03baxrt New Member 5 Member For: 7y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Ballarat Posted 31/10/17 10:36 AM Share Posted 31/10/17 10:36 AM Hey everyone, I have a 2003 ba xr6t. wanting more power out of it, where do I start what mods do yous recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,294 Member For: 16y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/10/17 10:44 AM Share Posted 31/10/17 10:44 AM Depends on the condition of a BA, as it has a lot of weak(er) components as compared to later models... what's your budget and what's the condition of the car? Have a read of this thread (even though it's for FG's, it has some good advice) ->http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/91528-modding-your-fg-xr6g6e-turbo-take-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03baxrt New Member 5 Member For: 7y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Ballarat Posted 31/10/17 10:54 AM Author Share Posted 31/10/17 10:54 AM The motor is in good condition, 180,000kms gearbox is currently getting replaced as was buggered, new radiator hoses etc. recently had a major service (oil,oil filter, fuel filter, air fiter etc) ive only owned the car for a few weeks. im not looking to get insane power just something that's quick off the line. Havnt really thought of a budget yet just thought id see what my options are and what sort of money I would be looking at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,294 Member For: 16y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/10/17 11:00 AM Share Posted 31/10/17 11:00 AM Easiest power adders are injectors, fuel pump, cat and tune. Can get you to around 300rwkw for $2-5k, but this is pushing the gearbox on a BA, normally. It won't make that power repeatedly, either, due to the extra boost heat soaking the stock intercooler quickly. Just a custom dyno tune is the best way to get some power for little money ~ $1-1.5k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03baxrt New Member 5 Member For: 7y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Ballarat Posted 31/10/17 11:03 AM Author Share Posted 31/10/17 11:03 AM What would be involved in putting a better gearbox in it and what gearbox would be strong enough for it?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,294 Member For: 16y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/10/17 11:06 AM Share Posted 31/10/17 11:06 AM the stock one is fine up to around high 200's to low 300's, so if you're not going higher than that, then don't worry about it None of the options for 350rwkw+ are even remotely close to cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03baxrt New Member 5 Member For: 7y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Ballarat Posted 31/10/17 11:09 AM Author Share Posted 31/10/17 11:09 AM Roughly what size injectors would I upgrade to ( just going to do some price checking ) and how big of a fuel pump? thank you for all your advise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,294 Member For: 16y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/10/17 11:14 AM Share Posted 31/10/17 11:14 AM walbro 255lph is a good pump for reasonably cheap and is drop-in. injectors you can go bosch 968's (42lb'ers) for relatively cheap (tuner to install these before tuning) cat is a matter of going to your local exhaust shop and getting a 100cell cat cut and shut. tune is a matter of choosing the right tuner. it's worth driving to the south-east suburbs of Melbourne to find a good quality tuner (have a read of this thread to decide on one -> http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82345-recommended-tuner-workshop-victoria/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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