aNGeLo

hello all
ive recently purchased a XF

85 XF Fairmont, LSD, 4 wheel disc, new brakes, new engine mounts, full rebuild balanced bluprinted 250, crow billet gas cam, new electronic dizzy to suit, new gas research setup, extractors, full 2 1/2 inch zorst, stainless muffler, borg warner stage 2 shiftkit auto.

along with the car came a t04 turbo/manifold to suit/wastegate/cooler but there not fitted

im pretey sure the car is runing high compresion atm.

for me to setup the turbo with cooler/wastegate what will be needed? and what it the ruf estimate on cost

ive been told i need forged pistons and something to make more gas go thru in boost

could someone please help?

aNGeLo

anyone?

73gscoupe

Do a search, you will find plenty of info on turbo xf’s. Also try turbomustangs.com.

The bits you have are really only the beginning, turbo setups can get real expensive real quick, especially if you have to rebuild the motor to suit.

xf6250

First of get rid of the auto, it'll just blow up, you can install the turbo kit as the engine is, but you can run low boost (6-9psi), as with the gas setup, call gas research and speak to them about the gas

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Same car............new lease on life
500+HP of 250 EFI Turbo............Coming Soon

aNGeLo

ive been told i need forged pistons?

and id like to run around 6 - 10psi
im purchasing a cooler so ill have that piped up as well.


can it be run with no intercooler in the meantime?

and is there anything else needed?

shano6

I was running a turbo on an XP falcon. It was running a 4.1 alloy head E.F.I motor with a special grind cam, roller rockers and a decompression plate- no need for forged pistons. It was running at 8.3:1 comp. and I was running 600 cc injectors and a high flow fuel pump. The turbo was a T-4 Garret made to suit my engine(new) and had a 42 mm external wastegate(new). I was running a T-5 manual but had problems with the clutch slipping and then the gearbox breaking. Consequently I had a C-4 auto made up to suit with carbon fibre clutches,etc and a Dominator stally(2200 rpm). I also had an intercooler made up(new) which was quite large and very efficient. I ran a 3 inch exhaust( stainless and mandrel bent) with stainless and man. bent also used for the inter. piping. I can assure you that the car absolutely hauled and the torque at around 2200-3000 rpm was better than any car i've been in(including very quick V-8's). I also ran a Microtech comp. You alco have to get oil and water pipe connections and the biggest radiator that fits, along with a good fan/s. If you're interested, I have a lot of these parts left after I sold the car.....Whatever you do, do'nt skimp on oil and water cooling , or you'll kill your engine. Every turbo eng. should have an intercooler.

tagsXF

What parts do you have available?

Pm me if you want

cheers

Simon

T_Terror

This may be a bit late...but
Hey Shano6, is that the blue XP that was featuered in Street Machine mag?

xf6250

i was gonna ask the same question if it is, sweet ride man

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Same car............new lease on life
500+HP of 250 EFI Turbo............Coming Soon

shano6

Unfotunately my XP was a stock bodied, original paint wagon in need of a paint job. I had the car for about 9 years, however having a wife and becoming a Dad meant it was never finished. It was a real sleeper but, even having stock 6" steel wheels. Unofficially, we timed it at around 12.7 over the quarter, and having driven a GTR(13.0 standard) the other day, that would have been about right......