Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 6m 2d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 01/01/15 01:49 AM Share Posted 01/01/15 01:49 AM This is the most useless boring engine Iv ever came across in my life when it comes to performance engines!!! Fuel injection double overhead cams variable cam timing blah blah blah. Absolute garbage!! Timing chain guides break cams chew out wrong bore stroke combo ect ect. The cost of parts is a joke!! $1000 for an oil pump $2000 for valve springs retainers and cams approximately $5000 for turbo and manifold over $6000 for fmic and intakes $10,000 for a box over $1000 just for a few bolts $1200 for coils the list goes on and on. Its hard to work on also. No matter how much you spend your fmic still gets a hell of a lot of heat soak all resulting in an engine that will NEVER be responsive NEVER be economical compared to a N/A V8. The bore and stroke is just wrong to start of with yeah you can change it all but its still a piece of s%$# low comp laggy fuel guzzling engine. If I can talk the mrs into it its going in the bin and buying another old school Bronco. $15k I can build an extremely tough push rod engine that will run circles around this bucket of over engineered complicated for nothing lemon. Leave this for the young generation that knows no better.Test wasnt useless to me at all.looking for the head banging on the desk symbol Now own an NA V8 and got better economy out of the 10 second F6 just traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 01/01/15 02:00 AM Share Posted 01/01/15 02:00 AM This is the most useless boring engine Iv ever came across in my life when it comes to performance engines!!! Fuel injection double overhead cams variable cam timing blah blah blah. Absolute garbage!! Timing chain guides break cams chew out wrong bore stroke combo ect ect. The cost of parts is a joke!! $1000 for an oil pump $2000 for valve springs retainers and cams approximately $5000 for turbo and manifold over $6000 for fmic and intakes $10,000 for a box over $1000 just for a few bolts $1200 for coils the list goes on and on. Its hard to work on also. No matter how much you spend your fmic still gets a hell of a lot of heat soak all resulting in an engine that will NEVER be responsive NEVER be economical compared to a N/A V8. The bore and stroke is just wrong to start of with yeah you can change it all but its still a piece of s%$# low comp laggy fuel guzzling engine. If I can talk the mrs into it its going in the bin and buying another old school Bronco. $15k I can build an extremely tough push rod engine that will run circles around this bucket of over engineered complicated for nothing lemon. Leave this for the young generation that knows no better.Test wasnt useless to me at all.You must have some underlying problem with your vehicle. You might want to take it to a reputable workshop...15 psi running through my standard turbo is an absolute weapon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grego.77 Member 195 Member For: 10y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: St Clair NSW Posted 02/01/15 09:52 AM Author Share Posted 02/01/15 09:52 AM Great motor... See how the USA took it on and built millions of them? Rahahaha Bahaha.. Maybe they learnt from the Clevland??. Great Australian motor. You boys keep well. Kleenex sold everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 7m 26d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 02/01/15 10:19 AM Share Posted 02/01/15 10:19 AM Everyone to their own. Personally I rate them. Just not the package they come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 11y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 02/01/15 10:50 AM Share Posted 02/01/15 10:50 AM Great motor... See how the USA took it on and built millions of them? Rahahaha Bahaha.. Maybe they learnt from the Clevland??. Great Australian motor. You boys keep well. Kleenex sold everywhereyou sir are a nitwit. Great motor your just to stupid or stubborn to understand the possibility of these great motors. Enjoy your v8. Ill beat you on every spec with my crap built non American straight 6. Hahahahaha fool. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eff xr6t Member 569 Member For: 11y 5m 13d Posted 02/01/15 11:15 AM Share Posted 02/01/15 11:15 AM Not many motors around that can make over 300hp per cylinder on a factory cast block and head. Yet these sh*t under performing taxi motors can hahaSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tForMe Donating Members 273 Member For: 11y 8m 14d Gender: Male Posted 02/01/15 12:21 PM Share Posted 02/01/15 12:21 PM (edited) Grego77You came on here promising a proper intercooler test and data for people to make real decisions on and delivered very little. If you want to discuss power vs parts vs performance I am sure that could work fine (again some data would be required).What power would the engine you listed all the prices for parts make? What would you compare that to?My opinion is that Ford USA has been in the prices of killing Ford in Australia for years, so it would not matter how good or bad anything here is, it was all destined for the dump years ago.I am actually sad about Ford (and Holden) closing manufacture in Australia. It is just another predictable unnecessary step in Australia's skills and abilities going down the drain. Edited 02/01/15 12:30 PM by xr6tForMe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids4kids in the mid....not the bum like some Member 609 Member For: 11y 10m 20d Gender: Male Posted 02/01/15 12:46 PM Share Posted 02/01/15 12:46 PM As a Expensive Daewoo V8 man through and through I can honestly say these I6 motors are friggin glorious to punt around in.Had me sold for last 3 years and got another 3 at least to go yet easy....in fact ill be hanging onto it and passing down to my son when he is allowed to drive such a car in the not to distant future.I hope you enjoy adjusting tappets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEPN6T2 Member 9 Member For: 10y 3m 9d Posted 02/01/15 07:04 PM Share Posted 02/01/15 07:04 PM Is this guy farken serious? You are sooo emotional, maybe your $$$ would be better spent on seeing someone about you condition and leaving your car alone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 3m 23d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/01/15 04:10 AM Share Posted 03/01/15 04:10 AM (edited) He is right in a way though, although worn out valve train components is an issue it hasn't actually been a problem or caused any failures...yet. Plenty of taxi's with a million k's still going...but the timing chain issue is piss poor. I used to limiter bash my VX ss all the time never had an issue, never done it in the g6 and I have a broken guide. I have however hit the hard cut once and lifted sharply a couple of times at high rpm which is most likely when its happened. Seriously wtf? Needs some idler gears or something to support it, the tensioner clearly doesn't do the job...Still there is no way they are rubbish.. Edited 03/01/15 04:18 AM by barnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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