jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 20y 10m Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 06/05/06 11:41 AM Share Posted 06/05/06 11:41 AM (so unlike Al to have a chat) ← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOCK Team Grandpa Donating Members 1,921 Member For: 18y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: Hunter Valley Posted 06/05/06 01:10 PM Author Share Posted 06/05/06 01:10 PM Thanks guys, now that you say it, its a very short change. that's what you get when you dont have a redline on the tacho. What is Ford thinking????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 19y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 06/05/06 11:45 PM Share Posted 06/05/06 11:45 PM Thanks guys, now that you say it, its a very short change. that's what you get when you dont have a redline on the tacho. What is Ford thinking?????Everyone who has got in the drivers seat of my car that has never sat in an BA/BF XR comments on the dash and how good it looks... and then asks why there is no redline on the tacho... they all think it's stupid...And so do I...Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSIX Member 566 Member For: 19y 1m 6d Posted 07/05/06 05:09 AM Share Posted 07/05/06 05:09 AM and then asks why there is no redline on the tacho... they all think it's stupid...Also the Tacho moves very slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopism Tractor Driver Member 709 Member For: 18y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/05/06 03:00 AM Share Posted 08/05/06 03:00 AM Thanks guys, now that you say it, its a very short change. that's what you get when you dont have a redline on the tacho. What is Ford thinking?????←Because the redline is variable. If the engine oil and trans fluid (on the ZF trans) is not up to temperature, the redline is lower than normal temps. Also, if the trans gets too hot, the ECU will lower the redline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 2m 14d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 08/05/06 12:07 PM Share Posted 08/05/06 12:07 PM Thanks guys, now that you say it, its a very short change. that's what you get when you dont have a redline on the tacho. What is Ford thinking?????←Because the redline is variable. If the engine oil and trans fluid (on the ZF trans) is not up to temperature, the redline is lower than normal temps. Also, if the trans gets too hot, the ECU will lower the redline.←Hes right you know.... And when everything is running normal, and you've done about 15 minutes worth of spirited driving (and therefore getting a full 200 point score (look it up)) then you'll get a 6250 redline instead.....Also note that, in 1st and 2nd gears, the tacho is almost always about 0.1s behind reality; this could be anything between a 50 and 300 rpm difference depending on your acceleration rate and gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltint Member 686 Member For: 21y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast QLD Posted 08/05/06 03:14 PM Share Posted 08/05/06 03:14 PM (so unlike Al to have a chat) ← ←Why is everybody always pickin' on me. Is it a crime to love cars and like to talk about them sheese, get off my back.Now back to the issue at hand. I did have a few issues with the 6 speed auto not doing what I had read it was supposed to so I had the dealer look at it on the 3,000km service. Basically it wasn't kicking down as I thought it should under reasonable throttle load when going up hill and occassionally it wouldn't rev out after some spirited driving, once it made a very loud bang when I changed up when this happened.Anyway I took it in for the service and it's been good ever since. I think they reflashed it with the latest update. Bear in mind that mine is an early build (No. 61) so I just figured they were still sorting them out.As for first gear I find it very difficult to judge the best shift point when in manual mode under acceleration, it just seems to rev out so quickly and sometimes it does seem to be a little slow (at the same revs) to change into 2nd. Maybe that's the variable redline cutoff at work I'm not really sure.As for the point accumulation thing is there a way of knowing how many points you have at any given time? I have experienced the 6,250rpm cutout a few times it's quite surprising when it does it and your not expecting it.Must go now no more time to chat, I've got to get some beauty sleep before the FPV Drive day tomorrow, er I mean today. Night all.Big AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 08/05/06 09:41 PM Share Posted 08/05/06 09:41 PM One of those bloody moderators must have edited my post Al......you know I've never taken the p!ss out of anyone before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macktheknife Xtreme Xalted Member Donating Members 3,112 Member For: 21y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: BrisVegas Posted 08/05/06 10:23 PM Share Posted 08/05/06 10:23 PM One of those bloody moderators must have edited my post Al......you know I've never taken the p!ss out of anyone before.← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogster Member 4 Member For: 18y 8m 17d Posted 08/05/06 10:49 PM Share Posted 08/05/06 10:49 PM I have a new BF xr6 BF auto (1300k) and have noticed when I change from 1st to 2nd at around 5 to 6,000rpm their is a noticeable shudder - so suspect it normal - every other gear change as smooth as silk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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