boegey Member 123 Member For: 11y 15d Posted 04/10/16 11:18 AM Share Posted 04/10/16 11:18 AM videoThis car was in Canberra seen it around a couple times the first few vids he had the plates on it still and heard from a couple people that he almost got in sh*t don't know how true that was but they are some pretty good skids hey@stever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psshhhht Member 165 Member For: 8y 4m 29d Posted 04/10/16 12:17 PM Author Share Posted 04/10/16 12:17 PM Does anyone have suggestion for good place to go for upgraded radiator and is it possible to get an upgraded waterpump too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 22d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 04/10/16 12:59 PM Share Posted 04/10/16 12:59 PM Planning skids are we? hahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psshhhht Member 165 Member For: 8y 4m 29d Posted 04/10/16 01:03 PM Author Share Posted 04/10/16 01:03 PM Planning track days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 22d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 04/10/16 01:08 PM Share Posted 04/10/16 01:08 PM Awesome. Get a set of good brake calipers and....paint them green! The 4 piston Brembo fronts are enough for track work I think, Nelsonian101 uses them and his is pretty fast from what I've seen in his thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/10/16 02:09 PM Share Posted 04/10/16 02:09 PM 1 hour ago, Psshhhht said: Does anyone have suggestion for good place to go for upgraded radiator and is it possible to get an upgraded waterpump too? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-BA-BF-Falcon-FENIX-Alloy-Radiator-/171269652044?hash=item27e0777e4c:g:Az4AAOSweW5U9h4o also available in polished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 04/10/16 11:43 PM Share Posted 04/10/16 11:43 PM Fenix is good, my fg radiator is one of theirs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psshhhht Member 165 Member For: 8y 4m 29d Posted 05/10/16 09:30 AM Author Share Posted 05/10/16 09:30 AM My 6t started to act weird on me the other day, on a drive from my home in Traraglon to Box Hill, about half way there I noticed it was running a little warmer than normal. Usually it was sitting about mid way through the squiggle on the left side of the 1/2 way mark on the temp gauge and wouldnt budge regardless of conditions.So as I said, it was running warmer. It was creeping up to 1/2 mark and even got a little over at one point. This is at 100kph in 6th gear, cold day, on cruise control, fairly flat freeway. When it got to 1/2 the thermo fans really kicked in, quite loudly.Once I got off the freeway though temps actually went down and stayed at "normal" temps.On the drive home, several hours later, it did the same thing. Hovering around 1/2 and even bouncing a good mill or two higher when going up a very slight gradient.So the next morning, fearing a blown head gasket I did the usual checks, coolant looked clean, oil looked clean, no stream of bubbles in the coolant. All looked good. With a bit of relief I figured maybe its just the thermostat was sticking.So picked up a higher flow unit from autobarn and swapped it in. By the time I did that I didnt have time to flush the coolant though.Had to drive to Laverton and back the next day. Sat steady on the far left side of the previously mentioned squiggle, so basically about 1/3. I was fairly happy. However I did notice when getting into built up stop start traffic jam.on freeway it did start to climb but basically never even reached 1/2. Basically got the the old "normal" spot if that makes sense. Never heard the thermo fans really kick in again. Seemed good. Did notice when I got home and parked up I could hear it bubbling away but didnt have a hot smell or anything like that.Does it sound like something serious or to be concerned with to you guys? Or am I just being overly paranoid about it?Just not sure what is normal for an xr6t. It doesnt seem quite right to me but it seems to drive fine so yeah... any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB83R Member 1,632 Member For: 8y 8m 27d Gender: Not Telling Location: Radioactive wasteland Posted 05/10/16 09:50 AM Share Posted 05/10/16 09:50 AM Mine will hover around 70c to 90c no matter what I do. I think I'm going to drop a cooler thermostat in it and see what happens. I get paranoid as well. It never goes over half way but. I'm just worried about the heatsoak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,235 Member For: 16y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/10/16 12:32 PM Share Posted 05/10/16 12:32 PM 3 hours ago, Psshhhht said: when I got home and parked up I could hear it bubbling away but didnt have a hot smell or anything like that. Does it sound like something serious or to be concerned with to you guys? Or am I just being overly paranoid about it? That's totally normal for an XR6T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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