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my brother came to canberra on the the anzac weekend in his new ba xr8 falcon ,because of double demerit points we only accellerated from a standing start to 110kph on the highway.hard to admit but he beat me every time, even if i got the jump on him he would just cruise buy.i know his car has a v8 and 260kw but it weighs nearly 2 tonne.i know i'm being[stuipid] ,well ,i just hate getting beat ,making it worse my brother rubbed it in a bit,considering his car has no mods at all [soon to have exhaust and maybe chipped] i will need to find more kw's soon for the rematch.any suggestions ? i already have 3" exhaust[ cat back] and pod filter and std boost.budget is tight so maybe include prices as well.:D

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Sorry to say, but what did you expect!

you can not compare a 2003 model car to a 93-98 model.

Yes, the R33 is an awsome package for the price. PRICE being to word!! What did your brother pay for his BA V8? Take this price, then subtract your price, then use the differance to modify your car. Now that's what you will call an even match up! But be careful as with the resulting power, from your mods, it will be hard to get traction and the BA have traction control!

Get a front/down pipe and a hi-flow cat. A cat back is practically useless only looks good. You may also be loosing power due to your pod sucking up hot air from the engine. Only use a pod when it is partitioned with a cold air feed. Use you std air box, with snorkle, and put a good hi-flow filter replacement.

Also increase boost to 12-13psi max, via a bleed valve (preferably switchable between low:7psi and high:12-13psi).

After these mods it start to get a little more expensive.

Just my 2c

Alan

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