Would You Reccommend A Ba Xr6T?

[glenskates1]

Plenty of cars on here would smash that. Have you tried the classifieds ?

Yeah, I've checked one of the big WA papers, no xr6T's :( should try the autotrader, quokka and some other local papers

[Buf-Phoon]

also keep an eye on our forum classifieds

[Ralph Wiggum]

how hard are you looking???

http://perth.gumtree.com.au/f-ford-xr6-turbo-Cars-Vehicles-Motorbikes-Parts-cars-W0QQCatIdZ18320QQKeywordZfordQ20xr6Q20turboQQisSearchFormZtrueQQlsiZInConfigQQlsnZPerthQ20Region

[glenskates1]

Yeah, Theres plenty of BA's, but not many BF's in WA for my price range (about $18 000) I wont be able to get 20 grand, I think that would be stretching my money to far. 18 is still a little stretch.

[Ralph Wiggum]

a Bf for 18k will be a POS

[glenskates1]

Theres 10 or so decent looking BF's over east for under $20. but, of course, I wouldnt know if they're decent or not. I cant get access to more money so, perhaps time to start looking into BA's?

[Ralph Wiggum]

you'll be paying 5 to 7k more for the equivalent BF over here, hence my comments about picking up the right BA for low $’s and using the remainder from your 18K to tidy it up. Otherwise look at heading over east for a weekend to scope out some cars and ship one back

[PookeyMaster]

PookeyMaster: so, the ZF box will let you shift manually, but the 4 speed wont? whats the quick shift in the 4 speed do? or are both quick shift's completely different? I've just seen photos of the 4 speed's and seen the 4 speeds look like they have the quick shift option to the left of Drive,Reverse etc.

Thanks for the KW and HP talk, that helps heaps! if the ZF box is the only one with a good proper quick shift, then, im keen. But I may have to look interstate as suggested a bit.

Are the ZF gear ratios a lot shorter than the BA's 4speed? Does anyone know what each gear revs out to on either/both boxes?

Yeah, the 4-speed has the sports shift as well I think, but it's not as good as the ZF.

The ratios for the ZF are:

1st: 4.17

2nd: 2.34

3rd: 1.52

4th: 1.14

5th: 0.87

6th: 0.69

R: 3.4

Fnal Drive: 2.73

I'm not sure what the ratios in the 4-speed are though.

Why's that?

I had it until I became a donating member. I think it was 10 posts in a 24 hour period or something. Maybe it's a anti-spam thing??

Not sure about that, mine never shifts up in manual mode! It will hit the nasty rev limiter even back when it was stock. It does shift down to prevent stalling of course. Maybe it shifts up gears if you raise RPM slower? Never tested that, the times I've had it hit the limiter I was flat to the floor...

Once you get the car Glen come say hi in WA chat and attend a cruise

Edit...actually come say hi in WA chat anyway, no point waiting hahaha.

Well, I was just going by what ZF say on their website about the box. When I first heard about how good the ZF was, I went and read up on it and one of the 'features' is auto-up-shift to prevent damage to the box/drive line just before red-line. I guess maybe Ford didn't implement it but I would have thought it was a no-brainer to reduce wear and tear to cut down on the number of warranty jobs they had to do on the ZF boxes

[riptide]

Mine doesn't shift up either, only down

[Dillz]

I luv this site the forums are so interesting to read :D

Do you live in Vic mate? That looks like Sans old car.