BLKPHN's new toy FG XR8 - Page 2

F6T · 06-06-2012, 01:44 PM

A former Typhoon man - gone to the dark side. All good bro, looking at those photos, I can forgive you. Love what you've got in mind for the build as well. I prefer the look of the car without the spoiler.

GUNXR6T · 06-06-2012, 06:34 PM

Love XR8's

BLKPHN · 19-07-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Love it.

Cheers man me too.

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Originally Posted by F6T

A former Typhoon man - gone to the dark side. All good bro, looking at those photos, I can forgive you. Love what you've got in mind for the build as well. I prefer the look of the car without the spoiler.

I'm trying to cover all base's with cars I've owned.

N/A 6 EB GLI
Turbo 6 BFII F6
N/A 8 BA XR8
Stroked 8 AU TE50

and now hope to get this charged and have a Forced 8

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Originally Posted by GUNXR6T

Love XR8's

Thanks man.

Some photo's I took this evening.

BLKPHN · 19-07-2012, 07:39 PM

BLKPHN · 20-09-2012, 08:38 AM

So the XR8 has spent a holiday with the boys at Bluepower getting a few parts fitted in preparation for a KB hopefully to to far away.

Once again the service and customer care provided by these guys is outstanding.

During its holiday at Bluepower it received,
1 7/8" S/S Extractors Difillipo
Twin 3" S/S cats and exhaust to some nice twin 3" chrome tips Difillipo
Mellings Billet Oil pump
Malwood option3+ Clutch
Xcal3
Custom Tune

Power wise it made 226rwkw baseline with the Air box already on it, then with all the above it made 270rwkw and damn does it sound good!!!

and while i was in a spending mood I bought some 20'' GT 335 wheels so at a later date I can fit Brembo's cause the stock 19's will not fit brembo's. Its very weird as I'm never one to go for wheels but it was more necessity to fit over big brakes than anything. Im in two minds weather to sell the 19's with the pirrelli's or not.

Crap Instagram photo just cause. Hopefully get some decent pics tonight of the exhaust as it will be up in the air for a service.

Hood-G6 · 20-09-2012, 09:47 AM

Nice ride mate and love the plans for it

**Mechan1k** · 20-09-2012, 07:18 PM

They look surprisingly good in the silver as well.

**DJM83** · 20-09-2012, 07:51 PM

Love to see some nicer pics of the new wheels. Im liking the direction your going.

G6ET8U · 20-09-2012, 08:18 PM

Awesome car there... saw it up on the hoist on Monday when I was in last.

I knew I'd seen it somewhere before

Jack

BLKPHN · 23-09-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by G6ET8U

Awesome car there... saw it up on the hoist on Monday when I was in last.

I knew I'd seen it somewhere before

Jack

Cheers mate yeah it was there, it will be heading back soon for a few touch ups on the tune.

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Originally Posted by Hood-G6

Nice ride mate and love the plans for it

thanks mate, hopefully its finish soonish.

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Originally Posted by Mechan1k

They look surprisingly good in the silver as well.

Yeah wasn't a fan to start with but really like them in silver only.

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Love to see some nicer pics of the new wheels. Im liking the direction your going.

Cheers man,

Some pics!

**DJM83** · 23-09-2012, 05:42 PM

AAhhhh awesome, it just looks so factory IMO. Well done.

WASP · 23-09-2012, 05:57 PM

Looks fantastic! Did you say it had 20" GTP 335 wheels?

BLKPHN · 23-09-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WASP

Looks fantastic! Did you say it had 20" GTP 335 wheels?

Thanks, Yeah they are 20's

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Originally Posted by DJM83

AAhhhh awesome, it just looks so factory IMO. Well done.

Cheers man

AndyXR6T · 23-09-2012, 08:17 PM

Mate car looks sensational but am I the only one that thinks the 19s looked better??

**CAT600** · 23-09-2012, 10:31 PM

Very nice.

10 psi of intercooled KB,
An even 400 at the treads,
Sledgehammer in a Riggers glove (Jack has the Velvet glove with his G6ET

)

Daniel

andrich · 24-09-2012, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by AndyXR6T

Mate car looks sensational but am I the only one that thinks the 19s looked better??

Personally i am with you. Thats not to say the 335 wheels look bad coz they actually suit it quite well, i just reckon the 19's looked better. But as they wont fit Brembo's i guess they had to go lol
cheers

GTPOWR · 24-09-2012, 05:39 AM

Looks ORSM will see it at Euroa.

BLKPHN · 24-09-2012, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GTPOWR

Looks ORSM will see it at Euroa.

Cheers John, will be good to go to a show with it.

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Originally Posted by AndyXR6T

Mate car looks sensational but am I the only one that thinks the 19s looked better??

I really liked the 19's but they don't fit big brakes so it was more a point to make it look factory and fit the big brakes.

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Originally Posted by CAT600

Very nice.

10 psi of intercooled KB,
An even 400 at the treads,
Sledgehammer in a Riggers glove (Jack has the Velvet glove with his G6ET

)

Daniel

Cheers Daniel,
Exactly the plan a simple 400 would be nice, Its got the base soundtrack just needs the screamer over the top.

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Originally Posted by andrich

Personally i am with you. Thats not to say the 335 wheels look bad coz they actually suit it quite well, i just reckon the 19's looked better. But as they wont fit Brembo's i guess they had to go lol
cheers

It was a hard choice to choose what wheels to get I could have gone the GT or now GS look wheels, but really they are nothing different and as I was buying new wheels it needed a point of difference yet still retain the factory look. I'm not a fan of big black or chrome wheels more a sleeper/Factory look.

andrich · 24-09-2012, 09:29 AM

Yeh i know exactly what ya mean. Could have gone silver argents but they are pretty common and not exactly that different to the last set. Always good to be abit different but retain that factory look. I went the charcoal mk2 F6 wheels on my blueprint BA for that exact reason and i love em.
cheers mate

SXR6 · 24-09-2012, 11:31 AM

Nice. Thought you'd get more than 270kw with bolt ons? Impressive gain none the less. Nice job.

WASP · 24-09-2012, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BLKPHN

Thanks, Yeah they are 20's

Personally I love the 335 GTP wheels in 20" on your XR8. I wish the FPV factory items came out that size. It will look even better when you have your Brembos on there. If you don’t mind me asking can you order them in wider widths? i.e 9.5"

Powers is a healthy increase to. Going from 290kW to around 360kW at the fly is a good gain.

DBourne · 24-09-2012, 02:13 PM

Damn you always mod a car perfectly don't you.

**ego gtp** · 24-09-2012, 05:08 PM

Very nice tristian looks Orsm. Wheels look great I have gt black on mine now suit it perfectly cheers Gary

BLKPHN · 25-09-2012, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ego gtp

Very nice tristian looks Orsm. Wheels look great I have gt black on mine now suit it perfectly cheers Gary

Cheers gary, Yeah I noticed you have these wheels they look really great in black on you car, it was another reason I chose them as they looked so good.

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Originally Posted by andrich

Yeh i know exactly what ya mean. Could have gone silver argents but they are pretty common and not exactly that different to the last set. Always good to be abit different but retain that factory look. I went the charcoal mk2 F6 wheels on my blueprint BA for that exact reason and i love em.
cheers mate

Yep A bit different but still looks factory.

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Originally Posted by SXR6

Nice. Thought you'd get more than 270kw with bolt ons? Impressive gain none the less. Nice job.

270rwkw is pretty good I think for just an exhaust and a tune, If it had cams and a twin throttle body it may be a bit disappointing but I'm defiantly impressed.

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Originally Posted by WASP

Personally I love the 335 GTP wheels in 20" on your XR8. I wish the FPV factory items came out that size. It will look even better when you have your Brembos on there. If you don’t mind me asking can you order them in wider widths? i.e 9.5"

Powers is a healthy increase to. Going from 290kW to around 360kW at the fly is a good gain.

Thanks Mate, i really wish they came out in that size from factory too. The Brembo's will fill out the wheel well let alone stop me better! They only come in 8" width at this stage if they came wider I would have got them. I believe it is a health gain too.

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Originally Posted by SgtBourne

Damn you always mod a car perfectly don't you.

Cheers man! I can only try!

AndyXR6T · 27-09-2012, 10:42 AM

Fair enough on the wheel upgrade then! Like andrich said they still look great!

DNKPWR · 30-09-2012, 09:02 AM

Gees mate you have gone all out while i'm away....well done on all the new mods, it would def sound like a beast now!
Cheers Andrew

orsm8 · 15-10-2012, 04:08 PM

Hi Tristan nice to see you out cruising in your beast. I think you need quads man !!

icecold84 · 15-10-2012, 05:29 PM

Car looks nice and clean, Bluepower are the best in the business

BLKPHN · 16-10-2012, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DNKPWR

Gees mate you have gone all out while i'm away....well done on all the new mods, it would def sound like a beast now!
Cheers Andrew

Cheers Andy, hope you enjoyed you honey moon!

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Originally Posted by ORSM8

Hi Tristan nice to see you out cruising in your beast. I think you need quads man !!

Thanks Tony, your was looking amazing too! Nah quads are for BA-BF's or FG GT's i like to keep the look simple.

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Originally Posted by icecold84

Car looks nice and clean, Bluepower are the best in the business

Thanks man, they do a great job!

Dash_XR · 18-10-2012, 07:19 PM

In the last photo in post 33, has that been photo-shopped?

Looks tuff.