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Old 23-10-2014, 10:49 PM   #10561
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Coolant changed to orange around 2 years ago. Some s/c V8's had noisy water pumps around that time too.

Best to check out the 5.0 S/C forum but you will see some red on black R-Specs there! (LOL!)
Referring to my earlier comment? Take from profile pick u own one ? Whoops lol
Don't think they hideous just all other colour combos better. It's only the mags for me if the mags were normal colour it be fine for me. Red wheels are too much IMO.
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Old 23-10-2014, 11:00 PM   #10562
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I know this is a GT but I reckon the new Xr could look just as good in white.
Was never a real fan of the GT stripes some colour combos looked ok. The R-Spec stripes though loved em and the rear spoiler. Funny what swinging the hockey stick back down the door a bit can do lol
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Old 23-10-2014, 11:09 PM   #10563
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The R-spec should have been the GT from the start of Miami build. Subtle changes like piano black finish inside made so much difference IMO. thats really my only let down of the inside on the FGX. Oh and boost n oil temp would have been nice too. That one is lazy considering the hard work was done already with FPV range.

Call me crazy or whatever else nuts, spec savers lol but those two changes and I'd be completely satisfied with the FGX interior. Legit
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Old 23-10-2014, 11:28 PM   #10564
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The R-spec should have been the GT from the start of Miami build. Subtle changes like piano black finish inside made so much difference IMO. thats really my only let down of the inside on the FGX. Oh and boost n oil temp would have been nice too. That one is lazy considering the hard work was done already with FPV range.

Call me crazy or whatever else nuts, spec savers lol but those two changes and I'd be completely satisfied with the FGX interior. Legit
Same here, but maybe we can fit the FGm2 FPV cluster.
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Old 23-10-2014, 11:35 PM   #10565
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All the 335's run Red. Have done so for ages.
No they don't, only the 335's with the updated water pump run orange coolant. The change was around April 13 for memory.
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Old 23-10-2014, 11:45 PM   #10566
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Funny what swinging the hockey stick back down the door a bit can do lol
Throwback to the 69 Muzza. Personally I like it and told Mrs if I get an XR8 thats what I will do. On the Mustang though it has a body crease for the top line to follow.

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Old 24-10-2014, 01:59 AM   #10567
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Old 24-10-2014, 02:11 AM   #10568
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Old 24-10-2014, 07:01 AM   #10569
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Old 24-10-2014, 07:57 AM   #10570
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Same reason I'm going black it will spend most of its life under a car cover not picking up veges from the shop gettin trolley bashed!

I'm not a real blue man personally but I reckon that blue will be impressive in the flesh. Bit like the BA blue forget the name, blueprint??..That color sparkled on a new BA..
Saw that blue, Kinetic, in person on the XR8 last Friday, and it looks tits. Almost considered it instead of Smoke...
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Old 24-10-2014, 08:07 AM   #10571
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Wow, the XR8 and the GTF side by side are almost identical. Looks to me that there would be more cold air coming into the XR8 by the look of it, plus they've streamlined that top cover too. Can't wait to get mine, you'll have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
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Wow, the XR8 and the GTF side by side are almost identical. Looks to me that there would be more cold air coming into the XR8 by the look of it, plus they've streamlined that top cover too. Can't wait to get mine, you'll have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
I read that before realising you were talking about the engine! Was wondering if you were smoking something!

They are identical engines so there's no reason it should look different

I think the only differences really are launch control and the tune. There was some really awesome info about the actual engine dyno tests Ford did at the FPR day yesterday, looks like the difference between the 351 tune and the 335 tune is a bit more than just 16kW at the fly and wheels.

If you're considering one of these XR8's for pure driving pleasure and not the quickest quarter time everyone that was talking yesterday about their cars gives the nod to the manual (as do I). If you're after the quickest possible 0-100 time go the auto. I know this probably isn't new news but just wanted to reiterate it for those guys looking at buying that are unsure about which box to go for.
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Old 24-10-2014, 09:26 AM   #10573
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Wow, the XR8 and the GTF side by side are almost identical. Looks to me that there would be more cold air coming into the XR8 by the look of it, plus they've streamlined that top cover too. Can't wait to get mine, you'll have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
Yeah I thought the same thing some time ago..............performance figures will be interesting when motoring journos start belting these things.........

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I can see it's not finished off yet but the White paint under the bonnet shows off the engine bay detail very nicely..........do they normally paint body colour on white non FPV Falcon cars or is it a press car or something?

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Old 24-10-2014, 09:56 AM   #10575
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Looks like the gold is not painted by the white is... wonder which way they'll go for the actual build!
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Old 24-10-2014, 10:03 AM   #10576
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I seen a white FGX ute drive through Castlemaine yesterday, it had some sort of colorful graphic on the drivers door that i couldn't make out.
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Old 24-10-2014, 10:38 AM   #10577
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Looks like the gold is not painted by the white is... wonder which way they'll go for the actual build!
The Blue one I looked at had grey under the bonnet not sure why they are all different
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I noticed that there's no sound deadening under the bonnet, is that normal ?
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Nah it's normal. Can't remember when they dropped it.

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Old 24-10-2014, 11:11 AM   #10580
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I noticed that there's no sound deadening under the bonnet, is that normal ?
So you can hear that V8 and wonderful supercharger!
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Nah it's normal. Can't remember when they dropped it.

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Correct - deleted as part of the Miami program so customers could "experience the noise"
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I noticed that there's no sound deadening under the bonnet, is that normal ?
BMW did the same thing a number of years back on some of their turbo models.
I don’t know if it’s true but a friend who has one said the dealership said it was to allow the heat to dissipate quicker when switched off. Though the pessimist in me says it’s could also be a small cost saver.
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Though the pessimist in me says it’s could also be a small cost saver.
So I'm guessing that the Accounting dept said this.
The Advertising and spin Doctor dept said it's so you can hear the noise.
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So I'm guessing that the Accounting dept said this.
The Advertising and spin Doctor dept said it's so you can hear the noise.
Actually I had a chat with the guys at prodrive about this very thing last night. Their response was...

"There was a lot of debate about how much whine was good, end of the day it's a performance car not a fiesta, we wanted people to hear it was supercharged".
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Correct - deleted as part of the Miami program so customers could "experience the noise"
None of the B series GT's or GTP's had it either.
In fact some of the earlier BA's didnt even get a proper coat of paint on the underside of the bonnet , just something that looked like over spray....
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So you can hear that V8 and wonderful supercharger!
All for it as long as the paint don't fall off my bonnet I'm 10years time.
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Actually I had a chat with the guys at prodrive about this very thing last night. Their response was...

"There was a lot of debate about how much whine was good, end of the day it's a performance car not a fiesta, we wanted people to hear it was supercharged".
Ok, I'll accept that
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All for it as long as the paint don't fall off my bonnet I'm 10years time.
Nah, shouldn't be a problem
My BFGT doesn't have it and I've also removed the engine cover so everything is exposed.
Car is daily driven and near on 8 years old and bonnet paint is fine. Its more the occasional stone chip that's the problem.
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Going by those photo's from the factory floor, it looks like the XR8 gets some "off line" attention like the FPV cars did.
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