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It's ok I suppose, but needs some big shiny chrome :censored:

And how come you didn't get a purple one? And when are the Chev badges going on?

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You might as well dust of the turdrunner as buy another bucket like that, they look so massive from the rear. Ah well it takes all kinds, I guess I hope you are happy

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Handling is nice and taught with none of the skip and bounce like the leaf sprung rear end of the nado, you can throw it into a corner and not worry about seeing the tail end out your side window or feeling like its about to end up on its roof

Yep, as I mentioned before, this is the biggest downfall of the Fraud Tornado. I hate the nervous rear on my UTE, and will most likely go IRS like Simon did - need to save a few $$'s for that though.

But, ultimately, an engine never ever knows the badge on it's tappet covers, it's what you do to it that counts, and I would very easily sell this oxcart of mine (with only 5500kms on the clock) and get something taht will be a better base for handling.

Then to easy to supercharge, either by way of twin turbos, or blower.

Ah well, hope Ford can get it right with the suspension on these things eventually.

Guess my next one will be a Expensive Daewoo just becuase of the far superior suspension setup.

Nice looking though, keep us posted.

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@ Cobrav8: I am away on business quite a bit, so....

It is a really nice vehicle for straight-line acceleration, but, as mentioned before, these UTEs are sh*tboxes in the handling department.

Some guys will probably like the leaf-spring rear, but I am to used to IRS, all rwd cars were IRS equipped - except now for the Tornado.

It really is a big deal to me, and such a huge disappointment Ford did not fit IRS to the new FG UTEs.

Ah well, I guess we will see more and more guys going over to the dark side, once they realize it's not just about going fast when the wheels are straight, there's more to enjoying a car than just that.

Ok, not everyone, but I certainly fall in that category.

But, with the nice, easy and relatively cheap power the 6 offers, with the advantage of good fuel economy from a turbo setup, it will suit me better to chop the thing in half, and fit a R34 IRS to a custom subframe, aka Simon Nizpro setup.

That's something I had in mind before I even had the UTE, so guess I should start getting the parts together.

Soz for off-topic, Dags, don't want to steal the limelight away from your new venture ;)

But ffs, this is a Ford forum after all - rofl.

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The Expensive Daewoo Ute is designed to be a sports ute, while fords ute is a workhorse hence the different suspension set ups.

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The Expensive Daewoo Ute is designed to be a sports ute, while fords ute is a workhorse hence the different suspension set ups.

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The Expensive Daewoo Ute is designed to be a sports ute, while fords ute is a workhorse hence the different suspension set ups.

Ermmmm....I did'nt buy the FPV F6 Tornado, with stock 230 odd rwkw to be a workhorse.

And for that matter, I don't think more than maybe 1% of the peeps on here would buy an FPV for that purpose ;)

Ford could have catered for both the workhorse market, and then the performance market - because that is exactly what the FPV is.

I am sure the acronym on the rear of my UTE reads

FPV = Ford Performance Vehicle.

not

FWV = Ford Workhorse Vehicle.

Just my 2c.

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