Has anyone beefed up an auto tranny?
07-03-2010, 02:46 AM
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Has anyone beefed up an auto tranny?
Basically: Has anyone beefed up an auto tranny? My tranny I feel is going to go, like after driving a bit it feels like its not running right only when its cold. I dnt wana have my car out again for a weeks to swap to a 5 speed so Im willing to spend so I can keep my auto going for longer.
07-03-2010, 03:03 AM
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Basically: Has anyone beefed up an auto tranny? My tranny I feel is going to go, like after driving a bit it feels like its not running right only when its cold. I dnt wana have my car out again for a weeks to swap to a 5 speed so Im willing to spend so I can keep my auto going for longer.
07-03-2010, 03:15 AM
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You should contact them.....they can give you more information. The build involves an upgraded torque converter, valve body, clutch packs, etc. I'm sure if you give them a target power they'll be able to build for it...
07-03-2010, 03:16 AM
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Wait what is the main issue? Does it lag its shifts when the car is cold? Or does it also do it when its been driven for a while? Unless your boosted in some way the tranny will hold fine. If its only laggy when cold thats because its trying to keep the RPM's up to help the car and transmission fluid warm up faster.
07-03-2010, 03:24 AM
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Wait what is the main issue? Does it lag its shifts when the car is cold? Or does it also do it when its been driven for a while? Unless your boosted in some way the tranny will hold fine. If its only laggy when cold thats because its trying to keep the RPM's up to help the car and transmission fluid warm up faster.
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07-03-2010, 03:49 AM
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i agree with the last sentence that tc4eva posted, also try putting a tranny cooler on the car if you like to beat up on the car every now and then and it will also help the tranny last abit longer because you won't heat it up too much.
07-03-2010, 04:44 AM
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Ok well if your tranny was going out it would shoot the RPM's up, but the car wouldnt move because it was slipping, or it would just really lag when trying to shift into the next gear. I wanna say you might have a different problem, but I could be wrong. When was the last time you changed the A/T fluid? And I would also recommend a tranny cooler for your car. I still need to get one myself. Im gonna assume that your somehow boosted since your in the F/I section. Is your tune spot on?
07-03-2010, 01:47 PM
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Ok well if your tranny was going out it would shoot the RPM's up, but the car wouldnt move because it was slipping, or it would just really lag when trying to shift into the next gear. I wanna say you might have a different problem, but I could be wrong. When was the last time you changed the A/T fluid? And I would also recommend a tranny cooler for your car. I still need to get one myself. Im gonna assume that your somehow boosted since your in the F/I section. Is your tune spot on?
07-03-2010, 02:28 PM
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If you dont have a tune, it will cause weird problems. A basemap is not a tune. Its made just so the car will run long enough to get it to the tuner. They are usually setup very very conservatively so that may also be causing you problems. And try changing the fluid as well. What size RC's do you have? Anything more than 440's will cause the car to idle too rich since the computer cant compensate. And I dont kno if your base map was setup for the RC's that you have currently.
07-03-2010, 05:36 PM
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If you dont have a tune, it will cause weird problems. A basemap is not a tune. Its made just so the car will run long enough to get it to the tuner. They are usually setup very very conservatively so that may also be causing you problems. And try changing the fluid as well. What size RC's do you have? Anything more than 440's will cause the car to idle too rich since the computer cant compensate. And I dont kno if your base map was setup for the RC's that you have currently.
Im running 440s and I was just trying to pick a tuner for the emanage ult. I want to go to ptuning but I would trailer the car there so I was looking for somewhere closer and I found RIPP mods in NYC.
I only have 150 miles on my greddy turbo kit now lol its not a daily driver
07-03-2010, 06:12 PM
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07-04-2010, 02:38 PM
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$hit rlly I read so much info and saw like 15 good responses and could only find 2 things that people gave negative.... Ive been through 30 different places haha maybe ill just ship my car to ptuning thats the only place i rlly like.
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07-05-2010, 05:55 PM
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4k for built auto if you where willing to come down here guy was selling a whole wrecked tC for 4.5k with fresh 20k mile 5spd not to mention the rest of the car could be parted out
07-05-2010, 06:19 PM
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spent 5 grand building mine through LevelTen .... then after we ruined the tranny trying to tune with it all the sudden they said we need there special ecu to tell the tranny when to shift and never gave me a penny back.