AU Turbo on the road - now with 222.5rwkw

[fuckinghellcunt]

Man my mums au n/a goes to 100 in 9 seconds..... just like yours.

[janjaso]

that seems extremely slow for 220rwkw...how heavy is that car? 2200kg?

[crazyredneckwifknife]

@janjaso its a family sized car. give it some credit

[JackoTJK]

@janjaso without a lockup clutch in the convertor it'll spend more time slipping then taking off... +1 for manual conversion, even though I believe he sold it

[DroopyCurve]

hay dude i got a Ford Falocon BA SR 2004 and it has no Turbo and it is powerfull then that

[RAJSTA81]

@DroopyCurve

Awesome, Now do a video of it

[geetumanikanik]

hi there...

the previous vid was really informative...

i might sound stupid , but i just thought u seem to know some quality info on falcons

I was wanting to get a second car, something that would not mind the kms, and i was thinkin of a falcon or a commodore.....i eventually did see a falcon SR forte, and would eventually want to get it on LPG. my question is what badge of the falcon wud LPG work best or easily available (Xr6 or SR forte )....and what is better falcom or commodore ....

[whiteoten]

@geetumanikanik in my opinion i think SR Forte would work best

[australianmade74]

why?

[Mendooranite]

@australianmade74 Indeed.

[Lawso221]

Very nice man, it would be nice to see it against a turbo territory, i think it'd be pretty close

[shuttles69]

nice wiked looking sleeper. bang some diff gears in that and it will fly. little bit slow off the line

[Mendooranite]

@shuttles69 yeha it had a leaking intake manifold in this vid too.

[shuttles69]

@Mendooranite ok i got a N/A and i put 4.11s in it and it hammers alrite now. i can only imagine what it would go like with a turbo. ill have to get a vid soon

[aussiebluemax]

whats the cost to turbo a AU ?

[Mendooranite]

@aussiebluemax $3000 - $10,000 depending on how far you want to go and what you can do your self

[natable1]

@Mendooranite just transplant it from the BF mk 2 xr6 turbo

[Mendooranite]

@natable1 I dont get it.

[natable1]

@Mendooranite like swap the the engines isnt it cheaper and more power?

[Mendooranite]

@natable1 Not now I have fitted the gear to the AU Motor!

[natable1]

@Mendooranite but someone asked how to do it so yee sorry

[Mendooranite]

@natable1 No worries mate, I get it now.

[MyBro69]

rekn ya should disconect the LPG u will get more numbers and power

hell sleeper tho

[Mendooranite]

@MyBro69 Yeah it had a manifold leak there, I have another vid I will post with the leak repaired.

[dncreppin]

@Mendooranite hey mate just wondering if you live in nsw somewhere? i would like to give you a run to 100, im in a 02 au falcon just stock @ 157rwkw im pretty sure im still on my reds, well i can get my greens if i wanted but im short on cash just wanna compare speeds cause iv been thinkin about doin this to my car atm when i get off my reds. hit me up bro!

[Mendooranite]

@dncreppin At an off street track sure. Dont know what it would prove, but I have wanted to run a 1/4 in it. WSID would be OK if there was enough notice.

[FormulaVeeRacer1200]

@dncreppin this car would leave u 100m behind on the quarter mate. a stock AU falcon makes around 95-100rwkw (157kw ) at the fly. this car has easily more than double the power of a stock car..

[dncreppin]

@FormulaVeeRacer1200 mate was just sayin that tbh i think that my car would run similar time mate :) want a vid?

[FormulaVeeRacer1200]

@dncreppin i know bud im just saying that u cant really tell how fast it is by video. This car is quicker than his Ba xr6t 0-100 and theyre no slouch. I drive a stock au every week and own a worked EF and yeah au will do 0-100 in about 8 seconds. but yeah post a vid on here, make sure u show that its flat ground tho :D

[RAJSTA81]

top video mate,

i got an issue with my AU S 6cyl.

its on LPG,

Done 271K...i

t has back fired a few times during start-up

gas is 2 years old or maybe it was inspected 2years ago by previous owner(not to sure). the other day my exhaust got destroyed because of this....

do you have any idea on issues with AU's back firing on start up?

any help would be gratefully appreciated. thanks mate

[Mendooranite]

First thing to check will be plugs and leads and then coil packs.

I dont get backfires because I check this stuff.

[RAJSTA81]

yeah, done the plugs and doing the leads ASAP, then i will check the coil............

Cheers for replying mate

[ford469]

just out of couriosity whats it pulling out at the wheels dude

[Mendooranite]

In the video I don't know, but know, but now has 222.5rwkw.

[goodjjp]

Just got one more question...

Do you start car with LPG or Petrol

Cheers

[Mendooranite]

Either both are OK to start.

[goodjjp]

Nice Job...

I also looking for LPG turbo for my au

This video help me a lot...

If you dont mind could you give me some

detail about Gas mixer and converter?

Cheers

[Mendooranite]

Hi Mate, I missed this - check the other vid I have inserted the model of the Landi Renzo convertor.

For info its a Landi Renzo SEC SIC 81 SM+P.

These are bought in from italy and are modified in australia to flow 300hp and are rated for 6 litres on an N/A motor.

[kuruptJacob]

nice vid

just wondering wat u are talking about when u said the trans shift kit is switched on???????

thanks

[Mendooranite]

Its an electronic modification that makes the trans run at the maximum line pressure for harder shifts etc...

[kuruptJacob]

ok

and where would u find this mode. and will it affect the life of the box???

[Mendooranite]

You need to intercept some wires from the ECU and put a switch on - there would be some guides on line to do it, I didnt fit this one, a mate put it on for me.

[Mendooranite]

It will extend the life of the box if it is slipping under power.

[sprijic2]

for an 11k job that 0-100 was shocking

[Mendooranite]

Thanks - let me clarify that $11K Included, the car ($3900) Engineering ($600) 2 engines ($1450) a spare trans ($1000) Plus the Turbo Kit itself ($3000) Cooler and pipes ($580) when you look at it that was its maybe not as bad as one might think.

[sprijic2]

ahkkay makes sense not bad i guess, you gonna up the boost?

[Mendooranite]

Yeah I really need to get in back on a dyno to know how far I can take it. Closest Dyno I know of is about 250k's away.

[Mendooranite]

Not really, its a drive anywhere kind of car and I want to keep it driving till December 2010. At that time I give the XR6T to my partner as her daily and I get a typhoon. This car will then be sold.

[isamike]

I reckon good on ya mate, people dont realise that the AU forte was 1600Kg+ and had 157kw at the flywheel when they were new. I wont even get into how poorly they ( and most falcons ) are geared, the ford autos do let them down a bit, i dont know what its like with the kitted one that you have, but the differnce between auto and manual falcons has always been huge.

[19Silent88]

how much it all set you back???

[Mendooranite]

I think all told including car and engineering it was about $11K.

[jennojr]

Good video, zero bullshit and good method, no wannabe little boy behaviour, well done. Would like to see some quarter times I believe your machine would be deceptively quick. that was 2.16 well spent cheers

[gergatronic]

Mate, got a progress report for us?

[Mendooranite]

sorry mate, car just gets used, nothing really to report. Still have not got it to a dyno

[gergatronic]

nice effort mate

wonder if it needs a bit more fuel? more exhaust? with that much boost, should go harder than that. maybe get an AFR meter to check. remember: LPG needs different lambda than petrol.

nothing like a good sleeper to wake up all the posers!

good luck in your search for cheap HP!

[Mendooranite]

Yep - agreed - I have an AFR gauge to put in it, the videos dont do it justice it really does feel faster than it looks.

Thanks for posting.

[sexeyelxr6]

why turbo a taxi funny stuff man

[EFseries2]

it'd be the biggest sleeper

funnier if it was yellow

[mikxr]

thanks mate!

[sexcv8chick]

haha, this is awsome! you need to take it to legal drags, image everyones faces when they see the au rock up, thinking whats this bloke thinking! then when you do your first run everyone will be asking you whats in it, haha good work!

[Mendooranite]

Yeah thats the plan ! I love a sleeper, and I do like it when people do a double take... its a bit of fun.

[mikxr]

Hi mendooranite, i`m interested in how you manage the ecu , do you run an after market computer or is the standard ecu able to tuned enough for the turbo, nice sleeper by the way ;)

[Mendooranite]

Hi There its a standard ECU with a chiptorque J3 adapter chip to lower the timing at WOT - thats all.

[getusarum]

Good to see a bloke showing off the performance of his cars (including your ba gas/turbo) with out seeing you hooning at double the speed limit or doing burnouts in the middle of the suburbs. Well done mate, would love to see an in car cam of the xr6 turbo though! Keep it up

[chubcity1]

why a taxi?

[Mendooranite]

I already had it. In 2004 it was $3900. At that time it was 10K plus for an AU.

I didnt buy it thinking I would Turbo it - that just happened.

[chubcity1]

fair enough , well ya got it cheap because of all km's its done being a taxi. how many has it done?

[danielfalcon3333333s]

hey Mendooranite , Im Considering putting a Turbo on my car , any Hints or Tips you can give me ..

[Mendooranite]

not really - they are all different and will all have their own issues. One thing though is just to keep it simple.

[Lak1987]

Not a bad run at all!

I did a 0-100 run on my Ghia last night and it was very dissapointing. :( 9.5-9.8 seconds. I have heard alot of hype regarding lower performance running LPG compared with petrol, what are the facts behind this? Is it true?

Thanks alot buddy!

[blueoval]

its a great idea, and its something I've always wanted to do. You've given me some inspiration to do similar. I have an AU2 futura that I want to setup as a sleeper.

[blueoval]

very interesting mate. Is the car on dedicated lpg or dual fuel?

[Mendooranite]

Hi there runs duel fuel, but was engineered as only LPG. The petrol is more of a back up it doesnt really get used much. I did fit a vortech 12:1 fuel reg just to be sure it had plenty of fuel.

[Mendooranite]

Yeah I did most of the fit up, but has an LPG man do the correct install of the LPG converter. I also used a welding shop to get the intercooler pipes airtight. They do go well as manuals, but its hrder to keep them on boost. Thanks

[dreadly101]

Nice stuff bro! Did ya do the work yourself? i reckon it'd go much harder with different diff gears. Maybe even do a manual conversion too