ORSMXRT - Dial-up warning

[vandrsxr6]

This is a very illustrated story of the birth of my XR6T, I don't have many photos from when it was stock, so most are only as you see it now, but i'll fill you guys in on every little impulse mod i've had along the way.

I bought my 04 XR6 Turbo back in November 2004, it was purchased second hand with only 7000klm on it, it came with 5 speed manual, Premium sound and GT steering wheel. I had been hunting around for a turbo for a while and it had to be manual and have Premium, i really wanted white, but after months of waiting i expanded my colour choices and went for Blueprint.

The car was left untouched for a while cause i was still on my P's, I had just turned 20.

The day after my 21st i went out and bought so 19" ROH Vapours and had it lowered (got a Midas voucher for my 21st from my mates) with SL Rear and L front.



A few months after this I had an accident, i ran up the back of a ute and the towball went through the bumper. I decided to change the look of the car and got a GT front bumper which made it look alot tougher than the standard XR one.
The mesh below has since change, the bottom mesh was to small and restricted air flow and i've scince put the mighty FORD badge back on.


Next thing to look at was the stereo, along the way i tried a line convertor cause i wanted it to look stock, the line convertor lasted about 2 weeks cause the quality of it was terrible and i wasn't getting the value out of all my speakers.

As it is know i've got an Alpine DVD Head Unit running through the factory screen, 6.5in Infinity Perfect splits, 5x7 Infinity Reference 3 ways, 4 ch MTX and 2ch MX Monoblock running 2 x 12in Whatmough Tornado Subs all has been custom finished.



Looks and stereo were now well on there way and i was getting a little bored with the performance and started work on the engine. After lloking around for a while i decided to get a package from the Horse Power Factory, this included a CAPA Flash Tuner, 42lb injectors,XR8 valve springs,Typhoon Intake and a Metal Cat.At the same time i had the clutch upgraded. WOW, what a car it had become, this thing could boogie.

The bug had burried itself in deep and the next year would become very expensive.

[ORSMEB]

Haha. It sounds like a comedy! Tell me more. This car is truly orsm Joel

[Redrum]

Very nice Joel........The members with Turbos in the club have some bloody impressive rides and may just out number the V8 boys.........

I look forward to hearing the sound system. I am a big fan of MTX!

[vandrsxr6]

At around this time i found Fordforums and got some great ideas and alot of helpful information.

I had been driving the car around with 250rwkw and started to get a bit bored with that so i started to chase 300rwkw.

I was pointed in the direction of G&D Performance who came highly recommended and were also just down the road.

I bought a Monza cooler from ACE and had it booked into G&D to get a custom tune and Walbro Fuel Pump installed. This gave me 302.4rwkw and the WOW was back, but for how long?



The only performance mod I've done since then ahs been a Full Stainless Steel X-Force 3.5in Single Exhaust. The car hasn't been tuned to it's full potential cause I'm worried the T5 is getting very close to breaking point.


The only thing not covered so far is the engine bay, at the time i went to ACE for the cooler i got some Pole Position Bling inc covers and hoses.


In the last few months it has come down to finishing touches and trying to get everything nice and pretty and neat.


Hope you guys like my car and i would appreciate any good/bad feedback.

[vandrsxr6]

Got a delivery today, I know it's not the real thing, but it will look nice at shows.

[Jeeepers]

Nice work Joel, and looking the goods mate. Was also a pleasure to meet you today at ACE. More and more turbos joining the ranks, love it.

[RED FGII]

Originally Posted by ORSMT

Nice work Joel, and looking the goods mate. Was also a pleasure to meet you today at ACE. More and more turbos joining the ranks, love it.

TURBO SMERBO

[JAKHMR]

Nice & subtle accents all around there Joel. Looks good up close.

[vandrsxr6]

UPDATE

Been a pretty eventfull couple of days. Started Friday when i got my headrest screens and painted my engine covers.

[BLKPHN]

hmm far from dirty So far Joel... Acctually looking like it heading off to a show!!

[Jeeepers]

I fear what is to follow.....

[vandrsxr6]

Then this;

Was coming down Jells road,wheelers hill. Approaching the set of lights out the front of the shopping centre the lights turned yellow about 5 in that way0 metres before i got to the intersection.

An old guy was waiting to turn right into the shopping centre, presuming i was going to pull up in time with the wet conditions he proceded to turn right and i T-Boned him.

The police and ambulance arrived, everyone was fine, old guy was taken away as a precaution. Police took my statment and eyewitnesses and concluded that it was his fault and he should have given way.

Bit of a shock to the system, very sad looking at your car in that way.
Hopefully everything will get sorted out but unfortunately i'm out of Numurkah.
Me and the GF will still probably come up to spend the day with the club and help out.

Enjoy



Life goes on.

[Jeeepers]

Mate, these things are always horrible. I am so glad that you and the GF are ok. Sad to see mate.

[ORSMT-6]

Very sad to hear Joel, I hope your ok mate and same with the other person. Hope its a smooth process for you and I hope your ride is back sooner rather than later.

[BLKPHN]

OHHH damn mate that does look good at all...

Im very sorry to see that happen to such a great car. It great to see you are ok and you haven't been hurt. Good luck with sorting it all out and im sure with the work you have done in the past it will be ORSM again in no time at all.

Tristan

[vandrsxr6]

Thanks guys

[Orbit]

yeouch!

atleast no-one was damaged.

[Werd.]

****...

Hopefully its all well again soon.

Goodluck with the repairs.

[LUXO_8]

oh mate, thats saddening to see...:(
headrest monitors look awesome though,

are you going to replace the front bar with the same, or doing something different?.... BF2 Ghia front would be awesome if you could justify it.


good to hear you're all ok, and best of luck sorting her out

[RED FGII]

Man that does suck bigones, as well as scaring the crap outa ya,,good to hear ever 1 is ok..

atleast now u can get the new updated front u dream about
cheers

[JOSH]

what sort of head unit are you using

[BLKPHN]

Originally Posted by vandersxr6

As it is know i've got an Alpine DVD Head Unit running through the factory screen, 6.5in Infinity Perfect splits, 5x7 Infinity Reference 3 ways, 4 ch MTX and 2ch MX Monoblock running 2 x 12in Whatmough Tornado Subs all has been custom finished.

Originally Posted by josh

what sort of head unit are you using

Here are man.

[MR_LON]

damn Joel thats a , hopefully it will be sorted out quickly & VANDERS is up & about again.
any changes planed in the repair process??

[XXRR-50]

Joel mate, very sad to see your car like this... At least no one was hurt... Last year I crashed my previous car in a same scenario. Reading your post was like deja vu... The worst part is that split second before you hit, when you realize there is nothing you can do...

On the bright side, the engine cover and dvd screens look orsm! And I'm sure she'll be back on the road soon, better than ever, maybe with some updates like BF Phoon front bar?

Also, make sure they fix her up ok, lotsa dodgy repairers these days...

Cheers,
Bud

[ORSMEB]

Damn...I'm wrapped to hear you and the gf are fine.

Cars can be fixed. Lives can't

[DNKPWR]

Wow.. That does not look pretty at all...glad ur ok!
Hope you ride won't take too long to be fixed up.

[vandrsxr6]

Thank You everybody for your heartfelt support. I will keep you all updated on the repairs and hope to be back on the scene sooner rather than later.

Probably going to go back the way it was but might be a slight change.

[GTPOWR]

Sorry to see that orsm car that way. It gave me goose bumps seeing your beast that way. Thank god that two of you are not hurt. Good luck with the repairs.

Cheers
BIG JOHN

[Sick EB]

jeez bad news. good to see that you are alright. i think people these days are getting worse on the roads (and not just p platers). i was picking up my car from the spray painters and nearly had to send it back because this guy was on the wrong side of the road and i had to swerve to avoid him. its really out of control.

anyway. im sure we will see your car back together very soon.
matt.

[X ORSMXR]

Joel what can l say mate sorry site to see almost heartbreaking when you see all that hard work just sitting on the side of the road broken.......But the best thing about it is that you and the girlfriend are all ok....

Cheers Chris.