Auto Gearbox

[daninme]

there has been rumours that the baII will have a 6 speed auto but I heard last night from a mate that has contact through btr (mecahnic at a dealer)

that its actually a 5speed auto?

[NT TURBO]

11000 k's no problem

[OwnaXR6T]

14000km no prob

[Guest StevenAU2]

What are the differences between the 4spd AU 4.0L box and the 4spd BA box apart from the shifter.Are they basically the same internally???

[mercturbo]

4200 and as smooth and quite as new, I had an EF with 190,000 on the clock and the auto was as I bought it new, good stuff from BTR

[rjs]

The auto box in the ford are one of the best in my opinion. But I actually have a manual.

[XR6TK1W1]

Just ticked over 4000km now and getting better. Did anyone else notice theres to be jerky and abrubpt when new and then get better at about 2500km's? Smooth as silk now

[AMoffat]

I've driven the SSS behind the 183 kw XT and think it is smooth and responsive. In comparison the VY Commodores I score from work can be caught out at small revs when you require a little more power. Like at 80 when you want to accelerate reasonably to 100.

In fact the auto box in my 180,000 klm EF2 is better as far as smoothness goes than the Late model camira box.

[turbotrana]

My opinion is that the Auto will cope with the current power (just) but when the Turbo cars are modified for more power the Autos will start failing. Ford are building stronger Autos for the V8s (that's why Auto V8 are not avail at the moment) and hopefully these stronger autos will find their way into the Turbos. This is one reason why I am delaying my purchase.

I feel the manual T5 is a weak point and would have thought the Tremec used in the V8 would have been a better option. When modified properly this new engine is capable of an relatively easy 550-600 RWHP. Just wait and see. There are already a couple of guys with Turbo 4L 12 valve heads getting this horsepower. Of course not everyone wants to go this far but 300kw at the engine is dead simple just raising the boost and adjusting the fueling/ignition appropriately. A good porting of the manifolds/turbo/dumppipe is easy to do and would yield a few more KW quite easily for low bucks.

[physh]

My friend's V8 Fairmont Ghia auto lost 1st, 2nd, and 4th the other day, completely.

It has 12,000km on the clock, and had been getting worse over about 2 weeks. First it lost 4th gear, then it lost 2nd. Then when it couldn't pull itself outta bed in 1st he cracked the sh!ts and dropped it off to the dealer on the back of a towtruck...