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Anyone noticed when the ABS does it s self check that the sound has gotten louder ? my car has done 160k. just wondering if this is a sign of wear or because its a taxi it starts up more often than the family car ?

I think I have found the problem with the noise up front. I have to move the flex further back behind the main cat,its too close to the merge, the mixing of the exhaust gas at this point creating the buzz in the flex.

160k for the trans service. If it has been done you should be able to track it through the dealerships records. things like the serpentine belts brake rotors and pads and fuel filters are worth checking too.

After trialling several different size pods, this one is the best. The larger pods seemed to choke power and response, even my mechanic noticed the difference with this pod.

thats wicked talk about bench testing !

Hi everyone back from holidays. I am reasonably happy with the new merge mod, I still have a little bit of buzzing up front, not sure if there is a pin hole somewhere or if its the mixing at the collector, I only hear it under load.

the only drone I get now is below 1400 rpm in top, and thats bearable.

Needs an intake transplant too, it has a bit of a raspy bark, something that i might have killed on mine with resonator and hotdog setup. One question, did they do anything to thr front Y pipe ?

All the caltex service stations down here are dropping 95 premium and putting in 98 premium.

Hey Daryl, AVG came up with a warning for that site as a scamming or phishing site,.

I changed mine last service and it was as black as the ace of spades ! I wont leave it as long between changes.

I noted while under the car fixing last mod it would be difficult to do a full twin system, the only problem is doing a twin hi flow side by side secondary cat setup. Other than that it would be easy down to the mufflers.

Are you talking about women or a car in general sense? I don't really like big butts at all. I do like a well shaped ass, but nothing Latin sized. As for cars, I don't like large rear ends either. It's just that song was the first thing that came to mind when I enterred the thread. singing about commodore omega. lol

best not to take a risk with the belt, if the service centre or dealer replaced the belt there should be a sticker or note in service book. with the 3ltr v6 the waterpump is changed at the 300k belt change.

I like weekends.

Here are the before and after Y pipe refit. much smoother and less noise from the middle of the exhaust.

Thanks all I was enquiring for a mate with a presara, I think he was looking to upgrade.

After explaining to the exhaust mech's, I went in to get it fixed and guess what ,they were going to replace it with another pressed cone collector BUGGER! anyway went to another one and they had 1 welded collector in stock and booked in monday arvo to get it in.

Has anyone heard of any development of a completely new (not facelift) Aurion ?

I too wish you could remove both the pre cats, but it would send an error, that is why I could only remove the pre cat on the rear bank and put its o2 sensor next to the 02 sensor on the front bank. on a side note Im replacing the collector tomorrow with a solid one Im sick of the buzz from the pressed cone collector,. Will let you know how that goes. I am going to look also if there was room to run the pipes seperate with sise by side hi flow cats,and twin all the way from there. maybe a, pardon the pun, but a pipedream.

Got the MAF adaptor in for nearly 2 weeks, a much happier car now, only the one glitch when I put caltex 98in (just intruduced here). threw an error, but gone back to 91 ulp and going well, dont see the need for 95 ulp now. pics tom.

Even though I dont get my Aurion serviced with them, CO-OP TOYOTA in Hobart get the gong as I had my car booked in 2 weeks in advance for the transmision sevice, they forgot to order pan gasket therefore I had to do it a week later, which I was not happy about. They rectified the problem by doing the sevice FREE of charge. So there are dealers out there who do care about customer service.

The sx6 as a base model in the sport range is a good start, as you get the sports pack (spoiler, side skirts alloy wheels) at a slightly cheaper price than the zr6. If you like leather though, then the zr6 is the go, the sx6 comes in sport cloth.

Well I did say: My K&N is getting dirty rather quickly strangely enough (visual appearance anyways, but any excuse will do), so I may look into ordering an 'S&B' air filter from the States as mentioned previously and then experimenting with removing the reducer. Only thing is, as with anything I do, I'll have to take it back to the 1/4 to make sure I haven't lost any power. It's certainly cheaper than a dyno, but still... for $40 each time I go, I'm kinda over going. What I have now feels to me like it works so I am becoming less inclined to change it. Well I'll put an S&B on, but I don't know about the reducer just yet. sorry Daryl I missed that info. lack of sleep.