School me real fast on BA F6 Typhoons

[Rollin]

So...been looking for a nice FG XR6T lately but my Dad told me about a BA F6 that he'd seen a few days ago, which looks alright:


http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/pri ... 20matchany

(I'd piss those wheels off and get black ones immediately...)

How much should I offer, what things normally shit themselves on these, does this one have a crap engine or were the F6 ones pretty good to start with?

I have vague memories of valve springs and things being required for some BAs and others having soft spaghetti rods, but I've never cared enough to pay attention haha.

Bear in mind that I'll probably take this thing to drift practice.......

[67rce]

F6 got the good engine. IIRC Valve springs are good in F6's. Diff bushes and diffs are the things that go fkn bang. I'd ask Sundeep for pricing though!

[InfernalTyrant]

Ahhh, the good old BE Falcon.

[pHaT`eL]

Wasnt it BA2 that got the good engines?

[67rce]

Wasnt it BA2 that got the good engines?

F6 = BA2

[[Sterling]]

Bear in mind that I'll probably take this thing to drift practice.......

im coming back up. lol

[e series falcon]

That's pretty I reckon dan pretty sure all typhoons got the good engines

[iCER]

wtf is a be?

BA or BF?

anyway, the 'good' motors are BF mk2 (post 06/2006). Stronger internals/vsprings.


BA motors go bang after 320ish rwkw without a good tune + surge tank.

if your gonna spend 30k, for 35k you can get a worked fg xr6t if you look hard enough.

[AaronEF8]

Did Ford end up recalling them because of the clutch problems? I guess they all would have had a clutch change by now anyway.

[67rce]

wtf is a be?

BA or BF?

anyway, the 'good' motors are BF mk2 (post 06/2006). Stronger internals/vsprings.


BA motors go bang after 320ish rwkw without a good tune + surge tank.

if your gonna spend 30k, for 35k you can get a worked fg xr6t if you look hard enough.

Fkn dickhead. 06/06 BF Mk2 XR6T got F6 engines!

[needfordspeed]

All typhoons got the good bottom
end, not just the post 06/06 ones. As said above sunny is probably the best person to ask about these for common problems, from my experience it's just mainly the diff bush in manuals.

[needfordspeed]

And yeah they recalled the the ba's for clutch problems when they first came out, they come with ap racing twin plate clutches from factory and can handle plenty of killer wasps

[EBOOST]

also with the valve springs they can go soft and cause dramas still.
my brothers bf2 xr6t has the f6 spec engine and on 352 rwkw and 14psi they were showing signs of float and got worse over the next 6-7 months so we put crow h/d's in his about a month ago and its heaps better.
dam nice cars though mate ull love it compared to an e series lol.
cheers josh.

[holmsy]

or wait a few months and ill sell ya a nearly new fg xr6t ute with same power for similar price.

[NUT347]

Things to watch out for:

Noisy racks (creek when turning)
Noisy diff bush
Loose centre tail shaft bearing
Inner wear on the very inner of the front Tyres (fucked front bushes)
Noisy turbo. Pull the induction pipe off and give it a spin.
Shitty service history.
Check the warranty claims by ringing ford and quote the vin, if it had a shedload replace under warranty (diff bushes, brakes, tail shaft bush) it's been hammered.

Good luck mate, they are nice cars!

[NUT347]

Also, that's a bit exy for a BA phoon, worked or not.

[Fritzz]

id go a fg xr6t over a ba typhoon

[Rollin]

Fritzz - yeah, as I said, I've been looking for one, but black manuals are pretty thin on the ground second hand :/

My Dad reckons this guy might take 24 for it, which is the only reason it's getting a look-in. No chance I'd put down 30k on a BA, regardless of what it is

Holmsy...Thanks but I want a sedan

EBOOST - yeah....nup. I prefer E-series to B-series for many reasons, but the mrs wants something manual and fun to drive and I'd prefer she has something slightly safer to crash than an E-series - which is why I've been looking for FG's.

NUT - they're alright, for heavy, hard-to-see-out-of, comparatively expensive, delicate chips of shit.

[Sunboost]

F6's are mint, get one.

Wouldn't pay more than $25k for a BA2 F6 these days unless it had less than 50,000km on it. Mods don't account for shit.

Tristan was running stock motor, clutch, valve springs, box and diff at 500RWHP IIRC. The clutches are sweet, mine had almost 320RWkW for 60,000km and was up to 120,000km when I sold it - no signs of slip.

Drivelines seem to hold up well besides the diff bush. Body and trim also hold up well, just look for the usual shit really. If you break a stocker you're putting the wrong fuel in it or drive shithouse.

Remember F6 was first introduced with BA2, and they were all T56. Early builds had clutch issues but all were recalled / resolved under warranty and were fine by July '05.

[Parfrey]

Also BA F6's missed out on some stuff standard like brembo's, chunky steering wheel, maybe some other stuff.. As said would be ok for the right price.
They do have the stronger engines but with 90,000km shit like the valve springs and clutch could be debatable anyway. My mate just sold a BA F6 ute with the same km and the clutch wasn't the best (300kw).

Also isn't 400hp a bit low for those mods and 15psi?

[pHaT`eL]

400hp is 300kw.. that sounds about right if its at the wheels?

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

This thing made 299rwkw the other day with the same mods as the one rollin is looking at but it only had a 3" exhaust and tuned to 13psi not 15psi. Different dynos,Different power i guess

[Revengelane]

Hey Dan,

I only just sold my 2006 BF Mk2 XR6 Turbo ute (6 speed manual). It was pretty good car although fuel consumption licks balls 15L/100 regardless of how I drove, battery failed, O2 sensors failed, took it to Ford for an ECU report (because of the engine light from the O2 sensors) and the car had 12 fault codes.

After that I cleaned up all the factory intercooler pipe work, turbo, inlet manifold and support hardware. Replaced the O2 sensor (that removed the engine light), went to Hi-Power dyno day and for shits and giggles ran it up on the dyno; 298rwhp on 6.5-7psi, 11 flat AFR’s. Later that week I went to Test and Tune ran a flat 14 @ 102mph.