my bro has finally caught the modding bug!

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hey guys. it's taken 7 years to catch on but my brother has finally caved in and decided to do some upgrades to his 2001 Au xr6 pursuit ute. hasn't wanted to touch the thing since new.

started with me buying him a K&N air induction kit for his new jeep. then, me taking him for a spin in my phoon...hhahaha

he then asks me, can you get a filter for the ute? - so i get him a K&N panel filter. then came the extractors and 2.5" stainless mandrel bent exhaust. noice. he's now running it exclusively on 98ron.

now he has started reading street fords mags and has started asking a lot more questions....expendable income isn't really a problem...

1. he's wanting to check out these splitfire kits - I've told him to steer clear (no value for $$$ in my opinion). what are some decent plugs and leads for these AU's. is it worthwhile going thicker leads?

2. I've had a unichip for some time on my xh, but notice that capa have an eliminator chip. are these just plug and play or or they custom tunable to take advantage of other mods done?

3. cams, what's the go here with the VCT motors? any upgrades advisable?

4. can't forget the bling.....he's after a braided hose kit for the underbonnet bling. where can you get these from, how much and can you fit 'em yourself?

5. brake dust covers.....hate em. is it ok to remove them? does it affect anything apart from creating more brake dust to clean?

6. any other suggestions for performance gains? (apart from snort performance).


hope some of you AU boys out there can take the time to give us a hand with a few of these questions

thanks in advance!