Jeverz New Member 16 Member For: 3y 1m 15d Location: South Australia Posted 03/01/24 05:25 AM Share Posted 03/01/24 05:25 AM So this is my 06 ghia turbo, Ive been lurking around the forum for awhile now. I will try to upload a couple of photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,724 Member For: 16y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/01/24 06:20 AM Share Posted 03/01/24 06:20 AM does @Puffwagon have some competition? nice car mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeverz New Member 16 Member For: 3y 1m 15d Location: South Australia Posted 04/01/24 11:01 PM Author Share Posted 04/01/24 11:01 PM Thanks mate. I'm caught up in two minds with it. Not sure if I should sell it or go down the rabbit hole.. Since I've owned it I swapped out the parts below FRONT rotors slotted dba pads dba sp lower control arms nolathane radius arms nolathane sway bar links nolathane sway bar d bush nolathane left and right new driveshafts gsp diff oil nulon 80-140fs REAR pads dba ss sl king springs bump stops nolathane sway bar links nolathane diff oil nulon 80-140fs engine mounts earls turbo oil feed filter braided line braided turbo coolant lines silicone hose kit catch can - still need to hard mount 4" intake k&n filter de bung exhaust adrad radiator adrad overflow bottle 82°? thermostat intake manifold gaskets - mace plenum spacers top and bottom. PWR transmission cooler - heat exchanger removed. external inline transmission filter ryco transmission pan filter new genuine ford plugs 7s new genuine ford coil packs fresh coolant fresh engine oil + filter new fuel filter - 98 fuel only new cabin filter full led conversion, every bulb is led inside and out. turbosmart boost gauge My initial plans were Plazmaman intercooler + plenum kit injectors fuel pump+reg exhaust and then ive been reading on the PCMTEC software and some people are using bits of the f6x tune. All the pcm tec stuff would take me a while to wrap my head around but yeah that's the yarn for the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeverz New Member 16 Member For: 3y 1m 15d Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/24 06:58 AM Author Share Posted 08/01/24 06:58 AM Put a new 02 sensor in the factory dump pipe today, seems like someone has tried to have a go in the past but ended up rounding it off so that was fun. Nice and smooth now though. Also swapped out all of my door lock actuator gears, Was fighting the temptation to upgrade the speakers while I was at it but I think I will sell the car, I can see myself falling down that rabbit hole very quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,609 Member For: 9y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/24 09:00 AM Share Posted 08/01/24 09:00 AM Your initial plans with the exhaust and front mount etc is about all you'd want to do, even though it'll still set you back around 6k for parts. You'd need an actuator too and with fitting and tuning will bring that up to nearly 10k. You'll be able to make mid to high 300s on 98 which is pretty decent. Much more than that and the trans will be overly stressed and the engine won't be very happy either. Would you sell your car now for 2 to 5k? That what will happen when you spend 10k on it and can only sell it for 12 to 15k if you're lucky. A tune only will take you from the stock 180awkw up to 220awkw, that might be an idea for a bit more poke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,609 Member For: 9y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/24 10:04 AM Share Posted 08/01/24 10:04 AM Be worth asking what month it is, it might have skinny rods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeverz New Member 16 Member For: 3y 1m 15d Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/24 01:03 PM Author Share Posted 08/01/24 01:03 PM 3 hours ago, Puffwagon said: Your initial plans with the exhaust and front mount etc is about all you'd want to do, even though it'll still set you back around 6k for parts. You'd need an actuator too and with fitting and tuning will bring that up to nearly 10k. You'll be able to make mid to high 300s on 98 which is pretty decent. Much more than that and the trans will be overly stressed and the engine won't be very happy either. Would you sell your car now for 2 to 5k? That what will happen when you spend 10k on it and can only sell it for 12 to 15k if you're lucky. A tune only will take you from the stock 180awkw up to 220awkw, that might be an idea for a bit more poke. 3500 cooler kit and plenum 1500 injectors, fuel pump, reg and relay 1300 exhaust, actuator give or take a few here and there was how I was looking at it, I would only need help with the tuning side of things not necessarily the installation of the parts. The other thing I would want to do is timing chain and oil pump gears. I'm curious as to what you think they're worth at the moment? Can a tune as is take me to 220awkw? I'm no expert but I don't think any Ghia turbos came with the earlier ba turbo motors, I'm probably wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,609 Member For: 9y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 08/01/24 01:22 PM Share Posted 08/01/24 01:22 PM I've tuned a dead stock unit and the most it made was 230awkw but turned it down to 220 for a bit of safety as the injectors are maxed out. The general consensus is 06/2006 onward have the better rods. Whether this is gospel, I don't know. As to their worth, it depends on condition. Anywhere from you couldn't pay me to take it up to 10k I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliver francis New Member 9 Member For: 8m 30d Posted 11/01/24 07:44 AM Share Posted 11/01/24 07:44 AM (edited) not a bad one brother. good piece of solid iron. Edited 11/01/24 07:44 AM by oliver francis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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