Tornado Review

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  Terebro said:

After 2 months of pain and agony I finally picked up my Mercury Silver F6 Tornado lastnight.

Options: Leather, FPV mats @ steering wheel, Hardcover

Well I am very very impressed.

Got there and did a thorough inspection and although it was difficult to look at the panels and paint because of the sh*tty weather I was happy with what I saw.  The interior was very nicely finished and very flush.

The only gripe I have is that the alignment of the front door and front quarter panel isn't 100%.  Ive noted it down on the pre-inspection papers so that will be attended to.

Driving it is an absolute dream.  My god the power is fantastic.  Coming from an EF XR8 slug this thing is a slingshot as soon as it hits 2500-3000rpm.  Very very impressed with the power delivery.  It does run out of puff higher in the rev range, but I really didn't get an opportunity to give it much stick because of the wet roads and peak hour traffic coming through the CBD.

The clutch feels absolutely brilliant.  Could not be happy with the feel of it.  Not too heavy not too light.  Ive been hearing about the gearbox and how people really find it tought to shift but my 6speed is consistantly smooth and easy to shift through all gears.  Lovely to drive.  There is a slight gearbox whine in 2nd but Im not complaining at all.  Nothing compared to a WRX driveline.

That was my biggest concern really, how the gearbox would behave and feel like.  But to my surprise it feels absolutely fantastic.  There is a slight notchy feeling but nothing compared to my old toploader and the 6speed has no problem fitting into  any of the gears, it's a real breeze.

There has only been one time I heard a lash in the driveline, I gave it a nice feed in 1st then came off the throttle immediately and heard a little lash in the gearbox.  Nothing to winge about however.

So after 60km I am totally wrapped with my F6 Tornado.  The Mercury Silver looks brilliant.  Pics will be coming in a few weeks after I get it lowered and get the Stealth fitted 

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Congrats Terebro....enjoy your new toy.

May see you in the northern suburbs sometime.