Engine Builder Melbourne

[shananp]

I can recommend dion at dynomite in footscray.H done mine and has done many others.

Very strong engines and running into the 8's .Or you can just have my car for $54000

[bluprinturbo]

keep the g6.

[TRA1NR]

keep the g6.

+1

And put a bulletproof manual in it!

[Dillz]

I don't want to be pretentious, but I think what my mate Ralph Wiggum meant to suggest, was an FG F6 bottom end, which has Mahle pistons, and WILL make 300+ kw safely.

Any BF2/FG bottom end should hold 300+ safely. Has anyone actually been able too 100% confirm that the FG F6 short has stronger pistons then the standard turbo one?

[09sr5]

When I rebuilt my engine I looked into ford pistons for sh*ts and giggles. They listed two, standard and high power. Prices were around the 1200 for std size high power pistons (6). There was no specific listing for f6 and normal turbo

[bluprinturbo]

• this is all I could find at the moment. doesnt mention brand though. look down the bottom in mechanical. according to this the conrods may even be better.
  

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Get the best price on a new FPV F6

IN A COUNTRY OBSESSED with V8 performance cars, you might think that a car like the F6, with its blown six, would have a hard time establishing its credentials.

Sure, FPV still sells a lot more V8s than they do sixes and HSV doesn’t even bother to go there. But being a volume seller in the muscle sedan category isn’t a true measure of the F6’s success.

The real measure is respect.

If there was a Fight Club for cars, the F6 would be the darkly brooding contender, waiting in the shadows for the competition to get serious. The one that all the competitors fear most.

Legend has it that the F6 will out-run the fancy V8s and that even more power is just a cheeky tweak away. School kids stare in awe, middle-aged men admire, but most telling of all, V8 drivers avoid eye contact.

It’s a bona fide urban myth in the metal.

Styling

There is no going past the Dash Green of our test vehicle. This particular F6 didn’t attract attention, it demanded it.

Hunkered down over a set of optional graphite 19-inch wheels, the chiseled F6 looks menacing.

There are no flared guards, no bonnet scoops or bulges, no overt body kit. The F6 doesn’t need the Tupperware to look tough.

To further accentuate that ‘minimalist toughness’, FPV has removed the grille on the lower air intake, putting the beefed up intercooler on display. Not great for stone protection on the open road, but raunchy nonetheless.

FPV badges take pride of place on both the front grille and rear bootlid, with unique F6 310 badges positioned on the sides and rear of the vehicle.

New graphite headlight accents now match the standard 19 inch machine faced alloy wheels with Graphite accents, and the optional F6 Graphite wheel as fitted to the car we drove.

Sure, there has been plenty of online debate concerning the FG’s styling. Some appreciate the clean, sharp and almost minimalist look (that has some competitors looking like cartoon characters), while others simply don’t think it has evolved enough from the BF.

We like it, especially in F6 and GT guise.

Mechanical Package

The F6 is all about that syrupy smooth, boosted 4.0-litre straight six.

The 4.0 litre turbo-charged DOHC 24 valve in-line six now produces maximum power of 310kW at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 565Nm across the range from 1950 to 5200 rpm. That’s enough to have FPV claiming (and it’s not hard to believe) that the F6 sedan is one of the best performing six-cylinder vehicles on the Australian market.

It’s also a 40kW and 15Nm increase over the previous BF model.

To achieve such a significant increase, FPV’s engineers strengthened the piston and conrod design, dropped the compression ratio (from 8.7.1 to 8.5.1), re-profiled the camshafts, fitted a larger intercooler and improved turbo, recalibrated the engine management and turned up the boost to 0.91 bar (13.3 psi).

A new intake system has improved airflow from the air intake to the engine head inlet. The result is not only more power but much improved driveability.

FPV says you can expect to achieve an average of 12.1L/100km for the ZF auto-equipped F6 (12.3L/100km for the six speed manual).

Edited 27/12/11 12:47 AM by bluprinturbo

[nikofgxr6t]

............Sorry Jet meant it in a good way, I rate Alan as well it's just that brought his name up before and alot of people said he should stick to VLs and go see someone who knows these cars. Just like Dandy engines,well known V8 engine builder but also screws these engines together at great prices, as long as work is top notch should not matter who does it...........And does Rajab still use VCM or shifted over to XCAL3?

All good man just curious as why people laugh at someone who has a good rep and built a few fast cars including fords he mainly does vl’s and jap cars but theres people like me and few others out there who want him to do our cars and either leave the vl’s tucked away in the garage or sell them to upgrade to the ford turbo cars. As for xcal3 he might have both now not too sure never ask his doing a few fords now mines a VCM tune and im happy with it I heard few different things about the two from different workshops as im sure everyone else has but I think it’s a personal choice of the tuner of what he likes to use on what car. I’m happy with the VCM tune and will stick with it for now as I think I got some decent results for what I got. My opinion is if your happy with the results from your workshop stick with them but doesn’t hurt to look around.

Dandy engines never thought of them might give em a call and get a quote they done a few tuff v8 turbo engines good idea thanks mate

Edited 27/12/11 12:46 AM by jetfg

[bluprinturbo]

I think its fpv we need to be asking for the confirmation. I know the pistons are stronger, not positive if there forged. in saying that, as ive said before, mahle took over the piston division at acl who supplies ford. any engine over 100hp per litre is fitted with forged pistons as per there regulations. I will go too all extremes to try and confirm this. stay tuned.

Edited 27/12/11 12:45 AM by bluprinturbo

[Dillz]

The more I look into these spool kits the more like..

[Pazzo]

Dillz best value for money kit there is.