I’ve had the car back for around two weeks now, so it’s probably time I did some out-loud thinking about it. The initial issues had me pretty worried. The coolant leak was a complete non-event, thanks mainly to Mark sourcing and fitting a new thermostat housing for me while I was at work. The flex [...]
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XR6 results
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: economy, exhaust, exhaust note, flex plate, performance, tow-truck, Turbo, XR6
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Another car breakdown
Posted: 18th August 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: broken, damaged, exhaust, flex plate, tow, tow-truck, truck, Turbo, XR6
Well, the XR6 had been gone for around four weeks when i picked it up on Friday just gone. Ten minutes after I picked it up, I had a rupture in the cooling system, a problem that my friend Mark fixed for me on Sunday, while I was at work. To be safe, I brought [...]
XR6 – Progress?
Posted: 13th August 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: intercooler, performance, Turbo, work, workshop, XR6
I phoned CV Performance again around midday Thursday, and my turbo had just arrived. The plan was to put some of the guys on assembly for the car until late-night, and call in an extra guy for Today (being that it’s 1:30am Friday..). With any luck, the car should be finished around 4pm. I’ve got [...]
Turbo problems – more delays
Posted: 28th July 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: Bas, Con, corolla, CV, CV Performance, oil, power steering, problems, Turbo, turbo delays
The turbocharger arrived at CV Performance this morning, and I spoke to Con on the phone not long afterwards, but there was something wrong with it, so it has now been sent back. I haven’t been informed of what the issue is exactly, but I’m assuming that the stuff-up was when it was sent for [...]
XR6 intercooler shipping delays
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: flow, heat dissipation, intercooler, process west, shipping delay
It was originally suggested that my car repairs would take only two days. Today is day four, and some of the parts only just arrived. There was a small shipping hold-up with the parts from Process West. Apparently I’m going to be getting a new experimental intercooler, which is similar to their stage three. Instead [...]
Hyundai i30
Posted: 29th June 2010 by Striker in Driving BlogTags: cheap, common-rail, diesel, fuel economy, hyundai, i30, road-test, Turbo
For the last week I’ve been driving dad’s Hyundai i30 turbo diesel around, and while it’s pretty boring to drive, it’s a nice car. The car feels solid and well constructed all round, no flappy plastic-ey bits. Performance is as can be expected from a diesel, boring, but it’s very fuel efficient, and on a [...]
XR6 – The bad news
Posted: 22nd June 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: CV Performance, new turbo, oil change, oil feed line, oil starvation, service, XR6 Turbo
Yesterday was service time at CV Performance. The service went without a hitch, as you could imagine. When the time came for them to replace my oil feed line for the turbo, they pulled out the old filter, and unfortunately it had already clogged up, and caused oil starvation to the turbo (evident by the [...]
XR6 Turbo – oil feed issues
Posted: 18th June 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: bearing problems, broken turbo, noisy turbo bearing, oil feed line, turbo bearing, XR6, XR6 Turbo
With the BA (and possibly BF) series of turbo XR6 Falcons, there is an issue with the standard oil feed line running too close to the turbo. The pipe comes in over the top of the turbo, over a high-heat area. Ford have a replacement for the pipe these days, but most of the performance [...]
Fire twirling – flower sticks
Posted: 17th June 2010 by Striker in Fire twirlingTags: devil sticks, Fire twirling, flower sticks, OzeGoth, OzEmail
Last night, while at the regular Fire twirling meet-up at Newtown, I had a set of flower sticks (like devil sticks, but no fire) made up for me by Rich Stix. I borrowed Alex’s set of sticks to practice with at the beginning of the night, and got the tick-tock down, then started working on [...]
XR6 Maintenance schedule
Posted: 7th June 2010 by Striker in XR6 TurboTags: CV Performance, falcon, ford, modification, service, Turbo, XR6
Having just got the car through rego with nothing more than two rear tyres, I considered myself fairly lucky. The car is developing a few nigglies, but nothing serious. Driver’s power window is slow. Bonnet release catch falls down. Warping of the material around the shifter. It’s servicing time, and I’m not happy with the [...]
