New guy from Cape Town , South Africa

[XR_Lightning]

This is mad!!!

[MAD Sapphire]

MAD?? Thats my name!

Thank you for all the good comments guys. I really want it to be a bad a** on the street.

Please merge my threads as i would like to tap the wealth of knowledge here and also ideas as i go along the Sapphire. No Falcon/Sapphire??
Sapphire ST??

[MAD Sapphire]

Hi,
What can I badge my car?
Sapphire XR6T, maybe just XRT, or and may I use it how about FPV?
I know the FPV brand is purely for you lucky guys over there so maybe It could be an extension in SA, unofficially of course.

Cheers,

[LUXO_8]

We have a luxury turbo model called the G6E-Turbo. That might be more suitable.

Or just leave it badge less except for a turbo badge =)

[falcon4life]

F6 badge only

[MAD Sapphire]

F6 sounds good and de-badged with only turbo is also an option.
Maybe a combination of both. Put the badges in key positions.
Actually I can call it what I want as its a first ever, think.....

[Staff]

Looks great, very 'cosworth' looking. The fact you have fitted an Aussie 4.0 is awesome. Well done.

[MAD Sapphire]

Thank you Staff. It was quite a mission and still is with the new engine.

[Staff]

These were made in Pretoria weren't they?

I'm surprised you didn't fit the factory XR8 5.0 in it.

[LUXO_8]

They're a rather boring carbureted 5.0... Lol. I'm not surprised he didn't fit it

[LTDHO]

Big fan of black cars!

[MAD Sapphire]

LOL Staff and Luxo
The 5.0 conversion was done plenty and i wanted something different. I looked at the Cosworth and Scorpio 24v engines from the UK as well but decided against it in terms of parts etc.
When the 4.0l Falcons came along i set my mind on it with the intension of turbo charging it. The Territory ST just made things easier in terms of a base starting point.
Also the 4.0l turbo won hands down in terms bang for my buck versus the 5.0, both in stock form of course.
Just having the straight 6 in my Sapph has prompted plenty interest and discussions over here and maybe more guys will do the conversion, who knows.

Black is beautiful LTDHO!

[falcon4life]

Maybe you guys can encourage Ford to export the falcon haha

[MAD Sapphire]

We did have some Falcon models here up to the XR6 Tickford version. Never the turbo models. I think its because the Falcons were not a big hit especially after the XR6 ran a bearing while being tested by a local car magazine.
I would have loved an FPV version!
Ford here are useless!