EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/04/06 12:04 PM Share Posted 22/04/06 12:04 PM I would have thought 2nd gear would have lasted for longer.I guess that's why when I come to a stop in Sports Sequential manual mode in my BF 6 speed auto that instead of dropping back to 1st gear (like in my previous BA XR6 4 speed auto), it drops back to only 2nd gear. I asked Ford if this was normal behaviour, as my BA dropped back to 1st stopping at the lights, and they said it was. 1st gear in Sports Sequential manual mode definitely does not last long before I have to shift up to 2nd gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFXR6T Member 23 Member For: 18y 8m 11d Posted 22/04/06 12:34 PM Author Share Posted 22/04/06 12:34 PM I would have thought 2nd gear would have lasted for longer.I guess that's why when I come to a stop in Sports Sequential manual mode in my BF 6 speed auto that instead of dropping back to 1st gear (like in my previous BA XR6 4 speed auto), it drops back to only 2nd gear. I asked Ford if this was normal behaviour, as my BA dropped back to 1st stopping at the lights, and they said it was. 1st gear in Sports Sequential manual mode definitely does not last long before I have to shift up to 2nd gear.←Evil, can you take off in 2nd OK or does it drop to 1st as soon as you accelerate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSIX Member 566 Member For: 19y 26d Posted 22/04/06 01:51 PM Share Posted 22/04/06 01:51 PM Mate of mine stalls his up in 2nd gets it up to 2300/2400 rpm, flicks it back to 1st then takes of, took 2/10ths of his time.When I tried this it stalled up a bit, then went back to 1st on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/04/06 02:22 PM Share Posted 22/04/06 02:22 PM Evil, can you take off in 2nd OK or does it drop to 1st as soon as you accelerate?Hi BFXR6T,Yes, you can take off in 2nd okay, but it's not as fast as if you push the stick forward into 1st gear before you take off.I've not tried stalling it in 2nd gear for a take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 25/04/06 03:35 PM Share Posted 25/04/06 03:35 PM Same as this one http://www.ford.com.au/about/newsroom/2005...-20050817-3.aspBut still no mention of top speeds.One thing that you haven't allowed for Lawsy is the ECU trying to keep everything under control. Doesn't the ZF have different rev limiter points for different gears or something? ←Yeah, under max load the 1-2,2-3 and 3-4 increases the rev limit by 200 - 250rpm so you get absolute max acceleration from each gear.Regardless, the actual rev limiter, when it is not in this transient state, is 6000rpm. I'd say its fairly safe to run with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Donating Members 3,726 Member For: 18y 8m Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 25/04/06 11:40 PM Share Posted 25/04/06 11:40 PM Thanks guys.I too would have thought 2nd would be higher, but I can understand these low speeds in the manual.EvilDaifu or Bionic, can either of you confirm if the BF XR6T speeds are the same as the manual or closer to the Typhoon speeds?CheersSimon←Yeah 2nd and 3rd definatly rev out alot higher. I havnt properly checked it but 2nd goes over 100KPH to about 110KPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f6jet Member 19 Member For: 18y 6m 21d Posted 29/04/06 10:52 AM Share Posted 29/04/06 10:52 AM Hi Guys, Are the xr6t and the fpv turbo 6 speed auto the same?Sounds like the fpv trans has been beefed up. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 21y 6m 24d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 30/04/06 11:58 AM Share Posted 30/04/06 11:58 AM Hi Guys, Are the xr6t and the fpv turbo 6 speed auto the same?Sounds like the fpv trans has been beefed up. Cheers Chris←Yes they are the same bar the tuning of the shifts. The F6 has a more agressive shift pattern and shift speeds are a bit quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzy Member 14 Member For: 17y 3m 12d Posted 22/07/08 07:16 AM Share Posted 22/07/08 07:16 AM I have read that the ZF is built to handle 600nm, is this correct? at what point of HP have people been strengthening them? and what is involved in the strengthening process? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 12d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 22/07/08 07:17 AM Share Posted 22/07/08 07:17 AM At the moment there really isn't anything that needs to be done until you go well over 400rwkw. There really isn't much you can do to them either - what are your plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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