spoken Donating Members 133 Member For: 12y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: sydney prestons Posted 28/10/12 10:48 PM Share Posted 28/10/12 10:48 PM love auto when drving in the city or on freeway makes life alot easy.....and fg auto gear box is awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impellor Member 835 Member For: 14y 4m 9d Gender: Not Telling Posted 28/10/12 11:00 PM Share Posted 28/10/12 11:00 PM (edited) You're on the right track getting the manual. The FG comes with the Tremec TR6060 box, and is capable of holding 480RWKW's. Much more bullet proof than the ZF auto. Better resale and more fun. The manual box can be a little notchy, but easily fixed with a Mal Wood Short Throw Shifter. Cheers Edited 28/10/12 11:03 PM by Impellor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAZ Member 17 Member For: 12y 1m Posted 28/10/12 11:33 PM Share Posted 28/10/12 11:33 PM sweet thanks alot for the info guys, definatly want a manual.... what revs do they sit on in 6th @ 100 kays out of curiousity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 1m 10d Posted 28/10/12 11:59 PM Share Posted 28/10/12 11:59 PM I think the auto sits just under 2000rpm at 100km/h in 6th on the highway, can't remember off the top of my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 29/10/12 03:03 AM Share Posted 29/10/12 03:03 AM Just be aware T56 and TR6060 make a standard sound similar to a worn thrust bearing at take off. It's not a sign of a shagged box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 29/10/12 04:34 AM Share Posted 29/10/12 04:34 AM I say go injectors and cat as first mod. I forget what stock squirters on FG XRs are good for but it's not heaps. Cat is a very big restriction. Really good to do dump too though, and cooler SO inj/dump/cat/cooler hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAZY6 Member 620 Member For: 20y 8d Gender: Male Posted 29/10/12 05:28 AM Share Posted 29/10/12 05:28 AM (edited) I think the auto sits just under 2000rpm at 100km/h in 6th on the highway, can't remember off the top of my head!Yeah I reckon it's 1700-1800 @ 110 Edited 29/10/12 05:28 AM by LAZY6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 3m 23d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 29/10/12 09:30 AM Share Posted 29/10/12 09:30 AM Yep, only thing is Tune cost about $1700 at a reputable place here in Perth, not sure if it's worth it I'm not going to say anythingas I don't know all the ins and outs e.g it might take a whole 9-5 day to tune if that's the case then $1700 justifies it if its around $200 or so per hour for tuning.Just not sure who to take the car to I've been thinking about Flash Tune Vs On Dyno.... or load flash tune on, then take it to dyno to get it checked out and fine tuned.But if anything once I decide, the first mods I'm thinking are either :1 - Dump/Cat + Tune2 - Cooler + Tune3 - or Injectors + Tune4 - Intake + Tune.Which of these do you guys reckon would be the best bang for the buck as the first modIf you are in Perth then I wouldn't go anywhere else other than Simon at XFT. A flash tuner will be about $700 and I'd think the tune would be about $700 as well. $1400 is the going rate for this work and worth paying if you want a reliable tuned car. Considering how much it would cost to rebuild an engine after failure from running a generic tune I'd say it's money well spent.You'll see a max of approx 270-280rwkw from factory injectors so they are a must. My advice would be to install injectors, high flow cat, intercooler + piping and tune. This will max the oem GT3576 turbo resulting in approx 320-330rwkw.Benny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 1m 10d Posted 29/10/12 10:07 AM Share Posted 29/10/12 10:07 AM Unfortunately not as simple as you'd like mate, can't do just one mod and tune. If you're short for cash and just want a bit more then do cooler pipes and tune. Under $2k and you'll end up about 260-270rwkw fairly safely (that's about a 30+rwkw gain from standard).The other options aren't as simple as mod and tune because cooler pipes could and probably would burst off and then your up for $500 you can't afford/didn't expect. Big tip I learnt on the forums is mod/tune for reliability! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreys912516 Bronze Donating Members 217 Member For: 12y 1m Gender: Male Location: wollongong Posted 29/10/12 10:34 AM Share Posted 29/10/12 10:34 AM Hey guys and girls I'm new to the xr6 turbo. I havnt got my self one ive always owned commodores was going to buy a VY SS but when I was looking they wernt that great so find me self some xr6 turbos to look at and came across this... im pretty much inlove and I would like you's all to have a look and tell me what you think and what I should look for and is the price good all that kinda stuff as im new to the turbo side of things but know my way around a motor. http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/ford-falcon-2005-13185825 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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