my edit results

[mr_xr8]

got my car back friday night from its flash tune. on its first run it pulled about 120rwk after spiro had finished it made 141.7rwk :

the car is an au xr8 auto with 67 on the clock with a full liverpool exhuast and then fitted with a G&D intake(well part of it still waiting for the sheild because they have run out).

the car feels great to drive and cant wait for the new diff to be run so i can go wsid. :

just want to thank to g&d for helping me with getting the airflter to me for tuning before the rest of the intake. also to spiro joe and everyone else at autotech. and i cant leave out richard and all the guys at craft diff.

[FTE217]

Well done mate,you can't go wrong at Autotech. The big Greek does a thorough job.
What series AU is it ?
How does the acceleration feel down low ?

[jonbays]

Spiro is the right man for the AU V8 tune all right.

I would have liked to see more from an XR8 myself unless this is a 185fwkw AU Series 1 model.

[galaxy xr8]

Great, as long as the gain is noticable and your happy, I'd love to try the new edit in my XR8???.

[black ute]

Good result!
Out of curiosity is the car a series 1? as 120kW seems a little low.
They all say that Spiro's dyno is conservative though which only makes your 20 odd kW gain look better.

[mr_xr8]

yeh its an au 185 motor.

the acceleration is great from down low. will spin the wheels with no problems just by jumping on it

[loxxr6]

....on the topic of Fords at Autotech, man there's stacks there. I went to get my pink slip done and there were a tonne of Fords in the workshop, it's good to see.

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by loxxr6

....on the topic of Fords at Autotech, man there's stacks there. I went to get my pink slip done and there were a tonne of Fords in the workshop, it's good to see.

Yer it sure has become a Ford carpark,nice to see the Subbies out of the way.
loxx don't you go to cresent mostly ?

[RspecAU]

Some nice gains there mate I hope i can good gains from my 200kw V8 with the edit and exhuast which G&D will be doing both real soon.

[mr_xr8]

would have to agree i was very surpised at the number of fords there.
there where some amazing cars there.

[mr_xr8]

go luck with it RspecAU g&d now what they are doing in the intake is great. is your car auto or man?

[loxxr6]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Yer it sure has become a Ford carpark,nice to see the Subbies out of the way.
loxx don't you go to cresent mostly ?

Last thing I had done at Crescent was the cam change. I've only had the car to a mechanic once since then (pink slip).

I alternate between those two workshops depending on what state the car is in and how much it'll cost me. They're both good.

[RspecAU]

Originally Posted by mr_xr8

go luck with it RspecAU g&d now what they are doing in the intake is great. is your car auto or man?

Mines manual

[mr_xr8]

you should get some good results seeing it is a 200kw motor and a manual

[EL8TED]

i too would have thought the car would be more to the 125-130 in stock trim..

[Qwikcorty]

my stock 185 au, has made 140rwkw, id just say that dyno reads low and the 1/4 will tell the story.

[jonbays]

Spiro's dyno is what I would describe as a fair reading one. I have seen lots of Fords run there and you can bet that you will lose 50-60fwkw on this dyno depending on auto or manual. I have seen a 200fwkw XR8 run 139rwkw 220fwkw run 170rwkw. depends on auto or manual a bit and the day but a 185 on that dyno I am thinking 125rwkw is fair.

[Stav]

The best results are when the customer is happy and you definately sound happy. If you are tuning for a 1/4 mile then for sure the track sorts out the best and worst of all involved.

[mr_xr8]

yeh the true test will be the 1/4 mile times. i will be down at eastern creek in the next few weeks as soon as i have run the new diff in, and get the rest of the g&d intake.

[bazz]

How much did it cost?

[mr_xr8]

the edit or the diff?

[shepv8]

hey mate good result,
Ive got a AU1 XR8 manual with lukey 3 inch catback, K&N filter and edit,
I got 142.5rwkW.
Let me know when youre going to WSID and Ill try and go up too.
Be good to run them side by side...

[onfire]

Just curious, what do the i6 fortes do at the wheels? And how much do they differ from series 1 to 3.

[sbutler]

It really doesn't matter what dyno you run them on. There all gonna be different. The main thing is that there was a 21.7kw net gain, forget the final figure, its the gain that matters.

[xr8ute]

Originally Posted by mr_xr8

yeh the true test will be the 1/4 mile times. i will be down at eastern creek in the next few weeks as soon as i have run the new diff in, and get the rest of the g&d intake.

For sure, 1/4 mile is a much better way to compare performance.

I would be very interested to hear how you go at WSID. Good luck

[mr_xr8]

diff has now been run in will try and get out to wsid in the next couple of weeks i will post up when i will go at least a week ahead. would be good to see a few other memebers down there.

[xr8man83]

Originally Posted by mr_xr8

got my car back friday night from its flash tune. on its first run it pulled about 120rwk after spiro had finished it made 141.7rwk :

the car is an au xr8 auto with 67 on the clock with a full liverpool exhuast and then fitted with a G&D intake(well part of it still waiting for the sheild because they have run out).

the car feels great to drive and cant wait for the new diff to be run so i can go wsid. :

just want to thank to g&d for helping me with getting the airflter to me for tuning before the rest of the intake. also to spiro joe and everyone else at autotech. and i cant leave out richard and all the guys at craft diff.

the 185kw motor puts out 121kw at the wheels man are you sure your figures are rite??

[jonbays]

A 185kw motor should see around 125 at the treads thats all you would expect. A 200kw XR8 on the same dyno ran 139 when i was there once so it's picked up enough to be about as good as a 200kw AUII XR8 now with the exhaust and tune.

[mr_xr8]

i can post up the dnyo chart when i get home.

[Qwikcorty]

Originally Posted by jonbays

A 185kw motor should see around 125 at the treads thats all you would expect. A 200kw XR8 on the same dyno ran 139 when i was there once so it's picked up enough to be about as good as a 200kw AUII XR8 now with the exhaust and tune.

that does sound low for a 185, my xr8 on 2 dyno's has shown 140 and 144 rwkw. but its the difference that really matters after tuning.