Hey guys,

About to buy a 2010 XR6T, what can I do straight up to improve the horse power, with out costing me a heap of coin.

Just small improvements are O.K at first.

I am just curious and requires some good opinions,infomation.

Kybus

not much at all if you want to keep your warranty. if your not worried about your warranty then get it tuned. this is the cheapest, most power producing mod for these cars period.

theres not much you can do without a tune just the usual K&N filter, F6 second intake snorkel and maybe remove the center muffler on your zorst for a bit of sound but that might ruin your warrenty im not to sure

A tune for sure. Best bang for buck you can buy.

FG GT lower airbox and snorkle is what you want. Don't install an exhaust on the standard turbo as it flows plenty enough once a high flow cat is installed.

Benny

Tune, what do you mean by get it tuned, how much does it cost ?

K&N Filter ?

F6 intake ? ... how much ?

Kybus

you need to buy a tuning module- sct, vcm suite and there are a couple others too. then take a visit to a good tuning workshop.

1200 bucks will be pretty close to get a 40-50 rwkw upgrade. then the skies the limit once you are addicted (and you will be). then you can say goodbye to all your $$$ trying to chase more....

dont try to fight it, its an illness.....

Hey guys,

About to buy a 2010 XR6T, what can I do straight up to improve the horse power, with out costing me a heap of coin.

Just small improvements are O.K at first.

I am just curious and requires some good opinions,infomation.

Kybus

1200 - 1500 bucks for a custom dyno tune supplied with a SCT Flash tuner unit. Depending on the tuner and car, you will pick up 30 - 40rwkw with no loss of economy. That's the good bit. The bad bit is your mechanical warranty is pretty much cooked. It was a choice I thought long and hard about but ultimately given my car is not an everyday driver, I tuned it. Ford's customer service is also that sh*t that after researching the strong and weak points of the car, I wasn't too worried.

Another option is to do the FG V8 lower airbox and snorkle conversion with a K&N filter. Both of which you can buy of ebay and the whole deal will set you back under $300 bucks. This will give you around a 10rwkw gain (with the standard tune) and improved throttle response. I did this arse about (tune first) and needed to go back to check mixtures again - dumb. The advantage with just this mod is that you won't screw the warranty. A lot of us, myself included, have combined this with a tune but you don't need to. If she's a newby (under 3000ks) I'd start with this as most tuners won't want to touch your car until after the first service. There a several reasons for that, namely Ford may plug in the diagnostics and then 'flag' that your car has been tuned - warranty gone. Secondly, my tuner wanted it freed up a bit before the dyno and if it was going to have any major issues, they would have presented by then. Hope this helps. Cheers, Bomber.

nice write up bomber. good to share personal experiences, they are often the ones that help the most...

growler intake, drilled stock injectors + x3 SCT FLASH + tune = win.

(mind you I got no idea what the stock 2010 injectors max out at)

Growler intake is a BIG waste of MONEY!!!

You would be better off making a really long straw from the cabin to the airbox and blowing into it as you drive!!!