those hold up under 500kw

that answers me exactly. It's possible to have lower torque with over 400kw. I've got about that much torque with 320kw currently how does it drive mate? how do you feel the higher power with lower torque figures? what's it like?

That makes a lot of sense actually - numbers on paper are inferior to the actual thing. I'll see when the next event is in Sydney and will talk to a few people down there who's cars seem to be running the way I'd like mine to go Interesting on putting the boost in late to make them more useable. I initially thought it would go the other way but on second thought, of course that would 'tame' the car a little more. I guess a bigger turbo (I have the 76) would also help with bringing in the power later and keeping it under control at lower RPM, which is where I'd imagine the transmission damage occurs

yeah I wasn't hopeful with this question. from what I understand about torque and HP the two options I can think of are: 1. ramp boost up late in RPM (not very useable) 2. use a restrictive exhaust system Either way, not a great result... torque is what we love. I think we should be thinking about the 700pound club, 1000pound club rather than 300kw, 400kw clubs anyhow, I need to just accept the fact that I'll need to build my ZF $$$$$$$

Yeah, but would people not keep track of their own? It seems like under 1000 pounds with over 400kw is on the lower end. I'm wondering if anyone has been able to make 400+ with say 800-900 Not so much asking if someone's kept track of every figure, more if they know they're on the lower end themselves and happy to share Is my question problematic for some reason that I've missed? But sure, I'm doing my own research as well.

Who has the lowest torque figure with over 400rwkw?

Guys, I have some bad (and unsurprising) news My car no longer feels fast. That didn't take long...

This is why you're posting in the Coversions, Transplants and FRANKENSTEINS page haha What you're talking about is a big and ambitious job! That's why I, for one, am so excited to follow your journey. Even if you don't do it, it's really cool to see the fact finding process

awesome! I'm keen to follow your build! If you need a hand with homework, let us know. There's always someone around who's interested in helping out

@MerBarra Sam, did you call the boys at Autotech and CMS? Any luck?

Well, you're in the right place. I'm sure some people will jump in and give you some advice. Have you called the Barra shops people advise on here? CMS, AutoTech, etc.. They should be able to piont you in the right direction if not actually be able to help you themselves

And if you've rreeaaallly got money to burn, after you drop a v8 into it, turbo it We won't be able to keep up with ya