The WORST Falcon model, and why.

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by zipping

Yeh but crank angle sensor on hot days.

The crank sensor in the dissy of the Ford EA 6 was just as bad, maybe worse.

Dr Terry

[Franco Cozzo]

I think that 4V 5.4L V8 really needs a manual transmission to shine, I've only driven the BTR and ZF variations and it was sort of nothing under 4000 RPM then it takes off like an ICBM

Something like that I feel that you'd want complete control over the box for maximum driver engagement rather than slushbox, regardless of how good the ZF is.

[zipping]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

The crank sensor in the dissy of the Ford EA 6 was just as bad, maybe worse.

Dr Terry

Maybe matter of opinion.....but if you have a fleet of VN's and a significant number say 3-6 cars out of mid 30s cars have the same problem on the same day.....that's a significant issue.

and it re-occurred every hot day, mind you they were taxis

In my mind there is no doubt the EA coped better with 300k on the clock than the VN and the EA parts wise was cheaper to run.

The odd early VN had oil pump issues too so that would destroy the engine, broke engine mounts every other day, coil packs were expensive and for some reason went through alternators.

They also did not like like LPG where the EA had no issue.