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I am almost 18 and I have brought a BA XR6 turbo 6 speed manual yes that's right a 6 speed manual Now I am wanting to remove the motor and drop a standard motor in it for the next 3 years while I am on my Ps. Now I Believe the ECU needs to be reprogrammed is this correct? Please could someone point me in the direction really keen to get in done 

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Welcome mate.

 

A few question first

 

what state you living in?

why didn't you get a N/A to start with? 

What were your parents thinking? 17 year old male with a T.......no thanks.

 

If I was you I would of got a N/A drive it for the 3 years and once off your P's sell the N/A and get a T. In the 3 years whilst on your P's the price of FG's would have dropped even more and you could pick up a cheap FG Turbo. 

 

Lets us know of location and we can point you in the direction and best places and contacts.

 

 

 

 

 

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Remove turbo badge as said, make sure intercooler is painted black and drive it slowly.

 

Then have a prang and find your insurance company saying "I'm outa here m8" (hopefully doesn't happen).

 

Oh and get it registered under mums name if you going to drive it around.

 

I sure remember how I drove my BA on p plates, hopefully you don't plan on coming home on a new set of rear tyres every few days haha

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I reckon then your best bet might be to grab a cheap n/a BA and drive that. Sourcing n/a bits and getting the car functional would be at least as expensive and a major pain.

That way any upgrades you do spend on in terms of wheels, audio, etc can be transferred to the T later too.

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^^ this, saw a mint shockwave(paint looked great) BA xr6 for like 3k the other day. Had like 280 thou on it but who gives a sh*t, build turbo up in mean time.



by time you do and engine swap and back again, it will probably cost close ro 3k
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