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Old 18-04-2019, 03:32 PM   #31
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Old 18-04-2019, 03:43 PM   #32
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Engines can hit redline in first gear with any gearbox.
Correct, depends when you want to change cogs. I actually change from 1st to 2nd at 80kph. Then third gets me to 180 then 4th, well i have not maxed out 4th. It gets to scary at 240kph.
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Old 18-04-2019, 04:52 PM   #33
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Correct, depends when you want to change cogs. I actually change from 1st to 2nd at 80kph. Then third gets me to 180 then 4th, well i have not maxed out 4th. It gets to scary at 240kph.
FWIW you're not the only member here to have a B series that does 200 kmh.

And no, it wasn't me.

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Old 18-04-2019, 06:01 PM   #34
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Old 18-04-2019, 06:02 PM   #35
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Old 18-04-2019, 06:23 PM   #38
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Old 18-04-2019, 06:24 PM   #39
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Old 18-04-2019, 06:25 PM   #40
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Hi guys, this is my first post. I have an old (well everybody calls it an old car but it looks a million dollars, its painted in mercury silver) that colour you see on a lot of BA Ghias. Anyway its a 500kw S/C BA GT with the ancient BTR 4 speed. I have read so many comments about how much better the six speed is. But my car goes from 100--200 in 7 seconds, who the hell needs a ZF when my car hits 4th gear at 200 kph in sequential mode. Anyway i have had my rant. Also i know a few people with an FG 2 GT . They all call my car an old bomb. I dont get it. Just because its old does'nt mean its ready for the scrap heap. Its only done 80,000 km, and only 5,000 since been S/C by Bluepower.


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Old 18-04-2019, 07:11 PM   #44
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Old 18-04-2019, 07:16 PM   #45
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Old 19-04-2019, 07:00 PM   #48
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I like mercury silver......as for 4 speed autos.....don’t think so. But in saying that have had many falcons in the 90’s and early 2000’s with the btr box and they were reliable
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Old 19-04-2019, 07:08 PM   #49
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I am not saying a btr is better than a zf. But all i am saying is who needs 2 more gears when mine changes into 4th at 200 kph
Who needs 4 gears when 1st in a BTR will do 300,000km/h

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Old 19-04-2019, 09:24 PM   #51
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Old 19-04-2019, 09:43 PM   #52
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My opinion.

I own a BA GT in Mercurary silver also with a 4 speed, Only has a bonnet decal.

My car is stock and I have destroyed the transmission 2 times, it has been rebuilt twice. Second time it was modded to make it better and also a trans cooler installed.

The BA does feel old compared to my VE wagon, the 6 speed in my wagon is way in front of my GT. But in Saying that my GT feels so much newer than my VH Sle.

I get why people say it is old, new GT’s and new cars do feel newer, but for a 15 year old car my GT still is a good car to drive.
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The tall 1st gear in the BA makes for rad burnouts but that's the only upside to it as far as I'm concerned.
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Old 23-04-2019, 03:57 PM   #55
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Engines can hit redline in first gear with any gearbox.
I was not talking about redline in first gear. Anyway, a BA in sports mode would never do that and neither would a sane person in sequential mode.
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Should'nt that be 10/10 because it worked. Please explain why i get 0/10. I am trying to make sense of it.
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The tall 1st gear in the BA makes for rad burnouts but that's the only upside to it as far as I'm concerned.
Im not interested in burnouts, i have been doing that for 30 years. I once did a burn out in a 5.0 Monaro and the tyre somehow came of the rim and flew higher than 30 meters. My tyres are worth 300 each and i want to conserve them. But going WOT at 70 kph still gets me 500ml sideways.
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Now you just stick to doing skids in your underwear these days, right fofo?
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