Pulse Member 48 Member For: 16y 4m Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 18/12/07 11:04 PM Share Posted 18/12/07 11:04 PM (edited) HI all, long time reader - first post!I am contemplating the purchase of an early XR6-T for a development project and, from the many many posts here, the 4 speed auto is a throw away item once average to serious power is applied....My question is, does anyone have info or advice on converting to a ZF 6-speed auto, or should we just slot in a beefed up C4? I would like to retain the electroic box for tuning purposes BUT there are hundreds of sub-10 second drag cars out there that have no reliability issues with a properly built C4.Thoughts, advice and first hand experience welcome! Edited 18/12/07 11:05 PM by Pulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Member 48 Member For: 16y 4m Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 18/12/07 11:23 PM Author Share Posted 18/12/07 11:23 PM BTW I have read Ninka's conversion post and whilst it is completely do-able, expensive and the results seem amazing - my question is more about the transmission's ability to reliably cope with big power and abuse (drag racing)Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 20y 11m 23d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 20/12/07 03:18 AM Share Posted 20/12/07 03:18 AM If its specifically for a drag car just put a C4 or TH400 in it, heaps cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM1111 Member 631 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: newcastle Posted 20/12/07 03:34 AM Share Posted 20/12/07 03:34 AM if its just a drag car I wouldnt bother with the ZFputing the ZF in will cost 8k + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 18y 9m 26d Gender: Male Posted 20/12/07 04:32 AM Share Posted 20/12/07 04:32 AM the zf's also dont seem to be holding up (in stock form) over 400rwkw.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Member 48 Member For: 16y 4m Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 20/12/07 05:40 AM Author Share Posted 20/12/07 05:40 AM Thanks for your feedback guys - this is just what I was looking for...What type of box are the 400+ cars running usually? (if modifed ZF, what do they upgrade internally)Has anyone seen / heard of / own an XR6-T with a C4?Thanks for your answers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM1111 Member 631 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: newcastle Posted 20/12/07 05:51 AM Share Posted 20/12/07 05:51 AM (edited) the 9.9 sec car was running some some kind of 3 speeda lot of the other cars run the 4 speed but they tend to break after a while but are far cheaper to rebuild then a ZF also a lot of high power cars are the manual T56 Edited 20/12/07 05:51 AM by TOM1111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 20/12/07 06:00 AM Share Posted 20/12/07 06:00 AM a member - TWEAKN - has a Turbo 400 3spd installed by CV, I don't think he has gotten it on the track yet, but he seems to love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Member 48 Member For: 16y 4m Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 20/12/07 07:35 AM Author Share Posted 20/12/07 07:35 AM Yeah, there is something about smashing each gear with a ratchet shifter you just can't get with tiptronic or manual shifters... Think I will look into C4 - need something dependable and abuseable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzlyF6 Member 87 Member For: 16y 1m 21d Gender: Male Location: Mackay Posted 05/10/10 12:28 PM Share Posted 05/10/10 12:28 PM keep us posted on the C4. Iam also thinking of doing this with me Typhoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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