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You do know some fuel will probably leak out this hole....

Thought I would post up here about my car on this forum after stalking for quite a while and becoming quite active on the "Other Forum" Have had my 2013 FG Xr6T for nearly two years now and have slowly been accumulating a few modifications for it. Had the final bits of work done a few weeks ago at MonstaTorque and managed to pull a final figure of 400.7rwkw. Que comments of hub dyno and manual The route I've taken with the car and many parts can probably be looked at as unconventional and excessive. As a young bloke about to venture into his first mortgage, I decided to spend the extra whilst I can afford it and build a relatively reliable base and future proof as far as more mods go as I plan to keep the car for a very long time. Unfortunately have not had the extra cash to do my oil pump gears or timing chain gear so am very aware of my need to stay away from my limiter and even have a soft cut in place (Although I've been told with this amount of torque these cars like to push straight through this) Bit of info on the car: - 2013 FG Xr6T - Full poverty pack - 6 Speed manual -Bought dead stock with 56,000kms from a single female owner 2 years ago Since then I've done a few mods over the past 2 years, totaling to the following now at 75,000kms - IMS Twin Bush Diff Hat - Wavetrack Diff Centre w/ aftermarket half shafts - Shockworks Coilovers - Single Piece Carbon Fibre Tailshaft - Malwood Opt3+ w/ short shifter - 4" X-force Stainless Exhaust - Jonny Tig 1800HP Stealth Black Intercooler w/ turboside airbox and battery relocations - Crow Race Valve Springs - KPM 1000HP In tank dual pump fuel system - 58mm Billet wheel Machined into my existing 3576 turbo, rear housing ported and a 40mm flapper fitted - 1000cc Injectors and custom tune with Ngauge interface - Copy F6 Bumper - 19" FPV Twisties - DJR Bobtail Spoiler Much like so many have done in the past with their threads, I want to be able to share any info I have on my current list of mods in the hopes it aids with people future mod choices. Any questions feel free to ask. Its gonna be a bit hard to post some photos as I'm writing this on my lunch break but will post a few via Tapatalk below Some quick photos from my phone

There's something about fried tomatoes with breakfast, it just works, mushrooms pretty good too..

that's a "closed" group, so you can't see the post unless you're a member of the group on FB. Try taking some screenshots and uploading the pics and then linking the pics here for those of us who have no time for FB or are not a part of the group

I’m about to get moving on a few things with my car and so thought it would be worth starting a thread. Calling this a build thread is probably a bit ambitious – more just my own history of what maintenance and upgrades I’ve performed and why. It is good to document this for myself, and hopefully it is of interest or use to someone along the way. Must be a few people who want better than stock, but not looking for a 600kW monster. My job is mainly human resources, so anything I tackle is a bit limited. The car is a BA XR6 Turbo in Lightning Strike (or ‘primer’ for short’). I bought the car in 2015 from a bloke in Sydney (I’m in Canberra) after a bit of searching – I was basically looking for something stock that had hopefully had a relatively easy life. The car had been a country car for most of its life and had about 125,000km. I really knew nothing about turbo cars at that point. So far in terms of basic repairs and maintenance I’ve done myself: -New NGK coils and plugs (this brand have been fine on stock boost, but will probably go genuine next time) -New high pressure power steering line – twice. First one was a Repco one that only lasted two years. Second one is a redesigned one from Ultimate Power Steering that allows the o-ring to be changed without replacing the whole line. -Full set of radiator and heater hoses -Front pads and rotors -Sway bar bushes, various front end bushes -Spigot gear in the rear driver’s side door lock actuator -All the usual stuff – coolant changes, brake fluid flushes, engine oil and filter every 5k. Trying to look after it and make it last. -Probably a few other things that caused plenty of swearing at the time but I can no longer remember Had a few other fixes that I've had done professionally: -New turbo!! Blocked oil feed killed the first one. Good news – housings were OK. Bad news – I’d bought an Earl’s filter and braided oil feed line a week earlier and hadn’t fitted it yet. Got a genuine Garett CHRA. A couple of mechanics have since said to me that it has some sort of upgraded core (ceramic bearings??) that have been available the last couple of years. Haven’t yet grabbed any part numbers and checked it out further. -A few bushes here and there (centre diff bush, outer upper rear control arm bushes) -Tailshaft centre bearing The stuff I have improved/added/upgraded so far: -Twin gauge pod with oil pressure and boost/vacuum -AEM wideband controller/gauge with sensor in the dump -King springs and KYB shocks all round (this combo feels much better than the, admittedly old, stock gear). -Braided water line for turbo -Tyres – Goodyear Eagle F1 Directional. Great set of rubber. Replaced the Dunlop Sport SP3000s that wre on it – out and out the worst type I have every driven on, except for maybe the Sumitomos I had on a rental i30 once! -Cut a hole in lower half of the airbox – not sure it does anything, but it sounds slightly better and it was free -Chrome Fairmont interior door handles – they make a nice difference to the interior of a BA -3 inch 100 cell cat into twin 2.5 inch X-Force system. Sounds decent, definitely comes on boost better, but has a habit of wanting to knock on the diff cradle once everything gets warm -Towbar – bought a secondhand factory unit. Kept the wiring plug in the boot for a cleaner look. -A couple of power ports for a Bluetooth handsfree kit and dash cam Car is now at 165k. The overall plan is to keep the car looking stock-ish and only mildly modified. I’ve been doing a heap of reading with a plan to either getting the car tuned (and at least understanding a bit more about what has been done and what I should expect) or learning to tune it myself. Going to go down the latter path and just picked up the PCMTec software. Should be a good learning experience an I’ll definitely know my car better. I feel like I am picking up the concepts of what I am reading OK so will give it a go. Ready to go in when I next get a few hours free: -PWR trans cooler – got the kit that has the right fittings but no brackets, plus bought some bar and extra hose so I can work out how I mount it all once the bumper is off. Plus a decent flush of the BTR and new filter. -Walbro 255 pump -Bigger intercooler I'll then tune to around 8 PSI, but will leave timing along or only play with it gently. Baby steps here - I want to try some things based on what I'm trying to learn, and see the result but without being stupid and having an additional inspection hole. Learning to tune seems like a good way to work on your car during a Canberra winter! Once I'm feeling like I'm on the right track, I look to upgrade the injectors and turn it up a bit more. I'll go gentle with the timing, and maybe even take a couple of tunes to a dyno with some knock detection gear and see where I'm at. I'm a long way off that though. Brakes will need some work later in the year, so am accumulating bits to go to a 322/328mm setup, with braided lines and reasonable pads and rotors. Should be better than what I've got and sufficient for where I am aiming with the car. Anyway, as I’ve said it will still be a pretty modest thing compared to some of the stuff on this forum. But should be a strong daily, good for the Snowys cruise and best of all will be largely my own work. I may well end up getting it tuned by someone if I struggle to achieve what I want to, but I want to give it a good go myself first. A couple of pics from the day I got it and shortly afterwards:

Wise choice. These cars can be a handful, and it can get nasty real quick. Todd was 20 when I let him drive the BF nizpro car. Had 311 rwkw at 10-11 psi. Car wouldn't make any less. Left it that way for 3 years then upped it to 400.

It would be great to see rpm. Not sure if this has to do with a hub dyno (I'm sure there would be a way around it). Not sure what the concern regarding boost is. Heres a comparison shot of my turbo before and after mods

Uncontrolled release of the harmonic balancer

agreed 100%. The newest thing is FOR SALE...........Hi mate you want to swap................WTF!! NO IT'S FOR SAAAALLLLLLLEEEEEE. Oh well the longer I have it the less Km's are going on the Ranger.

NO...... You dont want bling. You want everything BLACK. COPS luv it cause they dont SEE it.

Well, the dog is a bit teeth-heavy...so that definitely works against him

There was 3 of them 2 young and 1 old. ALL got out of the car. Young guy saw my radar detector and pointed it out. After I got a good talking to by the older of the young guys and then the old cop, I explained how I can mark school zones , set speed limit, monitor my speed as the radar has GPS and it has safety alerts for roadworks and alerts for emergency vehicles (great for ambulance), they though my model of radar detector was actually good. Then the old guy whispered to the young guy and old mate went and sat in the back of the car. Then a 10 minute conversation on turbo mods and power etc. Young guy was foaming at the mouth when I popped the bonnet. Saw my overboost valve and said you cant vent blowoff valve to atmo. I explained I dont have a blowoff valve , this valve lets out boost if the pressure becomes to great. I nearly fell over because I thing they actual understood what I was saying. End of story was, dont drive like that where you can be seen. And since then I Really pick my moments.

Lucky I put on my OLD MAN glasses and got let off with a warning. I think in reality they were impressed with the drift up the curved highway on ramp....

Yes so seems to be oil leak on top of turbo from either the inline oil filter or the other and oil from engine breather also...

no wuz, muzz

Granted its free flowing but the big jigger moves some juice. I'll be running it at 18v (it's at 14.4 in the video) that'll give me aprox 420ltr/hr at 84psi fuel pressure

Breakfast from earlier

Heritage listed cubby at that, 50K

looks like contents need to be claimed as well

Breakfast fry up [emoji3]

It's been a while.

I busted the phantom sh*tter red handed this morning. Rather than pick up his sh*t he told me to get farked. He even let his dogs off their leads. By letting his two dogs off their leads to approach me along with three separate sh*ts on the footpath (2 right outside my friggin path) that's worth nearly $1300 in fines at the small end and a touch over 2 grand depending on their breed. http://dogandcatboard.com.au/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDYvMjEvMDFfMzFfMTJfMTUxX0h1bnRlcl9wZXRfb3duZXJfYWN0X2NoYW5nZXMucGRmIl1d/Hunter - pet owner act changes.pdf Ironically he's still gonna have to pick up after himself and if he did when I told him to this morning I wouldn't bother going after him. Once again I wonder wtf is wrong with people?

The peep hole might leak some fuel.