This Is Why The XR8 Ute Will Always Be Wanted!

[@Bluterus]

4.10 gears are the best thing I've done to my bf 6 speed ute. Mines cammed, yella terra plenum with twin 65mm throttles, 25% underdrive and pulls along pretty well. 4.10 really remove the low end doughiness and 3rd gear lag

[@RossReviewsau]

Yup spot on with diff gears makes a huge difference

[@samedwards7380]

What cams are you using?

[@tropicalboy725]

Hhahay

[@wester42]

I’m looking at upgrading from my BA mk2 xr8 Ute to an fgx sedan and I just know I’ll miss that angry boss 260, it just puts a smile on your face and makes any day brighter

[@RossReviewsau]

FGX xr8? The boss is fantastic but the Miami is better

[@MrMerlinPower]

Awesome review. I love my BA XR8 Manual. I had it out today and they just make you smile. You know that it's not going to be setting any land speed records but the noise and theatre of it all and having fun driving is what it's about! I'll never sell mine!

[@RossReviewsau]

Exactly right mate! The theatre of it is why it’s so damn good

[@Xlerv8]

Awesome review Ross, love those old school v8 sounds, also the comfort of a bigger Engine. Missing these Aussie built Fords big time.

[@RossReviewsau]

The best eh🇦🇺👌

[@petermanuel7128]

Great review of the Ute, Ross. Sounds so good. Pretty quick on the second 0-100 run.

[@RossReviewsau]

Not half bad eh! But the noise is what sells them 🔥👌

[@jacksoncooper4783]

Managed to get 6.0 flat in my 5 speed 🙃. 230k kms and still healthy af Awesome review mate! Those sounds 👌

[@jacksoncooper4783]

@@RossReviewsau couldn't agree more! 💯

[@BJL2142]

test drove a ba xr8 today, was blown away with how smooth it was compared to the au 302 i had driven earlier this week, so im buying the BA! :)

[@pete508]

Of course you loved it Johnny mate it's like you're back in your old beast,it's no race winner but that sound alone is why you own these Utes how bloody good is it lol,driving it must of brought back fond memories of your own Ute for sure,you killed it once again nice one buddy.

[@RossReviewsau]

Was a joy to drive mate loved the old ute

[@pnr9730]

I miss my XR8 BA 6 SPEED she was metallic black blue flec Sold her for 9.5 4 years ago. To many roos around my new place and needed a 4x4. Kicking myself as I miss her.

[@Berg-vm5ht]

I have the Same colour BF UTE manual for sale if you miss it so much

[@shreckm6470]

If you really want a ute to sound good drop the tail pipes pointing down infront of the diff it uses the bed like a soundboard and gives an awesome rumble.

[@justin3131ify]

True, but turn downs are purely for the pleasure of the occupants in the vehicle though, and not so much for the people you drive by, as turning down the exits of any exhaust system will lower external decible levels. 👍 On a ute ya want down turned dumpies exiting each side just in front of the rear tyres, and on a 45 degree angle from the centre of the car, with 45 degree dumps.

[@shreckm6470]

@@justin3131ify Get your point mate but I can't stand that bloody boy racer crackle leave that to crowd with less cubes. Still the best way to bring out the best sound from a V8.

[@justin3131ify]

@@shreckm6470 H piped as well I should have added.

[@missinglink4205]

Gotta love the sound of Australia 👍🇦🇺🍻

[@RossReviewsau]

Oh heck yes mate

[@B00stedbarra12]

Dead right boy

[@jordanscarreviews6164]

Noice review mate. I sent you a email when you were still in Japan. Can’t wait for the next review. To Ross Reviews From Jordan’s car reviews

[@AnthonySlavin]

It's got a wicked note! Certainly not wrong about that Ross.👍 It's quite a nice looking ute too. Especially the bright Yellow! My compliments to the owner. They can handle quite well and very torquey. If set up properly with lowered suspension,shocks and a Brembo brake upgrade they'll stick to the road like shit to a blanket and stop on a dyme.😅 I've owned 2 of these Ba XR8 utes, 1 early model and 1 mk2. The 6 speed is amazing on fuel and the gear ratios are closer together making it even more enjoyable to drive. These engines love to rev but can be quite expensive to work off their heads. With a few simple mods such as nice set of Extractors,full 2/5 inch Exhaust,Cold air intake and Tune these Engines will really suprise you. I agree though that if you're chasing huge power it will be very costly. Awesome video and thanks for sharing it!👌😃

[@RossReviewsau]

Cheers mate

[@phild1031]

Great review! Have an 05 6speed BA myself, Header back exhaust, Bluepower intake and Bluepower tuned. Love it and the noise it makes (which is exactly why I bought it). Using a video seem to get just under 6sec 0-100 with good tyres, quick enough for a bit of fun espeically when the daily is a lot slower.

[@RossReviewsau]

Definitely good tires make all the difference hooking up! Good fun launching

[@RhinoPerformance]

Love a rapid yellow B series Falcon, makes me miss driving my rapid yellow Turbo manual

[@RossReviewsau]

Love the yellow eh such a good colour

[@kanelewis4556]

I have had a XR6 Turbo BA 4 speed auto and I now have a BA XR8 5 speed manual Ute and the take of and instant power and yes the sound of the Ute is why better and they do handle pretty good also. but the turbo is good when boost kicks in and also is an amazing car but over all it depends what your taste is at the end of the day

[@B00stedbarra12]

Ross I think you need to review some of the cars here in Tasmania mate, you get some very rare and interesting cars over here, I hope you committ to this because I've seen alot rare Australian cars I haven't seen in Western Australia.

[@RossReviewsau]

Man I would love that.. I’m hoping to travel more this summer

[@B00stedbarra12]

@@RossReviewsau do it, it's worth it brother ! Australia's second oldest state, absolutely different to Western Australia

[@Cairnsxr8]

Awesome video mate love it

[@RossReviewsau]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@avonrastonar]

XR6, XR8, SS or Maloo, Ute's are just the best brother. I miss having a ute. There was only room for me and my lunch box!! I liked your ute. First time I saw you took your Canadian brother out, that's also when I subscribed 😀

[@Matthew330ba]

Go the 4.11 diff & bump the rev limiter, completely different beast. I’m currently in the process of trying to save mine since some inconsiderate person tee-boned it coming out of a driveway 😞 she copped a big whack, but hopefully she’ll pull thru

[@RossReviewsau]

Great mod them diff gears 👌🇦🇺 hope you can get it all sorted mate

[@Matthew330ba]

Thanks Ross

[@MrJohnRhee]

dang I thought you got your old ute back for a day. love the grins on your face!

[@RossReviewsau]

I wish I was my old one! Haha I’d have to buy it back then

[@aussiejosh1988]

These motors were actually in the ford F150 lightning in the states with a supercharger making 280kws. Ford Australia made some changes to it and produced 260kws without a supercharger

[@RossReviewsau]

its a truck motor i know! haha massive thing

[@s4ss.m8]

I remember I came to your channel not long after you got your XR8 and scared your brother 😂

[@RossReviewsau]

🤣 yup that was an awesome video

[@JustyaAverageJoe]

i have almost an identical ute to this but with a custom flatbed tray, same 6 speed and growler intake and mines got roush headers n full twin 2.5" xforce exhaust (no mufflers) and sounds very similar :) mine spins all of 1st and 2nd with stock 17s and in the wet 4th gear at 80roll will insta spin to 200+kph rear wheel speed lol hell of alot of fun and i got mine 3 years ago for 8k with 130,000ks but it got battered by a hail storm not long after i got it so since then i stopped caring about it and absolutely thrashed the hell out of it since and not once has it broken down. think im on my 6th or 7th set of rear tires in 2 years and the otehr day got a letter in the mailbox saying there has been too many noise complaints about the ute so the government cancelled my friggin rego....

[@RossReviewsau]

Are you kidding me!! That’s not right at all! I can’t stand the way the worlds turning with all these Karen’s 🤬

[@simoncutajar6757]

Great review. Sounds sooo good.

[@RossReviewsau]

Love the noise

[@giovannitodaro589]

😍😍 best model ford!!! Best colour!! Best review Jono 💪

[@RossReviewsau]

Agreed brother 🤤

[@bigdaddy741098]

I have the same car, except it's a black auto sedan.... so not the same at all lol. It has a pacemaker catback quad exhaust but it doesn't sound as sweet as that. You suggested once I should get it tuned, I looked into that and just ended up confused with so many people having so many different opinions who are all apparently experts. Every shop that has a decent online presence is either in Vic or over on your side, but I'm in the mid north coast of NSW, plus shop prices of dyno tuning are astronomical. Are there any good alternatives or options you can recommend? Or considering I'm probably going to sell it soon, should I not even bother (I was thinking it might be a good selling point if it has a tune that makes it perform/run better, plus I'll get to enjoy it for a bit lol). Sorry for all the questions, but I'm sure you can tell I know nothing of these things, and I trust you wouldn't give me bad advice.

[@phild1031]

Had mine tuned not long ago, albeit a manual. You can notice the extra torque in gear but I wouldnt say its a night and day difference made an extra 15rwkw peak but made more across the full range too. Everything is a bit nicer though, took the idle up a bit, more torque, better fuel economy and sounds a bit better too. I think it was worth it as I plan to keep it long term but if you are selling it I doubt itd be worth it, I wouldn't pay extra for one that was tuned probably less likely to buy it with more mods

[@bigdaddy741098]

@@phild1031 thanks for the info Phil. Being an auto from what I've read I should be able to improve shifts, responsiveness and economy, plus I was hoping it might make it sound better again. And yeah I am worried that getting it tuned may make it less desirable if people think it's been thrashed. But out of interest did a shop dyno it, or did you do one of the handheld flash units? Are you willing to share how much it cost you, or even just a ballpark figure for the work you had done?

[@phild1031]

@@bigdaddy741098 Mine was done on a dyno, wouldn’t recommend a generic tune. The sct handheld devices are old tech now it seems most shops will be using pcmtec which allows a heap more changes but no device so need to go back to flash it back to stock or anything. Prices are on the Bluepower site for theirs was $1095 for the tune and cooler thermostat, assume most places are fairly similar. Auto shift points and firmness should be able to be adjusted too.

[@bigdaddy741098]

@@phild1031 yeah every shop I saw was selling the x3 model which turns out is discontinued, so that's old old old tech lol. Some sites made it seem like you couldn't even tune a BA without one of those things. I think you're right, there's no real benefit in spending that much in my situation, I just got it in my head that doing this would appeal to buyers if I end up having to sell it because it might make the auto seem a bit more exciting if that makes any sense. It only makes sense to sell it if I can cash in on the increased market value, and I don't know if autos are in that much demand. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to help

[@05twalsh]

You have to get one again, you can’t beat that sound

[@RossReviewsau]

One day!

[@deputycartman]

Love a good XR8. 👍🏻

[@RossReviewsau]

They are awesome

[@Paulee40]

They a awesome car / ute as I have an XR8 sedan and a FPV ute both V8

[@RossReviewsau]

Good stuff mate! Absolutely love them

[@djvali9577]

offf love the noise

[@RossReviewsau]

😈😈😈

[@OldStyleGarage]

Just got my first v8 2003 BA XR8 running driving 206 thous ks btr auto interiors mint and full service history for 2500 legit only 2500 and im the 3rd owner as previous owner got it from there inlaws and they are buying a house so they just wanted any extra money they could get so guess i got a absolute bargin just passed a rwc cant wait to see how a v8 is after only driving v6 holdens and fords

[@RossReviewsau]

Good stuff man

[@OldStyleGarage]

@@RossReviewsau just got it regoed this morning just got back from my first drive it in and wow the sound of the engine is insane!

[@davidforeman2734]

I have a 2008 XR6 Auto in black and love it.

[@RossReviewsau]

Nice work

[@markjinkinson3025]

I'm running a throttle control in my 05 ute...takes that lag you get with the 260...

[@RossReviewsau]

Would help I’m sure

[@deltaforceshuttles3749]

Ross c’on man you gotta get another Ute it’s just way too good of a practical car in a neat package / gimme that over a horrible sedan anyday Twice on Sunday

[@simonmazzotti2712]

Great video

[@RossReviewsau]

Thanks bro

[@benkeyte8187]

Gorgeous ❤️ cheers Ross

[@RossReviewsau]

Thank you

[@jamiechippett1566]

How much would my yellow XR6 bf 2005 rip curl edition ute be worth? Non turbo but has extractors. Goes like a gun when tuned.

[@310ingyou2]

Can hear your aussie accents starting to set in a lil 😄

[@RossReviewsau]

Cheers mate 🤙🇦🇺

[@chrissmith9854]

That sound 👌👌👌

[@RossReviewsau]

So good ain’t it 🙌😆

[@chrisbrown4686]

Epic sounding car. 👍

[@RossReviewsau]

So good eh

[@kornstargaming7245]

What type of exhaust was on this, manta, x-force?

[@RossReviewsau]

Pacemaker headers and a custom 2.5 inch system

[@kornstargaming7245]

@@RossReviewsau Cheers Ross

[@MauricePiccolo]

@@RossReviewsau what’s the exact setup of the exhaust ?

[@J1-tiger]

Make a updated video on this car Ross

[@plumbs7199]

At least u can flat foot it and not go sideways like a worked turbo Barra!

[@RossReviewsau]

😂 as long as your not in first your safe in this

[@_wallnutz_]

I think I saw actual grass growing on the side of the road over there.

[@RossReviewsau]

It’s been a very wet winter! 🤣 rare sight to see natural grass there

[@lachlanbugg3460]

Hey man love the content always all vids. Here to share got a similar car. Bf fpv super pursuit in dark blue

[@mahangaberryman6763]

Car's just as clean as your haircut

[@RossReviewsau]

😎

[@phillipnorris5261]

I am buying a bf 2006 6 speed auto xr8 is it worth buying one sedan

[@LAMethWitch]

Ok … I WANT ONE!

[@RossReviewsau]

Me too 😁

[@slickbackjack]

I want one, can’t have one yet. On red p’s

[@RossReviewsau]

Come to WA all good

[@stuartrodgers3783]

Fun fun Fun

[@RossReviewsau]

Fun!

[@tonywilkey4369]

Good one Jono you use the bikini principal " brief and cover the important parts " I hope you gave the owner half a tank of fuel cause I reckon you used that much with all your flat footing Ha Ha Tony

[@RossReviewsau]

🤣🤣🤣 yup only cut to the good parts eh

[@antisocialborn]

As boat anchors?

[@RossReviewsau]

As noise makers

[@matty00866]

Ive got an 07 xr8 with same mods but on 19's and i dont really build any revs on it when i take off from the lights or it will spin, and usually when i snap 2nd gear the back end pops out on it aswell still. Currently trying to sell it but its weighing heavily on me on weather to let it go or keep it. Ive had it for 9 years so i dunno how i will feel when its gone and after looking at the used car markets there really isnt much around for that 20-25k as it is

[@RossReviewsau]

I regret selling the Ute tho I love my F6 to death.. I wish I had both

[@jamespavier1624]

Every one needs to own a V8 some time in there life that sound👏👍

[@RossReviewsau]

Amen brother

[@andrewzuiderduyn3159]

Are you in Perth now or still in Japan

[@_wallnutz_]

It's a Japanese delivered ute.

[@andrewzuiderduyn3159]

Are you sure mate

[@RossReviewsau]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RossReviewsau]

Back in aus

[@andrewzuiderduyn3159]

That's good to see you back in Perth

[@anishchand4420]

On BA-BF XR8 cars and utes has anybody done a Coyote Swap on one of these ?

[@RossReviewsau]

That would be cool

[@anishchand4420]

@@RossReviewsau Coyote swaps are done heaps in USA the trend hasn't started here yet.

[@MrBigbrobeaz]

Beautiful 💛🖤💛🖤🐯🇦🇺

[@RossReviewsau]

Love the yellow

[@petergaltry4529]

My six cylinder BMW M3 drove faster and handled better but shit I love driving my 2004 XR8 manual, with a Catback system on it, as my daily. The sound of that big 5.4 lump at 4000 rpm is just like heaven to the ears. So much so that I sold the BMW and kept the Ute 😆Each night when I'm entering the local freeway tunnel, I turn off the radio, wind the windows down a bit and just listen......... Is there an age limit to being a lout? A responsible lout I mean😉

[@sykcnt8012]

NO

[@WEESTEST]

Isnt that your old 1?

[@RossReviewsau]

No not my old one but similar

[@jamesaustralian9829]

Put a NASCAR engine and 3 inch exhaust into a Kingswood wagon, and drive around with the back window wound down.

[@RossReviewsau]

Sounds fun

[@hazhof]

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[@mvnorsel6354]

A pity you ignore all Mitsubishi and Toyota cars of the era.

[@RossReviewsau]

If people would let me review them I would show them off

[@sykcnt8012]

For obvious reasons.. BORING

[@anbu999]

70 series with v8 engine sounds better IMO but slow as hell

[@RossReviewsau]

Love a 70 beast