Joey

Haha yeah, I think its a patience thing more than anything. Just kind of annoying to be sitting in your 340rwkw car at the KFC drivethrough with the thing rattling and scraping like an old Datto 120y... Lucky its quiet when it counts I spose (like half way down the quarter mile) I did look at the mal wood stuff mate, but in the end I went with my tuners recommendations. They have had good success with the Extreme triple plates and guarantee them not to slip, so that was enough for me. Although the little springs to stop the rattles would be nice :( Also I was a bit reluctant to screw around trying to go on the cheap, as last time I did that I asked for a twin plate and the bastards at Rocky motorsport fitted a bloody sh*thouse exedy sports tuff clutch single plate, which lasted about 3 months... Muppets.

I believe its an Extreme triple plate. I had a heavy duty exedy piece of crap before that couldnt hold the grunt. I have it tuned to about 340KW at the wheels currently. Basically it came down to a grand of difference between a twin or a triple plate, so I figured I was better to do something that would never need to be replaced, and that was that. That's interesting about the noise, it certainly sounds something like that. It of course goes away when the clutch is let out, so doesnt sound too serious. Just interested to hear someone else's opinion.

Hey guys! Recently I had a triple plate clutch installed in a bid to fix my clutch issues. Figured it was time to upgrade to something decent! Only issue I have now is that it makes a weird metal-on-metal scraping noise when I have the clutch pedal pushed in. I was told this is normal, but it is very audible outside the car and sounds terrible! Has anyone else got a triple plate that can relate to this? As it stands it is a little hard to drive and quite clunky, but I guess you get that with a clutch that doesnt slip! Up-side is I can drop the clutch in 5th at 100k's an hour and its solid as a rock. Any suggestions? Should I be going back to get this checked out by my tuner or is this normal? Joe

Yeah I did try that actually, it seemed to work fine at stationary, so you might be right. I have tried not going over so far, but it wont do it. Just weird that it is fine after I put it back into another gear first :S

Boys, need some expert advice! Gearbox is acting weird. I was driving back to the sunny coast (long drive) not doing anything exciting in particular, just cruising in 6th. Car (manual) doesnt want to change from 6th to 5th anymore. I can go from 4th to 5th fine, or any other gear to 5th and its all good, no weird noises or problems. But the gearstick wont go into 5th from 6th. I have to shift it into 4th or 3rd (all with the clutch in) then into 5th. All very strange. Seems like the selector is out of alignment somehow. Any ideas? Anyone had this problem?

Ill just do the surge tank/airbox and another tune, should get me an easy 370ish. I think that will be plenty for me for a while. I wouldn't really go much more than that without doing something with the brakes and suspension anyway. Car has only done 14,000k's so I am trying to make it all as easy and safe as possible And yes, better fix the sig !

Awesome mate! Your certainly on the money though, Dave is great to deal with. It was a very different experience getting work done with him compared to the last shop I went with. Its really nice to be involved with your tuning experience! With Dave its just like getting one of your mates to do it for you! Tops! Enjoy the new grunt dude

Yeah Hanra, apparently I pulled up at Dave's door about 40 mins after you! Pity I wasnt earlier, would have been good to meet someone else from the forum. Thanks for the feedback guys, its certainly a great car to drive now. Every time I go to the shops here I take the long way and go half way round town just to show off haha! Dyno chart is funny huh, must be jinglish or something... Cant wait to get the rest of my mods in and crank her up again, its gonna be a freakin missile! Just gotta maintain the longevity of my license huh...

Count me in to the 300kw club boys Thanks to David from CPV tuning (Blueboost) got myself a healthy 333RWkw Couldnt be happier! Tune went really well, David was great to work with! More than happy to show me exactly what he was doing and tailor the tune to my needs. Highly recommend him if any other central Qld/Nth QLD boys are after a tune (seems good tuners are rare up here) Tune was limited by the fuel pump. Going to get hold of a surge tank setup and my airbox from Rapid then go back for a retune, should get some serious mumbo then! Mods at this stage: Rapid systems intercooler kit (3" piping, bigass intercooler) with under battery CAI 60lb injectors xforce twin 2 1/2" system with 3 1/2" split dump pipe Exedy clutch Got some crappy photos off my phone, they will have to do for the time being! Thanks again David for a great tune, and for giving up your friday night!

Ahh bummer. Something more sinister then :( I had to change my jocks after my pedal got stuck!

Man, this is gonna sound unbelievably dumb, but I had the same problem. Check your floor mats. My pedal was getting stuck under the edge of the floor mat. Have a look before you run off to ford! that would be hilarious if that's all it was... hehehe!

Mate if you tee something up for queens birthday long weekend (like 8th of June or so) I will have my beast down on the sunny coast and would be keen to hit it up :D

Paid a few days ago just for the record ;) Now to find someone to install...

Awesome. Why shouldnt political activists get creative? Good on em' I say! Imagine flying one of those at a bra-burners convention...

You da man ;) Thanks dude! Looks like i'm still waiting on the turbo anyway, but will be good to get hold of it :)

No worries mate, i understand. I'm still waiting on the turbo to come back from Xr6turbo developments anyway, hopefully should get that by wednesday or so. Just keep me in the loop man, if i can get everything done i would like to get the tune done by friday, but if i cant get all the stuff i can re-schedule.

Oh poo. I was kinda relying on that for my tune this coming friday... keep us updated please incase i have to re-schedule!

Ahh david, I was hoping you would find this thread Ok that's awesome, I will just fit it up. We can sort it out when I get it up to you next week (fingers crossed!) Hopefully the turbo should be back soon! Just gonna have to baby it like hell up to you there!

Ahhhh interesting... So if I ring them, the BF one would have the brackets all right? I have no dramas with leaving out the bracket, and I already have a custom tune, so would leaving the second o2 sensor out be a good/bad thing? I better give the boys a call and see if they can send me the right bits... Screws up my plans a bit though. How did yours go Mic without the second sensor?

And yes.. One of those would be nice. Want to donate yours? Its almost the right color and everything...

Nothin wrong with pluggin' your product hey Must admit, it is a nice bit of kit, very good for the money too! Just wish you had some decent instructions so knuckleheads like me didnt have to work it out for ourselves Infact I was going to take a bunch more photos and write up my own install article... but impatience too over HAHA!

Heres a brain teaser for all you gurus: I went to pull out my dump pipe and standard cat/y section setup last night to replace with my new Xforce 3.5" dump and cat and stainless y-section. I ran into a problem. 2 actually. 1, the bolt that is welded onto the dump pipe that is supposed to bolt onto the support bracket that comes out of the exhaust manifold is in the wrong spot and also the wrong size (too big) Secondly, I climbed underneath and noticed there is a second o2 sensor on the y-section pipe just behind the standard cat. My new X-force replacement doesnt have a flange welded in for this. Can anyone tell me if I have possibly been sent the system for a BA instead of a BF falcon? I am guessing maybe that the two models have slightly different exhaust systems and that is why things are a little different? Nothing is ever easy is it! Any help appreciated here. I will be calling up the guys who supplied tommorow to see if they have any ideas.

Niice man, you must be excited I remember when I was picking up mine! Was sooooo stoked, couldnt stop grinning And I had to wait for mine for 3 months to be delivered from the factory! I had mine custom tuned at about 2000km on the clock, up to about 240rwkw with nothing more than the F6 cold air intake and K&N filter. You should definately have no reliability problems with those mods and the power increase is quite nice I guarantee it wont be the end though... you'll get the bug like the rest of us

I always liked the black ones. Look awesome with some good rims. Pity they are so hard to keep clean up here in all the dust :( And the heat isnt much fun either... Looks the goods though mate