Bennoz 6A13 Conversion

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Is there a magazine we should be looking out for soon?
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Nah, the Suzitech calendar. Will grab a bunch next time Im out there.
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She's really not that good ay..

Omg at headf*ck of problems! =/ It's lucky your pretty much a mechanic with a money tree :P
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Gotta love the last pic ( fto aus sticker )

Yea she's a bit of a mirage ( looks good from a distance )
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bduffman wrote:Yea she's a bit of a mirage ( looks good from a distance )
:lol: Haven't heard that one before...

Car is almost ready to go again. Tappets are done, box is in with new thrust bearing. Just waiting on exhaust manifold gasket to come from Japan & the bigger injectors from the States & I can finish it up. Painted up the rocker covers in matte black & redone the entire wiring loom in conduit.

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Looking very good :twisted:
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:lol: biggest prawn.

id paper bag her
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OH you would still like to be the race harness at this time :D
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aza013 wrote:OH you would still like to be the race harness at this time :D
:cheeky: wouldn't say no
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Question time.

Ben, if you knew how much it was going to cost you etc etc. Would you have done the conversion now you have felt the thrill of 6a13tt beast?
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I8A4RE wrote:Question time.

Ben, if you knew how much it was going to cost you etc etc. Would you have done the conversion now you have felt the thrill of 6a13tt beast?
Or would you have gone 4G63T?
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aza013 wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:Question time.

Ben, if you knew how much it was going to cost you etc etc. Would you have done the conversion now you have felt the thrill of 6a13tt beast?
Or would you have gone 4G63T?
To be honest, probably not. However in saying that, had I known what I know now about how to do it, I reckon I could have done it for half the price - if that was the case, then yes, I'd do it again if it was only gonna cost me 10 grand as opposed to 20. The other thing that is pissing me off, is all the other bits of FTO factory items that are 15 years & 150,000kms old, failing around the engine. Steering racks, wheel bearings, suspension bushes etc really dont like 250kws.

4G63 would have been nice, but the initial purchase price put me off. You can pickup 6A13s now for under a grand, where as 63's are always gonna cost you 2-3k. Plus you really can't beat V6 torque. One of these days I'll go & get a proper hub dyno done & get you an accurate N/m torque figure. Most guesses to date are around the 500Nm mark..
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These puppies arrived this morning. Fairly similar in fitment, just had to lever off the o-ring & the plastic locator from the tips of the new injectors & pop on the Mitsi locating seals from the old injectors. They also sit approx 2mm higher in shaft length, so had to pop a couple of washers around the rail spacers. Interestingly, they are 6 hole spray pattern (as opposed to the 4) & the tips sits slightly further into the lower manifold section.

Either way, these should give me the juice to match the pounds!

I also notice that link between the fuel rails... thats gotta be a massive restriction yeah? Did I read somewhere that someone had come up with an alternative? Might have to try fab something up there too, thats gotta be leaning out one bank..

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f**k me it looks like you can open the air intake a sh*t load :twisted:
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And those ports are a good 25% bigger than the FTO ones!
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Bennoz wrote: To be honest, probably not. However in saying that, had I known what I know now about how to do it, I reckon I could have done it for half the price - if that was the case, then yes, I'd do it again if it was only gonna cost me 10 grand as opposed to 20. The other thing that is pissing me off, is all the other bits of FTO factory items that are 15 years & 150,000kms old, failing around the engine. Steering racks, wheel bearings, suspension bushes etc really dont like 250kws.

4G63 would have been nice, but the initial purchase price put me off. You can pickup 6A13s now for under a grand, where as 63's are always gonna cost you 2-3k. Plus you really can't beat V6 torque. One of these days I'll go & get a proper hub dyno done & get you an accurate N/m torque figure. Most guesses to date are around the 500Nm mark..
im with you on this one. if i had've known more i couldve save a shite load.

but i still wouldnt go turbo :p Would never give up the feeling and sound i have now. especially the responsiveness!
Bennoz wrote:These puppies arrived this morning. Fairly similar in fitment, just had to lever off the o-ring & the plastic locator from the tips of the new injectors & pop on the Mitsi locating seals from the old injectors. They also sit approx 2mm higher in shaft length, so had to pop a couple of washers around the rail spacers. Interestingly, they are 6 hole spray pattern (as opposed to the 4) & the tips sits slightly further into the lower manifold section.

Either way, these should give me the juice to match the pounds!

I also notice that link between the fuel rails... thats gotta be a massive restriction yeah? Did I read somewhere that someone had come up with an alternative? Might have to try fab something up there too, thats gotta be leaning out one bank..
Does this mean you can reply to my pm now? haha

oh and RPW have a twin fuel rail kit or something kit to rid of that one bend cos it does lean out the rear bank...

from rpw its like $500 though... surely can be done cheaper than that... if you sort something out make a second for me too please :)
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Looky what I just found

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$25 from the US plus postage. Its for a GTO, but Im pretty sure it'll fit. It it doesn't them I reckon it could be modified to fit... and at the end of the day, if it is useless, then I've only wasted 30 odd bucks. I spill more than that on a night out! :cheers:

http://www.3sx.com/store/comersus_viewI ... oduct=1164
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Hmm, it does look the business too.

If you get one count me in, I will need two though. :twisted:
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Just checking with them re freight. Went to order a couple through the website & the only option I had for freight was 75 bucks worth of UPS worldwide :roll:
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are they worth anything to us N/A boys? if so, group buy?
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