winter bft Member 56 Member For: 16y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: melbourne Posted 27/05/10 09:17 AM Share Posted 27/05/10 09:17 AM g'day all, just wondering what people are doing to their zf transmissions to hold up some big power? I have heard a few things such as replacing the input shaft with a fg one (apparently they're stronger) and adding clutch packs to some gears (is it all gears or just some?). can anyone shed some light on what I can/need to do, what parts I'll need and roughly how much the parts will cost. thanks heaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILES Donating Members 103 Member For: 16y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 27/05/10 10:27 AM Share Posted 27/05/10 10:27 AM I've been wondering about this as well so any help would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke them tyres Member 557 Member For: 16y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 30/05/10 11:38 AM Share Posted 30/05/10 11:38 AM Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 26d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 30/05/10 11:49 AM Share Posted 30/05/10 11:49 AM Give Kewish or Dominello's a call.Not sure what is involved but im pretty sure the cost is roughly 4k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 30/05/10 11:58 AM Share Posted 30/05/10 11:58 AM for mine the guys in WA are the best from what I have read (F6 Ute/ F6 Tornado both seem to be all over it),I was lucky, my car was starting to intermittently not like a manual downchange fron 3rd to 2nd.A thorough flush, replaced fluid with transmax Z and a change of pan filter has made a huge difference.Good maintenance , some mechanical sympathy may help.I love a good skid and giving it a hit, but these cars like others get expensive to fix when broken.Higher power requires better servicing. Not rocket science but it can't hurt. Not cheap either.Just remember a lot of us are pumping 40% plus more power than std OEM tolerances.We play , be prepared to pay. Hate to trundle out the old mantra.As said a good service program is a good starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP_HSV HOON Member 1,636 Member For: 14y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: W.A Posted 30/05/10 02:37 PM Share Posted 30/05/10 02:37 PM what do you class as big power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji_vs Donating Members 403 Member For: 16y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: East Suburbs Melbourne Posted 30/05/10 11:17 PM Share Posted 30/05/10 11:17 PM I think anything higher than 300rwkw would be classed as big power seeing as stock they are putting out about 200rwkw. 100kw is a lot of strain. 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 30/05/10 11:54 PM Share Posted 30/05/10 11:54 PM The input shaft in a BF changes directly to a FG Shaft and over the two models there have been about 4~5 different heat treatments.$4k is way over the top in my opinion and I have done many but I guess some people have BIG Overheads.In most cases now the input shaft is OK depending on the tuners ability and the quality of tires you use. Find out who does ZF's near you and get a quote on the work they will be doing broken down into parts and Labour then see what you are getting!!!!.A late model FG might just need some pistons modifications and some extra clutch plates & Discs resulting in Just $500 or less in parts, Input Shafts another $500 if needed. Labour to remove and replace and oil. GST etc etc Typically they are very good and cheap to do so look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 26d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 31/05/10 08:19 AM Share Posted 31/05/10 08:19 AM Yeah it does matter how far you go. The figure I threw up was just something you would give one if these auto shops and they give you something that will handle 450kw. It's no quote. Everyone will have different requirements though. BTW F6 you say you build them? Do you want another one to build? 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 31/05/10 10:51 PM Share Posted 31/05/10 10:51 PM NO!! I built heaps and have taught two Tuners in WA how to do them so now I can leave it all to them. I help them out and they both do a good job but these small transmissions are just toys as I usually work on the Bigger ZF stuff.Just shop around and most of all get a quote on what they are actually doing and what parts they are putting in or intend to put in. I think some just charge BIG $$$$ because its a ZF and its made in Germany ahhahaha People naturally think it will cost a fortune to fix and that's simply not the case.I just cant comprehend the price some people charge when I know first hand what they cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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