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Hi All,

After a long leave of absence, I guess you could say I'm back... good to see not too much has changed!

Those of you who cant remember, I own an ED XR6. Heres an older Pic



In late 07 it blew up so I started this thread and put a low km AU XR6 in...

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Well Ive graduated Uni, finally started earning money!!!

Since then it was retired and has barely done any klms. I now drive a 97 EL XR8... Stock as a rock cept Sunroof and decent stereo, love it though as my daily!

And Ive finally made some progress with SHANXR. Its off the road atm, Installed so far is Intercooler, BOV and piping, Oil Line, Manifold, Turbo, Wategate, Dump etc. Its nearly ready for turn key... just gotta relocate Battery and few other things. Unsure what i will do in regards to Fuel, Management & Ignition. Car was on gas so tempted to go Gas Research setup for ease... Time will tell! Please excuse the dirtyness... it hasnt been cleaned/driven for 12months




Anyways thought id say Hi and post an update! Hope to be on a cruise real soon... preferably in Shanxr!

Cheers, Shannon.

still got the simmons on it?
dont wanna sell them do u lol?
looks very nice mate but diffenitely needs a wash.
cheers josh.

looking good so far good luck with it

EBOOST wrote:still got the simmons on it?
dont wanna sell them do u lol?
looks very nice mate but diffenitely needs a wash.
cheers josh.

Haha for the right price maybe, I would then replace them with FR18s or 19s lol

Yes i know... a wash but meh! busy doing other stuff. Its going in for a bonnet, nosecone respray and colourcoding they grey bumper skirts to tidy it up soon.

Nice looking car mate.
Well interms of the Fuel management and all that there are threads on here for uit .
Also id prob speak to mr cv seems to be the guy on here who does many of the turbo kits

hows this thing going?
cheers josh.

ShanXR wrote:

EBOOST wrote:still got the simmons on it?
dont wanna sell them do u lol?
looks very nice mate but diffenitely needs a wash.
cheers josh.

Haha for the right price maybe, I would then replace them with FR18s or 19s lol

Yes i know... a wash but meh! busy doing other stuff. Its going in for a bonnet, nosecone respray and colourcoding they grey bumper skirts to tidy it up soon.

dont sell your FR17s for 18's. they're the same centre, just get your FR17's re-made into FR18s. They'll use your centre and just use bigger outers. FR19's have a different (bigger) centre, whilst the 17 & 18's share the same centre. Throw in the fact they're now rare as OR super expensive, i wouldnt be selling yours for another set (unless you could get FR19s)


anyyyyyyyways, nice car! also, got an pics of the daily XR8?

yeah but if he was to change the outer means the inner has to be changed to 18inch also mate.
cheers josh.

EBOOST wrote:yeah but if he was to change the outer means the inner has to be changed to 18inch also mate.
cheers josh.

FR18's use the same inner and the FR17's

Hey man the car looks sweet. I agree that fr19 would look hot

EBOOST wrote:yeah but if he was to change the outer means the inner has to be changed to 18inch also mate.
cheers josh.

yep, the inner and outer change depending on size, the centres dont. Same centre is shared between FR17 & FR18. So you get an extra inch of polished Outer (and inner) when going to 18's. Sorry if my previous post was typed otherwise

Hey Guys,

There has been some recent developments. Car is still in the shop and is progressing nicely. All cooler piping is hooked up, exhaust is done, oil lines etc Battery is currently being relocated and then its nearly time to start it up!

I ended up deciding to go Fuel after discussions with Paul from CVE. Ive got a Bosch 023 pump going in, 12:1 FMU, EL ECU and will get it tuned with a j3. Will go aftermarket ECU one day but for the moment I just want to get it running. Will remove all related gas equip too.

In relation to wheels, Ive decided to retire the FR17s from daily use (interesting talks about the centres, where could i get the outers to make these FR18s????) So ive bought some 19s for it. BF F6 MkII Typhoon wheels - They arrive on Tuesday. Cannot Wait!

I also got a spare Sprint front lip, Brand new in Poly Green to be fitted if it will fit without too much cutting.

Enjoy Its still filthy i know, but it'll get there!

anyyyyyyyways, nice car! also, got an pics of the daily XR8?

No Pics, but it looks Exactly the same as the EL in your Sig!

ShanXR wrote:In relation to wheels, Ive decided to retire the FR17s from daily use (interesting talks about the centres, where could i get the outers to make these FR18s????) So ive bought some 19s for it. BF F6 MkII Typhoon wheels - They arrive on Tuesday. Cannot Wait!

If you're interested in changing your 17s to 18s call Richard at Retro Wheels for more info on it. They're the official shop who repairs Simmons rims (see http://www.simmonswheel.com.au/). I have no idea on availability of the 18 inch inner and outers, but give him a call and he should at least be able to give you the full story, and you could go from there. He knows his shit, so he'd be the best to call


So to see pics of your car i really should just look at my own EL nice haha

Yehh spot on Brad, its exactly the same! Thanks for the info... I'll definitely chase that up and make a call this week. That will really top it off, they do look good but with the emergence of all these larger wheels nowadays they certainly look a little small.