Yet To Be "touched" Na Xr6....help!

[lukee85]

Hi all,

I bought my BA NA XR6 about 6 months ago and now im ready to start the mods.

I'm a young guy that doesn't know much about anything!

Ive got a very basic knowledge of wat I can do and where I might start with the car being, exhaust, induction, chip, but have no idea wat could b the best stuff to get and where. I live in victoria and if anyone can help me out with some education and the like it would be greatly appreciated!

so far the only thing I've got a quote on is the exhaust system that reads like this.

" Pacemaker Headers, Metalic Hi Flow Cat, 2 1/2 mandral bent exhaust $1000"

Is this good? It was from a custom place in Dandenong.

Also, wat are some good tires I could put on my 17's? I'd probably spend $250 a tire?

Please Help Me!

-lukee85

[Guest]

First things I would suggest would be:

CAPA flash tuner - $1000

Typhoon lower snorkel - $70

Exhaust system - $1000

Custom tune - $400

As for tyres, I would say go for TOYO proxes or stick with the SP9000's.

Hope this helps

[tquarrell]

for tyres I can vouch for BF Goodrich profiler's, I've found them much better than nankang ns2's (don't recommend) and dunlop sp9000. The 245 dunlops would lose traction at will in 1st and 2nd, where the BF Goodrich I just can't get to spin, and are even good in the wet. I've heard good things of of the dunlop maxx sports also, you can check out tirerack.com to compare afew tyres.

[lukee85]

Can anyone explain some of these to me please?

I get the exhaust system wats about the rest?

Any help on induction systems?

And for tires, would michelin PP2s be too much of an overkill?

Thanks for putting up with my noobass questions guys/girls, I guess uv gotta start somewhere!

[falcon73]

Capa flash tune is new performance programs that are reset through the BA computer when loaded it helps things like air fuel ratios and a whole heap of other stuff, the induction is thh air in and air out, the quiker you get air in through the air induction or in old terms the air filter the better and then the quiker you get it out through a non restrictive exhaust the better makes the engine breath better.

this is just a quik summary

As for buying a T I know after all mods are done the N/A 6 will never be as fast as the T but giving the way things are going the N/a is definatley gettin faster and giving the T boys something to think about.

[NA-06-XR]

Hey Lukee85..

if you want to start to see what the N/A feels like with a few mods without paying huge amounts of money, I would go for the setup that this guy has offered. its not a bad price. Find out whether its stainless or Mild steel. At that price its probably mild steel but that's fine. I got my mild steel package for $1550 from Herrod back in May-July of 2005 and It was a great addition for the N/A without having to modify the engine. The best things you can look at is Breathing mods. The BA Engine is surprisingly responsive to just removing restriction in the air flow path . I would suggest a K&N direct replacement air filter if you don't want to mess with the Intake structure. If you want to do something a Bit more I'd look at some of the Air boxes provided and go for a Full POD filter setup with either Drift or K&N. I had bad experiences with "RAMPOD" and changed to a K&N filter eventually.

From there I would go and spend the $320 for the Harmonic Balancer. Probably one of the cheapest MODS for the I6... Have a look at NOSXR's "6cyl 20% underdrive pulley" thread and it'll explain everything. After this you're logical path would be for a generic tune or custom tune. However I found with the Herrod exhaust and Air filter, my economy at casual driving was slashed and was happily enjoying 5-6L/100kms.

From there, you have a few options of where to go... different tune shops have different paths to take. JMM or Nizpro both offer Decent packages. If you're a young fellow with a limit on Cash, I wouldn't recommend going to CAMS as this will need a specialised tune and will make your car drink petrol like a V8. TRUST me... If you've got the money, an intake manifold from JMM/Nizpro could be a move to...

With Tyres, I found the Original Dunlops, on my 17's to have awesome grip but tended to be ripped to shreds when ever I went drifting... they were a bit soft and fragile once warmed up a bit. Other drivers might say other wise and that's fair, but for where I am in the country the Dunlop's at $175 a tyre were perfect for me.

I recently bought new tyres for my 19's at just $260 a tyre. that's pretty good for 235/35...!

Anyway, feel free to get in contact with any of your Local members of Team N/A and catch up or hang out, or even to get them to help out with installation of any mods.

Keep on Growlin' and good luck with your modding quest...

- Daniel

NA06XR

[Guest]

From there I would go and spend the $320 for the Harmonic Balancer. Probably one of the cheapest MODS for the I6... Have a look at NOSXR's "6cyl 20% underdrive pulley" thread and it'll explain everything. After this you're logical path would be for a generic tune or custom tune. However I found with the Herrod exhaust and Air filter, my economy at casual driving was slashed and was happily enjoying 5-6L/100kms.

Thanks mate but $320 is the retail price, its a much lower price than that.

[NA-06-XR]

Just giving him the base price. I told him in a PM to give you a Holla to discuss that...

[Guest]

Thanks mate

[Mr Man]

First things I would suggest would be:

CAPA flash tuner - $1000

Typhoon lower snorkel - $70

Exhaust system - $1000

Custom tune - $400

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to that list I would add a K&N or BMC filter(~$120), and replace your front snorkel with one from a turbo, they are a bit bigger (bout $40 from ford)