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Hey guys,

Saw on a classified site a fella who was selling a turbo assembly. He says its for a BA, so I'm assuming it will fit my BF?

There is a pic attached at the bottom of the post - is this all I need? How much will it cost to have it fitted and such?

He said, " I have for sale a GENUINE XR6 Turbo Kit. The Turbo is BRAND NEW

(cost around $4100 to buy from Ford alone)

The intercooler, exhaust manafold and top manafold were off a new XR6 Turbo that upgraded to aftermarket parts.(all parts are in perfect working order, the intercooler has a couple of small scratches but you can't see it in the car anyway)

As far as I know, besides the air pipes and a retune of the factory computer, this is everything you need for the conversion"

He is asking $1999 for just whats shown - good deal? How much will I be looking at in total?

Cheers,

Dan

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I am going to supercharge my sons XR6 soon with a capa unit . Aim for about 220rwkw I think that would be a better option.

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2 grand is a good deal... the turbo and manifold are worth that alone, looks like its missing some IC hoses, water lines ect... but wont be too hard to source.

This kind of conversion is easy and affordable for the DIYer, but if you have to pay a shop it will add up to around what it may cost to trade in on an xr6t.

Do the math and make your decision

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That’s a cheap price but keep in mind you will also need some type of boost controller. If you decide to use the factory boost controller you will need to also change your ECU and wiring harness which will have the plugs for the boost controller.

On top of what you have I can see the following required to do it correctly.

BA\BF plenum

BF XR6 Turbo ECU

XR6T injectors.

XR6T boost controller

XR6T engine wiring loom

Water and oil pipes

Intercooler pipes hot side and cold side pipes

Turbo Exhaust system

Boost sensor (under battery pipe)

There are probably more things but these are just what I noticed right away.

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  XR6 Turbo Developments said:
That’s a cheap price but keep in mind you will also need some type of boost controller. If you decide to use the factory boost controller you will need to also change your ECU and wiring harness which will have the plugs for the boost controller.

On top of what you have I can see the following required to do it correctly.

BA\BF plenum

BF XR6 Turbo ECU

XR6T injectors.

XR6T boost controller

XR6T engine wiring loom

Water and oil pipes

Intercooler pipes hot side and cold side pipes

Turbo Exhaust system

Boost sensor (under battery pipe)

There are probably more things but these are just what I noticed right away.

I have just done a conversion from na xr6 to xr6t. I picked up a motor, no harness or computer or pipework for $1750. The harness IS THE SAME except for the plug on the map/air temp sensor on the intake manifold. The only other harness you need goes from next to the air filter box to the 3rd plug on the pcm BUT if you run a aftermarket boost controller you wont need a differant pcm, patch harness, boost controll solinoid.

I did get a factory intercooler setup but went with a RAPID hot and cold side set up and bigger intercooler. Injectors, you can pick up a set of semins from the states for $300aud or less delivered(pm me for info). Intake manifold, if you use yours just remove or fix open the bbm butterflys. You should be able to pick up a lo km motor of ebay at around $2000-$2500. GET A FLASH TUNER AND THAT WILL REPROGRAM YOUR PCM TO RUN A TURBO SET UP. The othe differance in the motors are pistons and exhaust valves, (lower compression and better valves). The diff is the only othe week link but call mall wood and he can do a 4 pin setup and better gears than the turbo boys have or find a wrecker with the v8 or turbo one. I did mine for under $4000 and will put out 350rwkw. I do know a guy who has a full setup from a o7 bf f6 ute with under 10,000kms for $5000.

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  EGOBFXR6 said:
Hey guys,

Saw on a classified site a fella who was selling a turbo assembly. He says its for a BA, so I'm assuming it will fit my BF?

There is a pic attached at the bottom of the post - is this all I need? How much will it cost to have it fitted and such?

He said, " I have for sale a GENUINE XR6 Turbo Kit. The Turbo is BRAND NEW

(cost around $4100 to buy from Ford alone)

The intercooler, exhaust manafold and top manafold were off a new XR6 Turbo that upgraded to aftermarket parts.(all parts are in perfect working order, the intercooler has a couple of small scratches but you can't see it in the car anyway)

As far as I know, besides the air pipes and a retune of the factory computer, this is everything you need for the conversion"

He is asking $1999 for just whats shown - good deal? How much will I be looking at in total?

Cheers,

Dan

yeh as others have said, there is a few pipes missing, although if you ask the guy, he might have them, because if he changed everything he should not have needed them. sounds a good deal.

you can use your ecu. and for boost you can run a vacum hose straight from the actuator to the manifold, that will controll it old style, and it will give you 4-6 psi,you can lift the boost with a blead valve further if you want, but it will make better power then a standed tubo car at this boost) I would get a standed turbo exhaust(which he might have) you will need to get a turbo fuel regulator, and turbo injectors (again he should have, or you can pick them up for about a $100.00 dollars for the set, a turbo map sencer (2bar) this will need a tune but will be very nice for the money spent, and will kill the super charger setup.

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Looks like a good deal IMO.

There's still a few things needed as mentioned above, but it's still a good price.

If you were to pay someone purely for fitting, you'd be looking at an absolute minimum of $1000 and then you'll need to consider a tune as well.

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dude, so what if it's cheap! just but an BF T. One thing I have learned is just buy a fast car from the begining. You might end up spending the same amount in the long run.....but with much less hassle. Resale value might be an issue also.

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