what are you currently doing to your car?

[Exodus]

Well, ignorance is bliss, but immaturity is on the run through the world. Rather then just say the car you have, you play a little kid game and describe the engine and say "guess what I have!". There are a lot of air-cooled car, intercooled, s/c, etc.

Its kind like a cheap game. Well, I wanna play too . . . I have a inline six-cylinder, twin turbo, all wheel drive, RHD through JDM. What am I?

[Guest]

I currently have as the family hack an Australian made Ford – XR6Turbo sedan. They are a medium to large sized car and are perhaps more a performance tourer. They’re not exported although the SUV called the “Territory” in a Turbo version (same engine) will find its way to South Africa and probably the Middle East.

The engines are basically a low tech inline 6 with twin VTC 24 value head etc a single large Garrat Turbine with intercooler. The engine is mated to a close ratio 6 speed Tremic manual or the 6 speed ZF auto (as in the Vanquish and 7 series BMWs).

Ford set the turbo to a low boost of 6psi. They have also been very conservative with injectors and tune to avoid challenging the sales of their V8 performance units. In stock form the 6 puts out 245kw power and 460nm of torque. A low grade improvement to around 270kw and 500nm of torque involves little more that a re-map and a change of injectors and maybe opening up the plumbing to the cold air intake. This is basically all I’m having done to the car at the moment. Changing the exhaust, cat and intercooler and getting a little more radical with the mapping and boost delivers 330kw but an upgrade to valve springs is recommended at this level. You can get more radical, apparently the engines are good for 500kw before you have to look at beefing up the bottom end, but then it raises questions about the rest of the drive train, the “drivability” of the car for ordinary use and the cost of going this far.

[Babarella]

[Exodus]

I'm immature?! LOL! You troll! I'm trying to get the douschebag to say what kind of car he has rather then play this stupid game, yet I'm immature?!

Jap crap? You wouldn't know a good car if it plowed into you going 100mph . . .

[Barbarella]

[Exodus]

Rice burner... I don't even drive an import, shows what you know troll

[kimi-marie]

just took delivery of some lowerin springs for my zs, to go with the full cold air feed induction system alloys, xhaust full blue and black leather, full fusion ice install and other bits and peices.

but now is the tricky bit do i

1 leave the engine as a standard 1.8 (120 bhp)

or

do a t16 turbo conversion with mega squirt ecu (250-275 bhp)

or

chip it and use a 180 throttle body


and who said girl dont know jack bout cars?

[BigDave]

[Guest]

Yes, sounds like you know nothing about cars. With those modifications the best thing to do with it is to take it to the scrap yard.

[Exodus]

Sounds like YOU belong in a scrap yard, troll

[Usquanigo]

Does this place breed troll, or just draw them? It's amazing how even the most laid back thread topic can devolve into a flame war.

But what the hell, I'm bored, so I might as well chime in. lol

On the R/T, not too much, I have an electric fan on hand, waiting for a fan controller so I can dump the clutch fan (for more MPG). After that, I'm toying with the idea of a belly pan, either from sheet aluminum from Lowes, or from pre-made C/F sheets a buddy of mine can get from the fab shop where he works.

Right now, since it's my daily driver, I'm focusing on MPG. Lowering drag on the body and removing drag from the engine (fan) should both go a long way toward helping that goal (one at lower speeds and acceleration, the other at higher speeds and cruising).

Next will be either a new diff with steeper gears (lower revs at speed), or possibly new rims, since I can get the R/T rims in 20" (vs the 17"s on there now) and keep the same profile tire, thus killing the wheel well gap and increasing rolling diameter (lowering final drive, and revs at speed).

Eventually, I do plan to replace the craptastic log-style exhaust manifolds for headers (probably have to custom build them), and also more work on the CAI, as well as intake manifold.

On the WS6, I'm saving for a new lid (good for 5rwhp, as proven on the dyno and drag strip), HP Tuners so I can tweak a little more out of the LS1, and parts for a CarPC (replacing the headunit and amp with a screen in the headunit's location, and a PC in the back hooked up to the sound system with a new amp).

After that, maybe some appearance mods, or maybe a set of sways. 'Course I sill need some good rims too, but I haven't yet decided exactly what I want, nevermind the cost. I need something though, I'm seeing more and more black LS1 WS6's around my area and it's starting to piss me off. lol For the longest time I was the only one, but now I have to find some other way to stand out again.

Kinda-sorta considering exhaust too. Mac-Mids are definitely in the mix, as well as a possible electric cutout, but I'm toying with a cat-back too. Trouble is, I like the stock sound, it's just a touch on the quiet side at times. (so I think the cutout might be the ideal mix. I've heard a WS6 running open headers on youtube and I don't know about the volume, but the sound was sublime )

[Usquanigo]

Niki22, I know we all have different tastes, but I never really understood the point of putting all that money into a car when you could get more for less.

All that work you did sounds very expensive, unless you did it all yourself. And for that money (especially if you count the cost of your car), you could have picked up am LS1 Formula, or at the very least an LT1 Formula (or 3rd Gen, L98 Formula 350, leaving some cash to mod it and make it into a real monster).

Not trying to troll, just making a comment. You're clearly a gear-head either way.