Thread: It Blowed Up Real Good!

Quote: Originally Posted by jgrewe Maybe you could pull out a dyno sheet and figure out the exact torque that it took to kill the NA unit. Since first and second gears can have wheel spin issues with that much power and third calms down, if you know about how fast you were going you can work backward through the gear ratios and have a pretty good idea of the number. It would be fun to be able to say, "NA trannys break at 371 ftlbs of...

Quote: Originally Posted by JxT Wow didn't think it would cost that much to rebuild the transmission. Then again, that amount is probably minuscule compared to the total amount already spent on your car. there is a lot of labor time in there too, the T2 trans just takes a long time to take apart.

^ I had my T2 tranny rebuilt. They sandblasted it too so it looked nice and clean. I'm glad you upgraded, sometimes you just don't want to deal with the BS of worrying about some time bomb part on your car.

How much did you abuse that tranny? Hard launches? Or did you just do alot of WOT pulls? From what I read a long time ago, and it might've been from you, is the NA trannies don't enjoy being put through alot of WOT pulls, launches don't seem to hurt it very much. I could be wrong though. __________________ Naegleria Fowleri's long lost brother . Quote: Originally Posted by aznpoopy u ever use ur mod powers to hit on a girl

hahaha i have a mint 117k kms tranny here for you if that one breaks lol what about the miata gears? rebuild kits are cheap, the tranny rebuilding is more intimidating than it is hard __________________ 1993 MX-3ZE 1987 TII with 91 S5 Tom's racing TII engine

^"It took a couple months of hard launches with 225 Falken Azenis's and getting sideways at U turns and intersections for first gear to finally give out." so... it held up then.

How much is it costing you to rebuild the T2 tranny Aaron?

I've got a 4 speed out of an RX3 As a technician I enjoy seeing carange in transmissions and other components. It reveals the weak points of the component and it helps in future diagnosis of other vehicles.

Don't the gears need to be pressed off the shaft?

Back in the day we used to run OLD SCHOOL CELICA TRANNYS(the cast iron ones)on several horsepower 13B powered cars and held up a lot of abuse,I have a old friend that until this day still holds the ET drag record using a TURBO 2 TRANNY on his full chassis RX3 WEST RACING with a couple of mid 8 seconds passes and a handfull of low 9s so in my opinion T2s trannys are hella strong.