apolloxbgt Donating Members 109 Member For: 15y 10m 20d Gender: Male Posted 21/06/12 08:03 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 08:03 AM (edited) Ok so my car is not a g6e,and will have an xr6t driveline so I wasn't really sure where to put this.Given it looks more like g6et I thought in here would be the go.Has anyone been silly enough to convert a g series to manual yet,or am I the first?About 8 months ago I started out with a stock lightning strike silver 2010 G6 with a zf,tech pack and curtain airbags,ex govt from the auctions.First thing I did when I got it was dump it,fit g6et 19's and a g6et rear lip spoiler,the spoiler and wheels were here before the car turned up.I drove it around for a couple of months,then stuck a v8 bonnet on it.It looks like this right now:Not long after buying an n/a FG I realised I wanted a boosted one,but I already had this one looking how I wanted it too (well except for getting it a bit lower),so I decided to buy a doner car and swap the running gear.The plan is to get the stock driveline in the car and running,drive it for a month or 2 and give it a good shakedown,then start to up the power.Enter fg #2:I bought this rolled 2010 fg xr6 manual from the auctions:Today the build began by starting to strip the xr of it's turbo'd manual'd goodness:At the end of the first day the engine is about ready to drop out,by lunch time tomorrow the whole lot will be out on the ground.The aim is to try and have the silver car in at ford by mid next week to get it flashed,whats the odds that blows out LOL. Edited 21/06/12 08:11 AM by Dagabond Title Changed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Spooling Member Donating Members 961 Member For: 13y 17d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Posted 21/06/12 08:22 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 08:22 AM Kudos for going ahead with what could be a much more expensive and time consuming procedure than selling and buying another.Very interested to see how it goes. Out of interest, what did the written off xr set you back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 26d Gender: Male Posted 21/06/12 08:39 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 08:39 AM Very interesting! You will need to swap looms over too... Hopefully no damage to the xr loom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 21/06/12 08:49 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 08:49 AM Whatever he paid he will probably get back if he parts what he doesn't use out. Do all the work yourself and it's not to expensive an exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/06/12 09:30 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 09:30 AM Dillz likes this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFSIX I Lead Not Follow... Member 1,026 Member For: 12y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: Westside,Melbourne Posted 21/06/12 09:37 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 09:37 AM hey buds do you have a hoist in your garage?? that is bloody awesome.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatG6ET Bronze Donating Members 707 Member For: 12y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 21/06/12 10:09 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 10:09 AM well done on taking the job on , the car looks great to the v8 bonnet looks awesomekeep the info and pics coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 21/06/12 10:14 AM Share Posted 21/06/12 10:14 AM congrats on taking it on, what are you going to do about rego, insurance etc, going to get it engineered etc? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apolloxbgt Donating Members 109 Member For: 15y 10m 20d Gender: Male Posted 21/06/12 11:14 AM Author Share Posted 21/06/12 11:14 AM Kudos for going ahead with what could be a much more expensive and time consuming procedure than selling and buying another.Very interested to see how it goes.Out of interest, what did the written off xr set you back?I own both cars outright,so the expense doesnt worry me,and last time I checked there wern't any manual g series turbo's for sale at any price.This particular wreck was worth somewhere near the cost of a new tremec.Very interesting! You will need to swap looms over too... Hopefully no damage to the xr loomYeah,so we discovered today,the loom is fine thankfully.I was going to rape the dash for the premium sound and black dash spears anyway,looks like it may be the whole dash.It's not the first falcon I've done a dash in,I converted this stock xh to a V8 5 speed years ago:I've built quite a few old falcons over the years too:So yeah,I like the old ones mostly,this is the first new car I've built.hey buds do you have a hoist in your garage?? that is bloody awesome..I have a hoist I can use for things like this,I'm building a new shed that will have one at home.congrats on taking it on, what are you going to do about rego, insurance etc, going to get it engineered etc?I've spoken to vicroads,the engine is an option in this body so no engineers is required,Insurance I havent sussed yet but it's in the wifes name so it shouldnt be too hard.I (she) have a couple of cars with shannons,I'll try them first. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 7m Gender: Male Posted 21/06/12 10:10 PM Share Posted 21/06/12 10:10 PM Awesome project mate and what a great price for the wreck. I reckon you've done quite well to find a wreck at that price and you'll most definitely make some cash back from the left overs.Love your list of cars too. Especially the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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