pottypirate New Member 18 Member For: 9y 1m 13d Posted 16/06/19 04:24 AM Share Posted 16/06/19 04:24 AM Gday. I've had my BA xr6t ute parked up for a few yrs whilst doing up my patrol and just bringing it back on the road now. It's done 100k and it seems to have a noise in the torque converter or transmission. Its stock but I've just put a full turbo back x force system on it and it will be going up to Hi Torque for injectors, valve springs and tune. When ringing around to get advice on the BTR auto rebuild I'm getting mixed advise. Burliegh autos says he can rebuild it to handle 300rwkw and others say no chance it will break. I prefer to drive an auto and I don't flog the ute with the exception of standing on it now and then for a buzz. Am I wasting my time rebuilding this auto? If so what are the manual options and cost of changing it. Some searches on the forum mention the T56, is this the go to manual transmission for the Ba? As mentioned I'd rather stay auto but at the same time don't want to spend 2700 for a rebuild then have to do it all again. Any heads up would be appreciated thanks There's also a guy selling btr boxes for 2800 on Ebay and he says his box will handle up to 400rwkw, is he dreaming or is this possible https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Falcon-BA-BF-BTR-4-Speed-Reconditioned-Auto-Trans-High-Performance/222545906265?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180816085401%26meid%3D69065848313e44e49082bdb52aea6149%26pid%3D100970%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D361695550107%26itm%3D222545906265&_trksid=p2481888.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3Ae6825468-8fee-11e9-9117-74dbd1804765|parentrq%3A5e894ad016b0a4e88367a9e5ffd52c7d|iid%3A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,276 Member For: 16y 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/06/19 04:44 AM Share Posted 16/06/19 04:44 AM the BTR can survive for quite a long time if you're a little sympathetic to it in your driving style at close to 300rwkw. Much more than 300rwkw and you're asking for it to fail, realistically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottypirate New Member 18 Member For: 9y 1m 13d Posted 16/06/19 04:58 AM Author Share Posted 16/06/19 04:58 AM Yeah I'll be more than happy with 300rwkw in a ute just don't want to waste 2700 then have to end up swapping anyway. It won't get driven much as I work away and I'm pretty good on my cars. Might be worth trying g the rebuild and keep my fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 2m 3d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 16/06/19 10:20 AM Share Posted 16/06/19 10:20 AM @pottypirate read this thread, it's a fair old rollercoaster of a build but end result was around 450rwkw on a built btr. Not sure if @Red Tonner / @genuine honest person / gunna still comes on this forum but if so he could give you some feedback, he's in the Caloundra area from memory so you could possibly use the same guy to build your trans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottypirate New Member 18 Member For: 9y 1m 13d Posted 16/06/19 12:18 PM Author Share Posted 16/06/19 12:18 PM Whoa 60 page thread. Thanks I'll have a read through and see who he used. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,276 Member For: 16y 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/06/19 12:23 PM Share Posted 16/06/19 12:23 PM it's not worth reading that thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 2m 3d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 16/06/19 07:59 PM Share Posted 16/06/19 07:59 PM (edited) quadruple post Disagree, there's a lot to learn on how not to go about things Edited 16/06/19 07:59 PM by camo86T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,673 Member For: 15y 10m 30d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 17/06/19 01:18 AM Share Posted 17/06/19 01:18 AM my built btr has been fine with 350rwkw for a while, but its not a daily- I dont have an issue driving it hard, but dont do burnouts or thrash it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottypirate New Member 18 Member For: 9y 1m 13d Posted 17/06/19 04:22 AM Author Share Posted 17/06/19 04:22 AM Yeah mines not a daily driver either and at 43 ive had fast cars before so I just want this to have a little poke but be reliable also. Ive read plenty with around the 300rwkw mark that seem to be holding up and a few that have let go so I think I'll roll the dice on the Btr and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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