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You should get a full stainless steel exhaust. Bestmuffler sell them for $1690, full stainless 4" XForce exhaust.

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yeh the 4" xforce fits utes!!

stock clutch should be fine, just depends how you drive, always keep spare cash handy incase!

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Being an FG and through a manual and a good tune you'll easily see some good 300 numbers with those mods with heaps of throttle response, however the XR6 turbo has the smaller inducer wheel so it might run out of puff. That cooler won't keep your air temps down on a hot day but meh, get a better one when you get some more cashish

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If you port the wastegate, you lose the fgt power down low, don't you?

Maybe you should do everything you can without touching the turbo for now, max the little bad boy out

Then when you get used to the power/over it, port the turbo or upgrade

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far you could save so much money if you learn to do things for yourself.

but I guess if u got the money u got it...onli thing id need a tuner for is to tune the car.

the rest of it somehow id build the intake, get a cooler to fit, replace the injectors, ATTEMPT to weld up a 4 inch with a miggy its just fun and I love the learning factors involved and you get to know your car so much more better then paying somebody. increase in knowledge is more beneficial as it means u start understanding how it all works and soon u'll start fabricating your own intakes/cooler pipes, welding wastegates, changing turbo parts running new lines n go wtf I cant believe I spent so much money paying some1. I love these cars definate project cars and havent regretted changing from jap cars to these love em :)

I think also u shud call up around for exhaust see if any1 can fabricate it for less.

dont worry about the turbo lol brand new car/turbo why would u wanna change it ! when u hear it screeching and about to die.. UPGRADE\

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zayd687 I agree it is more fun doing it yourself, but then after I have done work, I spend more time worrying if what I just did is gunna bend/break/fall off rather than enjoying it. I am useless with a spanner. Well I upgraded my own brakes so can't be too hopeless. I just worry if I undo something (And I am soooo good at taking sh1t apart) I wont be able to put it back together.

Luckily I have a mate (Rusty) who is always keen to get his hands dirty for the price of a feed.

But I agree. If I had done all my work and just lobbed at a tuner and said "Here - Tune" I would have saved buckets.

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far you could save so much money if you learn to do things for yourself.

but I guess if u got the money u got it...onli thing id need a tuner for is to tune the car.

the rest of it somehow id build the intake, get a cooler to fit, replace the injectors, ATTEMPT to weld up a 4 inch with a miggy its just fun and I love the learning factors involved and you get to know your car so much more better then paying somebody. increase in knowledge is more beneficial as it means u start understanding how it all works and soon u'll start fabricating your own intakes/cooler pipes, welding wastegates, changing turbo parts running new lines n go wtf I cant believe I spent so much money paying some1. I love these cars definate project cars and havent regretted changing from jap cars to these love em :)

I think also u shud call up around for exhaust see if any1 can fabricate it for less.

dont worry about the turbo lol brand new car/turbo why would u wanna change it ! when u hear it screeching and about to die.. UPGRADE\

that's all well and good...

Im a sheetmetal worker by trade and spent 15 years straight doing nothing but fabricating and tig welding stainless steel sheet and tube.

The problem is you can spend days fabricating sh*t and it just doesnt work. Can be better value in the end buying something that is tried and tested then you know exactly what to expect.

Also it will take much much longer and the car will be off the road much longer if I fabricated everything myself. Yes I can install it all myself and save a few bucks, but I work 6 days a week and if its not done in one sunday then the cars off the road till next sunday. then its still off the road till I can book it in for tune and get trailer to tow it down.

In a nutshell, if I had the time I would do it all myself, I easily could.

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that's all well and good...

Im a sheetmetal worker by trade and spent 15 years straight doing nothing but fabricating and tig welding stainless steel sheet and tube.

The problem is you can spend days fabricating sh*t and it just doesnt work. Can be better value in the end buying something that is tried and tested then you know exactly what to expect.

Also it will take much much longer and the car will be off the road much longer if I fabricated everything myself. Yes I can install it all myself and save a few bucks, but I work 6 days a week and if its not done in one sunday then the cars off the road till next sunday. then its still off the road till I can book it in for tune and get trailer to tow it down.

In a nutshell, if I had the time I would do it all myself, I easily could.

well in your circumstance, I would of just bought a run around car. this ford is going to be a 350 rwkw enthusiast car.. which means it wont be practical to be driven everyday based on fuel economy. well I wouldnt say it doesnt work.... just converted my ba into a turbo, spent today just relocating the battery cost me 100 bucks cables, terminals and some connectors.... now its done im just waiting on a pulsar air box which im going to mount where the battery was and make piping for the turbo with a fpv snorkal... overall it cost me less then 200 bucks.... I could of purchased $700.00 process west kits or plazmaman, but I cant justify it being spent especially since I have a mortagage and bills. based on the experience the journey is what counts and u learn so much and see how it responds thus new mods you'll think of and can fabricate also.

but really I understand your at work 6 days that's your bread n butter so I completely understand your situation. I hope this car pulls hard and when it does post a clip mate.. lookin forward to it ! =)

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