Hey Guys,

Picked up the new FG XR6T on Friday arvo 10km on the clock.

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I drove it down to Batemans Bay over the weekend and the difference to the BA is very obvious. The FG seems so much more refined and feels a bit european. The build quality seems a lot better than the BA. Driving the FG with a manual really does the Turbo motor justice. You can appreciate the low to mid torque spread in these cars. It will be interesting to see how it feels with a tweak on the tune, suspension and perhaps a brake upgrade.

Although Tunehouse has upgraded, setup and tuned many FG's, this is going to become a project car where it will have the Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3... kits installed and I will be running it at WSID to backup the dyno figures with some numbers.

The autos are relatively easy to get some good numbers (as long as you can get off the mark cleanly) but the manuals always seem to be falling behind. Hence here lies the challenge.

I'm quite happy driving a stock standard car atm. The pressure is on already from my mates and the guys at Tunehouse to modify it.

So far it has been about 5 days and I have not even considered putting a K&N in it! (I think that is pretty good for me)

The question is... How long do you think that the car will remain stock before the first modification?

Edited October 13, 200917 yr by JP300

The squeaks and noises start after about 1 year.

congrats on the new ride John , I am not going to put a timeframe but perhaps suggest 5000ks instead

Enjoy the unviolated car for a while ,then have some fun with modifications

What are the plans for the old taxi,or did you trade up ?

I give you a month at best John!

FG Tein kit is calling...

Enjoy the unviolated car for a while ,then have some fun with modifications

What are the plans for the old taxi,or did you trade up ?

The ol' Taxi project is not yet finished. I now have a "spare" hence I can go a bit harder.

The extractors are going back on (worth about 40 rwkw with less boost!!), the Turbo will get a freshen up and we will sort out the waste gate issue (it was struggling to mate over 16 psi over the last 6 months, suspect that the spring is stuffed) and the auto might also get a freshen up.

Then we will consider a race tune on some good fuel and run it on slicks... Then see what the Taxi is capable of...

That is a smart move, I did thesame thing 3 weeks ago and bought a lpg dedicated BA,one for fun and one for commuting

Edited October 13, 200917 yr by senna_T
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Welcome to the fG club JP. Will be good to see Jim weave his magic on it and see the power increases. I'll be back to see Jim in the next month so might catch up with you down there.

Benny

Well done!!! I loooooove my FG so much haha... I dont think I have found anything to this point that I dont like. OH, there is one thing, the spungy ride sh*ts me a bit at times but I got this thing to go fast in a straight line so im not to fussed lol.

I give it around 2 weeks and you will have the thing torn down ready for parts. Im going to try and wait for the first service just to make sure everything is A OK.

Strange Coincidence

I collected my new FG on Friday in Brisbane from Q Ford.

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Drove it all weekend here in Brisbane and came to the same conclusion. What a difference it is over the previous BF I had, more stable and posative in the corners. Interior fitout is far better, still learning to drive the manual after two autos (1 * BA XR6T 1 * BF Typhoon).

Wish I had purchased the manual in the previous cars.

Would be interesting with a tune and exhaust.

I wonder how the clutch would hold up to the extra power.

James