Is My Car A Bf Or A Bf Mk2?

[ms700]

My doors shut lovely due to replacement of all door rubbers and the main rubber that runs right along it. have a feel of the actual rubber on drivers door and then compare that to one of the back doors (less use) for me it just felt thinner and different on the drivers door (which shut louder than the others).

It was like $300 for the main rubber that goes right along the top though....

cool story bro

but whats your door rubber story got to do with the op's bf mk1 or bf mk2?

[Maggotmouse]

mine is 05/06 and is a mark 1, anything after the 5th month 2006 is mark 2, so I was told be the local ford dealer,

[teamtwitch]

I have a bf mk2 and my build month is april 06 and it has the badge on the boot aswell... seems a bit strange that there is no definitive date to go off ??

[discostig]

Ford love doing that.

[Oosh]

OK sounds like I have a MK1 but hopefully still got the upgraded internals of the MK2 for the bottom end.

All I really cared about was the upgraded internals so I'm happy

I have a new question and figured I'd just keep it in here...

It's regarding traction control.

When I first turn on the accessories I can see a light of the car getting sideways or losing traction which I'm guessing is the traction control light?

I see the same icon on a button on the dash which I'm guessing turns the traction control on and off.

However when I press the button nothing happens? I was expecting the traction control light to pop up on the dash to show I have turned it on but it doesn't seem to be working?

Is my traction control broken or disabled? I've been driving the car very tamely (I do this with all my new cars) and spun the wheels a bit taking off in the wet once... does that mean my traction control is turned off or would it still spin the wheels in the wet a bit if it was turned on?

Total noob question I know but would love to hear what the go is?

[BRK]

No light and the system engaged is the default. So when you lose traction, the light comes on and you get that annoying shudder and the twerp in the Late model camira gets the jump on you at the lights (no,no, no - just ignore the Late model camira bit). In normal driving, hit the switch and the light stays on - which means it is disengaged.

And..... it is your business and no criticism here - but mate why not just ring ford and use the VIN - all this messing around with build dates and badges when ONE call sorts it out.

[Wenier]

You have to hold the traction control button to bring the light up on the dash to tell you it is off. And then it is a simple press of the button to reactivate it. Of course they make it a little harder to turn off so its not accidental.

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

BF1s are awesome: big rear brakes

[discostig]

Here's some text from another thread that illustrates the above:

The statistics.
BA - Fronts - 2 piston caliper w/ 298mm vented rotor. Rears 1 piston w/303 solid rotor.
BA premiums/FPV - Fronts - 2 piston C6 caliper(much stronger and thicker) w/ 325mm vented rotor. Rears 1 piston w/303 solid
BF - Fronts - 2 piston caliper(same as BA caliper just different mounting) w/ 322mm vented rotor. Rears 1 piston w/328 vented rotor.
BFII(some)- Fronts - 2 piston caliper w/ 322mm vented rotor. Rears 1 piston w/303 solid rotor.
FG - Fronts - 2 piston caliper w/ 322mm vented rotor. Rears 1 piston w/303 solid rotor.

[Oosh]

Wow hopefully I got the upgraded internals and still got the good brakes too.

Will call Ford shortly to confirm everything.

Also thanks Wenier I've tested holding down the traction control button while in drive and the light does come on the dash so it appears to be working fine.

I've started to look at mods and I think I'll just do the injectors and a custom tune.

I live in Sydney and have read good things about cv performance on these forums so might give them a call.

Is it possible to get a discount if you don't want to keep the tuner handset and only want the one tune for it?

They list $1500 for the injectors and 3 custom tunes - don't really want to spend that much.

I want to get as much power as possible out of the car without having to change the exhuast as I'm an old family man now and don't want the attention or to affect my kids in the back with a loud exhaust.

Would it be worth doing the inter cooler also or if you are keeping the standard exhaust injectors and a custom tune just about maxes it out?