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Originally Posted by bangm001

Best thread yet DFB thankyou!!!

I think also should have mentioned that with the standard BA 6 cyl, they were 182KW standard! This was a huge jump in power at the time and from the AU 6cyl and trumped some of the V8s that were only relatively new at the time. The 2002 BA Futura we had absolutely flew! We had one of the first here in Adelaide and people gave me the thumbs up all the time in it! I think the BA was generally received well across whole of Aus.
It was then later on having experiences in the turbo models and then later again FPV that got me hooked.

Yes, going from 157 to 182 kW was quite the jump, more powerful than any XR6 before it..............as the standard engine. I REALLY liked how it made that 3.8 Holden look very old, and even the all-new wiz-bang Alloytec was no better than a Barra that was developed for a fraction of the cost.

And yes, our BA Futura felt like a rocket ship compared to the 92 kW Forrester it replaced. A bit thrashy up top, but I liked that, it actually felt and sounded like it was achieving something. Compared to a 2.2 BMW Inline 6 I sampled at the same time, that thing was almost too smooth, it spun nicely but didn't have any guts or potency to how it sounded.