KeddyXR6T Donating Members 320 Member For: 16y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/04/12 08:13 AM Author Share Posted 10/04/12 08:13 AM On 10/04/2012 at 7:58 AM, daztbo said: Jimmy Walton autos are Very good heaps of cars with big power go there he has been building em for like 40 years but they ain't cheap but you get what you pay forYes I am very aware of there rep I did my apprenticeship just round the corner from there but as I said this was around 2.5 years back as I didnt have a license for 18months and I had taken it to northern differentials Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 10/04/12 09:50 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 09:50 AM On 10/04/2012 at 7:36 AM, KeddyXR6T said: Bayswater autos also said that in a few months he would have a box with improved shafts and planatries is this what your waiting for xr6t_uteI have heard his working on it, *Beep* will be the guinea pig for that I think, but il go to him cause his someone I trust with a 4 speed and well priced, and I also know what's in the box. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom xr6t Talks Cheap, Let's Race Member 596 Member For: 18y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: Atherton, FNQ Posted 10/04/12 10:04 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 10:04 AM On 05/04/2012 at 10:27 AM, KeddyXR6T said: and futher more I skate second far more then third but going from second to third seems to be where the fail is if it was the torque from the boost I imagine it would happend from 1st to 2nd and it would go into limp mode neither which happenThe bloke who rebuilt my box said that the clutch packs are to far apart and towards the rear of the box and that's why the torque kills them .These are the clutch packs from mine. the brown ones are first and second and are still like new, the other set is third and fourth and are warped and blue in colour 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 14y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 10/04/12 10:37 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 10:37 AM (edited) Sounds like you're doing the right thing Keddy After reading and watching the video about Yarra Valley, I'd go with either them or Preston as I've not heard 1 bad thing about them.Keep us posted on what the places say that you go to and who you end up deciding on! Good luck Lol those bottom packs have definitely seen better days phantom haha Edited 10/04/12 10:38 AM by Shyfrd 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 10/04/12 10:48 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 10:48 AM Yarra valley boxes have failed also , although mine hadn't, dion from dynamite didn't get one pass in before it failed, as well as a guy from avo, lasted a couple of weeks, so mine and 2 others I know of are still holding together. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 10/04/12 10:49 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 10:49 AM Same for Preston but I'm sure the same is for half the trans builders out there Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 14y 3m 13d Posted 10/04/12 10:57 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 10:57 AM Mine original one was done by yara valley and lunched itself. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom xr6t Talks Cheap, Let's Race Member 596 Member For: 18y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: Atherton, FNQ Posted 10/04/12 11:11 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 11:11 AM On 10/04/2012 at 10:37 AM, Shyfrd said: Sounds like you're doing the right thing Keddy After reading and watching the video about Yarra Valley, I'd go with either them or Preston as I've not heard 1 bad thing about them.Keep us posted on what the places say that you go to and who you end up deciding on! Good luck Lol those bottom packs have definitely seen better days phantom hahaYep no friction material left on any of them. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 10/04/12 11:54 AM Share Posted 10/04/12 11:54 AM I havnt changed anything on the trans in 5 yrs , I wonder what mine look like. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 10/04/12 12:05 PM Share Posted 10/04/12 12:05 PM On 10/04/2012 at 10:04 AM, phantom xr6t said: These are the clutch packs from mine. the brown ones are first and second and are still like new, the other set is third and fourth and are warped and blue in colourThe top clutches look like they have never been fitted into a box 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79587-btr-4spd-failing-going-into-3rd-taking-it-to-6th-rebuild/page/5/#findComment-1220866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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