Posting To Say Hi, And Introduce Myself, And My New Ride :)

[TBULNC]

Hi all, I've been a regular on AFF Forums for quite a while with my N/A BF XR6 ( ill put a few pics up of her) but have now decided its time for boost! Picking the new girl up Friday or Monday, very excited!

The new rig is a BA2 turbo, 6 speed manual 345rwkw, I know very little about whats been done, but ill let you guys know in case you can see any issue or things to look out for in the near future in regards to how its been tuned. As far as I know, Custom intake plenum, CAPA intercooler with full 3'' piping, under battery intake, full exhaust system (which is huge by the way!), running 18psi, has 3 flash tunes with it done by CORSA, Nizpro valve springs, and probably a lot more that Ive forgotten.

that's about all for the engine side of things, she's also got a built LSD good for 450rwkw, and big brakes.

My main concern it that apart from the Nizpro valve springs, the engine internals are dead stock. That being said its had over 300kw for years, engine has only done 56,000. So to all you tuners out there, how much further do you think the power could be pushed before I need to open up the engine?

Now for some fun stuff!

Heres the old BF ( which is for sale by the way!)

And heres the only pic I have of the T

[JETURBO]

Welcome mate both look sweet as

[sexual harrassment panda]

BA rods + 18psi = guys I have this knocking noise coming from my engine

interested to see the plenum

[ratter]

Welcome aboard

[senna_T]

Well played mick...

TUBLNC, see this guy after you pick it up /\/\/\

[CHILLR]

WelcomeTBULNC! - Both look nice, BF is LOWWW... New one looks really nice! Love blueprint.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Looks like velocity to me....

[TBULNC]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! Being a BA2, does it have the stronger bottom end and stock valve springs or is that just BF?

Would you recommend not giving it too much on 18psi or what? One of the tunes is for 7psi, probably a better option for every day would you say?

That being said its been running that much boost for quite a few years now, if it was gunna go, wouldnt it have already?

Cheers

[sexual harrassment panda]

Will still have the weaker rods mate, all the BA xr6t's do. Some good advice was given above, go see Ratter (or another reputable tune shop) and get a dyno run just to check it out. It's something everyone should do when buying any second hand tuned car.

[TBULNC]

Yeah I'll definatly get her dyno'd asap, only problem is we have no really reputable dynos in town, but I can at least get a power figure.

I might save the 18psi tune for every now and again and just run her at 7psi for the majority of the time, that way when I do feel like flexing it, the possibility of it going bang is much lower.