PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 16y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 02/01/13 02:40 AM Share Posted 02/01/13 02:40 AM Hi Guys,My FG has an upgraded dump pipe and cat. From the cat back, the exhaust is standard FG. If I upgrade the rest of the exhaust, will this make much difference? If so, how much in kw?I am not too sure about removing a muffler. The major worry is making the car sound like a tractor or a cop magnet. Something a bit softer than a BMW M3 would be OK. Any advice?I'm already running bigger injectors. Any obvious mods I should consider?PAH Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 9m 14d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 02/01/13 05:15 AM Share Posted 02/01/13 05:15 AM Assuming your car is an xr6t and not F6 there is little benefit in upgrading the rest of the exhaust. If it is purely for the sound then someone may chime in as I do not know what would be best but for power increase it is a waste of money until the turbo has been swapped for a bigger unit.Other mods I would be looking at are- Intercooler kit but you can keep the standard intake and just use a K&N filter or similar.With the addition of the IC kit and your other mods the little turbo will then be at its limit with about 320rwkw and 17psi or there abouts with a custom tune of course! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 16y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 02/01/13 05:20 AM Author Share Posted 02/01/13 05:20 AM (edited) Thanks BJC,Yes it's an XR6T not an F6.What are the easy turbo upgrade options? Correct any bad info below please:* The FG F6 turbo is bigger.* The FG F6 turbo is the same as the BF XR6T Turbo.* A BF XR6T turbo from a wrecker (after reco) would be a sensible OK option.PAH Edited 02/01/13 05:25 AM by PAH Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun001 Member 16 Member For: 12y 5m 18d Posted 02/01/13 06:15 AM Share Posted 02/01/13 06:15 AM gtx 35/82r will bolt straight on and make more power than all of the above for not much extra cash if you are planning on changing turbo any way Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,332 Member For: 19y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/01/13 06:20 AM Share Posted 02/01/13 06:20 AM GTX3582 isn't a true bolt on, Intake may need mods depedning on your airbox as the elbow will likely be squashed by the power steering pump hose/tanks and outlet is 2.5 " not 2.25" as per the stock turbo so your running stock hotside piping you'll need a reducer and a short length of pipe, if your running a metal hot side kit you'll need a 2.5" joiner. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 9m 14d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 02/01/13 10:21 AM Share Posted 02/01/13 10:21 AM On 02/01/2013 at 5:20 AM, PAH said: Thanks BJC,Yes it's an XR6T not an F6.What are the easy turbo upgrade options? Correct any bad info below please:* The FG F6 turbo is bigger.* The FG F6 turbo is the same as the BF XR6T Turbo.* A BF XR6T turbo from a wrecker (after reco) would be a sensible OK option.PAHYes to all the points except I think the wastegate flapper may be bigger on FG's (Not sure if the hole is bigger though) or atleast neater looking than previous B series?Yes a .50 housing from a B series will be fine for power requirements with supporting mods to 400-450rwkw Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 16y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 02/01/13 12:53 PM Author Share Posted 02/01/13 12:53 PM On 02/01/2013 at 10:21 AM, bjc said: Yes to all the points except I think the wastegate flapper may be bigger on FG's (Not sure if the hole is bigger though) or atleast neater looking than previous B series?Yes a .50 housing from a B series will be fine for power requirements with supporting mods to 400-450rwkwThanks for the info guys. How much is a GTX3582? Is it a Garrett?BJC - is the 0.50 housing available as a separate part that can be fitted to my existing turbo? And does that make it equal to an F6 turbo?Thanks.PAH Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 19y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 02/01/13 01:05 PM Share Posted 02/01/13 01:05 PM no, the FG turbo (GT3576r) has wheels that are too small for bulk grunt, but spool hard (someone smart who remembers this stuff will chime in)The BA/BF xr6 and F6 turbo (as well as FG F6 turbo) is known as a GT35/40 or a GT3582r but with a 0.5 front cover (the catalogue GT3582r from Garret comes with a 0.7 cover). This turbo will do 400rwkw and then a bit all day long.The GTX series is a more efficient design, it comes in all sorts of sizes - nearly a bolt in proposition as above, and make good numbers. They also spool harder. A GTX3582r can be had for 1500 without rear housing, you just use your old one. GTX's are Garret turbo'sA reco turbo costs about as much as a new one typically. There are a few other turbo suppliers out there, Precision, Mt Turbo at Nerang, and so on however I don't have the brain capacity to remember them all, the GTX's get the numbers and the pricing these days is good.You need to think more about the supporting mods (intercoolers, piping kits, valve springs, injectors and fuel pumps, actuators etc) before looking at a bigger turbo IMO. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 16y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 02/01/13 09:09 PM Author Share Posted 02/01/13 09:09 PM Thanks Old Mate,$1500 seems OK for a GTX. The fiddles to hook it up will add to costs.PAH Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/83413-half-an-exhaust-ok/#findComment-1343818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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