JustPaus_88TSi Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Took it to the dyno to find out the clutch was sliping. Â Right at 3500 RPM the car will stop pulling. ( I thought that it was the boost that i had set at 15psi) but is not. Â All air/fuel mix were right on target the entire time. but it sucks now that i found out that the CONVERTER IS SLIPING. Â We only did one test on the dyno because of the problem. I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A TRANSMISION THAT IS GOING TO BOLT RIGHT IN. OR IF THERE IS A COMPANY THAT CAN MAKE A CONVERTER PLATE FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANNY. I DONT WANT TO GO 5 SPEED AGAIN. Check out ''Level10'' for a custom convertor.. And do the valve body mods, with the addition of a aftermarket tranny oil cooler.. You'll be chirpin into 2nd in no time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siance Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Any new news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPTIMUSPRIME Posted September 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Numbers? Well, they are not official number since the tranny slips right at 3500 RPM. Max Power : 160 @ 3500 Max Torque : 238.4 @ 3500 Just Paus...whats the Level 10 and valve mod you talking about bro? I need that right away!!!!! I always thought that the slips was just a boost limitation. Well, now i know... I need mod right away!!! damn!!! I only heard of the convertor and the "plate"( so that it shifts hard) but where? What valve mod? Damn, i am frustrated with this factory auto tranny.... Was tested @ 15 PSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcrasta Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 pretty nice #s for the rpms (IMHO) . Maybe the slipping means rebuild time Hate to say it but if your gonna start torturing that auto-trans u might have problems. Maybe an oilcooler for the trans will help and some new fluid (that b&m shift fluid is good stuff). I would try that . Good luck automatic trans turbo cars are fast.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Thread about the 4-speed mod And www.levelten.com is the other one.. Zactek has a 3100rpm stall torque convertor from them, and has the 4-speed mod done.. Last thing I saw him post, he said it'll chirp from 1-2 and the 2-3 shift..LOL But yeah, like DC said.. a aftermarket tranny oil cooler would be a very wise move.. If you read the thread that AGC started, you'll see that there's 3 different shift firmness's... And from a little convo with Shelby, this mod will actually extend the tranny's life, assuming you have a good cooler on it.. Since slippage=heat and heat=tranny failure-slipping bands/clutches etc.. One part of the mod is that you basically run full tranny fluid pressure all the time.. Higher pressure=less slippage=less heat---longer life etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 any updates on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTY Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 I've been keeping up wih this post as well as the other couple for a while, and all I can say is this sounds like a great product. I will, however, say that no one else will buy it unless we start seeing proof of good performance. I know this might be hard to do with cars breaking and such, but it gets kinda frustrating with all the empty hype going around about this system. I am by no means bashing Fuel Injection Pro at all, in any way. I truly want this to be as good as it sounds. I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say I want to hear from these people who have the product installed, and have proof of it's performance gains. Keep us informed ;D -Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPTIMUSPRIME Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 OK- seems that the tranny its about to give up. I need to re-built with a upgraded torque converter... Any suggestions on a different turbo auto tranny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Once modded, our tranny's(auto's) are pretty stout.. We share our tranny with MANY other cars, mainly Nissan's, like the older 86-89 Turbo 300zx's and such.. I'd really try to talk to Zactek, he has the most beefed up auto tranny on the forums I think... Another thing I haven't seen anyone mention, is to have some of the internal auto tranny parts, hardened by freezing(I forget what the process is called), or have some parts zinc coated, or nitride hardened.. Do that, and get a higher stall torque convertor(3100rpms) and do the valve body mods.. You should be good to go after that... Night and day difference, or so i've heard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 cryo treating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 as state'd lots of cars use this same tranny , and how many miles you got on yours,, 50-70 k more,, you will not find many tranns that'l hold up to a turbo much longer then that and cyro coating is for metal , much of the holdng parts in an auto are compounds like the clutch disk in the 5 spd but much smaller , and just like the 5 spd clutch slipping means death to them , if your gona run hard you may as well get use'd to the idea it's gona cost,,but theres nothing so complicate'd that most of you can't make it thru the rebuild your selves if you realy want to , easier then doing a 5 spd , just have to be more careful i can't see how the convertor is slipping at 3500,, whats the stall speed rpm on it in 1st arround 2k like mine or much higher , any convertor i've seen slip was doing so all the time , you were in 3'd right , if you were in OD your sliping the OD band , that happens when your going into OD under full boost a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPTIMUSPRIME Posted October 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 You know what, my got feeling is... now that Shelby mention OD... my OD switch doesnt work and te car seems to be in OD all the time even if i turn it off...I need to have my mechanic look into this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 it's darn easy to tell if your in OD theres 1000 rpms diff from 3'd to OD that means at 50 your like 1500 rpms , and i'l bet any thing it's the OD band thats sliping not the convertor you have to have power to the control system to disable the OD , if the swt don't work odd's are your right your in OD all the time ,deff not a good gear to do a dyno run in :'( tell ya what get hold of AGC on Trance's site and talk to him he redid his and post'd a bunch of pic's of the diff tranny parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPTIMUSPRIME Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Thankx Shelby... I'll look in to this ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny_Jim Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 OPTIMUSPRIME, did you ever figure out what's up with your tranny? I wanna see another dyno run happen. I'm definately buying this set up or one like it after my rebuild ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPTIMUSPRIME Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 This is my daily driver and I havent got time lately to work on it. Thanks to Ed, he provided me with a tranny; so what a will do is re-built that one with stronger converter plate and just swap tranny since usually I dont have time to leave the car at the mechanic to repair for things that I know might take a week or so. But soon I'll have some real dyno number he he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbull Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Yo what up with the dyno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboost Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 did we ever get this thing back on the dyno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I believe he sold his car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoxer Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Well I have the same system but I am running two 96lb msd injectors and a 19c turbo. I still have tuning to do but last dyno at 15lbs boost was 197.8 rwhp and I think torque was like 270. Can do much better I think, but for what dyno tuning is costing me I think I am just going to go MPI next. No since in wasting money on tuning when I really want MPI anyway and I'll just have to re tune. But FIP is everything everyone says it is and more. LOVE driving my Quest again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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