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No problem with turbo lag.

I would think it offers similar off boost as an XT I rented. Because of the motor being a 4lt 6, it is nothing like a 4cyl turbo that suffers lag.

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I haven't had my F6 for very long but this is how I think of it.

Basically if you think that these cars run the normal ford 6 just with a turbo on the side (phoons probably have a bit of work done to them but not sure) then off boost they are going to be producing roughly 200kw at the motor anyway. This is more then say a stock EL XR8 so to me I find them really quite good off boost. If you think of it in terms of when you are on boost you have all this power then off boost you are obviously going to think that you don't have as much go as you would like. Personally I love this car it feels faster then my slightly modded EL XR8 was even when off boost and when on boost bloody hell it is fast! It is great because just driving it normally around town you wouldn't know that you have a turboed car they just feel normal.

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No problem with turbo lag.

I would think it offers similar off boost as an XT I rented. Because of the motor being a 4lt 6, it is nothing like a 4cyl turbo that suffers lag.

Zap..I am really grateful for that.Thank you so much.That answer means so much to me.... :beerchug::bouncey::innocent::hiall::dontknow:

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I haven't had my F6 for very long but this is how I think of it.

Basically if you think that these cars run the normal ford 6 just with a turbo on the side (phoons probably have a bit of work done to them but not sure) then off boost they are going to be producing roughly 200kw at the motor anyway. This is more then say a stock EL XR8 so to me I find them really quite good off boost. If you think of it in terms of when you are on boost you have all this power then off boost you are obviously going to think that you don't have as much go as you would like. Personally I love this car it feels faster then my slightly modded EL XR8 was even when off boost and when on boost bloody hell it is fast! It is great because just driving it normally around town you wouldn't know that you have a turboed car they just feel normal.

But at light throttle does it drive well without boost?

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Due to turbo motors having less compression I would say off boost the turbo motor would have less power than a NA, but a drop of 10 to 15kw on a 200kw motor would not be that noticeable.

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Due to turbo motors having less compression I would say off boost the turbo motor would have less power than a NA, but a drop of 10 to 15kw on a 200kw motor would not be that noticeable.

I was going to say that but didnt want to offend anyone.The standard ba sixes put out around 140 to 150..with 8.5 they would be hard pressed to give more.But in any case my question has been answered and I am again grateful.

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I was going to say that but didnt wnat to offend anyone.The standard ba sixes put out around 140 to 150..with 8.5 they would be hard pressed to give more.But in any case my question has been answered and I am again grateful.

Stav

I was talking flywheel KW (should have made it clear) , but yea if you convert it to RW it would be about that. :dontknow:

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