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After nearly 6 months, the wiring is completed and installed in the car. I cannot begin to describe my feeling of joy and relief. I really feel like crying.. I know that some will wonder why it has taken so long. The extended duration was due to my wiring guy having a full time job (At the mines), which involves being away from home. Given my familiarity with these circumstances, it has taken substantially longer than normal. However, the man is absolutely fastidious with his work and I'm sure that when you view the pictures below, you will attest to the wait being justifiable. AS you can see, we cut the harness just past the firewall and added a Motorsport connector. This will allow us to completely disconnect the wiring harness in one spot (Except coils), if engine removal is required. I wish that I'd thought of it the first time around.... We've done the same with the Thermocouple amplifiers to allow for ease of removal/installation. Note that they amplifiers are not yet installed into the engine management compartment and that they will be mounted on top of thew wideband and I/O expander modules... So, the beast has been fired, but we had a small trigger issue. It seems to be losing it's home(Can't remember exact term).. We'll put it on a scope and suss it out...

Hi All, im kinda a new member, I hadnt logged in for about 7 years since I sold my last XR6T. On Friday I picked up a BA 5 speed XR6T ute. I decided it was time to log back in again. Its pretty much stock. Not going to modify it much I dont think, im getting old lol. We will see. Its an 03, 5 spd, 19s, K&N, Guage pod, hard cover, 173kms. Got it for 7k, which I thought was a pretty good deal.

heya guys thought id do an update on my build as its going. so I ended up going 6 speed manual. conversion was very very easy. wiring was easy (I have reverse lights) only problem I came across was the centre bearing OD being different. anyways long story short I ended up getting a yellow sticker so in the process of getting this back on the road. vehicle is getting a few changes to comply and be registered and also for extra power after registering. Full spool is coming out and am replacing with a Harrop Truetrac. standard tailshaft will be removed and will be upgrading to a DBS custom tailshaft. 1.00AR rear housing will be getting replaced with a 1.15AR housing(due to rear housing causing restriction on last tune) Brakes are being changed to be more suitable for the power. picking up a set of Brembo 6 Piston front calipers with 355mm front discs and Brembo 4 Piston rear calipers with 330mm discs. once reregistered going to be doing the last tune for this setup. aiming for low 900rwhp at around 30psi. this will be the last tune on this vehicle as injectors only have another 15-20% left. also a few old suspension bushes will be replaced to improve handling. 2002 Ba XR6 Turbo 320rwkw @16psi (old tune) 437rwkw @22psi 1263nm of torque BTR 4 Speed Auto 590rwkw @ 25psi current tune T56 T56 Manual out of BF Xtreme Button twin plate Malwood Short Shifter Malwood Heavy Duty Alloy clutch master cylinder Malwood Braided clutch hose CrowCam Heavy Duty Valve Springs and Retainers Mahle Forged Pistons (20" Oversize) Scat Forged H beam Rods Billet Oil Pump gears ACL Race series bearings MLSR Head Gasket ARP Head Studs Precision 6766 1.00AR (1.15AR coming soon) 6Boost Hightmount Manifold Bosch 1600ccc Injectors Plazmaman 044 Twin Surge Tank Plazmaman Fuel Rail Turbosmart 2000 Fuel Pressure regulator Plazmaman Plenum Custom intercooler piping Turbo Smart 50mm External Wastegate 6Boost High mount manifold Freshly setup head including new valve steam oil seals, valve guides etc Battery relocation to rear Plazmaman 1200hp tube and fin intercooler Plazmaman full intercooler piping Plazmaman cold air intake 52mm Heavy Duty Alloy Radiator Custom Dump pipe Xforce 3.5inch hiflow cat stainless Xforce 3.5inch cat back stainless Walbro intake fuel pump Sct x3 flash tuner Whiteline 30mm adjustable sway bar with adjustable links Whiteline 22mm adjustable sway bar with adjustable links Xzy super sport coilovers Nolathane differential bushes 4.11 Diff Gears Fullspool diff center(removed now Harrop truetrac Protex street slotted and cross drilled front rotors(replaced with Brembo 6 piston front calipers 355mm slotted rotors) Protex street slotted and cross drilled rear rotors(replaced with Brembo 4 piston rear calipers 330mm slotted and x drilled rotors) Trw pads all round(going QFM with new Brembo Setup King wheel evolve 20x8.5 front 20x10 rear 225x35x20 front 275x35x20 rear 20% window tint Dewinged 8000k hid kit Alpine cda137ebt head unit Alpine mrf600 4 channel Alpine mrx m240 monoblock 2 x Rockford Fosgate T2D212 Soundstream 40 FARAD capacitor Sound stream ported box Stinger 0 gauge wiring Rockford fosgate T3169S Rockford fosgate T169

yeop go a complete new drop in. you get all new filters and bits n bobs too. dont bother pulling the old one apart too fiddly and waste of time.

Nice purchase and welcome back

Same. Just buy good quality parts fit for purpose and then get contents insurance and online backup for data

Check the actuator with a compressor to see if it cracks at the desired pressure. It sounds like you've got a stuck/sticking actuator, especially if it overboosts on connecting the compressor to the actuator. Also, get any 200 or 300 cpsi catalytic converter welded into place because the punched cat will definitely cause it to overboost on a stock car.

I did a bit more reading, seems anyone who modify s the exhaust on a x6t gets over-boosting issues. If you going to keep the aftermarket or high flow exhaust maybe look at a larger flapper valve or adding external wastegate. or go back to stock exhaust I dont know how I got so lucky. good luck.

The Plazmaman/ Process West CAI race box looks salvageable. Im not normally a big fan of purple but that rocker cover paint looks sexual. Me like....

I wouldn't mind some inner guard massaging right now... Is that what you say to all the boys?

I feel your pain, but stay away from caryards, feels like the sharks are circling every time I step into one. Things are really tuff at used car lots, who knows what tricks they pull to get a few more dollars on a sale. If you want history you cant beat buying private from a one or second owner.

I know from past when browsing cars at dealers the books do often go missing (dealers take them inside to stop them getting pinched) or they get pinched when the cars are moved around from the yard to other yards etc. if ford cant find any service history on any of there database, is there any sticker on the windscreen? usually a dead giveaway.... genuine oil filter on the block? what brand air filter? theres a few things that would indicate if its been serviced by ford or somewhere else. but no books will hurt your re sale. also the dealer should have the previous owners details on hand to be able to track if they let you have it, but due to privacy they prob cant. back in the day the previous owners name would be on the sale contract card that hangs from the window hahah. do they still do this?

I just don't understand how they could undertake a project that was implemented to future proof our internet, but then ended up bottlenecking it in such a way that will require significantly greater maintenance and upgrades in the future. Yes, it may have cost more initially, but surely that would have paid itself back significantly over time when you don't need to upgrade it for decades? Also, saw this on Reddit: https://imgur.com/a/imYaEIr

I’m a grumpy cow... I hate everyone ... so it suits me well LOLOLOL It stems from j@ sleeping in the centre of our king bed and me having about 40cms area to sleep in lol then plus two boys on the bed who sleep sideways.... I just wanted at least some room for me hahaha

heya mate nah runnning e85 matey. suprisingly with the 585rwhp auto it was more tailhappy then then 790 manual. I lost a fair bit of wheel torque plus its alot more linear compared to the auto so it just goes. of course it spins 3rd but it still picks up speed really quickly and it just goes straight doesnt start hooking sideways I just got these brembos on today im so happy