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DBA gold slotted rotors and bendix Ultimate pads. stops like a biarch

Manual Conversion (mx-6 box) and rebuilt, exedy Super Heavy Duty clutch and preasure plate.

Microtech ECU.

Full Engine Rebuild AGAIN. Machined and '0' ringed Block, FORGED Pistons, new piston rings, balance and shot peened crack, shot peened con rods, arp rod and head bolts, Copper Head gasket, new oil pump, new water pump.

3" Mandrell bent stainless Exhaust, Turbo Back.

Fully serviced Stock Injectors. VL Turbo Fuel pump

Graphite Coated Valves, Upgraded Lifters, and Valve springs, port and polish.

cold air induction via the Bonnet scoop. K&N pod air filter.

Custom Fibreglass BOOST pod in Dash( where clock was) with auto-meter PRO-COMP boost Gauge, auto-meter monster tacho, Stearing wheel. Custom rear shelf holding JBL 8" with TOKEN cutout. MX6 dash with custom guage pod above centre air vents almost done.

17x7 5spoke Mags

apline 9831 deck, apline type S 6.5" spilts and JBL 8" 3way splits rear shelf powered by apline v12 amp, JBL GTO-3 series 12" subs x2 powered by Apline mono500 amp.

lowered on Dobinsons springs 1.5" with koni adjustables

T28 (disco potato) BB turbo, front mount Intercooler 450x300x75.

280hp running 1.5bar :).

Really nice car except for that scoop *lol* whats with that? How much boozt you running? Like the rims...Got any pics of the engine bay or inside??

Unlike other ricers this scoop actually works, running 9psi, more pics soon.

But i got 140hp on 6psi

what suberb u run around in perth

Nice looking Tx you got there. I love the custom work with fibre glass.

Hey what sorta steering wheel is that?? I love it

Ohh and were ya get the FPV badge?? Flog it?? It looks pretty nice there though

the FPV badge was bought for conventries. $40. can also be bought from Ford itself. just say u have a FPV car.

Ohh sweet just thought ya mite have knocked it off *lol* thgought someone's poor ol gt would be getting round without the badges

nice lookin tx man, nice custom job on the interior. what sorta paint did ya use 2 spray the dash cos ive wantd 2 do it for a while but didnt know what sorta paint 2 use

to paint all the plastic bits u have to use like a wax n grease romover first. then plastic primmer and then any auto-motive paint u want. i used silver metalic, u can put a clear coat on top to give it a real gloss finish, but its up to u.

Looking good. Like how your bonnet scoop is functional. I also like what you did with the standard grill.

Hey dude just wondering how much did the conversion to a manula cost you?? mines an auto and I want to convert it soon just wanna know about prices...

the actual gear box i got off a mate who crashed his 91 mx. so i got all the parts i needed (g-box, shifter, pedel box, drive shafts, mast clutch cycl, etc) for like $700. and then its cost me an extra $200 to put in as the engine was already out and they just did the conversion like that.

nice lookn tx5 bro but w8 till my tx5 is out ul soon see it on her

very soon im going to purchase a k'n'n pod filter and build a custom cold air intake from the pod to the front bumper, and i was wondering if anyone could tell me what sort of performance gains i am going to achieve by doing this. what sort of kw increase am i looking at roughly? thanks

Your engine bay looks very much like mine

Look, i wouldn't take this as exact numbers, but potentially, with a fully sealed box with a good flow from low down on the front bar should possibly see something in the 3-5kw region. Now another thing you will also notice switching from a panel filter to a pod filter is the extra noise, as pod filters are a lot louder.

Can't load the pics for your car, but working from memory on what your engine bay is like, the most effective way i can think you could set it up would be to re locate the battery, for maximum space and ease, but if this is not practical, build a sealed box behind the battery, and run sum three inch flexi piping down around the battery area (wherever you can, although it would be very close to the exhaust, not good) and have it pick up from teh left brake duct. for attaching the pipe to the bar, a cheap and effective option is to use a funnel, cut it so that it fits the flexi pipe, and attach the funnel to the back of the bar, however practical.

Good luck with it.

Actually the most effective way if you dont want a sealed box is just to remove the stock airbox which sits behind the battery and sit the pod filter in it's place. if you want I can post some photos up of how my pod and cai are made alternatively go to this website... http://members.optushome.com.au/bazpam/MX6/cai.htm its how to create the cai for a mx6 quite similar to our tx5 or visit sabbai's car domain webp[age as hey also has some photos of how he created his cai.... Also if you do not want a pod it is quite esy to fix a cold air intake to the end of the stcok air box and run a high flow flat panel filter instead

thanks for that, both of you guys i was considering putting a K'n'N flat panel filter in the stock airbox and running some flexi pipe directly from the box down to the front bumper, but i dont know whether i would get a bigger kw increase by doing that or by putting in a pod and then running the flexi pipe from there. im not sure :S

yeah mate well from the investigation ive done I found out that the hi flow panel....with the cai worked just aswell as the pod so I originally went for for the hi flo but ive changed to the pod 4 the sound

Yeah look, as well as the panel is over oiled or anything, the power gain seen between each is negligble, so the only extra gain you get from using a pod filter is that it adds a bit more induction note to your car. Good luck with whichever option you choose.

the exhaust i've got at the moment makes my ride loud enough for my liking, so i'll most likely go with a K n N hi flow flat panel filter in the stock box, + the custom CAI. could you guys possibly tell me some other mod's i could do on my n/a to increase power? nothing really expensive tho. i was thinkin extractors, hi flow cat. not sure what they're likely to cost me or what sort of gains im looking at though. any ideas? i appreciate the help guys, thanx

Hi flow cat ya looking around 400 bucks depending on the brand thats labour included...umm I dunna know what else ya could do umm maybe injectors and stuff but yeah..get it chipped that'll help Other tahn taht Im all outta ideas
Soz..

hey thanks zorb. jus 1 more quick question. in terms of ball park figures, what sort of performance gains should i get from a chip and whats it likely to cost me? oh and btw, i bought the pod i get an extra 500rpm and 10km/h in each gear, and its not louder, it just has more of a jappy noise to it...wihch i like

With n/a motors, the best way to improve performance is to increase flow to and from the motor, before anything that requires opening the motor. This means things like panel or pod filter with proper ducting and sheilding from heat (ie. exhaust manifolds.) Then on the exhaust side you go for extractors and the rest of the exhaust system. Please note that it is easy to go too big in diameter for a n/a, particularily a four cylinder car. DOn't go above about a 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 at very most. Your exhaust tip can be as big as you like, but the reszt of the system should be no larger than above stated. If you go larger, your only robbing yourself of power. With a turbocharged engine, there is in theory no such thing as to big after the the compressor. Marke sure the gaps on your spark plugs are correct, and the plugs are the right ones for your engine, sometimes some free power can be had here. But all the above mods with a chip/remapped ecu can have a very noticable difference to the power deiverly, driving and of course power of your car.
But yeah, you are looking at 400 or more for any mod, be it cat, chip or whatever.

thanks for that man. i've decided to start saving and buy an at tx5 turbo. im looking at the moment for one with low k's (which will be hard to find) and in the two toned white/grey. the average price ive found them for is $5k, and i've got a couple of people who have said they would pay $4k for my current tx, so once i save up $3k i'll buy an AT Turbo and straight away do some mod's could you guys plz keep me posted if you see any for sale in vic (doesnt have to be the previously stated colour) it would be appreciated. thanks guys

yeah token wattup,

it is the rpm signal/tachometer. The thing is i can't find it. Its either that or a trigger of the negative ignition coil and im having trouble with that too cause its in the distributer cap. Any ideas.

Kev

p.s car is a toyota camry 89 carbi 3s-f

my mate with the turbo camry found the tacho wire off the back of the original instrument cluster, on the back of his there are some screws and he found it on there written on the back. i think i shows u where it is in the manuals that u can buy for them.

Hi Token,

I've seen your car somewhere in Noranda. Very nice car.
I 've been driving a 1988 white Tx5-Turbo for 2 years, living in Noranda too.
Is it ok if we meet up and I'm sure we'll have lots to talk about?

I will post my profile a soon as I take photos of my car.

NICE FMIC what siz eis that?? I like it..did ya have to remove ya thermo fan of ac or anthing?? How much did it set you back??

cheers man. its a 450x300x75, cost me $250 new, didn't have to remove anything. it just hangs infront of th a/c thermo's

NIce where did ya get it from if ya dont mind me asking and is there much improvement I was loking for one bout that size.

Love the boost gauge position. Your all set with power from the clock wire looks neat as 2

not good. My wastegate has gone. hits 17psi at #3000rpm then beeps. have to change it this weekend anybooy know if it can be done on the car. coz i realy dont want to have to take the whole turbo of again.

oh closer inpection i think i have to.

what do you mean it beeps?? snt that boost cut/fuel cut?? or do you have an fcd or aftermarket comp??

the standard comp beeps when to much boost and cuts the car back to idle.

yeah tahst boost cup stops starving ay car of fuel at too much boost..it shoudlnt be ya wastegate or anything. It just means ya cant run anymore boost without a fcd or aftermarket comp. mine hits boost cut at 14psi.

hey bro i like ya parcel shelf man. i got a tx5 i'll be puttin up soon got a microtech and runnin 14psi gettin dyno'd soon find out how much power its got. your interior is lookin to man keep it up bro

dude howcome you dyno'd it at only 6psi? im assuming that 140hp is at the fronts?

coz at the time i dyno'd it i didnt have the controller. and yeh its at the fronts.

hey token, saw ur sweet ride a few weeks back in carousel up the top in the car park, i had the black tx5 turbo that rolled passed real slow, and yeah was hell excited to see it off the internet and close up, i want that scoop, how much did it cost, and u said it works, how? and u have a pod under it or something? thanx for reading

hey dude, yeh i think i remember seeing ya car. the scoop was $70 was japwreck i think. the whole is cut directly above the scoop so its a great cold air intake. if u have a close look at the top right of the engine bay photo u can see it alittle. wot plans u got for ur car

i have a lot of plans for my car hey, just finding the time and money is gonna be hard coz i am young and cant save money to save my life, so thinking about getting a small loan to chip it, remap and program the ecu to my needs (taking into consideration the over sized injectors etc and shit like that) ummm i also want to boost it obviously to about 9-10 psi, i would love to get close to 200hp out of it if i could, and most of all have it running 13's and i will be stoked. i am respraying it soon, i dont know if i should keep the two tone (another colour eg. no standard colours on top of the grey) but we will see. and rims 17x7's unless i can fit bigger. also what else, the obvious upgrades, cold air intake, pod filter, bigger intercooler.

get ready to pay for some gearboxes, mate.... tx5's boxes are fukn shit

just got a new gearbox, reconditioned one for $990 and gonna get old one rebuilt, im sure i will be alright

Where did u find a box from, caus im currently looking around for a second hand or reco one
thanks heaps

i live in WA and they are really scarce (anywhere in australia i guess) but a place called, Uniparts in Welshpool (W.A) and yeah they have a range of tx5 parts, i dont know if they have another gear box or not but always worth a call... the problem with tx5 gearboxes is that.. they dont have 2 shaft bearings, they only have one situated inside the actual box connected to the shaft, the shaft at the other end is by itself and if it has no oil in it destroys it and slowly wears away, listen to ur car while it is idleing and if u can hear a faint whistle put ur clutch in and if it goes away that means ur box is about to go... thats probably the only way to tell without dropping the box all together

yeah i know that shhhhhhhhh sound wen the clutch is out, the only box i could find was in Nsw, $1400, hope its not another dud..

if u can hear that shhhhhh sound, ur car is gonna start jumping out of gear soon and then u will really notice it. that gearbox for $1400 is too expensive unless they are gonna fit it too which then isnt too bad. but depending if u live in another state then i guess u cant really fit it can u and the price is way too expensive... lets just hope some poor bastard wrecks his this weekend hey?

if u can hear that shhhhhh sound, ur car is gonna start jumping out of gear soon and then u will really notice it. that gearbox for $1400 is too expensive unless they are gonna fit it too which then isnt too bad. but depending if u live in another state then i guess u cant really fit it can u and the price is way too expensive... lets just hope some poor bastard wrecks his this weekend hey?

hey man i was wondering if you could show me or send sum pics of your cooler pipes please.

sorry dude i cant at the moment its all getting redone, my Turbo blow on the weekend so its in the shop at the moment gettting a GT28 RS BB turbo and all new piping done. but when i've got it back i'll definatly be putting photos up dont worry.

hey bro thats a sweet as ride love wat u done to it looks like u put alot of money n hard work in to it

Alittle to much money now. starting to think whether it was worth it on such a old car

is it possible 2 fit a cooler with less height so it fits without cutting into bumper..by puttin it in front of electric fan as i dont want my car to be anything other than stock 2 look at

you can put the coolers in, but you will have to take out the those fans to get it to fit. but then that will affect your air con because those fans are for the air con condenser(i think) so the only other alturnative would be to cut the bumper.

yeah i am gonna fuck the air con off it doesnt work anyway so its goneskies

i have the same model, standard atm. where u get the exhaust ? looks awesome! mine is identical in looks except ur mods. r there any cruises for our beloved cars ?

in perth theres not alot for just our cars. i got my exhaust for $500 turbo back from balcatta carline mufflers. my car might be for sale soon, with everything seen here. havent decided yet. i might be getting a R32 GTR.

4 a power upgrade is there a motor that fits into engine bay without 2 much headache that is easier 2 extract power from

yep the FE3 DOHC the f2t bit sister wasnt available in oz but was in new zealand ,canada, japan and a few other places..theres quite a few in oz now and cost about 900-1200 for the full setup including ecu's etc...althoguh would be ebst to use aftermarket. These engines arent turbo's standard but can be turbo'd with great results!

would love to see pics of ya piping for ya cooler plz

hey dude soz man i havent got the car back yet. the f*ching guys that are doing are giving me the shits. its bin 5weeks now. i'm gonna pull the plug on em coz they haven't shite. they've started the piping and thats it. i'll keep ya posted.

hey, can u plz email me the list of all the places that u got all ur upgrades from? im just starting to do mine up and urs is lovely, cheers ( sparkie05@hotmail.com ) i havent seen u driving around anywhere in perth....... ever any reason why?

exhaust and bov installed at carline exhausts in balcatta. all interior stuff (ie, fibre glassing nad stereo and gauges) done myself, bonet scoop done myself, intercooler mounted myself. i rebuilt the moter with help from uncle and manual conversion done by MAZPARTS in midvale. suspension by wilkensons in bayswater.

as for not seeing my around, i dunno are u north or south, coz i'm north and dont really do south that often. apart from that i cant explain it.

Have you got that coole hooked up yet bro?

nar not yet stll trying to get the car working. got the turbo back and on, but now i got no oil flowing anywhere. the oil pump is brand new, the metal oil line to the turbo itself it brand new and i've taken the oil cooler off and fully clean't it out, n still nothing. i think its the oil pickup line in the sump could be blocked or something any ideas would be good.

i had the same problem when I did mine (blew the turbop and repalced it) had no oil flowing turned out a breatehr hsoe was blocked...

u mean one of the ones on the rocker cover to the throttle body and the other to just behind the air meter.

yeah i think so all I knwo is gave it back to the mechanic after id noticed blowing smoke and no oil flow and he said there was a blocked breather hose...

cool i might try that b4 i pull of the sump and check the oil pickup line. cheers, i hope its that easy.

its not that easy, so the sump is coming off, FUN FUN FUN

Turned out to be the Oil Pressure relief valve was stuck in the oil pump ts self. should get the car back soon.

how do you have your intercooler piping set up?

Nice Ride, well done.
xtreme tx5 Power Output: 167 hp

Gday mate <
im buying a tx5 2.2l turbo this week only fault with it is a lifter noise?? is it expensive to fix in your opinion can you email me please jefferson@iinet.net.au
thanks mate

Hey Woodz,

Lifters noise is one of the very common problem with this type of car.
Can be either a) HLA maintenence, or ) loose exhaust manifold.
I had my HLA cleaned (thanks to people who helped in this forum) and the
noise since gone.

To clean your HLA, click Articles -> click Technical Articles -> Click HLA Maintenance.
My mechanic charged me $200 for this job, which I was happy to pay.

hey tokes,
its woodz again was just wondering how you have your air filter setup and does it matter if it gets wet or anything like that
thanks mate
if u wanna add me on msn j3ffo@hotmail.com cheers

Hey woodz. in the middle of building a new comp but when its up i will.

the air filter is a K&N pod filter. because of the bonnet scoop the air filter is directly under the whole in the bonnet. water can be a problem. if its just a light rain i dont worry bout it to much coz the filter is oiled so it will stop most of the water also i have put some mesh inside the bonnet scoop (theory is, water will hit the mesh and make it spray rather than run.) seems to work. if it rains heavy i put a cloth in the scoop to block the whole.

well thats gotta suck init?\