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I was perusing the UK brochure and something just struck me. The petrol and diesel have different ZF 8HP variants. The petrol gets a 8HP51 (500 Nm peak torque) whereas the diesel gets the beefier 8HP76 (750 Nm peak torque).
https://blog.fcpeuro.com/zf-8-speed-transmission-guide-8hp45-specs-common-problems-diagnostics-maintenance?hs_amp=true
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_8HP_transmission
The 51 is used in cars like Supra, Z4 and G20 3 series. The 76 is used in the torquier Alpina B7, Gulia and Gladiator Diesel.
Now what’s noteworthy here is that the headroom capacity in each transmission for tuning and general hi rev abuse. The Petrol transmission literally will run at 90% of peak, at base engine tune in high load conditions. Whereas the diesel will still have a about 25% headroom under peak loads. That’s definitely disappointing.
I wasn’t planning to tuning the engine for more power/ torque but don’t like the fact that the transmission wasn’t beefed up more.
I know ZFs are generally considered bulletproof transmissions. But am I missing something here??
https://blog.fcpeuro.com/zf-8-speed-transmission-guide-8hp45-specs-common-problems-diagnostics-maintenance?hs_amp=true
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_8HP_transmission
The 51 is used in cars like Supra, Z4 and G20 3 series. The 76 is used in the torquier Alpina B7, Gulia and Gladiator Diesel.
Now what’s noteworthy here is that the headroom capacity in each transmission for tuning and general hi rev abuse. The Petrol transmission literally will run at 90% of peak, at base engine tune in high load conditions. Whereas the diesel will still have a about 25% headroom under peak loads. That’s definitely disappointing.
I wasn’t planning to tuning the engine for more power/ torque but don’t like the fact that the transmission wasn’t beefed up more.
I know ZFs are generally considered bulletproof transmissions. But am I missing something here??