Headsex Donating Members 2,528 Member For: 19y 4m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 21/05/10 02:46 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 02:46 AM ZF longevity is very well governed by how much torque reduction is left in the tune .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 21/05/10 02:48 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 02:48 AM Mine was pushing 450rwhp out of the box for over a few years and it never missed a beat (back then), however my power comes on a but more gradually with only about 700Nm of torque, as opposed to the OP's figure of 1100Nm of torque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icer Banned 2,335 Member For: 15y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: Aspendale, Vic. Posted 21/05/10 03:25 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 03:25 AM torque reduction ftw!Lets all set it to 0! .... avo fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6_Tornado F6+300+ Member 940 Member For: 20y 1m 11d Location: In The Ute Posted 21/05/10 03:37 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 03:37 AM You bought it with over 90K on it and jacked up the HP with a wog tune so its bound to slip.Just beef it up before you screw it altogether. hell it might even cost a grand max! but that's cheap because ounce it snaps the input shaft and it takes out the intermediate shaft your up for easy $3k.Input shafts are $400.00 alone.The tuner will have a lot to do with the longevity of the ZF depending on how he deals with the torque tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv EPC Member Donating Members 1,598 Member For: 16y 16d Gender: Male Posted 21/05/10 04:50 AM Author Share Posted 21/05/10 04:50 AM Yes boost comes on pretty hard, I get 16psi pretty much instantly and trails to 15 through the rev range.Although I am lucky I can still cruise the car and get all gears, hopefully its not too big of a job to strengthen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6_Tornado F6+300+ Member 940 Member For: 20y 1m 11d Location: In The Ute Posted 21/05/10 05:25 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 05:25 AM Its about an hours work once the box is on the bench and takes very little to beef up the box to handle way more that your would ever give it.JUST dont wait till its gone BANG! Prevention is better than cure and way cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/05/10 06:04 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 06:04 AM They just replace the input shaft and the clutch packs for 1st 3rd and 6th dont they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 21/05/10 06:13 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 06:13 AM Replace input shaft with the updated heat treated one, and pack in extra clutch packs in some gears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winter bft Member 56 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: melbourne Posted 21/05/10 08:18 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 08:18 AM can anyone recommend a good transmission place in melb that can do this to my auto while I've still got the car apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,432 Member For: 14y 11m 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/05/10 09:52 AM Share Posted 21/05/10 09:52 AM so you got it serviced 2 weeks ago...and now just died? doesnt make sense. seems very odd, who did the service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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