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ahew
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by ahew Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:46 pm
I'm pretty certain that the operating temperature is not the issue, but what's the actual operating temperature for reference purposes?
HiRAEdd
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by HiRAEdd Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:21 pm
Getting an accurate reading is difficult in the FTO but I find when my gauge hits around 60 degrees, I know it's pretty safe to floor it....in a responsible and controlled manner of course
SG
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by SG Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:41 pm
cant believe no ones mentioned this yet.... Are you sure its a GPX?
not a GR. or a GPX with a GR motor?
Slither
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by Slither Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:48 pm
It would still rev out to 9000 rpm
ahew
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by ahew Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:02 am
doubly sure that this is a GPX
hehehe.
afterburner
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by afterburner Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:56 am
Reading this makes me miss my FTO
My 'new' Mirage redlines at 6000rpm
[url=http://www.atom.net.nz/afterburner/fto/index.htm][img]http://www.atom.net.nz/afterburner/ftologos.jpg[/img][/url]
FTOluv
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by FTOluv Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:02 am
come down to Melbourne and check out my GPX tip. Its guaranteed that it wont do any of that !
ahew
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by ahew Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:56 pm
thanks for the offer FTOluv, but it's a bit out of the way
hehe.
Plus the price range is a little bit higher than the ones I'm looking at right now anyway.
Nice car btw, looks clean as.
FTOluv
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by FTOluv Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:13 pm
you'll find that people generally selling their car under $14K have problems with it. To find a decent one u need to spend above $14K.
Boris
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by Boris Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:55 pm
FTOluv wrote: you'll find that people generally selling their car under $14K have problems with it. To find a decent one u need to spend above $14K.
Unless they need to selling ASAP etc..
Miracle's do happen
Name: Boris
ahew
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by ahew Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:05 pm
hahahaha... just read FTOluv's post so decided to add a note to this...
I've just put a deposit on a mint '94 FTO with tip & 59,000 k's. no mods, 1 owner in australia.
$12k...
it's a miracle then...
looks like I'll be coming on here more often!
FTOluv
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by FTOluv Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:11 am
you'll find that people generally selling their car under $14K have problems with it. To find a decent one u need to spend above $14K.
hence the word GENERALLY.
hehehe.
