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Whats The Cheapest Easiest Way To Get More Power Out Of My Xr6T


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Buy parts off eBay.

Install them yourself

Take car to a tuner

Post back here crying your eyes out when nothing works.

Cheap and reliable generally don't go together. If you want cheap, trade it in, and buy a Great Wall. Or a Prius.

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Depends on what you call cheap and what the issues you have now are.

I'd seriously get the current issues sorted before looking for more power - flooding, black smoke, not starting when hot would seem to suggest there's something to rectify before you worry about putting more stress on the engine.

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What about one of those Hyclone thingys in front of the TB....

Seriously thou,You could run with a generic tune but like others have said,its Russian Roulette.I had a XR6T BA ute and ran a generic tune and it was poo bah...

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"Holley" sticker

ahh sorry, that works on old school cars

"Unit" sticker

seriously though, as others have mentioned, trying to do things cheap can cost you more in the end

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Serious......... run it on 98 octane and if it is a BA/BF cut out the centre muffler. You might get......... 10?? RWKW and wholelotta noise. Buy some injectors off one of the members ( Bosch 440cc stuff is getting cheap these days) and a custom tune and you will thank everyone here big time.

A Webber sticker out-powers the Holley.

And work harder - I am not taking the piss - because I have said before - I have a part time job to pay for my hobby and after a cruise in the T last Friday Night it is worth every hour I do in that regard.

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Generic tune I reckon but everyone says your car will blow up. I know a guy who used one on his xr5 focus for a year and nothing happened, he knew he was selling the car though.

ECUs in the focus are more forgiving and to a degree will fix any small discrepancies in a generic tune.

OP IMHO best bang for ya buck is VCM (HP tuners or whatever) tune, deka 60s, walbro intank pump, gutted cat on United P100 fuel. Probably cost you < $1200 all up.

If you want to do it on the real cheap though just drill some holes in your actuator and or gut your cat. Take to Ratter when problems start!

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