Bayswater Auto'S Thumbs Up!

[Full Monty]

I originally had my box setup by Phil at Bayswater Auto's 2 years ago, installing Cryo treated AU planetaries, high energy band, serrated BF spec clutch packs, no servo mods, oil pump mods or Torque Converter change.

Been running 310rwkw during the past 2 years, including some advanced driver training / track days and general flogging.

The box has stood up to this abuse without a problem, just added a B&M trans cooler before doing any power mods. I just decided it was time for the box to come out and be checked over by Phil, replace anything looking suspect.

To my delight, everything looked great, oil colour was reported as being slightly browned,which is to be expected after 2 years of hiding, the band was slightly scorched and C1 clutchpack slightly worn.

Phil Replaced the C1 clutch pack frictions & plates, new High energy bands, flushed, filled and put it back together.

Very happy, Phil and Tim know their sh*t, have done all of the R&D on these BTR boxes and have many customer cars running 350rwkw+ without failures.

Phil pointed out that they are confident of their work on BTR boxes holding this power level, especially if some servo mods are done to further increase line pressure / clamping force on the frictions (which I haven't done, all controlled through the edit tuning).

Cant recommend these guys enough, no bullsh*t straight up guys at reasonable prices

[Full Monty]

ohh and the slight scorch on the band was from when I upshifted to 4th at 5,500 rpm WOT, flared up, so quickly got out of the throttle - but it was enough to scorch the band a little. That was over 6 months ago.

Phil advised that he could get enough pressure to hold 4th gear without flaring at my power level, by doing some servo mods and other valve body changes to further increase line pressures.

[MiKa]

Sounds like they really know there sh*t..

Who tunes your car mate?

Do you know how much the autos are to get built?

[ebxmple]

What did it cost for the freshen up?

[xr6t_ute]

try doing more regular oil changes this time, yeh theyre boxes are pretty tuff.

[Benji_vs]

Do they specialise in the ZF? Its good to hear that they have looked after you.

[Full Monty]

Nizpro have done all of the tuning on my car, including tweaking the shift properties, torque reduction tag tweaking etc.

Yep, Bayswater also do ZF boxes, Phil showed me an earlier ZF input shaft that had been twisted about 15 degree's without shearing.

Seems the ZF's limits aren't as high as was thought earlier. They also have their inherent weaknesses. I.e flexplate bolts coming loose, clutchpacks need revision, input shafts snapping.

I think both the BTR and ZF can be made to handle lots of power and torque with the right tuning, and tweaks.

The BTR isn't as fragile as lots of people make out, as evident by the number of cars they setup running 350+rwkw and regular runs down the strip.

Best call them for prices, as everyones boxes will have different needs depending on what needs replacing, in both my cases there was no damage and the box was functioning fine, just precautionary refresh.

[Full Monty]

I was advised that a simple Flush, replace filter service every 12 months for just over $100 should be plenty for me, If you absolutely flog the arse out of it, then every 6 months.

In my case, I budget for it to be pulled out, looked over and replace frictions and any worn parts every 24 months.

Edited 26/11/10 12:23 AM by Full Monty

[needfordspeed]

Yeah they're good down there, helpful bunch of blokes, my box had a C9 case and I swapped it to a C4 case and they went out of their way to help me with any questions I had, it'll be the auto joint I use from now on.

[icer]

my auto is a bayswater auto. cost 3300$ 1 day fitted with a shift kit and histall convertor drive in/out. Had issues but was AVO's tunes. Now with Dion I got no issues with the auto. Having some convertor issues, but that's a 3rd party that I chose.