Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/03/08 10:37 PM Share Posted 21/03/08 10:37 PM (edited) It's ok I suppose, but needs some big shiny chrome And how come you didn't get a purple one? And when are the Chev badges going on? Edited 21/03/08 11:07 PM by XRTPSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 21/03/08 11:02 PM Share Posted 21/03/08 11:02 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 6m 29d Location: Melbourne Posted 21/03/08 11:02 PM Share Posted 21/03/08 11:02 PM 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 roofYep, 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidin Member 24 Member For: 16y 8m 15d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/03/08 11:43 PM Share Posted 21/03/08 11:43 PM looks pretty sweetonly thing wrong with it though, is it doesn't have any ford badges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 8m 11d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 22/03/08 03:57 AM Share Posted 22/03/08 03:57 AM 2 years and only 5000k odd - do you not like driving it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 6m 29d Location: Melbourne Posted 23/03/08 12:30 AM Share Posted 23/03/08 12:30 AM @ 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 23/03/08 12:38 AM Share Posted 23/03/08 12:38 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventytwo Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel. Lifetime Members 5,368 Member For: 19y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: The 8th Dimension Posted 23/03/08 01:10 AM Share Posted 23/03/08 01:10 AM The Expensive Daewoo Ute is designed to be a sports ute, while fords ute is a workhorse hence the different suspension set ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixfan Flaccid Member Donating Members 2,503 Member For: 21y 6m 14d Gender: Male Location: NOONAMAH, go figure..... Posted 23/03/08 01:21 AM Share Posted 23/03/08 01:21 AM The Expensive Daewoo Ute is designed to be a sports ute, while fords ute is a workhorse hence the different suspension set ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 6m 29d Location: Melbourne Posted 23/03/08 02:52 AM Share Posted 23/03/08 02:52 AM (edited) 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 readsFPV = Ford Performance Vehicle.notFWV = Ford Workhorse Vehicle.Just my 2c. Edited 23/03/08 02:53 AM by MrBean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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