495rwhp Taxi!!!! - Page 2

TadKa · 08-06-2011, 12:24 PM

Quick question. Is the sunroof aftermarket. I recall there being an issue installing sunroofs on FGs?

rodb1269 · 09-06-2011, 09:35 AM

The sunroof was fitted to the car at the local dealers it was bought from by a contract installer that fits them for HSV, FPV etc. The guy is a perfectionist when it comes to fitting them.

glavas · 09-06-2011, 01:05 PM

when i was in thailand our taxi was a evo 9 with a loud blow off vaulve

ssmicko · 09-06-2011, 01:47 PM

will tip for power skid!

Mr Hardware · 09-06-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by fasty73

He was clever and used rola roof racks, would you drill holes in thE roof of a G6ET. The picture shows the taxi sign on the roof and the camera mounted above the door. Just thought I'd show a cool looking taxi. If people don't believe it's a taxi, that's fine with me.

We do believe it is a cab
or at least i do
and i see several cabs a day
if it were a joke he wouldn't have gone to the trouble of putting the price stickers on the rear quarterglass

And it would be possible to still make money on the operating costs - A casino taxi licence would be significantly cheaper than a capital city licence - less overheads, more freedom. And if it's an owner driver car and he's able to write it off all as a business expenditure - and accept a bit of a personal cost for a bit of enjoyment - then good on him, it's an awesome thing to do.

Auturbo6 · 09-06-2011, 07:45 PM

???????? The point is to make money, not spend it. Standard falcon has enouph realiability issues, let alone a highly stressed version. lol.

**ebxr8240** · 09-06-2011, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Auturbo6

???????? The point is to make money, not spend it. Standard falcon has enough reliability issues, let alone a highly stressed version. lol.

Fun police ??
Sheesh it's his money he can do what he likes..
It's not a white limo down Canberra..
Besides it's a turbo.. It makes the power through the pedal...

blackf6 · 09-06-2011, 08:56 PM

get in, sit down, shut up and hang on.

**GasoLane** · 09-06-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Auturbo6

???????? Standard falcon has enouph realiability issues, let alone a highly stressed version. lol.

They do??

Bugger, someone must have put the wrong badges on my barge!

fasty73 · 09-06-2011, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rodb1269

The sunroof was fitted to the car at the local dealers it was bought from by a contract installer that fits them for HSV, FPV etc. The guy is a perfectionist when it comes to fitting them.

This man knows what he's talking about, he is the mechanic for casino cabs. G'day Rod. It is legal and a run way to work.

Sundeep · 09-06-2011, 10:48 PM

Impressive stuff! Some more pics would be good.

HULK EF · 09-06-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ebxr8240

Fun police ??
Sheesh it's his money he can do what he likes..
It's not a white limo down Canberra..
Besides it's a turbo.. It makes the power through the pedal...

DANG!!!?? what are we doing here congregating key board warrior style spending all our hards earned making our rides un-reliable.. Quick every one!!!! back to stock!!!!!!!!!!

waits....
waits...
waits...
tumble weed rolls past...
waits
waits..
cricket calling in the back ground of a quite country night..
waits..
waits..

anyone?........................................... .........................

Cabbie · 09-06-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fasty73

This man knows what he's talking about, he is the mechanic for casino cabs. G'day Rod. It is legal and a run way to work.

Rods going to up load, side load, reverse load or what ever he needs to do on you tub to put the video that i took on the day,he has been giving me grief on the footage that i took on the day,he has put 2 lots of footage on you tube and he was going to put the dyno run on tonight when he left work,when i left he was in the middle of fitting his true track to his car so it might not be to tomorrow.

DBourne · 10-06-2011, 09:26 AM

Perfect taxi if your destination is 400m away and you need to get there in under 13 seconds

fasty73 · 10-06-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabbie

Rods going to up load, side load, reverse load or what ever he needs to do on you tub to put the video that i took on the day,he has been giving me grief on the footage that i took on the day,he has put 2 lots of footage on you tube and he was going to put the dyno run on tonight when he left work,when i left he was in the middle of fitting his true track to his car so it might not be to tomorrow.

Got any links for the current YouTube footage?

rodb1269 · 10-06-2011, 04:06 PM

There has been a few opinions voiced on this forum about whether this is a Taxi or not, you can take it from me the mechanic for casino cabs and the person responsible for bolting together all the modifications to this car that it is in fact a NSW registered taxi. It has it's 6 monthly ATIS inspections and complies to all current NSW taxi industry requirements. That said I would like to take a few people that helped make this project come together and their support. Simon and the crew from NIZPRO Turbocharing, Matt Mason from Lismore Diffs and Chris Romano from Bob Romano Performance. If you want to have a look at one of the dyno runs go to this You Tube address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1fVjjONYYo

superpursuit83 · 10-06-2011, 04:16 PM

495hp is not a stress on these engines. I bet he does not drive with foot to floor all time.

Next trip to that casino I am booking the fast taxi

**GasoLane** · 10-06-2011, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rodb1269

There has been a few opinions voiced on this forum about whether this is a Taxi or not, you can take it from me the mechanic for casino cabs and the person responsible for bolting together all the modifications to this car that it is in fact a NSW registered taxi.

Just tell the disbelievers that they can come to Casino and hire it. If they can then prove it's not legit you'll refund their expenses !

I think they call it put up or shutup

**ebxr8240** · 10-06-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HULK EF

DANG!!!?? what are we doing here congregating key board warrior style spending all our hards earned making our rides un-reliable.. Quick every one!!!! back to stock!!!!!!!!!!

waits....
waits...
waits...
tumble weed rolls past...
waits
waits..
cricket calling in the back ground of a quite country night..
waits..
waits..

anyone?........................................... .........................

I'm no keyboard warrior.. I have built some tuff turbo engines..
Besides a turbo engine is very reliable tuned right..

FGII-XR6 · 10-06-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GT-E

Does it have taxi plates or is it just a promo car ?
You would lose money being a cab drive running a turbo on petrol.
I bet this car does not do 100,000km per year

when driving normaly a turbo gives better consumption only when you give it a boot full does it drink fuel. he should consider injected gas a good injected system actually goes better than petrol and if it's a liquid injection system you get a cold fuel that will help the turbo as well

trento · 11-06-2011, 05:19 PM

Bliddy Hell!!! Casino has just gone up a notch in my book... it's now on 1!!!

Might have to get it to give me a ride home after PRIMEX... should only take twenty minutes to get to A'ville!

FORCEDG6E · 02-07-2011, 11:59 PM

wont be so nice when its done 650,000kms

**ebxr8240** · 03-07-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kenndyla08

wont be so nice when its done 650,000kms

I wouldn't worry too much about it...

HULK EF · 03-07-2011, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ebxr8240

I'm no keyboard warrior.. I have built some tuff turbo engines..
Besides a turbo engine is very reliable tuned right..

your "sarcasim" radar must be out of whack...

Phildo · 16-07-2011, 08:03 AM

Running a taxi on petrol is only really suitable if you're doing the job as a hobby.

This guy has income from other sources (ie owning multiple taxis), so this car is a bit of fun. Not particularly profitable, but a heap of fun. But he doesn't need income from this car because there's plenty of money coming from the rest of the business.

There's a guy in Perth running an FG G6E Turbo on petrol.

Fair302 · 16-07-2011, 12:57 PM

Very cool, shame on the warriors...

There is indeed an G6ET in Perth (south of river) with 160,000km on it (used as taxi from new) and owner can't fault the car.

**DJM83** · 16-07-2011, 04:42 PM

Imagine a drunk night then gettin in that thing, would be one cab rise where you wouldn't mind going the long way home

Trent Boxall · 16-07-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fasty73

Can I email someone a couple of pics to put up please? It is proof of an FG GE6 taxi with 495RWHP!!! I only have my iPhone to post from.

sounds like a taxi i want to catch

Trent Boxall · 16-07-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kenndyla08

wont be so nice when its done 650,000kms

shouldnt take too long to rack up, 4 years? look out for a dirt cheap g6e slightly high in miealage.

Trent Boxall · 16-07-2011, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Auturbo6

???????? The point is to make money, not spend it. Standard falcon has enouph realiability issues, let alone a highly stressed version. lol.

mechanical sympothy? as long as your havin fun mate