geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 5m 25d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 14/04/04 10:43 AM Share Posted 14/04/04 10:43 AM (edited) Just got my car back. Well it was 5 hours ago but it took me this long to stop driving long enough to make a post.Here goes.Part 1:I had the centre muffler removed and had twin pipes made up with flanges that can bolt straight in. $150.00 Link to muffler thread.I installed a 2nd homemade intake to the existing air box. $30ish(this has its own thread)I also installed a BMC air filter.$170ish (numerous threads on this)I'm not sure what the dyno read on this would have been. I do know that a stock XR6Turbo is supposed to run 14.6 for the 1/4 mile (I know there are variations but I read that this is the average figure) and I had a best with just these mods of 14.02@99mph.Total cost of Part 1 = $350.00Part 2:I had the Xede piggyback cpu installed. This is the Chiptorque chip. It was installed at Chiptorque's Melbourne distributor Amberley Auto's in Dandenong. They are great and very helpful. They also listen to what you want and tune the car to your requests. This gave me 233.3rwkw's. They tested the car with my Geea stage 1 mods and it gave a reading of 196rwkw's so a gain of 37rwkw's with just the chip was good I thought. Some people claim more rwkw's with different mods, all dynos are different. I ran a 13.322 @ 105.37mph at Calder I have another 13.3 aswell so I'm happy with this. This cost $1095 for the Xede, $355 for tuning and $145 GST for a grand total of $1595. The car is now running 8psi. The only slight problem I have is when the air is cool and the car is cold it can hit the boost cut out until it heats up a bit. I was told that I could turn the boost down a touch or just be aware of it till it heats up. It only happens during the first 10 minutes or so from start up so I left it at 8psi. This happens because the injectors are at their capacity.Total costs of Part 1&2 is $1945.00 I'm very happy sofar.Part 2A: Auto upgrade. (this has its own thread)Kewish Automotive97932220Remove Automatic TransmissionModify Valve BodyModify Pump Regulator ValveReset Clutches - Band Replace (Hi-Torque)Fit Large CoolerAssemble and Top up with Oil.Total inc GST $1690.00It took 2 1/2 days. During the rebuild they had it back together then tested it and said that it was changing to hard they then did some more work to the valve body to make it a bit less harsh.The auto is awesome. Its a bit clunky when in auto and under very little throttle. When using 1/4 throttle or more its amazing and maual mode is like a clutchless manual.Total costs so far:Parts 1&2 $1945Part 2A $1690Now the good stuff.Part 3:Tuesday I dropped the car off and picked it up just after lunch today. (1 1/2 Days)I had 6x Bosch fuel injectors (part no. 0280155968) installed $979.20I also had a new fuel pump installed $398.00Labour was $350.00GST $172.72Total $1899.92I wasn't sure about the fuel pump, Ian said the old one is capable but it could deteriorate and cause problems in the future, so I got it as insurance. The injectors are out of a Volvo v70Rawd, I could have gotten the injectors a bit cheaper through friends but it would have taken a few months and I couldn't wait. They have the same housing and connections as the standard Ford injector with a bigger flow.The car was then retuned on the dyno. Ian said he could have gotten another 5-10rwkw's but that it wopuld have caused heat problems with the standard intercooler. The car now has 255.5rwkw's an improvemant of 22.2rwkw's. This was also on a hot day (32C) so it could be good for an extra 5 or so rwkw's on a cool day. I have been told that it is roughly 345fwkw's. This isn't exact so dont flame meTotal cost of Geea's modsParts 1-2-3 = $3845.00 For 255.5rwkw's Part 2A (auto mods) = $1690.00 For a very solid and fast changing auto.The car is amazing to drive it drives like a family 6cylinder in traffic. When you put your foot down it doesn't stop pulling, it keeps you pinned to the seat till you take your foot off the accelerator. Ian said it should be good for around 12.7ish. He told me after the chip it should do 13.5- 13.6 and I got 13.3 so I'll have to see.Initially after picking the car up I was immediately thinking about a bigger intercooler and 12-13psi of boost. After driving round in it for a few hours I dont think I'm going to change anything, its awesome. Time may change this veiw, we'll have to wait and see.If anyone has any question ask away and if your in Melbourne let me know and if possible we can catch up.Bottom line is 262.7rwkw's 12.885 @ 111.87mph. Gotta be happy with that.Part 4 Hi/Lo Switch with Hi boost mapDropped of the car at Amberley Auto's on Wednesday morning and picked it up Friday, I asked if I could get more power earlier aswell as the high power map.The original tune was 9psi running up to 10psi and achived 255.5 rwkw's. This was altered to be 10psi all the time and is great.The performance tune is at 12psi and achieves 270.4rwkw's, its awesome.The switch cost $13.00 and the tune involved a few hours on the dyno.The new bottom line is 270.4rwkw's 12.526 & 112.05mph. And theres more to come.Geea's Homemade water spray.Geea's intake temperature gaugeGeea Edited 05/08/04 03:36 PM by geea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown BA In Your Face Member 6,195 Member For: 21y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: Peninsula Posted 14/04/04 10:53 AM Share Posted 14/04/04 10:53 AM Well done to Geea and happy cruising bud...soon to be seen at Calder :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapnut Member 216 Member For: 20y 7m 16d Location: Siddie Posted 14/04/04 11:07 AM Share Posted 14/04/04 11:07 AM Geea, this is great info.Thanks for spending the time to let us know about the cost and the results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 5m 25d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 14/04/04 11:10 AM Author Share Posted 14/04/04 11:10 AM Geea, this is great info.Thanks for spending the time to let us know about the cost and the results! Its a pleasure. After getting out of my car today and realizing how good I felt about the whole car I felt I should share it with others. I have learned lots on this forum and its great to give some back.Geea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stang Donating Members 1,353 Member For: 20y 9m 17d Location: Melbourne Posted 14/04/04 11:10 AM Share Posted 14/04/04 11:10 AM Good onya buddy,mines still stock as I use it for repping but enjoy watching everybody else play around with their cars. Good of you to pass the info onto others as I`m sure many will value your input. I guess the bug will bite me soon just dont want to my insurance jump to high. As well as my first New car ever. GO GO GOregardsStangHey Geea maybe we can organise a melbourne get together, even if its on the weekend whether for drinks or meal the more the merrier, but somewhere with goood parking if we pull in 20 T`s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrut6 Member 160 Member For: 20y 6m 29d Location: Sydney Posted 14/04/04 11:12 AM Share Posted 14/04/04 11:12 AM awsome post mate,just what I needed to see,xede chip and injectors going in my ute real soon.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBOSS Faster than any BTA,XTC,Autotech, Nizpro and Tunehouse car Member 3,918 Member For: 21y 4m 15d Location: D SHIRE! Posted 14/04/04 01:32 PM Share Posted 14/04/04 01:32 PM Well done Geea thanks for the update's they very interesting, what boost are you now running for your 255 rwklw Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrdreaming Lifetime Members 1,693 Member For: 21y 9m 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 14/04/04 01:38 PM Share Posted 14/04/04 01:38 PM Well done Craig,I am really happy that you got the results that you wanted. Have fun and take care in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 14/04/04 07:25 PM Share Posted 14/04/04 07:25 PM Well done geea :lol: This is about the same power we have now with the exede and injectors and fuel pump.It just feels great to drive and it is like a rocket when the foot is planted.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 21y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 14/04/04 09:12 PM Share Posted 14/04/04 09:12 PM Good stuff Geea -good to see their are alternatives :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now