Turbo FTO 176kW at the wheel!!

Guni_GuGu · Post by **Guni_GuGu** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:54 pm

http://www.carsales.com.au/please/carsales ... istance=50

WHAT THE HELL?#@!??

Is it just me, or, is that ONE REALLY REALLY fast FTO, at an insane price!@#? Seriously! 176kw at the wheel? Maybe horsepower?! But killowatts?!# Is it possible? What do you other turbo's put out?

d_stroy_r · Post by **d_stroy_r** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:46 pm

176kw ATW is deffinately possible.

The wierd thing is, $17k for a turboed fto????

There's 2 solutions to this;

1. It's fake

2. Serious engine engine problems.

I wouldn't touch take car with a ten foot pole.

My 2 cents

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:45 am

LOL, it would still be probably cheaper to buy it and disassemble it for parts... and get a turbo with it

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 3:36 am

guys this fto was for sale on the forum before
he is selling because the engine has WAY too much kms
*and i think some probs too*
when i was buying an fto he told me he had ALL DYNO to prove it !

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:42 am

125,000kms is not a lot, engines these days can handle a LOT more than that without any issues.

If this car had a proper major service at 100,000kms then it should be running beautifully at 125,000kms.

This whole thing sounds a little sus.

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:35 pm

yeea i reckon too
but before he told me he was selling for 23k
but dat was like 6-7months ago

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:52 am

he was selling it for 18k about a year ago... check under cars for sale section...
i think he's moved overseas thats why he's selling the car....

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:08 am

Well i guess we are talking about "al" FTO, i've send him a email a while back & ask if he still selling his FTO, but he never reply.

Here's the link for those can't be bother seach for it hehehehe

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.ph ... =turbo+fto

Post by **smorison** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:46 am

yeah i'd say that's Andre's car....

and those figures are accurate there's been a small fortune spent on it making sure the engine takes plenty of boost.

salacious · Post by **salacious** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:24 pm

Wouldn't 176kW at the wheels equate to 7 maybe 8 psi of boost? Which isn't high by FTO standards. I know a few cars that are running 7psi and they are all using std internals

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:36 pm

salacious wrote:Wouldn't 176kW at the wheels equate to 7 maybe 8 psi of boost? Which isn't high by FTO standards. I know a few cars that are running 7psi and they are all using std internals

I don't think you can measure kw at the wheels with amount of boost, cause it all depends on the setup.

eg: T28 & T28BB which was use on Aus spec S15 & Jap spec S15, even though they both running 7-8psi at stock, they both gave 2 different output at the wheel.

Post by **smorison** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:18 pm

FTO338 wrote: I don't think you can measure kw at the wheels with amount of boost, cause it all depends on the setup.

eg: T28 & T28BB which was use on Aus spec S15 & Jap spec S15, even though they both running 7-8psi at stock, they both gave 2 different output at the wheel.

s15 runs lower compression to the stock FTO...

Andre's car from memory ran upto 18psi (the first time it blew up and was owned by Helen - this is going back many years now)... i think it runs 12psi at the moment...

10's about as much as you'd want to run on a stock engine... and then its only for cold weather...

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:24 pm

That sort of boost would certainly alter the drivability of this car, peak hour would be interesting

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:47 pm

smorison wrote:
FTO338 wrote: I don't think you can measure kw at the wheels with amount of boost, cause it all depends on the setup.

eg: T28 & T28BB which was use on Aus spec S15 & Jap spec S15, even though they both running 7-8psi at stock, they both gave 2 different output at the wheel.
s15 runs lower compression to the stock FTO...

I know, i was just pointing out that u can't measure KW with boost.

Post by **smorison** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:35 pm

FTO338 wrote: I know, i was just pointing out that u can't measure KW with boost.

yeah i know.,....

it was poor editing on my part when quoting.... sorry dude

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:29 pm

i for one can vouch for how it feels like being on 10psi, LoL...

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:39 pm

GPXXX wrote:i for one can vouch for how it feels like being on 10psi, LoL...

You mean 10psi on a FTO, cause 10psi isn't much, unless its with MIVEC

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:03 pm

Thats Andres Car, I was there when he pulled 176 @ the wheels, its a beast, and has whooped a modified rx7 which did 12's
I spoke to him a couple months ago and he is selling because there is some confusion with his visa, i think uni forgot to send him papers, and he may be forced to go home, so he is desperite to sell. There are no problems with the car as far as i know

d_stroy_r · Post by **d_stroy_r** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:24 pm

So, he does 11 second quarter mile times then?

More pics would be really nice.

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:36 pm

im not sure what times he does, i dont think he has been down the strip