Building a SHO TT

[SHOguy 92]

Am I the ony one wondering this? Whats a ZF tranny and will it bolt up to a SHO motor? Is it a 5spd tranny? How much are they?

 

[Mike_Rudy]

ZF trany is a transaxle that is for race cars it was in the pantera also, it comes in 4,5,6 speeds they are hella expensive 4,000 plus usually, where to get kit cars of gt-40s you can get them on the internet most come from the uk but there are a couple companys in us and canada look on the net and you will find lots easily

 

[Mike_Rudy]

it will need custom bellhosue to bolt up, also it wouldn't go in a taurus either if thats your next question

 

[SHOoff.]

I know of the GT-40 kits like this (I want one really bad) they use a Renault transmission like in the Dodge Intrepids and Chrysler LHS. they make adapters to match any engine you want, they are mostly 5-speeds but I have also seen 6 and 7-speeds when I was researching to buy one of these kit cars. IIRC a used tranny was from about $3-4000, 6-speeds were $10,000 new, and 7-speed were 30,000-40,000 new.
I'll bet he has a 5-speed

 

[SHOguy 92]

Looked and I found nothing on ZF trannys?

 

[SHOoff.]

ZF is a 6-speed found in RWD not mid-engine, it might have ZF internals though.

 

[Mike_Rudy]

ZF is the company name they make many differnt tranny/transaxles, for instance they are in the f350 superduty's they are also in panteras, they first started making transaxles though

 

[Mike_Rudy]

http://www.panteraplace.com/Tech Info/ZF 24.jpg

 

[SHOguy 92]

i looked at thos pantera tranny's a meager what 7 to 8 grand!

 

[Mike_Rudy]

yup but luckly my dad was thinking back in the late 60's early70's and picked up them from ford when they were selling them for 750 a piece

 

[TrueBlue]

ZF has also made trannies for Porsche, BMW, and in some Corvettes. Great box, high priced. If you already have one, awesome, but I just shudder at the cost of a rebuild kit for one. Although, I know, they can take a lot of power.

 

[B Fa SHO]

$750 was a lot of money in the 60's & 70's...

 

[Mike_Rudy]

your right it was but i doubt it is equal to like 7500 now lol

 

[SonicRiot]

AutoSHO..is that YOUR ride???

Wow. The intake looks even cooler in a mid-engined car! The way it was supposed to be before someone had the idea to dump it into a Taurus!!!


Oh...and bore does not affect the rev limit. Stroke does. Bore it all you want, but you'll have more reliable power with a 3.2L block with the stock bore than an overbored block. For maximum displacement, you can bore and stroke the block to about 3.4L.

I would slap on the turbos to the stock 3.2L block. PP. EH. BBB. Crank up the boost. Make it rev to 7400RPM. Good, fun, reliable power. 500 HP is a cool figure, but is extremely impractical on a 1500 LBS. car. Think about it. Formula Dodge cars (about 1400 LBS if I remeber correctly) have about 140HP and are absolute rocketships. Sub 4 second 0-60 and 140MPH top ends!