xr6turboman Donating Members 588 Member For: 16y 8m 26d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand, Palmerston North Posted 13/06/09 08:06 AM Share Posted 13/06/09 08:06 AM So yesterday I throught I would venture down to ford to see how much a new remote for my 03 ba xr6t falcon ute ... get there and see this car... 05 black xr8 bonnet 6 speed manual 20"s debadged and a 3 and a half inch exhaust... so I say lemme take it for a drive... ANYWAY.. I got my remote ... but they threw in a free car to I will NEVER drive another auto lolI got a few questions:1st: When test driving it I found it to be over boosting in 3rd so they said they'll fix it on Monday obviously for free. Just abit worried that I'll get it back and it will feel gutless. I take it many other people have had this problem and what was the out come?2nd: How the f*ck do you get it off the line without to much wheel spin or frying clutch? never driven a powerful manual car...3rd: and if my clutch does decide to give up... whats a decent one worth?... in NZD please.Any other tips etc will be great Thanks Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidald Me Donating Members 360 Member For: 17y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/06/09 08:28 AM Share Posted 13/06/09 08:28 AM Congrats on the new toy.http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.ph...p;hl=xr8+clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6turboman Donating Members 588 Member For: 16y 8m 26d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand, Palmerston North Posted 13/06/09 08:46 AM Author Share Posted 13/06/09 08:46 AM Chur ... I just can't keep out of it atm lol... want to have a few beers but I can't :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike XR6T iTs alL DaRDy........ Donating Members 780 Member For: 17y 4m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/06/09 09:03 AM Share Posted 13/06/09 09:03 AM wat makes u say its overboosting mate? pics would be good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01txr Member 861 Member For: 17y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: QLD Posted 13/06/09 05:35 PM Share Posted 13/06/09 05:35 PM Dont worry about it overboosting as I have run mine for well over 12 months with it over boosting up to20 psi on cold night and mornings, and mine is a BA series one which has weaker rods.Your ecu will correct the afr to a certain point or limit it if it is required with its adaptive learning.Buy yourself a wideband o2 gauge to keep a eye on the afr's just to be safe or have it dyno'd.keep in mind if it is all factory standard including tune it has been tuned for worst case senarioand run slightly rich mixtures from factory.So what boost is it pushing and when you drove it what was the climate like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6turboman Donating Members 588 Member For: 16y 8m 26d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand, Palmerston North Posted 13/06/09 08:50 PM Author Share Posted 13/06/09 08:50 PM I have no idea what boost it is running but the guys at fraud said that's probalby what it will be and they will plug it into computer on monday and fix it... it must get fixed though its slower than my 03 xr6t up top end lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6turboman Donating Members 588 Member For: 16y 8m 26d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand, Palmerston North Posted 14/06/09 01:11 AM Author Share Posted 14/06/09 01:11 AM (edited) the old ute the new car Edited 14/06/09 01:13 AM by xr6turboman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazxr6t Member 11 Member For: 17y 5m 5d Posted 17/06/09 04:52 AM Share Posted 17/06/09 04:52 AM mine used to overboost all the time (03 auto). it was a problem with the actuator. it had a leak in the diaphram or something so it was replaced with a second hand one for $25AU. fixed that problem. it did lose power though in comparison to what it had prior to overboosting because it was spiking to 15LB. then flash tuned it and added a heap of other stuff but if you have an actuator problem you need to fix it first. get someone to check how much pressure your actuator holds by pumping air into it with an inline pressure gauge. if it loses pressure once 4 or 5 psi has been put into it it's stuffed. in the meantime if you get overboost and the car runs really rough you just need to stab the throttle really quickly to the floor and back off as quick as you can and it should reset the whole system and the car will run normally rather than switching it off and restarting it or driving for 100 m or so until the boost drops which is a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidald Me Donating Members 360 Member For: 17y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 18/06/09 05:04 AM Share Posted 18/06/09 05:04 AM Dont you turn the car over with the pedal down to reset the PCM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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