Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/11/15 09:10 AM Share Posted 20/11/15 09:10 AM Gonz is good but very busy so an urgent job to drop anything wouldn't be discounted unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 16y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 20/11/15 12:44 PM Author Share Posted 20/11/15 12:44 PM But Phil tends to have a master plan so I'm sure that will unfold soon enoughI do all sorts of wheeling and dealing to get things at a lower cost. This week I suddenly entered the world of buying and selling transmissions.Something that I know almost nothing about. No experience, and almost no knowledge about what I'm dealing with.Quite a crash course.Getting it figured out though. There may also be some more wheeling and dealing going on. There's another car in the transmission workshop that needs a certain rare transmission, and I know where there's a cheap one. Right now I look like an idiot on here, but hopefully by Tuesday night I can explain a few things. Why dick around with a second hand convertor of unknown history when a stock convertor rebuild is well under $500I was given a price of $800 by Nigel to recondition my existing torque converter. And the converter from the NA ZF isn't suitable. Bugger. I abandoned the plan to use the NA (naturally aspirated) ZF transmission, and went back to the original plan of buying a good turbo one. Having spent all night researching ZF transmissions, I was able to make a much more informed decision today when given the news about the converter. This was very useful: http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78348-all-things-zf/ The NA ZF has 5 clutch packs. The BF turbo and V8 ZF has 6 clutch packs. The FG turbo one has 7 clutch packs. The NA one is rated for 450Nm. The turbo one is rated for 600Nm. The turbo one also has a stronger input shaft. I knew about a couple of options on Gumtree, so started making calls. For $1,400 I bought an FG Turbo ZF and converter with 23,000km on it. Yep, 23,000km. Way too good to pass up on that one. http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/maddington/engine-engine-parts-transmission/ford-fg-turbo-6-speed-auto-trans/1046972765 That should take care of the transmission and converter requirements. Being a later ZF, it's also got the steel pan already on it, so I can recoup some money by reselling the pan that I bought from Motospecs. That helps. I'll also resell the NA ZF that I bought yesterday. So, I've flipped back from something-temporary-to-get-the-car-mobile to a (hopefully) permanent solution. Gonz is good but very busy so an urgent job to drop anything wouldn't be discounted unfortunatelyI'm very pissed off at myself at the moment for not getting this car through a local inspection yet. Fair enough, workshops are saying no to the dump pipe, cat and intake manifold.So, now I've set myself a deadline.. I've committed to getting this car through an inspection next Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboknapp Donating Members 783 Member For: 17y 9m Gender: Male Location: perth w.a Posted 20/11/15 01:17 PM Share Posted 20/11/15 01:17 PM Im happy to purchase a set of rear brembos off you, to help recover some of your costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 16y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 20/11/15 01:24 PM Author Share Posted 20/11/15 01:24 PM Im happy to purchase a set of rear brembos off you, to help recover some of your costs.Keeping my rear Brembos, but can I interest you in an immaculate, low-km NA ZF transmission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/11/15 03:59 AM Share Posted 21/11/15 03:59 AM Lol, not sure you will be able to interest anybody here in your N/A tranny..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/11/15 03:55 PM Share Posted 21/11/15 03:55 PM Phil, the tranny out of the G6 will be for sale soon worst case.As he's just picked up a new box to take to AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboknapp Donating Members 783 Member For: 17y 9m Gender: Male Location: perth w.a Posted 21/11/15 10:26 PM Share Posted 21/11/15 10:26 PM ^^^^Good quality N/A bits will really beef it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/11/15 10:54 PM Share Posted 25/11/15 10:54 PM Phil how did the trans go? ... she back together and blazing tyres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/11/15 11:30 PM Share Posted 25/11/15 11:30 PM Seems like a reasonable mark uphttp://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/como/engine-engine-parts-transmission/falcon-zf-6hp26-6-speed-auto-transmission/1095724137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/11/15 11:42 PM Share Posted 25/11/15 11:42 PM (edited) Haha wow, bought for $200 selling for $900.Turbo boxes aren't even selling for that muchSeems like a reasonable mark uphttp://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/como/engine-engine-parts-transmission/falcon-zf-6hp26-6-speed-auto-transmission/1095724137 Edited 25/11/15 11:43 PM by Tocchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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