New Members Thread

[TheTopGun]

  On 04/03/2015 at 10:25 AM, 04LTRB said:

Where bouts use guys from, my 2nd an 3rd gear playin up now as well

Well I crossed one thing of my list and changed the gearbox oil. Used Penrite Pro Gear 70-75 and I must say it has made a difference. Definitely a bit heavier than the Dexron iii that was in their but 2nd to 3rd gear changes are much smoother now.

[aspsheik]

Yo, just registered today, thinking of getting one of these bad boys to replace my old WRX loved the rex, want something with a bit more car around me and cubes up front though, love turbos so I'm thinking XR6t makes sense. Budget is 9 grand. How likely am I to get something nice in a manual? Cheers guys, looking forward to learning as much about these as I have about the rexys,

Cal.

[04LTRB]

You can find ba xr6t everywhere around that price , u may even be luckily enough to find one with a 6spd in it

[aspsheik]

Just another quick question. Is a stock XR6t going to ride more sporty than just a standard non xr? I really liked how agressive the Wrx's steering and handling in general felt. Used to have a VR Calais and It cornered like a boat. Also my mate has always owned stock falcons and I find them to be similar, are the XRs much stiffer and do they turn in nicer that a bog stock EL fairlane for example? If not what does it take to get the slop out of em?

[Lennox]

They corner like sh*t. Fg better than the older ones like a ba but still sh*t. After all it was designed to be a family car then had a turbo slapped on.. it's never gonna handle like a wrx

Hell of a lot faster in a straight line though

[MattyP]

Maybe with decent suspension you'll get decent cornering but it's not designed for it

It's a go fast in a straight line and pray your brakes hold out for the corner

[aspsheik]

Cheers guys, guess I could get used to the old point and squirt, point and squirt style of driving. Used to have an LJ Torana with a pretty ballsy Buick jn her. So I'm no stranger to loving straight lines and hating corners.

[discostig]

People do track these cars, with the right set up they go OK. Nelsonian101 is one of the members that races, he even came I think 3rd in some sort of track day event against many smaller better handling cars.

Check out one of his threads here

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85736-pics-of-275s-all-round-for-circuit/

Edited 13/03/15 09:51 AM by -Stever-

[bobnzl]

Hey Guy's

Craig here, from Taupo New Zealand,

Here is my BA's, Wagon with a XR front and Turbo sedan

[Ralph Wiggum]

Old school Nizpro setup. Do like