marlinhunternz

Just a normal aspirated 6 had v8's all my life then a Cruiser V8 diesel but due to downtunr in economy had to sell . Bought this for $18k done 100kms and am pleasantly surprised at how good it is in AWD and also on road manners .As I need to pull a big trailer tossed up between this and a fat arse chrysler the AWD won out . am getting a stage 1 remap which have been told with out too much problem will see a 15-20kw gain heaps of low down torque and no loss of fuel economy . Due to AWD they road tune them over here so cant get a dyno readout . can only go on specs from computer remap .NZ Ford dealers are small minded and not open to mods so was really pleased to get a solution to the engine lite with out all the bullsh*t also a dealer over here selling Harrod gear tried it on saying that I would lean out the engine and melt pistons etc , tried to sell me a flash box for $1200 which would enable me to turn off the rear sensor but not to tune /remap it . so as you can guess I told them to stick that where the sun dont shine . Thanks for your comment hope this helps anybody who does this .If all goes well this year will definitely be looking at turbo after reading the forums on this site

After calling all the so called experts and a certain performance company in NZ who tried to sell me a Harrods system and flash box at some phenominal cost and Ford telling me that I would need to put back the original exhaust. I got in contact with the boys at Eastern Automotive Performance in Manukau City NZ they connected a computer up and checked the settings reset the rear oxygen sensor .no more problems .I have booked in for a remap stage 1 which should see some 15-20kw gain more torque down low with no penalty on fuel usage in fact they say it will be as good as if not better on fuel . Will post results once it is done

I have replaced the rear 2 mufflers with a big bore through muffler in front of diff)and dumpy pipe exhaust rear muffler.(These are after market not ford items ) Seems to pull really well and is more economical 560-600kms per tanks 75 litres). Now some 2 weeks after fitting, fault lite comes on and shows exhaust fault . Engine still pulls hard and goes well .Dealer has advised catalytic converter needs replacing but we haven't touched the converter or cat system only the the 2 rear mufflers Can anyone help aany advice ??