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Prolly shoulda done this for my first post but I was in a hurry after I registered and...well the citric acid colour debate was too much to resist, since my new ride is citric acid ;)
Anyway, I've owned a few fords in the past, couple of XC's, an EB, an ED and at one stage, a mk 2 cortina, but this is the newest car I've ever owned. Gotta say I'm extremely pleased with it so far
It's a BA XR6 sedan, auto (wife's choice), N/A, build june 04, colour already established, had 7.2k clicks on it when I picked it up a month ago. I'm keen to get it going a bit quicker now, which led me to this site. Very nice site btw, I've found the info here to be quite helpful indeed. I'd like to get it dyno'd and chuck it down the 1/4 a few times stock before I do anything to it but with wet season almost upon us, I can't see myself getting out to the drags till next dry season (april..ish). Still, gives me some time to save and get stuff sent here.
I do have a couple of small questions though if anyone can help out.
1. Being an 06/04 build, it's a mkI isn't it? I always assumed it was from the day I test drove it, due to the fact it's distinctly lacking a mkII badge, yet the paperwork from the ford dealer calls it a mkII, then the same thing happened with the insurance co. I've never listed it as a mkII on any paperwork, just gave em the build date and vin. The owners manual also does not say mkII which I assume it would for the mkII's.
2. The brakes are fine so far. Did they change the brakes towards the end of 03 or should I expect the dreaded brake shudder when I rack up a few more kays?
3. Anyone know of any clubs/reputable performance workshops in Darwin? I've only found one place so far that even has a dyno. He also happens to stock the capa flasher but said he only just recieved the software for live tuning and hasn't looked at it all yet. Not sure I wanna be the giunea pig ;)