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Turbo Kits for ye olde I6!

13K views 87 replies 33 participants last post by  fordboy1996 
#1 ·
I'm utterly surprised no one has mentioned this yet.

The latest Performanc Ford mag has an ad from a mob based in Dandenong, Vic. called Turbo Systems Australia selling, you guessed it, turbo kits! From $4995, these kits suit EF-AU Ford 6 cyls, and are supposedly complete, bolt-in kits with hand-made tuned length exhaust manifolds.

More kits coming soon, but for those keen of a turbo-six, a option on your current EF-EL?
 
#29 ·
needfordspeed said:
lol damn im dumb but anyways no point of gettin the supercharger unless u get DEV5 and a supercharger !!!! *Drooool* but anyways.....
You'll find the two aren't compatible.
 
#30 ·
Venom dude im sure an operation like the Mocks will be able to make allowances for people who wish to force-feed their engines by making compatable cam packages. I really like the Mocks attidude towards Ford performance. They sound like friendly blokes and i hope they steal a few Herrod sales...
 
#31 ·
I didn't imply they couldn't. I merely stated a Dev 5 package and a supercharger were incompatible. The cam is too lumpy, and while porting the head would be of benefit, raising the compression isn't. All the intake stuff is rendered useless, and if you go a turbo instead of a s/c then the headers are useless too.

Why do you 'hope they steal Herrod sales'? What a stupid thing to say. Herrod specialises in Ford V8 work, but does some I6 stuff too. The Mocks are specialising in I6 - I have no idea if they V8 stuff as well. Trying to infer some sort of rivalry is just plain dumb.

I'm quite happy with my Herrod system, and Rob is a top bloke who I trust, and I'll continue to return to him when I happen to be in Victoria and recommend him to others. If others are happy the Mock stuff, that's great too.
 
#33 ·
Bass Crazy said:
torque is just as important IMO.
yep spot on bass, IMO torque is critical for street stuff
 
#35 ·
I would say any cam that can run on a map std system would be o/k.. Checkout what duration etc the v8's run with blowers..280*+ duration svo say is ideal...A blower usually makes more power atleast 500 rpm lower compared to N/A so long as exhaust valve isn't open too long???And some cams favour more duration on exhaust..Anyway lets try it and see,with lower compression and 30 Lp injectors..8/12 Lp wastgate...

The new engines comeing out could make all this obslete..[sp]
v8's I will!!
 
#38 ·
How are you Rob, what im saying is Im not sure on this but I believe a cop told me he could be bullshitting me but he said, if you raise the power of a car to a certian percentage above manufactors specs, you need an engineers report, becuase the car is not setup correctly to have that amount of power so it makes it illegal.

Regards.
Ray

By the way Rob checked out your site, looks good its about time.
 
#40 ·
The Turbo game will become interesting with the AV, I assume there may me aftermarket setups developed using Ford Turbo technology. Granted the new 6cyl will be pretty different to the current one.

IMHO the word FORD and TURBO sure sounds far sweeter than HOLDEN and SUPERCHARGED........

Sir Jules
 
#41 ·
AU_guy said:

Waiting patiently??
Get in that car and drive dammit!!! Dont fly all over the country like you do, drive!!
100000k's gone in less than a year - turbotime has arrived

LOL, believe me, I'd rather spend some time at home to drive the car. Even the guys I work with give me heaps about being away from the XR. Not much of a chance in the next couple of months though, I'm in and out of Darwin and Perth for a while.

:bang:
 
#42 ·
DUDE!!!!
Mock is making a supercharger kit, he's got 220rwkw with only 6psi....but he said there's still HEAPS of development....

the fact of the matter is, a cam and head mods will give you a fair power and torque increase BUT a turbo setup will give you maybe only the same power or even less, BUT it will give you HEAPS more torque and torque is what well be getting you down that quarter mile in a hurry :)

also I heard that the standard injectors can flow up to 200rwkws, out of a Falcon 6.

you have to realise that the mock kits will not change your insurance premium as there no way of telling that it's modded, unless you strip the engine down which the insurance company isn't going to do. this also applys to the police, they can't dyno your car so how will they know that it makes more the certain % more power it's allowed to and they just can't guess...."I GUESS you were doing 140 in a 60 zone" gees that hold up in a courtroom!! (my mum's a lawyer :))

Dave.
 
#44 ·
i think you should all stop fussing over the mock crap, they aren't magicians are anything, they simply doing what you can all do yourself, except for the headwork. Thats the only part most of us can't do. But hey, buy a cam $170, vernier $150, extractors $300-400, 2 1/2 inch $200-400, filter $50, decent plug leads $100, thermos' (for pre ef) $150, etc. And get a cylinder head mob to port it and fit bigger valves $800, h/d valve springs $100.

And hey, for just over $2K you put out roughly 150-160rwkw. far above any mock kit for $2k

Just a thought for you blokes...
 
#46 ·
JC said:
I think people are afraid of being 'mocked' if they do the work themselves. But I didn't realise the bits and pieces were so cheap - obviously the labour is a huge part of the bill.
Afraid of being mocked? I don't know how many of you guys are mechanics, but i am, and i feel, that there is no more satisfaction than doing the job yourself, If you put this together yourself, then you learn a shitload about your engine, you know what is in it, and you can brag to your mates when you tell them you made it work, it didn't cost an arm and leg, and when your dyno graph is above someone that has spent $3500+ at jmm, then it is the best feeling. You would have to be proud of your achievement.

thats my opinion

anyone who gets 'mocked' is being ripped off, and is the one who is too scared to do the work themselves, or likes the wank-factor of the JMM.
 
#47 ·
JC said:
A thread miner with some sound advice!
do you mean me?? Awwww shux!

Dave.
 
#48 ·
I intend to run a sub 14 second pass in my EF falcon without taking the head off the engine or even having header pipes installed.
So far i ran 15.8@88 with a boot full of tyre/jack/tolls/pram/baby seat, left in drive and couldnt see the finish line.
Now i've done a few mods to it. Have to wait and see hey
 
#49 ·
DUDE!! if you are going to make outragous claims like that, make sure you have the evidence to proof you can do it....don't make the claims before you can proof it....
you say you're not going to use extractor, change the diff ratios or the cam, so you're going to knock 0.9 sec of a quarter mile time with nothing more then CAI, a shift kit and weight loss??

well you could only knock off about 200kg MAX of the weight of an EF, in other word the weight of an EA....well Qwikcorty got a 14.7, but that's manual and has extractors and a cam. So even if you could get the weight down to a standard EA you would still need extractors, cam and (in auto form) at least 3.9 diff gears...

I'm not saying don't try, but if you want ppl to listen to you're claims, make sure you have the proof before you make those claims...

Dave.
 
#51 ·
the car itself weighs under 1400kg's iirc.
these are from his words.
i can't imagine an auto EF pulling a 14 without mods.
i have heard of an auto EF Fairmont managing a 15.9 in stock form, but it takes a lot of work to manage a 14!
 
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