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Old 31-03-2009, 09:24 AM   #1
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As a lot of our customers already know we have started to offer performance servicing which goes beyond what ford dealerships/Handbook will ever do in servicing your car...
The aim of this service is to improve your cars performance.
Well over the past 4 months and doing a lot of cars i came across the worse i have seen so far...
Here are some pics of under the plenum and trottle body to show how bad built up can get.

This car has done 130,000klm FPV GT auto, completly Stock with SS inductions CAI
The car has been serviced by a ford dealership all its life and not only at the one place, as you can see with a little TLC the cars responed well.

As you can see the car has picked up from 232.4Kw to 254.4Kw.

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Old 31-03-2009, 09:41 AM   #2
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Hey Theo what would be the approx price on a service (135k is due for service according to the book) for a BA XR8?

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Old 31-03-2009, 09:52 AM   #3
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Basic service starts at $300 which includes a few little tricks thrown in.
Performance Servicing starts at $550 and goes up depending on the level of service needed and has before and after dyno runs to check the health of the car.
This car had the $550 service with auto service $130 4Spd
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Basic service starts at $300 which includes a few little tricks thrown in.
Performance Servicing starts at $550 and goes up depending on the level of service needed and has before and after dyno runs to check the health of the car.
This car had the $550 service with auto service $130 4Spd
What a great idea and all that for a very reasonable price.

Only $130 for an auto service hey, might have to add that to my "Bluepower to do" list I have, might as well get that done along with everything else.
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Basic service starts at $300 which includes a few little tricks thrown in.
Performance Servicing starts at $550 and goes up depending on the level of service needed and has before and after dyno runs to check the health of the car.
This car had the $550 service with auto service $130 4Spd
What's done in a basic service?
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Old 31-03-2009, 09:46 AM   #6
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yes my ba gets that oil mist build up as well ,very annoying.
do those oil catch cans prevent this i wonder?
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yes my ba gets that oil mist build up as well ,very annoying.
do those oil catch cans prevent this i wonder?
Yes oil catch cans stop this from happening ...

I think this car was more effected due to the type of oil being used.

Our new catch cans will be realised very soon now.
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Our new catch cans will be realised very soon now.
Get back on the lathe Theo I have money burning a hole in my pocket!
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Hi there,

At the moment I,m running Castrol Edge 0w 40 in my BA XR8, I,m wondering what your thoughts were on using it, and what oil you guy's are using or would recommend??

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At the moment I,m running Castrol Edge 0w 40 in my BA XR8, I,m wondering what your thoughts were on using it, and what oil you guy's are using or would recommend??

Cheers Adam..
We also use Castrol Edge 0w40 on all our V8 street cars..
The race car gets something special that not avaliable in Aust.
We also use FUCHS as thats what some of our customers want to run and seems to be a good product.
There are a few top end oils out there and they all seem to do a good job.
Oils like GTX3 and Magentic i would be staying away from.
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We also use Castrol Edge 0w40 on all our V8 street cars..
The race car gets something special that not avaliable in Aust.
We also use FUCHS as thats what some of our customers want to run and seems to be a good product.
There are a few top end oils out there and they all seem to do a good job.
Oils like GTX3 and Magentic i would be staying away from.
What would you recommend for the turbo sixes mate?
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I use Castrol Edge 10W 60 in my F6 and seems to work well..
Even made a little more power over MOTUL TurboLite 10W 40 which i used to run for a long time...
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We also use Castrol Edge 0w40 on all our V8 street cars..
The race car gets something special that not avaliable in Aust.
We also use FUCHS as thats what some of our customers want to run and seems to be a good product.
There are a few top end oils out there and they all seem to do a good job.
Oils like GTX3 and Magentic i would be staying away from.

hi Theo

you mentioned above to stay away from GTX3. I have a new fpv gs and i think they use this for the
first 15,000 k's from factory they say to bed the motor in and then go to castrol 0w40. I always do an oil and filter change every 5000. Would you recommend using the Synthetic oil at 5000.

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No problem mate, you can use it now.

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Some good info there Theo, will be getting you guys to take over the servicing on mine once the tune is done.
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Just wondering how long it would take to service both the car and the auto box?
Also, whether that includes making the shifts firmer in the auto, or is that only the domain of the flash box?
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Just wondering how long it would take to service both the car and the auto box?
Also, whether that includes making the shifts firmer in the auto, or is that only the domain of the flash box?
Basic Service and auto service takes about 1 hour, depending on free hoists at the time...
They only way to firm up the shift on these cars is to do it with software (SCT/HP Tuners) to add the life of the auto.
Shift kits or dilling out S5's, only shorterns the life of a auto gearbox.
With our other two shops Northern diff and Trans Diff, we see so many blow gearboxes from backyard work or shift kit boxes you wire into the loom your $40 cheap fix turns into $2000 auto rebuild job.

Hope this helps..

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Sure does, thanks Theo.
Will keep saving my coin and hope to make it there in the next month.
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Do you guys offer the same service for the ZF Auto??

What does this cost?
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Air / Fuel at 100km/h at 13.6 ? thats lean is it not? does this car run off a flash tuner ?

good prices for people who are close to you guys well down

i must admit i think my other 1/2's GT-P BA Auto would look like that one in the pictures as well : :
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Do you guys offer the same service for the ZF Auto??

What does this cost?
Doing ZF Auto Service wont be cheap...
The pan of the auto is one with the filter and cost $$$$ and transmax Z is not the cheapest either..
They are about the $450 mark but only really need to be done if the have had a hard time..
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sorry guys what are catch cans?
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sorry guys what are catch cans?
They are a remote can thats put inline to the vacum from the intake to collect the burnt oil vapours that normally would go through the engine...
If you look at the pics at the start of this thread it will reduce the effects of oil built up on plenums and trottle body's..
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What do you think of the Royal Purple full synthetic if you have used it?
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What do you think of the Royal Purple full synthetic if you have used it?
Its something we would use in a high end service for our customers as it seems to help make the power..
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Its something we would use in a high end service for our customers as it seems to help make the power..
I run Royal Purple 10/40 in my XR8. Good stuff. I was goin to run 5/30 or 0/40 but after speaking to the guys at royal purple was told that 10/40 is my safest bet with a 260 as 0/40 is to light for start up on them and 5/30 may be a little light at optemp for daily driving.

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Hey,
Just been looking at external transmission coolers. Considering that my car has done 185000 km, is it worth putting one in? If I bought it, would you be able to fit it, when I get my auto trans and engine serviced? If so, how much,
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Just been looking at external transmission coolers. Considering that my car has done 185000 km, is it worth putting one in? If I bought it, would you be able to fit it, when I get my auto trans and engine serviced? If so, how much,
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I have pulled mine apart like that three times in its 80,000 life and it keeps it running well. Amazing that a full service by a ford dealer and one of the most imprtant parts to clean running performance is well over looked by them. Hopless they are and thats why I have serviced my car my self from the beginning. The cleaning of the plenum and T/B takes me an hour.
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I have pulled mine apart like that three times in its 80,000 life and it keeps it running well. Amazing that a full service by a ford dealer and one of the most imprtant parts to clean running performance is well over looked by them. Hopless they are and thats why I have serviced my car my self from the beginning. The cleaning of the plenum and T/B takes me an hour.
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