Sorry

[WKD-XR6]

i post a thread early about getting my XR6 p to 250rwkw im sorry to everyone that thought i was someone playing on dads computer or thought i was crazy but i want to do it my car now has 180rwkw so i can c it making that mark with the money and time i can do it. And here in NSW i cant drive V8 turbo or supercharges so i want power
sorry if i made anyone upset and 4 everyone that laughed at me sorry that i have a goal that i wnt to achieve

BUT THANK U TO EVERYONE THAT TREAD TO HELP

[schmidty]

So start doing it.

Make a thread on your build up in the B series section, then it'll be of benefit to all the rest of us wondering if such a goal is attainable. If you are serious about achieving this goal, then it might be time to head off to a reputable ford specialist performance workshop and sit down and work out what needs to be done, and how much it's all going to cost.

An engine build where you're target is 250+ RWKW is pretty serious out of an I6, and it's going to involve some reasonable $$$$$ and it'll be something that would need to be undertaken as a whole at once, not just a case of throw an air intake on this week, valve springs next week, fuel injectors the week after. Your engine is going to need serious work and strengthening of your internals.

Points to you if you seriously make it happen. It's certainly not the best option as far as bang for your buck goes compared to starting with an XR6T, but why always do what everyone else is doing.

1 other thing. You can't drive a turbo, supercharged or V8 engined car, wont 250RWKW still kill you as far as power to weight goes.

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by schmidty

1 other thing. You can't drive a turbo, supercharged or V8 engined car, wont 250RWKW still kill you as far as power to weight goes.

No power/weight restrictions for NSW P-Platers.

What's illegal here...

Anything Supercharged or Turbocharged
Anything with 8 cylinders or more
Anything Turbo-Diesel with 8 cylinders or more
Anything Six-Cylinder Naturally Aspirated with 200kW or more

Also illegal is any modification deemed performance enhancing and anything that requires an engineer's certificate. Pretty much any mod aside from aftermarket rims and a bodykit is illegal for NSW P-Platers.

Good luck with that XR6, and I hope you don't get caught. If you do, its bye-bye licence in one hit.

[Steffo]

Oh forgot to mention... any rotary is illegal also... N/A or otherwise...

Basically if you want a fast P-Plate car here without a chance of being done for anything your choices are...

1. Lotus Elise/Exige - 1.8L 141kW 4-cyl
2. BMW Z4 3.0si - 3.0L 195kW 6-cyl
3. Volkswagen Golf V R32 - 3.2L 184kW V6
4. Volkswagen Golf IV R32 - 3.2L 177kW V6
5. BMW 130i - 3.0L 195kW 6-cyl
6. Alfa Romeo 147 GTA - 3.2L 184kW V6
7. BMW Z3 3.0 Coupe - 3.0L 170kW 6-cyl
8. BMW 330i E90 - 3.0L 190kW 6-cyl
9. BMW 330i E46 - 3.0L 170kW 6-cyl
10. Alfa Romeo 156 GTA - 3.2L 184kW V6
11. Renaultsport Clio 182 - 2.0L 131kW 4-cyl
12. Renaultsport Clio 172 - 2.0L 124kW 4-cyl
13. Peugeot 206 GTi180 - 2.0L 130kW 4-cyl
14. Volkswagen Bora V6 4Motion Sport - 2.8L 150kW V6
15. Honda Integra Type R - 2.0L 147kW 4-cyl

There's an example of 15 cars legal to NSW P-Platers that are fast (the slowest on the list can do a 14.9, #15) and 100% P-Plate legal, ie: zero modifications.... in performance order.

The funny thing is this, cars 1 to 9 can all pull a 13 sec pass of some sort, from 13.0 in the Lotus to 13.7 in a 330Ci SMG E46. Cars 10-15 are all a 14-sec pass of some sort... from 14.5 in the 156 to 14.9 in the Type R.

Meanwhile, a normal, safe car like a Volvo S40 2.0T, which is what, 100kW, 2.0 low-pressure Turbo.... or a 110kW Volkswagen Passat 1.8T or something, safe family type cars that aren't fast at all... are illegal for us, due to our brainy legislators.

[shane3]

Yep some "person" looking at state on a page going "oh no it's turbo'd , cross it off the list", probably drives a "91" Honda civic, and knows nothing about cars.