snakeoilstu

Chur bro.

Cheers dude, wtf ...............like me the ford probably wont see out the deacde so I think I'll go for gold ! ...............As a further Q.........best setting for drags ? normal auto "power" or tiptronic ?

I have a modestly tuned 2009 FGT, its done 220thou and I have been pretty religious about chnaging the oil every 5000. It also has a trnsmission cooler after finding the thing goes into limp mode a bit too often on track days etc. When I say modest tune 300rwkw and 830nm peak torque at 14psi boost. I have taken it to a couple of drag meets but have found it tends to hang on the gear change, (this is in either of the two auto or the tiptronic manual settings). My mechnaic says the ZF has an input power sensor which will cut spark if it gets overloaded but he can adjust that higher, (I have an SCT X4 flash tuner - I presume that's how he adjusts it as he said he needs the tuner but not the car). My Q...if youve got this far is...is that a good idea ? I cant seem to run better than 12.9 / 111 for the quarter and I wouild love to get to low 12's or high 11's. High 11's I could compete with the slower of the street stock trailered cars. .....I drive this one to and from meets. Obviously at some stage more power will be required but if the gearbox is hanging that seems to be the weak link at the moment. If the torque input setting can be adjusted higher, is my reward likely to be a broken gearbox ? On that subject whats a reasoable box replacement to take more load or is that an absolute major. Any advice gratefully apprecaited. Stu

Had a go at the drags this weekend, 2009 FG XR6T with 300rwkw tune road tyres dropped to 25psi on the rears and ZF 6 speed box. Got some clean runs in at 12.9 secs and TV's around 110-113mph but I know its got more in it. Couple of problems, "sport" mode didnt seem to do any better than normal drive......is that what you'd expect ? On a number of runs the gearbox or something seemed to do a big stall between 1-2 and 2-3 ...............must have cost half a second each time. Seemed to happen more often in sport mode. This is with 2 hrs between runs so hard to imagine its gearbox fluid temp ? Also I had a cooler fitted to the box. Any thoughts ? Be nice to run into the high 11's.................is that doable on that power using drag slicks ? What size will fit ? 275's ? Go for a smaller rim ?

I went to get some new pads fitted and the mechanic said he couldn't get them on as the teflon ? tips to the brake pistons had warped. He suggested replacing with the steel ones used in the earlier models. This is on a 2009 xr6t with updgraded brakes - dba4000 ?....... the heat treated ones anyway slotted front rotors and standard dba slotted rotors on the rears. Don't recall the pads he got but some heavier duty than normal ones. Question is do I ; file down the originals ? replace with new teflon ones, or replace with steel ones from earlier model ? Experiences and opinions appreciated. Cheers Stu

I just got a quote from local ford agent to fix .............$665 for the shifter PCB and $1100 fitted. (that's NZ$ + 15% GST on top), Think I'll live with it !

http://www.fordmods.com/post1345965.html?hilit=zf%20problem#p1345965

Yeh I hear what you're saying but I found an excellent detailed explanation of the problem on the fordmods website. Something about little magnets attached to the shifter, and other people with the same issue so pretty sure its not oil related. Gearbox oIl cost is a bitch though - must be made from orca spleens caught by hand !

According to my guy this is likely a gearbox / electrical problem and not unheard of for the ZF 6 speed auto. No-one else come accross it ???. Anyway its off to Mr Ford for hopefully a simple fix. Stu

I have the sedan's (FG NA and then turbo). I use mine for work all the time and am allways impressed with how much sh*t you can get into them, the back seats fold down and there is a trap door to the boot so you almost have a ute with canopy anyway ! and then when it dosen't all fit they are also really good towing vehicles. Stu

I thought about doing a conversion and ended up trading mine on a turbo like everyone says. No regrets but I would add that if are going to trade it in, and you have a need for speed, you should consider getting a turbo that someone has allready boosted up a bit - (although not flogged to death), as you will probably end up doing that anyway. Just a mild around 300rwkw dosen't seem to drastically blow reliability or fuel consumption but it took me around $7k to get there from standrd turbo (I know - more money than sense). Good luck. Stu

Whats the torque ? that's usually the really impressive number on these motors.

I thought he said an extra 2L but may have got that wrong. In any case more oil was added and the box ran smoothly after that............well for the next 10,000km anyway. So concensus is that this is not some common minor glitch and more of a major probably caused by the initial underfilling ? I'll go back to the guy and see what he has to say before blasting his name over the internet. Suffice to say a NZ company so for 90% of your members not relevant. Cheers stu

2009 FG XR6T with zf 6 speed auto. 120k km it has just started not changing down on tip tronic. Only noticed as I don't usually use it but there's a hill where I allways chnage down into 4th for brakeing and went to do it this time and nothing there. Will chnage up and down 6/5 but that's it. On auto seems to work fine. No the fluffy dice and hula girl are not stopping the stick getting full travel. I got the gbox oil and filter done not long ago at about 110k km but they intially mucked up and didn't get enough oil into it (apprently there's a bit of a trick). Chnaged very rough until it went back to have the extra 2l added - then it worked fine until this - could that be a factor ? Cheers stu

Greetings oh knowledgable ones . I am thinking of getting an SS inductions modified air box and pod filter to fit to my 2009 FG XR6T. The agent claims; up to 12 additional rwkw, better low down torque, better sounds when you boot it, and an astounding 80-100km per tank improved fuel consumption with easy driving. Directed me to the ss indictions web site for tech info where the only thing I could see was a couple of vague references from some NA vehicle owners. This mod is selling for about $800 NZ and fit it yourself. I find it surprising that the people who market these sorts of things don't have some tech info to back up their claims - suggests that maybe the claims aren't correct ? I have read the other posts on this subject and would be keen to know: - has anyone tried this particular tack on and how did it go - has anyone tried anything from the Ford parts bin - if so cost and results - any alternatives or do I just forget it and save for a F6 ? Cheers Stu