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17-09-2014, 12:09 PM | #9301 | |||
I miss my wheelbarrow
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17-09-2014, 01:15 PM | #9302 | ||
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K and N are junk
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17-09-2014, 01:55 PM | #9303 | ||
Loving my '335' kW!
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I've been pretty happy with them, and they aren't very expensive when you factor in that they last the life of the car.
Actually, just remembered that the panel in the Ghia was used in the BA as well, so it has done about 100,000km and saved me a filter each service. I'd say that's a good outcome. What would you propose?
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17-09-2014, 03:01 PM | #9304 | |||
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17-09-2014, 03:11 PM | #9305 | ||
Loving my '335' kW!
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ZF 6HP26 for XR8, XR6T and G6ET, Chinese made ZF 6HP21 for the rest of the range. The 21 cannot handle the power that the first lot of cars can produce (at least not reliably), where the 26 can. But due to the market moving to 7 and 8 speed autos, the 26 is being discontinued, leaving the capable but not as tough 21 to soldier on.
This is why Ford stockpiled the 26's, and this is why they are limited with the number of autos they can make. If you want a manual, you should be sweet. And the reason for this? Recalibration and engineering would be too expensive to invest in a new transmission, and what is the payoff for Ford to do so? So that's the situation, and that's why I won't be stuffing around when this thing does come on the market.
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17-09-2014, 03:20 PM | #9306 | ||
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Mate I don't know what you drive but the open airbox and entry for the Supercharged V8s mean that the filters look more disgusting after 5000km than a normal air filter on a regular Falcon looks after 50,000km. They get absolutely covered in crud. The nice free flowing intake etc. has its costs. After 10,000km they look ready for the bin, incredible really.
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17-09-2014, 03:31 PM | #9307 | ||
Loving my '335' kW!
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Seems like my investment was a wise decision. And thanks for the heads up on the regular maintenance!
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17-09-2014, 03:41 PM | #9308 | ||
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17-09-2014, 04:34 PM | #9309 | ||
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So to cue the question from a zillion pages back, and to which no one has given a decent answer on is this:
How big is the hp-26 stockpile? 1000, 2000, 5000, 1, 15, 72, 0? |
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17-09-2014, 04:49 PM | #9310 | ||
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17-09-2014, 07:12 PM | #9311 | |||
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17-09-2014, 07:14 PM | #9312 | ||
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Anyone know if 18" wheels will fit over the Brembo brakes on the XR8?
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17-09-2014, 07:17 PM | #9313 | ||
Loving my '335' kW!
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Yep, 2500 is the ballpark - all of ZFs remaining stock.
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17-09-2014, 07:17 PM | #9314 | ||
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17-09-2014, 07:47 PM | #9315 | ||
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17-09-2014, 08:09 PM | #9316 | ||
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Photo taken from FB, "Support the new 2014 Ford Falcon" FG-X XR8 in Kinetic blue looking good.
[IMG][/IMG] [IMG][img]https://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w555/byamin1/10702083_749286025124950_330****85097206958_n1_zps 55f96626.jpg[/IMG][/IMG] Have no clue why the last image isn't displaying . . . . Ben Last edited by byamin; 17-09-2014 at 08:20 PM. |
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17-09-2014, 09:06 PM | #9317 | ||
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17-09-2014, 09:30 PM | #9318 | ||
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Wonder if there are any differences in the exhaust setup....
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17-09-2014, 09:56 PM | #9319 | ||
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Well we already know the base "Falcon"/xt has the hidden exhaust, so that's one thing.
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18-09-2014, 04:10 PM | #9321 | ||
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Support the new 2014 Ford Falcon FB page.
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18-09-2014, 04:15 PM | #9322 | |||
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18-09-2014, 06:08 PM | #9323 | ||
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I think the FG front end suits the Ute rear more than that...
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18-09-2014, 07:45 PM | #9324 | ||
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I must be missing something, I can't see the front in that ute rear shot..?? ;-)
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18-09-2014, 08:43 PM | #9325 | ||
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I was just looking through the :support the new Falcon: facebook page and I noticed in one of the interior shots it has GT seats(xr8) did I miss this in this thread or am I wrong and need thicker glasses?
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18-09-2014, 08:47 PM | #9326 | ||
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Going on pics as well ... G6E N/A is the same setup as XT ... which is a step backwards ... doesn't look as good as the FG/FGII G6E setup.
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18-09-2014, 09:15 PM | #9327 | ||
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It's 2014 and new cars are still coming out with yellow side indicators? Ford never got the small things.
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18-09-2014, 09:45 PM | #9328 | ||
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18-09-2014, 09:58 PM | #9329 | |||
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