Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 26d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 17/04/12 01:35 AM Share Posted 17/04/12 01:35 AM (edited) I read the fg f6 internals are forged somewhere and pretty sure the f6 has mahle pistons but no one has been able to confirm this. Edited 17/04/12 01:35 AM by Paulie2256 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 3m 1d Posted 17/04/12 07:38 AM Share Posted 17/04/12 07:38 AM I read the fg f6 internals are forged somewhere and pretty sure the f6 has mahle pistons but no one has been able to confirm this.Yes I can confirm the FG F6 pistons are Mahle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 26d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 17/04/12 07:50 AM Share Posted 17/04/12 07:50 AM Awesome. Do you know whether the rods are forged or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L plate Donating Members 96 Member For: 13y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 17/04/12 10:27 PM Share Posted 17/04/12 10:27 PM Yes I can confirm the FG F6 pistons are Mahle.Awesome. Do you know whether the rods are forged or not?Hay XYZ & Paulie , I to believed that the bottom end had to be done to support 400+ safely , something I was considering doing down the track . Had a very interesting 30min talk with a well known tuner from Melbourne and he sweared black and blue that there was absolutely no difference between the fg xr6t and the f6 fg xr6t bottom end , they are identical . ( This shop has built and turned over 4000 xr6t & f6s from BA to FG ) . This is defiantly something I would like to get a definitive answer for .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 3m 1d Posted 17/04/12 11:36 PM Share Posted 17/04/12 11:36 PM I will try and find some pictures of the rods and pistons we pulled out of my FG F6. Pistons were Mahle.Can't comment on the FG XR6T internals, as I am only going off what we pulled out of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L plate Donating Members 96 Member For: 13y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 18/04/12 02:05 AM Share Posted 18/04/12 02:05 AM XYZ , that's the impression I was under . The f6 had forged pistons but the rods were the same as the xr's . I have herd this from my tuner here in Bris who has a f6 , this car has also featured in street fords . I guess the question is are guys spending lots of $ on there fg's doing bottom ends , even buying short motors , when there really is no need to ( perhaps just doing pistons ) ?. Or is it a only a matter of time before all the guys with f6's going over 400+ start seeing bent rods ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 21d Gender: Male Posted 18/04/12 02:40 AM Share Posted 18/04/12 02:40 AM Fg xr6t and f6 bottom ends have 2 different part numbers and one is about 700 more than the other an labeled HP (high power) on microcat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 8m 18d Gender: Male Posted 18/04/12 02:50 AM Share Posted 18/04/12 02:50 AM I wouldn't worry about doing pistons or rods if you want to test the limits, I would worry about the oil pump letting go. A broken ring land/hole in the piston/bent rod will not normally terminate the engine. For those that don't have a clue about what to watch out for, they will continue driving an engine regardless of what noises are coming out of it but in but many cases you can catch a bent rod or stuffed piston before any damage to the block occurs. Usually its just a slight wonky idle that says something is amis. .Just do the oil pump and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 3m 1d Posted 18/04/12 03:13 AM Share Posted 18/04/12 03:13 AM That's the same impression I had.. If you are in Brisbane, speak to Clinton from Profile Auto Sports he has built a few motors now including mine. He should be able to tell you the difference between the two.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L plate Donating Members 96 Member For: 13y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 18/04/12 07:03 AM Share Posted 18/04/12 07:03 AM I wouldn't worry about doing pistons or rods if you want to test the limits, I would worry about the oil pump letting go. A broken ring land/hole in the piston/bent rod will not normally terminate the engine. For those that don't have a clue about what to watch out for, they will continue driving an engine regardless of what noises are coming out of it but in but many cases you can catch a bent rod or stuffed piston before any damage to the block occurs. Usually its just a slight wonky idle that says something is amis. .Just do the oil pump and see.That was one of the first things I got from ATOMIC , bit pricey but a lot cheeper than a whole engine .That's the same impression I had.. If you are in Brisbane, speak to Clinton from Profile Auto Sports he has built a few motors now including mine. He should be able to tell you the difference between the two..will do mate , Its always good to talk to people with experience . Its just hard to no what to do and the path to take when one tuner will say one thing and another will say something else . ( In Bris mate , Redcliffe ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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