Need help on my poor 86kw FTO......

Dras · Post by **Dras** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:29 am

silverGPX wrote:Imagine how much money youd make with $50 dyno runs. Youd pay off the dyno in a few weeks

I seriously doubt you would. Think about staff costs, setup time between runs, phenomenal insurance rates for dynos, the amount of electricity they consume, cost of keeping it up to date and everyone wanting runs on the weekend. Combine all this with all the other dynos around (there are at least 2 I know of within walking distance from where I work) and it sounds like a hard sell to me.

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:36 am

The 4 wheel Dynomatic one at Envy cost them a quarter of a mil!

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:28 pm

Haha maybe not then

Shane001 · Post by **Shane001** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:58 pm

Yep, you also forgot the leasing costs for the building and soundproofing to keep the neighbours at bay! Not a cheap exercise!

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:03 pm

Meh petty cash :p

Akys · Post by **Akys** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:34 am

Quater Million!!! Thats a lot of money excluding maintenance and bills etc.

Anyway, if I look into a fairly new engine, will it help? where is the best place to get engine around western sydney?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:22 am

Didn't you read any of the last 2 pages?

Loose the slushbox first, there's a gauranteed 10 killerwasps.

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:18 am

By slushbox, do you mean tip box? or the heavy chinese takeaway box in the backseat filled with fecal matter?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:23 am

Tip box... unfortunately

Akys · Post by **Akys** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:50 pm

definitely doing the conversion. Then I guess will hunt for a fairly new engine next year.

Kustom · Post by **Kustom** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:59 pm

Just do a 6a13 swap while your at it.

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:15 pm

I was actually wondering that, what the price difference between a 6a12 swap and a 6a13 swap would be...
Is it a pretty straight fit?

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:32 pm

My engine may be for sale in a years time or so.
Fully rebuilt, balanced, ported heads, ported intake runners, 65mm TB, bored plenum, ACL bearings, will come with RPW extractors and most likely e-manage with ignition/injector harness tuned for the motor. It runs on an FSE FPR which will most likely not come with the motor.
So far only has 1,000km on it and hasn't been tuned yet. I suspect I will put a few thousand more km on it (maybe another 10K at the most)

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:31 pm

:O spetz. how much would you be asking you think?

Have you dynoed it?

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:36 pm

Depends what people will offer for it.
No dyno yet but it will be next year when I register the car again.
I would also need your old 6A12 MIVEC in return too

Akys · Post by **Akys** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:52 pm

Let us know when your engine is for sale then. Pretty sure a lot of people will be keen.

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:11 am

It isn't certain that it will be for sale.
If I decide it isn't fast enough or I need power I'll start building another engine and sell this one but this cannot start for another year at the least

AJ · Post by AJ » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:53 pm

gpx000 wrote:well i bought the car off AJ and he showed a dyno reading and i think it was around 100kw? or 98 not too sure but the car is completely stock

Not quite stock - UAS induction kit and engine pipes - but yes, 98 none the less.

kw's is just a number. Do you think your car is slow? probably not, so don't worry about the number. Upgrading brakes, suspension and your skills as a wheel man can improve you're point to point time more than a few kw's will and it'll probably cost less. If you just want to go fast in a straight line...you've bought the wrong car.

Akys · Post by **Akys** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:25 pm

AJ wrote:
gpx000 wrote:well i bought the car off AJ and he showed a dyno reading and i think it was around 100kw? or 98 not too sure but the car is completely stock
Not quite stock - UAS induction kit and engine pipes - but yes, 98 none the less.

kw's is just a number. Do you think your car is slow? probably not, so don't worry about the number. Upgrading brakes, suspension and your skills as a wheel man can improve you're point to point time more than a few kw's will and it'll probably cost less. If you just want to go fast in a straight line...you've bought the wrong car.

true, I really love FTO's handling. Well, i'll get my conversion done and search for a newer engine when I get back next year.

gpx000 · Post by **gpx000** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:41 pm

so much effort just get a new car

FTO AUSTRALIA