Dr Z

hi, can new bf xr6 turbo be modified <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, though take note the CAPA Edit is not yet in a position to modify the ZF transmission like it does currently with the BTR 4 speed, though it is expected that an upgrade to modify the ZF transmission is coming soon.

Take note that buying the ZF 6 speed auto new is an additional cost that represents the marginal swap cost of them taking your manual box with you having the ZF. Buying it after does not factor the value of your manual box that they would keep if you bought the ZF new at purchase time, so it will be a lot more expensive, in addition to all the extra installation inclusions already mentioned.

I highly recommend checking with your tuner and/or gearbox specialist that the ZF 6 speed could handle that much torque output. However, if you are looking at any other auto gearbox, like the BTR 4 speed, check what extra work might need doing for that level of torque, the very least an oil cooler and line pressure increases, though perhaps it may be recommended to have even more auto gearbox strengthening. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

Congrats Zap. Great looking and performing car. Enjoy!

And exactly how is that compliant with wet T's? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you look carefully, he is wearing "T fronts" instead of "Y fronts" and he is a little wet with excitement that Shazzy is taking his photo, therefore, he too has a wet T.

I have been following this discussion and its undertones in various threads for a while now. Perhaps the absence of a reply in any of the other threads may be mistaken for a lack of interest by me? On the contrary, I have lurked until it occurred to me that some people enjoy reading their own contributions here irrespective of what they type. To even have to ask about the possibility of bigger injectors after everything that has been written and re-written on this subject area in a whole range of threads absolutely bewilders me, given the quality content already shared by our members in other threads. Its simple. If you want more safe power and feel you are at the limit of standard injectors, then install bigger injectors, and yes the Bosch 968's are the choice of many in the power ranges you seek. Bigger injectors can run without a bigger fuel pump up to the power levels safely recommended by your tuner. The key advice is always to seek advice from YOUR choice of tuner. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

After new valve springs, that never happened again to me, even with 300+ rwkw and plenty of hard squirting.

Happy 18th Birthday Glenn! Enjoy every precious life moment and may the best of your past be the worst of your future.

I'd love to come, but I currently have no licence. If anyone is keen to pick up a Bathurst-loving, cruise-starved, XR6T-drooling hitchhiker...let me know. Seriously, happy to offer petrol money, shout lunch or name first-born after you as a gesture of eternal appreciation. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

I have great fun reading about, watching and driving cars. While it is a great passion to drive, it is just a car, because when I am done with this one, I will get another car...hopefully, at least as fun. Having said that, all my cars have been Fords...hmm. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

In addition, as mentioned by Street Tuner, there has been an Edit software update which fixed the TC issue. I have enjoyed good modifications and service experiences with C&V. If you go visit them, mention Dr Z to Con & Vic. Feel free to PM me for further details. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

My 400th post. All you folks are awesome. Thanks for the great encouragement and support. I cannot even begin to describe the heartache of going through for the first time: * Each monthly anniversary of Mum's passing - 23rd of each month * Mother's Day - May * Mum's birthday - 15th August * My baby boy's birth and funeral day - 20th November * My birthday - 2nd December ..and now, soon coming up.. * Christmas with NO family. * Mum's first year anniversary - 23rd January 2006 I hope there is some real value for each of us when we can share unique stories as unique individuals. While we may have unique perspectives with unique lives, each of us has stories with common threads of grief, sorrow, heartache, pain, joy, happiness, contentment, passion...the full spectrum of human emotions moves us in our life. How strange it is that grief and sorrow can bring people closer together than happiness ever can. "When all is said and done, your family and friends are number one." "Friends are hugs from God". Take a bow everyone. You each uniquely represent what is best about our community. I genuinely and sincerely wish the very best in life for you and all your dear ones. Zelko aka Dr Z

I am going through a messy separation and divorce with my wife. My wife of 7 years wants me back. I dont want to go back because of lack of respect, love, compassion etc but what a tragic tale. Cut a long story short...part of the reason I have been so quiet here lately...actually, wanted to share this with all of you at some stage, may as well be now...this TRUE STORY hurts badly.. I hope writing and reading this can add some value to your life in some way. There is ALWAYS someone worse off than you... * 20th November 2004. While I was overseas teaching, my wife went into labour at 22 weeks. We lost our first-born boy, had to name him, bury him etc. My wife blamed my "friend" for loss of baby because she wanted to "compete" with her. When my wife was pregnant, my wife stopped training at gym and TKD, both Black Belts, so my wife suggested my friend & I keep training together. So we did. But when I was overseas, my wife was feeling especially hormonal, fat etc so at 22 weeks, jumps on a treadmill at gym, then does TKD patterns etc. Her heart monitor exceeds safe levels for pregnancy etc. She ONLY went there to remind my friend that she was "top b**ch" with me (her words) because she was insanely jealous of our connection, even though it was purely platonic. A few days earlier, wife had shortness of breath but didnt go to the Doctor to get checked out. Next day, wife gets her first massage to feel better, which as she said, seemed to stimulate her almost as much as the exercise. 3 days later, body is so stimulated, we lose our baby boy. * Stricken with post-natal depression because she went through labour and grief, my wife is convinced I am going to leave her for my friend. I never gave this indication at all. Since my friend is also 10 years younger than my wife, (12 years younger than me), my wife is convinced I am going through a mid-life crisis and will run away with this young girl in my hotted up XR6T etc. Actually, it never entered my mind, until she mentioned it. My mother, who was 69 years old (only surviving family member in my life) lived with us. My wife convinced my mother I was going to run away with this young girl etc. My mother lost 7 boys before having me due to blood incompatibility problems with my father, some were still-born, some lasted up to 96 hours etc. I was the 8th child. My mother almost died having me staying nearly 12 months in hospital. My mother was present at wife's birth and had to re-live HER experience all over again while going through the pain of my wife's experience while I rushed home on first available plane. My friend stayed away during this period because I told her that my wife had unfounded concerns about us etc. Anyway, both my wife and mother were incredibly depressed. My wife took time off work and began a slow process of depressing my mother further, which I did not know about at the time. * 23rd January 2005. Typical Sunday morning sleep-in. Go downstairs. My wife calls my name in a heart-wrenching cry. I rush outside with the deepest fear all over only to find my mother hanging by a rope in our BBQ/pergola area. There are NO words that could even begin to explain this feeling. I would not wish this on my worst enemy! * It is clear to me Mum is dead from taking her own life. Ambulance seems to take forever. We try CPR but there was no pulse etc. * Police arrive. We are devastated. Wife turns to me and says "you and your *beep* killed your mother!". Wow, like I need this right now. Wife's mother arrives. She rushes in and within inches off my face...I was thinking she was going to hug and console me, she screams "you killed your mother you bas*ard...you and your D I C K.." OMG, is this really happening? When do I wake up from this nightmare? Wife retorts with "Hope she was worth it" etc. Police take wife and her mum away to cool down. Wife grabs phone and rings my friend and screams "You killed our baby and Mother you *beep*. Die and go to hell. I am going to kill you..." etc. Police take wife away to calm her down. * I cannot describe this feeling of finding out your wife's and mother-in-laws "true colours" when I most needed compassion, love and support. Oh, but it gets worse. Turns out my mother told my wife she was depressed and wanted to kill herself. She left a voice message on wife's mobile phone the day before. My wife decided not to tell me about it at all. The night before my mother's fateful decision, my wife, mother and I were watching TV as usual, my mother a little more quiet than usual. My wife says nothing to my mother or me at all. I can only presume my mother assumed that my wife talked to me about wanting to end her life but I didnt care enough to say anything. So I guess, my mother must have thought "well, not even my son loves me anymore..best I go now". So my wife could have stopped it? Maybe. She could have talked to either of us? Yes. But she didnt? No. So instead she blames my friend for my mother's suicide and loss of baby? Yes. In short, you can understand how I could never return to my wife after this, given it was quite patchy for a few years anyway. No love + no respect + no trust = no marriage. * I take a lot of time off work. Work is very understanding about this. I have NO other family in Australia being only child and father passing away some 12 years earlier. I am abandoned by wife and mother-in-law and her family based on unfounded suspicion during my hour of greatest need. I go from being a husband, son, son-in-law and potential father...to having NO identity of any family belonging at all. I grow closer to my best friend, platonic only, even up until today. * 6th August 2005. We sell our house as part of our separation. I repeatedly tell my wife not to pack my mother's belongings because I would do that with my family friends. What do I find? My wife has packed my mother's belongings in boxes and leaves it by the door. I live with my "Best man" 800 metres up the road during separation process, but upon seeing this, I choke up getting very emotional. I decide not to drive to my "best man's" place but go for a drive to clear my head. I was not speeding, just wanted to drive away bad feelings. Silly on reflection. It was nearly 1:00am early Saturday morning. Coming back along freeway I have an urgent need to go to the toilet. Only 3 minutes from home. I know I am speeding, but choked up and desperately needing to go, despite my better judgement and on 3 separate occasions, my gut feeling telling me to slow down, I get caught by Highway Patrol doing 205km/hr in a 110 km/hr zone. WOW. I thought I was only dong about 130 or so. Amazing. Summary of this: went to Court. No Section 10 given despite all the circumstances, outstanding driving record etc. Police Prosecutor opposes Magistrate considering Section 10. I am charged with "speed in a manner dangerous" and though Magistrate wanted to give a much lower sentence, by statute law, the minimum is 12 months. I will not get to drive my beloved T until 5th August 2006. * In the meantime, my best friend has meant the world to me and has been there for me in every way, even helping with shopping, cooking, driving me to training, everywhere. Perhaps I am seeing her more as a "Florence Nightingale" or something but there is definitely a "Saviour" or "Angel" complex happening here. Yes, she is 12 years younger than me. Yes, she has been asked out by other guys but she keeps turning them down. She has not dated in over 2 years. I have not dated this year turning down offers. OK, I went on a few but did not feel any vibe at all. I know I am emotionally vulnerable now. Grief is like the ocean. Sometimes it is calm, sometimes it hits like a Tsunami. At 39 I need to rebuild my life but I cannot risk blowing away the best connection I have ever made in my life with a dumb guy pass at my friend. Everyone assumes we are a couple. Heck, she even came on my frrst and only FordXR6Turbo cruise. We cannot go a day without contact with each other. It does not feel right. Timing is everything. Timing does not feel right yet. I still have to finalise financial settlement and divorce. But yes, the possibilities are now being pondered.. Rebuilding my life, one day at a time after feeling like the Cosmic Universe dumped its smelly load all over me...but, that fertilizer is now helping me grow in ways I could never have previously imagined...coming back better than ever like a Phoenix rising from the Ashes.. Thanks for reading.

You may have been there before or if not, no doubt you know someone who has, so share your stories. You have been friends with a member of the opposite sex for a few years. You soon become best friends and share your most intimate life details with each other. There is NO sexual chemistry yet, if ever, because you see her as a sister and/or she sees you as a brother. You may have even talked about that or joked around, though sexual chemistry could be possible given the high levels of emotional intimacy. You spend almost all of your available free time together hanging out and it feels totally natural doing that. Neither of you are attached to anyone, and though you both have opportunities to go out with others, you keep turning these offers down for the last few years so that neither of you have been on a date with anyone else. You cannot imagine enjoying any social event without that person there though you dont see them as a date. You refer to each other as Twin Soulmates because you anticipate each other's wants and needs so much and are always on the same wavelength. Then all of a sudden, something dawns on you and start pondering possibilities... OK, share any good or bad stories with all the details.

Good update Brian. Look forward to seeing it come out on a Cruise soon, though you may need to give us a half-day head start. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

The way I hear it, Chuck did such a fast roundhouse kick that his head didnt get the chance to move in time, and the result was his neck broke when his body moved but head stayed still. Bruce Lee nearly died from a cross between brain damage and fright. Your sources need checking. Mine are 100% accurate, as you can see from my initial post - they are very connected people. Im starting to think we should all be referring to him as Mr Norris, for fear of getting on his wrong side. (Thank you Mr Norris, you can take the gun away from my head now) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The way I understood this was that Chuck was demonstrating to Bruce that he could hurt Bruce with any part of his body, even while he was not attacking. By using his neck to demonstrate to Bruce Lee how to absorb his best shot, Chuck created a lagged quivering Chi vibration that eventually killed Bruce.

Good stuff Goldie, great result! Look forward to the next cruise to drool some more over your car, as if we all dont have enough reasons to drool. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

Good research effort, though it clearly fails the test of strict scientific accuracy. That is, these results cannot be used for any type of generalisation without testing further fuel batches and repeatedly applying the EXACT same method for a requisite number of samples that allow for statistical validity. There is other scientific validity looseness in the methodology but I wont get too pedantic. Given this initial testing and the encouraging results of the Ethanol 98, it would be interesting to see the testing results of Optimax 100 with Ethanol. Good work folks. Safe and happy driving...Dr Z.

Frayed Knot.

Apart from the ZF Auto box, these look like old tarts wearing new makeup. Yes I like looking at them for their eye candy value, but would I enjoying losing tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade right now? Umm, no. Maybe when Orion comes out in 2007/08. Of course, this is a personal decision since we are all unique individuals. Enjoy your choice.

As I stated in the other post.. I started with a CAPA Edit. Then I put black tape over the letter C turning it into APA Edit. Then I put black tape over the 2nd A, re-writing it to a letter S. So, now I have an APS Edit. The difference is AMAZING!

Test drive both a few times, even modded versions if that's where you want to head by asking others for a drive or two or six. No one else can tell you what your soul tells you. Live for your soul!

Hope this helps. I have the full APS Phase II hardware then replaced the stock intercooler with a PWR intercooler, ripped out the Unichip and had a Custom Edit. In order to get the 300+ rwkw with consistent boost, we also replaced the stock wastegate actuator. For a full write-up of my tuning experience, including dyno graphs so you can see the boost levels, check HERE. All the best.

Before you do anything, request a full allergy test to eliminate that possibility. Those symptoms are very common in allergies. All the best.

Clear case of bushwacking.