See http://www.americancarfans.com and click on the Interation Motor Show (IMS) debut of the BF Falcon
Yep, the BF Falcon and SY Territory have been released to the press.
http://www.americancarfans.com/news/2050929.003/2050929.003.1M.jpg
One journo from Kiwiland has driven it, and said the ZF 6HP26 Six speed automatic gearbox is a real honey. It's apparently a fully imported item, so it won't be cheap or easy to get on a stock Falcon XT.
The venerable Aussie made BTR LE 4-stage is upgraded, now called the IMO.
Barra 182 gets 8 extra killer watts to become the Barra 190.
XR6 Turbo gets 5 extra to 245 kw.
The I6 six cylinder block still doesn't get the US Modular bellhousing, and the V8 transmissions are still not the same as the US Mustang ones.
I'm off magazine duty while I do my transmission work, so you guys will have to tell me about the new machine. By the time anyone starts talking about it down here in NZ, it will have been on the road in Aussie for months!
It'd be nice to be able to wack six speed US automatic behind our twin cam Aussie sixes without having to get a second mortgage. Buying a German ZF transmission is going to rule out getting a high powered (500 hp+) Turbo Falcon on the road. I long for the good old days when you just imported a cheap as chips Yank gearbox (like an FMX, or C4 or C6) and then fried tyres in your 351.
Yep, the BF Falcon and SY Territory have been released to the press.
http://www.americancarfans.com/news/2050929.003/2050929.003.1M.jpg
One journo from Kiwiland has driven it, and said the ZF 6HP26 Six speed automatic gearbox is a real honey. It's apparently a fully imported item, so it won't be cheap or easy to get on a stock Falcon XT.
The venerable Aussie made BTR LE 4-stage is upgraded, now called the IMO.
Barra 182 gets 8 extra killer watts to become the Barra 190.
XR6 Turbo gets 5 extra to 245 kw.
The I6 six cylinder block still doesn't get the US Modular bellhousing, and the V8 transmissions are still not the same as the US Mustang ones.
I'm off magazine duty while I do my transmission work, so you guys will have to tell me about the new machine. By the time anyone starts talking about it down here in NZ, it will have been on the road in Aussie for months!
It'd be nice to be able to wack six speed US automatic behind our twin cam Aussie sixes without having to get a second mortgage. Buying a German ZF transmission is going to rule out getting a high powered (500 hp+) Turbo Falcon on the road. I long for the good old days when you just imported a cheap as chips Yank gearbox (like an FMX, or C4 or C6) and then fried tyres in your 351.