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Thread: It Blowed Up Real Good!

Started 8 months, 1 week ago by Aaron Cake
Two years at 400+ wheel HP and my NA transmission is finally dead! Yesterday afternoon I was running across the city to get to the post office before 5PM. One of the main cross streets turns into an expressway so the speed limit goes from 60 (KM/H) to 100. As the light turned green I was stuck behind some douche in a Camry that didn't seem to understand that going 50 KM...
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jjwalker replied 8 months, 1 week ago
Ouch. I can't wait to see the pics. Maybe you can help me with my annoying little transmission problem... http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.ph.....+makes+no ise Sorry for the thread jack. Nobody could ever answer my question.

whitey85mtu replied 8 months, 1 week ago
I rarely enter the FC section, but that story was worth it. Looking forward to the pics of the carnage.

KhanArtisT replied 8 months, 1 week ago
Pretty much exactly what happened to my transmission but in first gear.

2slow4stock replied 8 months, 1 week ago
ouch, but that sucks to hear. But let's see how your transmission build goes.

Aaron Cake replied 8 months, 1 week ago
I'm not too worried or broken up about it. Had to happen at some point and I have a spare unit. I'll drive the spare unit kind of easily while I await the parts to swap in a more suitable transmission. A TII unit will bolt right in but that's not my style and I don't want TII parts on my car.

beefhole replied 8 months, 1 week ago
At least you didn't nail the gas and hear your engine explode (unlike me)!

JxT replied 8 months, 1 week ago
Are you planning to modify the N/A transmission if you do not plan on using a T2 one?

EvilWankel replied 8 months, 1 week ago
So how much whp did you end up with on that setup? I watched a dyno video from your car a while back and it wqas like 379rwhp. Did I miss it?

SGPguy replied 8 months, 1 week ago
Nicely done bro. Glad to hear that it lasted that long at 400hp. Hoping to see some broken shafts and bare gears in pics. lol.

j9fd3s replied 8 months, 1 week ago
Quote: Originally Posted by Aaron Cake Two years at 400+ wheel HP and my NA transmission is finally dead! Yesterday afternoon I was running across the city to get to the post office before 5PM. I'll update this thread with carnage pictures of the broken unit because I think it's going to be impressive....

 

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Aaron Cake
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It Blowed Up Real Good! (Now...
Published (2009-11-12 16:51:00)
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...
j9fd3s
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Published (2009-11-12 16:38:00)
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.
arghx
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Published (2009-11-09 14:28:00)
^ 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.
Rowtarded
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Published (2009-04-14 08:56:00)
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
FC3Sdrift
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Published (2009-04-14 12:25:00)
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
beefhole
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Published (2009-04-10 19:32:00)
^"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.
JxT
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Published (2009-11-09 20:36:00)
How much is it costing you to rebuild the T2 tranny Aaron?
Buggy
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Published (2009-04-12 11:48:00)
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.
SGPguy
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It Blowed Up Real Good! (Now...
Published (2009-04-17 14:24:00)
Don't the gears need to be pressed off the shaft?
joeylyrech
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Published (2009-04-12 20:17:00)
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.

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