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 Post subject: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:57 pm 
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Hi All,

I own an N/A FG XR6, was lookin to get an exhaust, KnN & flash tune etc, spoke to a few shops here is brissy, best offer for the work was about $2600, worst $3500. Then i spoke to a bloke in Redcliffe who i have been told has a pretty good rep. When i asked him what he could offer, he told me id be wasting my money, he would be charging about the same sorta price as the other quotes, and gain little (15 or so KW) said i shoulda got a turbo lol .... :oops:

And because all of you forum readers are 100% better at tech stuff than me, id like to know your opinion, and what experience's you have had with similar upgrade's etc

Anyways, its good to see they arnt all sharks out there, and as i mentioned, Kudo's to Honesty! ;)

Cheers Fellas & Lass's

 

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:40 pm 
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tune exhaust and a nice intake will make a notisable difference, it wont be a F1 but it would be keeping up with standard ba xr6t i imagin. supercharger would be the go if you threw a heap of cash at it
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:49 pm 
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i rekon u would get a bit more than 15 kw.. surely.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:53 pm 
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get a regrind cam to to go with it and you will laughing mate
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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:53 pm 
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ring joe @ crescent motors. He has done a few N/A FG's

 

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:04 pm 
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You might get 15rwkw... and better torque mapping. Will be a nice increase, and for $2500 thats not bad bang for your buck!

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:13 pm 
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ranio wrote:
get a regrind cam to to go with it and you will laughing mate


I hope you mean camS, as in the b/f series having 2 of then in the 6's.

Personally, if I was spending that sort of coin, you caould get a complete turbo bolt on setup from a wreck, install it yourself, get the ECU flashed to suit. If there was any money left after that... Drink.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:22 pm 
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dc_todd wrote:
ranio wrote:
get a regrind cam to to go with it and you will laughing mate


I hope you mean camS, as in the b/f series having 2 of then in the 6's.

Personally, if I was spending that sort of coin, you caould get a complete turbo bolt on setup from a wreck, install it yourself, get the ECU flashed to suit. If there was any money left after that... Drink.


I would have thought drinking goes hand in hand with putting s**t into the car?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:48 pm 
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The other blokes gave you an honest price, as proof by the last bloke telling you he would charge about the same.

The difference is the first blokes took your word on what you wanted and assumed you had already done your research and knew what you wanted.

Nothing dishonest about that.
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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:11 pm 
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What's a snort turbo kit to suit worth? Would be a better bang for your buck upgrade I reckon.

Phongus, yep, a drink goes hand in hand with working on your car, or so my recycle bin suggests lol.

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:03 pm 
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try n track down a complete motor conversion from a F6, it will cost ya a packet but ull have a powerful engine, with potential to be upgraded further. and because its build to be turbo from factory its built to last

 

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 Post subject: Re: Kudo's to honesty
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:30 am 
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frm talking to the guys at bpt, when i had my g6e flashed i was told not to expect to much power gains, as it would already be stock tuned fairly well. they said i would get beeter fuel mapping, and throttle response more than anything. was only a generic tune though. when doing the airbox, change it to a v8 job and remove the restrictor, really helps with throttle response.
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