XR6T into GQ conversion

[MQ MAD]

all else being equal, will you get better fuel economy Twase? Than the TB42E I meant.

Should see economy around the diesel economy area
But when that load pedal gets pushed i reckon the rears will smoke
Blokes are pulling mid 11 secs 1/4 mile times will mildy modded BA XR6 turbo falcons

Be watching this thread

[twase]

Going Turbo for the extra torque I need to tow the van. Not going to mod it for more, if anything I might even reduce the boost.

[Biscuits]

I might even reduce the boost.

Wash your mouth out with soap!!!

I have been playing with The XR6T since they came out, Have owned a BA & FG XR6T, both since new. My BA was a lil bit modded, and pushing out 300+ kw, and had only just started thinking about starting to mod the FG before a drunk crashed into it at twice the posted speed limit at 9.30 in the morning

When it comes time for the tuning, dont cheap out, these engines are real hand granades when tuned by people who dont know them. I see your in Canberra, and would recommend that you go and have a chat with Herrod motorsort before any tuning is done, They are the Australian distributor for the SCT XCal tuning software, and have set up the BA-BF-FG tuning software better than SCT. Rod will point you in the right direction for a great tuner, and for the lpg, the ONLY set of gas I have heard working on these engines is the JTG Liquid injection http://www.alpgw.com.au Have seen HUGE power from this set up, where the other systems I have seen the pics of the aftermath

Fern tree gully auto salvage have a heap of current model bits laying around too http://www.ftgautosalvage.com.au/ if you havnt got the engine yet, I would have a chat with Chris, tell him what your doing as he is a wealth of information when sticking the Ford engines into weird and wonderful places (last one he did was putting a V8 from a GT and all of the running gear into a territory)

Good luck mate & I will be watch this with great anticipation

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It is not going to be a daily, I use my BF for that. I have the motor ECU and body and engine looms already. I have dealt with FTG before but with the previous owner (Darren)

[Biscuits]

Customer service has dropped a bit since Darren sold up, but everything else is awesome still. Just curious, what made you choose the turbo over the boss?

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Its cost effective for me to do it this way as I have all the main bits already from a previous project.

[offroad division]

Know it's a bit off topic but over on patrol4x4 (before it crapped itself) there was a guy who did a crazy bitsa truck using an XR6T and auto.

He used a GQ chassis, put an F100 body on it with a custom flat tray and then dropped the XR6 motor in with factory 6spd auto and an adapter to use a patrol transfer case.
He also made the XR6 interior fit in the cab as well, was a crazy neat job. Had massive engineering approval dramas but got it through in the end. Obviously you plan to use a different gearbox so that's where your adapter is but would still be worth looking up even just to see how he got around turbo position, mounted the engine etc.

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Thanks for the tip, pity that site is infected with MalWare.

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Found a build thread for IronHorse over on Fordmods
http://www.fordmods.com/the-garage-f...rt-t69140.html

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Dellow BellHousing arrived today, looks the part too.
Gradually collecting parts over the next month before I commence the conversion.