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Hey guys, Just came across this in another forum... Looks like a pretty sweet alternative to those $300 g-tech meters Not sure if it works just as well, but interesting either way! http://dynolicious.com/index.html

Sounds exactly like what I've got. My car splutters under load, almost sounds like someone spitting water out of their mouth. If its similar to my problem, it won't be your plugs. I've changed my plugs twice, with different gaps, with no difference. I'm almost 100% sure my coils are the problem. Sorry I can't help with the ford sparkplug... They've got some weird part numbers... But you're not the only one with this problem. Its very disheartening. You just wanna give your car the boot, but whenever it does, it just sounds terrible.. :(

I've seen the same thing too. So they can come off. The coils are on properly, because they run fine at stock. It's not spluttering unless under full throttle

Yeah I have flashed my car... But this problem happens with or without my tune loaded... When I lift the rocker cover garnish, no coils are sitting high... I'm thinking they might just be stuffed though, because although it idles fine, under load it splatters. Apparently the coils can arch only under load because of the pressure increase? Does that sound right? I've changed plugs twice now, and the problem is still there, so its nothing to do with them... And I've tightened the hell out of every bolt on my manifold/turbo so there shouldn't be any exhaust leak. I'll get some rubbers, see how that goes. And if its still being a pain, I'll replace the coils (probably due for replacement anyway after 150,000 highway k's)...

Sorry I should have used my last thread. My question this time was whether it would have such an affect on performance. I'm going to replaced the rubbers, but Im just hoping that the performance picks up once that's done... I have updated my plugs. I'm using Falcon LPG plugs, apparently they're good for tuned turbos.

Ahh thanks, didn't know about the white marks... So could this be a reason why my T is a slug?

Hey guys I've got a problem with my coils. I'm not sure if they're stuffed, or whether the fact that 3 of the coils aren't being held down by the rubbers (lost them somehow!) My question, is would either of these things affect 0-100 performance? I've always felt my car was a bit sluggish for some reason... Just did a 0-100 test with my 11psi tune, and one stock tune... and the 11psi was slower! Got 6.4 seconds on stock, and 6.6 on tune... what the? Could this be because of the coils? Cheers Dave

me... lol Nah I'm up for a hoodie whenever. Still gotta get used to this 1mth of cool weather here in QLD...

Its just flowing better mate. You're probably hearing the air throughout the whole system flowing better...

That car is the best of the lot... I was in love with that thing at our Sunny coast cruise.

Count me in too! Hopefully I can bring the missus this time... Although I can just imagine the trouble I'll get into when I get a bit 'spirited'.

Because the peak torque, and peak power are at different RPM's.

I was always of the understanding that power = torque x rpm. So you can have extremely high pulling power down low, but not necessarily have a lot of power, because the revs are low. And that's why you can have your torque fall away high, but still have your power band increase because the RPM's are increasing... Power is a mathematical equation derived from Torque. SO you can have torque without power, but not power without torque... So when your vehicle is getting tuned, your tuner is playing with the torque output at different revs to provide the best power output. The longer and flatter the torque band is at a low RPM, the more drivable a vehicle is (ie. no need to keep the car high in the power band to move).

Great. I've heard exactly what I've wanted to hear. You can be ethical, and be successful working in a dealership. Might start sending some resume's around! Thanks for the tip with the multi franchise dealers. I thought that too actually. Wider choice = more clients. Thanks again guys... The help on here has been great.

Awesome... I'd love to get one of those turbo stickers for the bit just under the side indicator. Only issue is I have a red car, so would need black stickers. Could this be done? If not, that's ok. I'd also be up for a cap and a hoodie would be good!

Please explain to me why my views on taxation and welfare are simplistic. Obviously I can't go into extreme detail on a car forum as to how I believe the nation should be ran, but I find it a little hypocritical to say that my views are simplistic and naive when I've gone into much more detail than you on why my beliefs are so. All you've said is the country is going to hell because Labor are in power and have made some decisions that you don't agree with. that's the most naive and self important comment I've heard in quite a while. Lol. Please explain as to why having a small tax on certain luxury items is 'overtaxing the wealthy'. And also, please explain as to why you have the belief that overtaxing the wealthy on luxury items will ultimately hurt the people in need. As long as this country has an affordable commercial tax system (which we do), and an educated and skilled workforce (something that was severely neglected in the past 10 years), then people will continue to make and spend money here, regardless of taxes on luxury items.

I've worked in pricing before and generally speaking, theft statistics, power to weight ratio's, and average repair costs per vehicle type are what determine vehicle premium rates. Not necessarily the number of at fault claims per vehicle type. Reason being, because there are a lot of possible causes for an at fault claim (eg weather, time, traffic, 3rd party at fault with no 3rd party details supplied etc..), so insurers generally don't increase premiums because a vehicle has a higher number of claims than the next... Then of course you've got rating factors for location, driver gender, age, experience, claims history that also affect the premium.

Sorry guys, I should have gotten back to you. I've had real trouble insuring anyone under 25 in Turbo's at a decent rate. Most of the insurers I go through, especially the specalist insurers like Lumley Special Vehicles and MB Insurance only insure over 25's. Sometimes over 30's with Turbos. If your under 25, Ive found your best bet is with Just Cars or AAMI. Obviously this differs from person to person, but this is generally the case. If you're over 25, please feel free to get in contact with me. I've been able to organise cheaper insurance for a few people now.

Thanks for the info... more stuff I didn't know. Thanks! Ahh... so as an F&I consulant (or whatever they're called), you don't automatically try and get them the best interest rate? I guess the all important question here is, do you all get by ok?? Money wise? Or do you struggle to make sales sometimes?

The way I look at it is, the more money you earn, and the more money you spend, the more tax you should pay. Its as simple as that. Whether you like it or not, our society is based on the rich contributing to support the nation more than the poor because they have more capacity to do so. Some may see it as a penalty, others may see it as their duty. I for one, who earns more than the average wage (but I'm certainly not rich), am happy to pay my taxes and don't see a tax increase on a luxury item as a 'penalty'. Luxury goods are just that, they aren't a necessity. If you don't like paying more tax on luxury items, don't buy luxury items. No-one is forcing you to. And if you don't like the way our society is run, and has run successfully for the past 100 years, then go live in Brazil and drive through the favallas in your expensive, untaxed car everyday. I'm sure you'd change your tune when you wouldn't be able to park your fancy car anywhere because of the incredibly high crime rates due to the high unemployment, due to the terrible education funding, due to the rich not being taxed accordingly. The less divide there is between the rich and the poor, with funds being distributed reasonably and rationally, is a means to a well run society. Brazil is the perfect example. They have the biggest divide between rich and poor and an untiered tax system, and the crime rates, and quality of life there for the majority of the population is astonishing. I agree with you in one part though, this government (and every other for the past 50 years) has spent too much money on welfare, and more funding needs to go into eliminating as much welfare fraud as possible. But this is a case of spending money to get money back, which would more than likely cancel each other out. Without researching further into the amount of funding lost per annum due to welfare fraud, I can't comment as to whether increasing funding to catch welfare cheats would be a viable option. However, I don't believe in cutting welfare spending for the sake of rich people being able to enjoy more luxury items for less. As for saying you have to accept this government because they were elected... well what else are you going to do? Break every law passed by this government because you didn't vote for them? lol You can disagree with them, fair enough, open debate and criticsm is healthy in a democratic system, but whether you like it or not, Labor is in power until 2010-2011, and you're just going to have to live with it.

Mt Nebo is an awesome drive... So awesome I Stuffed my brakes on a cruise up there one day!

I'm going to stay here in QLD. My partner's family is up here, and we need their help with the little ones! Will keep my eyes open for some F/I ads, but yeah... I might even consider sales roles if the pay is good enough... Just a bit scary making a big change from one type of role to a completely different one...

Hahaha... same here.. Im sitting at work, trolling the boards, feeling guilty for not actually doing work! Doesn't stop from doing it though. hehe So are you at work? If so, sounds like a cruisy job... where do I sign up?