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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:39 pm 
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well I was thinking that the 3.8 litre is probably much more efficient, especially when combined with better breathing/extractors etc... so less fuel, more power with less strain for the engine etc etc.

People are putting LS400 motors in damn near everything nowdays, why not a 3.8lt ford quad cam?
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:13 pm 
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K.I.S.S formula ftw. 300rwkw is easily attainable with the SOHC motor and you dont even have to pull it out.


400rwkw is easily attainable with the F6 DOHC motor and you dont even have to change internals :p
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:12 pm 
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Nope, still not going. I pretty much have just given up calling up. I've just forgotten about it, when they call me, it'll be done....maybe, or it will be a call to say "come get your car, we can't do it" :roll:
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:11 pm 
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Does it look like they've spent much time working on it?
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:23 pm 
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I havn't seen the car since i took it to them 2 months ago.
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:59 pm 
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"come get your car, we can't do it" :roll:


Full refund if you have already given them payment ?
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:09 pm 
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I got my car booked in there on Wednesday for a bit of minor work, I'll ask em about it, Hopefully I'll get a squiz at it too.

 

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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:22 pm 
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workshops suck.

 

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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:39 pm 
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I know of a couple of car audio places that have kept cars for over a year for a big custom job.... not originally planned, but it ends up getting put aside for other stuff a lot.
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:19 pm 
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K.I.S.S formula ftw. 300rwkw is easily attainable with the SOHC motor and you dont even have to pull it out.


400rwkw is easily attainable with the F6 DOHC motor and you dont even have to change internals :p


Yeah but you have to buy a F6 to make it meet the KISS requirements. :D

Frittz is up near 400rwkw now with his SOHC motor. It nearly makes me want to try it again. Nearly. Buying a 1 litre sportsbike will be more worthwhile imo. Then I can ride it to work!!

Hopefully the conversion doesnt take these blokes too much longer. Being so far away must be a PITA. Are there any other workshops you can turn to if it goes bad?
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 8:34 pm 
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"come get your car, we can't do it" :roll:


Full refund if you have already given them payment ?


Nah nothing paid upfront, maybe i should have as an incentive for them to get the work done sooner.
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:27 pm 
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Might be an idea to call them up have a really good chat about what their plans are for it etc. If in two months they havn't even been able to report any progress to you there's something wrong.

 

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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:36 pm 
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There was an aftermarket twin cam head for the early SOHC motors. Krogdahl made it and it was around $5k to buy and it gave an extra 20kw from memory.

I dont think they sold that many :P


made more than 20kw :) plus was a twin plug version

engine was able to rev to like 8k as well :)

was lookign at gettign it done to my car but the 5k put me off

 

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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:49 pm 
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let them know that there are a lot of potential customers watching this thread and that it is in their interest to get the job done promptly....

if they had done it in 2 weeks im sure there would be a queue forming at their door now

 

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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:57 am 
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well I was thinking that the 3.8 litre is probably much more efficient, especially when combined with better breathing/extractors etc... so less fuel, more power with less strain for the engine etc etc.

People are putting LS400 motors in damn near everything nowdays, why not a 3.8lt ford quad cam?

Do you mean the old 3.8 Mushtang etc V6 or the new Duratec 3.7 litre jobbie (as in the Mazda CX9)? The 3.8 has been around a long time and should be cheap now... comes in a blown version with an Eaton M90 too.

 

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