Engine TransGo tranny Mod... good stuff!

Bitchen! Sean, I need to take u for a test drive so you can see how I bounce off the rev-limiter on my 1-2 shift at WOT... maybe this mod will fix that?

can u ask them about making a high stall Torque converter.. somebody gotta give Level 10 more competition, and it'll really help than they're on the west coast.

TransGo tranny Mod... good stuff!

took my car to transgo at 7:30am... we didnt finish up till 5:30pm...

took plenty of photos... video tape everything... specs... etc...

part 1 of the project...

increase pressure in the valve body...

stock is at around 135-145psi... we up that to 235psi... for 1-2 shift... etc...

all i can say is that... when this kit... comes out... ne reg. joe can install this... so freakin easy...

make some holes smaller... make some holes bigger... change some springs... and ur done...

ne ways... ALL THE SHIFTS HAS BEEN FIRMED UP... AND SHIFT TIME HAS BEEN SHORTENED!!! NO MORE SLIPPIN ON THE TRANNY @ ALL!!!

now i can run 7psi daily... and 13psi on high boost... i tried it and i was lighten up the tires from 1-2 shifts...

oh and btw... 13psi on a stock rolla is ok... at least for me it is...


well... some of the shifts was a bit harsh on light throttle... and that will be fixed in a few weeks... after i test drive this thing... and for them to get some new springs made...

right now... on light and heavy throttle... the shifts are med/hard...

what we wanna do is light throttle...soft shift... med throttle... med shift... and @ WOT bang bang shift... lol...

ill keep u guys updated...

yea not a problem brian... u can check how much firmer the shifts are... and theres basically no slip @ all...

they dont make tc... i asked them about tc info for our cars... and they said to find a smaller tc and slap it in there... cuz if they just take our oem one and re-calibrate it... they just seal up some passages... thus makin the tc less effiecent...

ill ask them more about it later... i plan to ask them about tranny stuff and internal stuff... the owner got hook ups...

and i might be getting my car dynoed pretty soon... finally...

Thats awesome and good news for us automatic owners who want to do some decent work.

Is there a price range for this?

I'm glad to hear that its an easy install. Let us know when you get pictures up.

yea he tells me that this mod will double the torque handling of the tranny... give or take a few percent...

price range? shouldnt be much... check out transgo's other products... they dont cost that much...

i couldnt take any pictures... its confidential... they need to use it for their stuff... ppl like to copy their work.. etc...

but for level10 chargin a arm and a leg for valve body upgrade... like 500? its a bit too much...

oh btw... i dont know how long will it take for this product to come out... this is the first oil pan pull...

on the last project... they had to pull the pan 75 times...

Cool.. keep us posted... btw Sean.. I took off my heat shield... and wrapped up the cables with the heat wrap I bought.. so far so good... no problems with the heat wrap changing colors.. the zip ties I used turned brown... but other than that its holding up well.... and the rattles.... gone.... POS heat shield .... I have TONS of heat wrap left over.. I only ended up using like 2 feet.. so if you want some let me know.

guys at transgo been around for more then 40? 50 years? they know wut they are doing... they know their valvebody like inside out...

none of the shifts chirp tires... cuz if thats the case on low tq power cars... ur basically just lockin up the gears/tires... thats why it chirps...

The wrap was like 12 bucks shipped... for 15 ft.. but I have like 13 feet left.. hehe

Its not the best looking thing in the engine bay, but it looks like its doing its job... I'll take a pic and post it up

my friend's teggy chirps tires..but then again, he has a vortec supercharger w/after cooler, and other goodies, he dynoed at 324 whps..he's currently turning it into a show car..=(

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I'm just glad my car doesn't rattle anymore.

hey brian... yea ill keep you guys posted...

about the heat wrap... yea i took mine off yesterday... that thing sucks... waste of 50 bucks...

how much did you pay for ur wraps?

be careful, dont make the shifts too harsh. dont make them to the point where u chirp shifts or else your gunna be buyin a new tranny

your Si should chirp 2nd...

if i had stock tires ill be chripin tires... but i have 17 inch...

and theres two types of tire chirpin senerios...

1) locking up the wheel.... causin tire to drag... and chirp... dats the bad chirp...

2) wheel spinin fast, loosin traction... dats the good chirp...

I chirp without too much difficulty..brand new Falkens (185/60/14)..that's with a 5sp, though..

My tranny has 147k on it and hasn't complained yet..

im takin about auto...

sounds good, count me in as soon as they get all the bugs worked out.. tho i think i might need more work on my tranny.. it's starting to click (or tick) when shifting to/from P R and D

heres some info...

http://www.txchange.com/transgo.htm

I dont get what u mean about making holes smaller.

do they just actually just sell the kit! ill do it my self!

so how much would they charge to go in and have them do all the work

um... transgo is a manufactor... they distrubute their product to tranny shops... so... if u want a kit... u have to get it via internet or through a tranny shop... we are still trying to work out the bugs.

so yes they sell it as a kit... i think i mentioned that already... -.- its a diy kit.

so NO u can not go in and have them install it.

and even if you have a tranny shop do it for you-the mechanic also has to be familiar with the transgo kit, the parts, and how it works...the chances of finding a reliable place, or a place thatll even do it are slim...

um... lets see... dropin the pan... removing the valve body... replacing some parts... and enlarge some holes... make some holes smaller... put everything back...

takes less the 3 hrs total... it took them 30 minutes.

man, i was thinking the same thing.. I know how to make holes bigger, but never made holes smaller before..

oh haha... yea it was interesting to see how they do it...

they plug a "large" hole with a "plug" and hammer it in... and the plug already have a hole... and if the hole needs to be bigger... just drill it out with the drill bit they provided with the kit...

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