Mr X Donating Members 998 Member For: 21y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 12/11/04 10:00 PM Share Posted 12/11/04 10:00 PM Hey Mickey,stick the right boot in hard,watch the tacho and somewhere around 3500 to 4000 rpm the engine will suddenly hesitate and lose most of its urge.If you back right off and hit the go pedal again it might recover.Failing that you have to pull over and restart it.When you come to a halt you can feel and hear the engine running very rough like its on 2 or 3 cylinders.If you,re a real thrill seeker you can quickly turn off and restart the car on the move.This is particularly invigorating when overtaking or on a sweeping bend when the power steering shuts down for a second or two. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-186417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 12/11/04 10:12 PM Share Posted 12/11/04 10:12 PM mickey_gee said: HelloHow do I know if my car is overboosting???MG<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Or you could come for a spinn(overboost) with me vik of the overboost Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-186420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veczar Gold Platinum Member Member 1,081 Member For: 20y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 13/11/04 01:39 AM Share Posted 13/11/04 01:39 AM Does anyone experience overboost with the MKII? I havnt driving mine enough yet to pin point if it exists or not. I will do some more testing shortly. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-186474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOOT Member 1,201 Member For: 21y 10m 18d Location: Birkdale Posted 13/11/04 11:48 PM Share Posted 13/11/04 11:48 PM Is there any more NEWS on this 'NEWSFLASH' !? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-186815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_Aly Donating Members 615 Member For: 20y 11m 24d Gender: Female Posted 14/11/04 04:37 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 04:37 AM As my car has been in love with the so called 'over boost' since it's 15000k service, I have had overboost at least 20 times in the past 8 weeks and gradually got worse in the last fortnight with it happening every time I gave the car a squirt! It got to 4500RPM then overboost (loss of power) to me it feels/ sounds like there is too much pressure going in then it bursts. Just like when you fill a balloon up to it's capacity then bursts. With coming up to the Dyno Day on Saturday just gone in Melbourne, I wanted Ford to 'fix' the problem, which they told me they did for now until they get the new fix apparently around 14th December. I drove out of Ford and gave it a squirt and there seemed that there wasn't as much power as there was when I drove in, no overboost which I was very happy about. They didn't tell me how they fixed the so called 'overboost'.On Dyno Day, I was very excited to see what the outcome would be on the Dyno. First run it overboosted in 3rd gear at 140rwkw. On the next run the maxium was 162rwkw. I wasn't happy and was very embarrsed, I was told by Dynowog and some of the other guys that Ford obviously didn't fix the overboost, they just detuned it!! My husband is going in tomorrow to see Ford to give them a mouthfull!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-186939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/11/04 05:15 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 05:15 AM Has anyone ever experienced this phenomenon on a stock-standard vehicle – as in no intake mods or aftermarket filter changes?Trent. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-186948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 14/11/04 06:45 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 06:45 AM tab said: Has anyone ever experienced this phenomenon on a stock-standard vehicle – as in no intake mods or aftermarket filter changes?Trent.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yes most have! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-187003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 14/11/04 06:56 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 06:56 AM My experience with this is that it is mainly caused in certain conditions. Usually when the car is cold and air is cold. This could happen on a long drive when you have been cruising at low revs and then boot it. The intake pipework would be cold and with cold air it could overboost. The situation is more pervailent in cars with modded intakes as the airflow is improved. When I had Boof, before the injectors it had over boosing problems. There was a solution, which would have involved HPF taking some tune out. It only happened when the car was cold and in cold air. After the car hadbeen running for 10-15 minutes it never happened. I told them to leave it with the extra power and I drove nicely for the first 10 minutes.If you'd like to test my theory do the following.When the car is cold shove a towel into your air intakes to limit air flow, this could need 2 towels if you have 2 intakes or just shove a towel in the airbox. The idea is to limit air flow. You could make the filter more restrictive by putting something under it too. Make sure to put on the intake side of filter so it can't get sucked into the engine.If I'm right you'll have no overboosting. Let me knowGeea. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-187013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 14/11/04 07:50 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 07:50 AM I was gunna order a container full now every one knows?you sucesfully tripled the yowie site traffic and now doubled towel sales aust. wide.I dont want to get technical but there are some truth's in what you said just not the ones you thought or are the main point.the more I hear the more confident of a cure I get? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-187042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown BA In Your Face Member 6,195 Member For: 22y 1m 28d Gender: Male Location: Peninsula Posted 14/11/04 09:06 AM Share Posted 14/11/04 09:06 AM geea said: My experience with this is that it is mainly caused in certain conditions. Usually when the car is cold and air is cold. This could happen on a long drive when you have been cruising at low revs and then boot it. The intake pipework would be cold and with cold air it could overboost. The situation is more pervailent in cars with modded intakes as the airflow is improved. When I had Boof, before the injectors it had over boosing problems. There was a solution, which would have involved HPF taking some tune out. It only happened when the car was cold and in cold air. After the car hadbeen running for 10-15 minutes it never happened. I told them to leave it with the extra power and I drove nicely for the first 10 minutes.Geea. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I have to agree with Craig there as l have the excact problems with mine. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13481-newsflash/page/10/#findComment-187088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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