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Post by paladin »

Hey people, another FTO owner here, i am from Canberra, i own a 96 GPX, trust zorst and no engine :D

If someone tells me how to, ill post some pics!

the story about no engine?
goes like this!

I bought the car from sydney, had a whole bunch of checks done yad yad, its fine. anyway, the week after i am driving it to work and bam oil and engine light go on, smoke out the back, terrrrible noise from the front!!

:D

blown cranck shaft!

just so you guys knoww my car had 106,000kms and had full services including hte time in japan! anybody herd of this before?

putting a new engine in as soon as i find a good one!

anyway! thats my drastic and enertaining introduction :)
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Post by thecook »

hey welcome

what was the cause of it?

btw what colour is it? manual or tip?

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Post by paladin »

dunno for sure but my mechanic (fast and furius imports) thinks its a fault from factory, but they havnt had a chance to rip it open yet!


OPs forgot that!
Manuel black with green flakes
razo pedels gearnob about 2k of stero


planed: getting it some GTR LM look alike 17 inch rims in gold and an ITG air pod to go with an induction kit like hat on www.ftowa.com
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Post by FTO338 »

Hey welcome to the club/forum.

Sorry to hear what happen, how much did u pick up your FTO for?
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Welcome to the Asylum :twisted:
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Post by Jono »

Hey mate, WELCOME!

Boris, robb, We should organise a meet #2 haha.. we might have a few more fto's this time


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Post by Boris »

WHOOO HOOO! :D
Another member for the ACT..... YESS...

Welcome to our forum, You know I think I saw your car at F&F, on the hoist the other week... :D

Jono, yess... I think it's a good idea, maybe when paladin get's his engine in... Or at the end of uni holidays, we really need to set a specific date, like a month or two away... (Looks at "Double B" :wink: )...
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Post by paladin »

i got her for 16,900, which i thought was a good deal right untill i had put boom :D

i hsould have her on the road in a month or so :)

you prolly did! its got a trust sticker on one side stock rims for now and the trust exhaust is pretty big at the dump pipe!

so how many of us canberra people are there? i plan on driving a lot when i get her back to make up for time and ill prolly find all you guys!

so far i have seen a silver one with a veil font end with the number plate soyara or somthing, 2 full kited ones, one red and one silver and one VERY noisy black one!
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Post by Boris »

Are you north side? or south side? Me, Jono, Robb are all north side...
So are you paying for the work your self? Or did you buy it from a dealer which would prob mean that they are paying for it ?

If you have pics, send them my way, and I'll put them up...
E-mail is: webmaster@boryadesign.net :D

These are the ones that I'm aware of:

1. Red with white enkei Rims is Jono (forum)
2. Silver, 17' wheels, exhaust, is me (forum)
3. Custom Blue, Veilside, was JC, (his car is sold)
4. Robb, Silver, FTO off the road atm (ACT Coordinator)
5. Allan (ARG), Black fto, I think stock exhaust (forum)

6. Red, white mags, veilside, is FEI (Not on the Forum)
7. Red, Tip, Stock, Girl driver... (Not on the Forum)
8. Black fto, with lady driver (Not on the Forum)
9. Silver Veilside, stock rims I think (Not on the Forum) (The one u saw prob)
10. Silver, Owned by F&F owner (Not on the Forum)
11. Black fto owned by one of the guys at Zeffereli (Not on the Forum)
12. Silver GR, manual, (Is I think in proggress of being sold)

Probably a few others... 8O
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Post by paladin »

unfortuently it was private :( so i am paying
and theres no way i could of known it would of happend unlees they took th engine apart F&F guy said. !
o well!

yeah i saw that blue one for sale yesterday in the allclasifieds! very nice

ill send you a few pics, some have my misses exa in them so i can crop it if you want but its a pretty nice one ( half you guys would recognis it if you saw it....)

i am a north side boy! but i also work for shell direct (depo) in fyshwick so i go all over canberra :D so where all good! ill have to hunt you guys down asap :)
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Post by Boris »

Here are the pics of your car!

<img border="0" src="http://www.boryadesign.net/fto/david/front_sml.jpg">

<img border="0" src="http://www.boryadesign.net/fto/david/back_sml.jpg">
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Black FTO SWWWWWEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTT, that was my first choice of colour.
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Post by paladin »

my criteria was manuel and way under or just over 100k kms :D

the manuel gear box is just awsome, i put a razo gt advance 170g stick on it a nd it just makes the gear box slide and feel so good!
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Post by Robb »

Sorry for the late post but I've been a bit busy and haven't had time to check the forums... So welcome to the club and thank you god for another member that lives in Canberra, it's hard to organise things here when we only have a few members cos if a couple drop out then that only leaves a couple.. ok that was all dribble and I dont know what I was trying to say... :?

Anyway my name is Robb (Double B as I get called now) and I'm the ACT Co-ordinator for the club if you haven't noticed, so if you need a hand with anything just ask... Let us know how you go with getting your ride fixed..

Guy's I'll post in the ACT section about organising another meet so check there as I dont want to be posting ACT info in the General Discussion area Thanks Guys...
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Post by Daz_FTO »

would that have been the cambelt going??? and then causing damage to the rest of the engine?
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Post by paladin »

robb, when i get my car up and running ill be a VERY active member :D i love cruses/ trading stories etc



nah, teh cam belt was changed just before i bought it (stickered and recipt and all) so i dunno!

the bottom end of it gave in, funny thing is i was only idling along in 5th gear on a highway!

do you guys know if the top end iss worth anything ? ie the cam shafts? cus its sopost to be okay and it would help me get my new engine faster!
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