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El Andrew

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  1. Thanks mate! Yep, you never know. Just wish I had the space for more cars!
  2. Also mine worked slightly loose, but it was just the bolts. Check those (might have to remove the inner splash guard behind the front wheel to access the nuts)
  3. Can't see why not! Took it out through the Cotter this arvo - amazing how early you can get on the power through the corner. Fun to be manual too - my last manual was an XF that was so sloppy you couldn't tell whether it was in gear or neutral. Still very sad to watch the FG go. Put a lot of time into it and was a hugely fun car to have.
  4. 1504kg vs 1773kg, so a couple of fat blokes difference
  5. Bought it. Well, my wife did. I was still riding the porcelain bus.
  6. Should get a motor treadly. Meant to be heading to Sydney tomorrow to pick up something if it matches the photos. But came down with a stomach thing tonight. Maybe I'm having a physical reaction to selling the FG [emoji23]
  7. Sold it. Felt like I had done everything I wanted to do with it and had very limited opportunity to enjoy it properly. Also finding there's heaps I want to do on the house, and quite enjoy. Haha feels like I'd just got the car almost perfect! Bloke who bought it seems really nice and like he will appreciate it. Something grippier and lighter that should be fun on a daily basis hopefully coming soon.
  8. I don't reckon you need the oil pump gears if you are auto and not bouncing it off the limiter -others might have views. Usually a 460lph pump will overwhelm the factory reg and cause high fuel pressure. Something like whatever the current equivalent to a Walbro 255 would be fine and not need a new reg. I've had that pump on a BA with factory reg. I have a turbo side with that same BOV plumbed back in now and it is borderline obnoxious for my taste. It will definitely make more noise with the stock BOV venting into the metal turbo side intake so you could try and see what you think. Changing the BOV later is a 1min job and doesn't affect your tune.
  9. I would say some of these are optional - you shouldn't need a built BTR, different BOV, battery relocation, billet pump gears for 300. Could use a smaller pump too. If you go that pump you might need an aftermarket reg. But some of that stuff is still nice to have. Regardless of power, I think the turbo side intake and battery relocation is 100% worth it just for ease of access later when working on the car, especially in a B series. Looks better too!
  10. Maths really. I wasn't convinced that car was a long termer for me. Was worth about $5k back then, $3.5k to fix it, best offer I got with it broken was $3k. Parted it for almost $7k FG is behaving itself nicely. Just drove it to the coast over the mountains. New rear end feels great. And just put DBA extreme performance pads at all four corners and they seem excellent. Definitely dustier than the street performance though.
  11. Subaru Outback with the EZ36. Has been a cracker of a car so far.
  12. I'm still getting rid of the Kluger fuel in the mower from when I had to drain and clean the tank about 4 years ago. Haha full day under the car to fix the problem after multiple mechanics and Toyota couldn't diagnose it over the course of a couple of years. All sorted and then someone rear ends it and writes it off a month later.
  13. Car battery is dead this morning. Have noticed a bit lately that it doesn't take much in terms of doing some work with the door open etc to flatten it so I knew it was on the way. Only 3 years old which is a bit poor.
  14. That would work well if you were using the same calipers daily as on the track and just had to swap the rotors and caliper brackets. Would actually be pretty quick If you were changing calipers it would be a pain as you'd be bleeding your brake lines every time.
  15. Is this car for the track only? You could be in a world of insurance and legal bother if you make those sort of changes to the brakes and have an accident, regardless of whether or not the brakes were the cause. I know that's not your question, but worth thinking about. Edit: And yep, Territory rear calipers and discs are a piece of cake. Have done the same on my FG. Just get the Territory lines and trim a bit off the backing plate where the caliper fouls it - easy to work out once you are in there.
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