Bf Xr6 - Got It Today

[cobrav8]

Your car will probably gain a bit of power as you get some ks under your belt.

Personally - I would leave it alone and enjoy it for a while. If you decide you need more power - think about trading up, maybe to a second hadn BFXR6T 6 speed auto in a year or two. At least you get a few other things with the T like limited slip diff, a warranty (if you mod the XR6 up to the power of an XR6T you will have lost that).

We are all a bit biased here (most owning turbos).

Have fun.

[newxr]

OK - I have not read the whole thread so some of this maybe old news. See my signature but this is the order in which I did my mods. Total gain from stock to present was 21kw (at the wheels).

1. Turbo Snorkal (this is drop in replacement for the standard snorkal)

2. Air Intake (I used the XR8 snorkal directly into the airbox - there are many variations

3. Heat Shield. A DIY project with shielding to the airbox and intake pipes. Reduced intake temperature by an average 15C

4. Pacemaker headers and exhaust and high flow cat (you could probably leave the cat)

5. Heat retention tape on the exhaust

6. Raised rear of bonnet using washers - this alows more heat to excape

Another mod - a DIY ventaurii device worked well with a 3kw gain (measured using G-TECH) but it fell off as I did not welded on properly. I have not around to building another one.

All up spent about $1500 over 18 months

I will get an edit once the car is out of warranty and not on lease

good luck

[harvyk]

  cobrav8 said:

Your car will probably gain a bit of power as you get some ks under your belt. 

Personally - I would leave it alone and enjoy it for a while.  If you decide you need more power - think about trading up, maybe to a second hadn BFXR6T 6 speed auto in a year or two.  At least you get a  few other things with the T like limited slip diff, a warranty (if you mod the XR6 up to the power of an XR6T you will have lost that).

We are all a bit biased here (most owning turbos).

Have fun.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Leave it as is, the amount you could spend on an NA getting it upto the level of even a stock turbo would be more costly than getting a turbo from the get go... If your thinking of doing upgrades it means you want more power, going a stock T will give you this, and a stock T doesn't need to be thrashed at every set of lights (like a rex) it is possible to drive a T like your driving miss daisy...

If your worried about insurance modding an NA is certainly not for you... If you having problems with insurance now, wait until you tell them that you've modded your car, even if you lost power doing a mod they'd still question it, and they'd probably give you absolute hell if you tryed to actually make a claim... it'd probably be easier and cheaper to simply tell them you have a T then telling them you have a modded NA...

What is more a stock T will still have warranty on it, whilst doing even the slightest mods to an NA will kill any warranty (depending on the dealer and how much of a a-hole they feel like being) and you probably wouldn't even be achieving the power levels of a stock T...

This is just my 2c...

In any case congrats on the purchase...

(PS I was almost in the same boat, going to get an NA over a T, it took a bit of convincing the wife that a T was infact the way to go)

[cobrav8]

Funny - your wife must have been talking to mine. She wanted me to sign up for an XR6 N/A same clour etc - demanded we have leather - but didnt want the Turbo. So...... I got both!

[nbtopstars XR6]

  harvyk said:

  cobrav8 said:

Your car will probably gain a bit of power as you get some ks under your belt. 

Personally - I would leave it alone and enjoy it for a while.  If you decide you need more power - think about trading up, maybe to a second hadn BFXR6T 6 speed auto in a year or two.  At least you get a  few other things with the T like limited slip diff, a warranty (if you mod the XR6 up to the power of an XR6T you will have lost that).

We are all a bit biased here (most owning turbos).

Have fun.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Leave it as is, the amount you could spend on an NA getting it upto the level of even a stock turbo would be more costly than getting a turbo from the get go... If your thinking of doing upgrades it means you want more power, going a stock T will give you this, and a stock T doesn't need to be thrashed at every set of lights (like a rex) it is possible to drive a T like your driving miss daisy...

If your worried about insurance modding an NA is certainly not for you... If you having problems with insurance now, wait until you tell them that you've modded your car, even if you lost power doing a mod they'd still question it, and they'd probably give you absolute hell if you tryed to actually make a claim... it'd probably be easier and cheaper to simply tell them you have a T then telling them you have a modded NA...

What is more a stock T will still have warranty on it, whilst doing even the slightest mods to an NA will kill any warranty (depending on the dealer and how much of a a-hole they feel like being) and you probably wouldn't even be achieving the power levels of a stock T...

This is just my 2c...

In any case congrats on the purchase...

(PS I was almost in the same boat, going to get an NA over a T, it took a bit of convincing the wife that a T was infact the way to go)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah, 500k's on it now and am coming to the same conclusion.....

Am enjoying it as it is, and will leave it alone for now. Might just paint turbo under the XR6 badge (no, no.... stop typing, I was joing!!)

[DBOSS]

Burn it and buy a GT

[saleen]

  DBOSS said:

Burn it and buy a GT

Burn it and it'll BE a GT.

[DBOSS]

  saleen said:

  DBOSS said:

Burn it and buy a GT

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Burn it and it'll BE a GT.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Where will ya mum sleep then

[Flukey]

  DBOSS said:

Burn it and buy a GT

As suttle as a brick thru a windscreen Jeff

[DBOSS]

  flukeyluke said:

  DBOSS said:

Burn it and buy a GT

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

As suttle as a brick thru a windscreen Jeff

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You know me mate SORRY