Xr50 Donating Members 196 Member For: 13y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/12/12 08:45 AM Share Posted 17/12/12 08:45 AM Sold my FG and am looking at buying a BA Turbo Ute but cautious about how many K's is too many to avoid forever puttin my hand in my pocket.Seen a few with between 150-180,000 but wonder if this is too risky.Any advice would be helpfulCheersMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosij Donating Members 2,045 Member For: 12y 8m 7d Gender: Male Posted 17/12/12 10:38 AM Share Posted 17/12/12 10:38 AM My sedan has 170,000 only issue I had was the turbo but the car had over 300rwkws in it! Service history and general appearance will explain alot about the life expectancy. Are you going to mod it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,128 Member For: 18y 8m 12d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/12/12 10:40 AM Share Posted 17/12/12 10:40 AM Sold the FG cos it was a sedan and you need a ute? No doubt the BAs are damn good value nowadays - why I bought one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne Member 80 Member For: 12y 3m 30d Gender: Male Posted 18/12/12 07:07 AM Share Posted 18/12/12 07:07 AM Motors can take plenty of abuse, as long as they're kept up with oil the motor should be sweet, its the rest of the car you've got to worry about. An FG model shouldn't be too much to worry about, BA-BF you've got to start looking at swapping out plenty of suspension components, bushes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6Rdogg Inactive Members 1 Member For: 11y 3m 20d Posted 29/12/12 07:01 AM Share Posted 29/12/12 07:01 AM Hey Guys,Looking to buy my first Ford, can get my hands on an 06 BFII F6 or an FGXR6T for about the same price. KW's are the same at 270 but whats the better car, I seem to be leaning towards the FPV for looks and trim, your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbXR60 Member 24 Member For: 13y 4m 24d Posted 04/01/13 01:27 PM Share Posted 04/01/13 01:27 PM (edited) Seriously, OP, your question is how long is a piece of string. Edited 04/01/13 01:28 PM by dbXR60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcke41 Member 3 Member For: 11y 3m 5d Posted 13/01/13 12:36 AM Share Posted 13/01/13 12:36 AM Does anyone know whether there is a difference between the ba and bf model turbo I've heard the back has a needle bearing turbo which is supposed to be crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 12y 11m 24d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 13/01/13 01:17 AM Share Posted 13/01/13 01:17 AM Same turbo in both, GT3582r. BA mkII had the Tremec T56 6 speed manual gearbox (same one as the BFs). Basically the same car as a BF mkI except for the small increase in power and different front bumper bar. If you're keeping stock power levels it shouldn't be a really big issue. BA mkII onwards had the auto light feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcke41 Member 3 Member For: 11y 3m 5d Posted 13/01/13 02:36 AM Share Posted 13/01/13 02:36 AM From what I've been reading anything ba mk11 and up is OK except for the 4sp auto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 24d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/01/13 01:56 PM Share Posted 13/01/13 01:56 PM The 4 speed BTR can be built fairly tough if you have a couple grand to throw at it. Depends on goals really as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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