i gotta pull it now cause of a slap at idle, and a chatter at 60+ man this is pisssing me off its either the throw out bearing or transmission but im ruling out the transmission he is building a whole new one for me same deal all the upgraded parts and sending it to me at no cost

steel 3-4 shift fork, steel keys, carbon fiber retaining rings.


few small stuff but this is irriatating wonder if my car will be ready for the 16th

 

You should have bought the "indestructible" T5

Sorry to hear that Eric1

 

yea right mine was supposed to be indestructible but **** this one must have been pretty ****ed up to begin with..

oh well atleast this time there wont be any down time i told him to just send me another one with the same upgrades cause this one is ****ty

 

Would you be interested in selling that "sh***y" box or do you have to send it back?

 

why would you want that POS its had problems ever sence he got it

 

lol im sure he has to send it back. the company wouldnt just take his word for it and send him another two thousand dollar transmission. eric you better dyno your car next week so i can smear it in your face my car makes more power :P

 

are you kidding my car isnt going to be dynoed

i would sell you this tranny but i got to send it back....this one was cursed....

so im getting a whole new unit thats built the same

 

That's cool Eric, I figured you would have to.

I would just buy it to sell it to my buddy with my Spohn X-Member anyways. I'm happy with my "non-cursed" World Class T5's.

 

i like my built 700r4. third times a charm

 

I am on T5 #3 as well so maybe it's right

 

Sorry to hear about the tranny problems Eric, that sucks. At least they are taking care of you and sending a whole new one out, most companies would keep rebuilding your current one, hope the new one works out this time.

Hmmmm, let's see, the 3 of you guys have all gone through tranny problems. I bet you all drive hard. I know Eric and Travis do. I have a stock AC Delco rebuilt tranny with 20,000+ miles on it now and not one wink of trouble, and I drive easy, hmmmm, is there a connection there, lol, just giving you guys a hard time.

 

it still may be the clutch but i just want a new one cause this one scares me

im tearing it down tommorrow and starting my intake

 

sorry to hear that

i'm still on the original trans in this car, the lady i bought it from went pretty easy on the car for it's entire 130,000 miles.

It's got 137,000 now after almost 5 months, and I've already put some noticeable wear on it... lol

I think driving around for 3 weeks without a transmission mount did a number on it. hahaha

wasn't my fault, i have the only car with a unique trans mount in all of thirdgen history... a 90 to 92 v6 w/5 speed is NOT a fun trans mount to locate. I had no choice but to buy it used from somewhere outside of san diego. they didn't even have it when I originally asked, but they got a car in that had one and when they ripped it down the guy remembered me because the trans mount looked so funny.

either that, or pay 180 bucks for a new one from GM. yeah right.......

it's a round hydraulic mount, my old one developed a leak and lost the oil, then with the lack of pressure it ripped wide open after a good roast through first and a little chirp into second *BAMN*

buddy - "what the hell was that?"

me - "transmission mount"

buddy - "how do you know already?"

me - "the stick jumped so hard it almost broke my wrist"

buddy - "oh"

 

sorry to hear about that eric, hopefully she'll be back together for the 16th!

 

dont think so

 

Hitch a ride with someone and come anyway.

 

that would be eric 2

 

its the transmission sounds like input shaft when i pulled it and i spun the input shaft i could just hear it im gonna try to get him to pay for rushs hipping and ill chip in

 

You never know Eric, if you get the trans soon enough, you ought to bring the "ROC on the 16th!

 

Sh*t I'll drive all the way up there and help you get that thing in there if it means you making it to dyno day!

Keep us posted!

 

That's right!

I might be towing my 'ROC behind my bicycle but I'll be at Dyno Day damnit!

 

It's all good Eric 2, keep your hopes up and know we are here to help. At least your intake is going on, hope it's a smooth install, let us know how she drives when it's all done.

 

im eric 1


im doing more than intake im doin the heads too i want to prep this thing for 2 turbo's so im puttin some fresh gaskets and arp head studs, and port matching the intake

 

Nice, Are you doing a full rebuild from the ground up, or have you already rebuilt the motor to handle the boost?

 

no hes gonna run 13psi on a stock 100,000 mile bottom end

 

Sorry about that Eric 1. Sounds like a good plan, might as well do it while the car is down anyway. Should be a sweet setup, hurry up and do it.

 

*kabOom*

 

my brothers car is at 110,000 miles hes running 15lbs of boost on his M3 with 10:5:1 compression so again kaboom with 9:3:1 nawww


dont think so ill put money on it 13 is gonna be for high good race or track, drive around on 8 or 9psi

 

Completely different engines that I don't think are capable of the same tolerances.
Who knows though, I'm sure you'll use the boost in moderation, haha.

 

rofl after the turbos are on, eric 1 is gonna be saving for a new engine lolol

 

actually i am


and 2nd an internal combustion engine is an internal combustion engine

not to mention hes getting alot more pining/preigniton than i will be due to the high compression ontop of it. 13psi is not that much on a stock 100K motor only not to mention if you want more proof i have talked who worked with STOCK l98's for 13psi ill need tuning and a msd boost timing master im going overboard by putting fresh racing head gaskets and arp head studs.

i also have a magazine article about a stock l98 with 13psi of boost

 

yeah thats true but you forgot one thing











YOUR DRIVING

 

Preach!

Yeah I wouldn't say "it" couldn't handle that much, I don't think it could handle you.

 

Is Eric1 really as bad as y'all say?

 

We're just givin' him a hard time.
He does drive with wreckless abandon though.
I'm sure most of us drive differently than when we were 19 like Eric-1.

 

I definietly agree Del.

But once you put Vin in a V8 5spd Camaro all I hear is...


"Green, Green, Green....."

 

yea i am bad...my car knows 3 throttle positions, full throttle, cruizing, and idle its really true i dont take her out of the garage much


i drive a grand am every day so natrually when i take it out i want to womp on it she takes it pretty good..


i also like to drive fast with other fellow third genners and race anything that revs at me one more thing, i hate the speed limit and go around traffic to go faster. so yea i like to drive fast

 

lol, at least you admit it Eric1, I give you credit for that. So when are these big plans going to be done, any time table for them? Is your intake on yet, how does she drive?

 

well have the intake off, have the most of the air injection off,
i have been going into work early to work on her but i keep getting distracted by customers....

 

Well, hurry up anyway and get her done, are you done yet?

 

negative i have an naked engine, my left side head is off
and my right side has exhaust manifold and rocker arms left, and my BRAND NEW transmission will be here tommorrow..ill stay late again went home the other day at 9pm hehe ....

 

I guess we will have to duke it out on a drag day after she's together eRIC. hOW much horsies will she have?

 

im gonna give an estimate of about 305 to the ground....

thinkin about a 13.2 at 104-106 if i can get traction

 

305 to the ground thats with the TT right cause your really not doing anything to the motor

rocker arms
port matched heads
headers(stock exhaust)
super ram

hahahahahaha I say 280 if you luck

 

i can dream

 

260 :P

 

I'm with Terrell, 305hp, your dreaming Eric, lol. I say 250 to the ground, good luck with your dreams.
Glad to hear it's all coming together finally though, hope the new tranny works this time.

 

I dunno guys, I think Eric will have the power #'s he's estimating.
After completing all of those listed items (correctly), the mph's could be around 104-105, which could equate to just over 300rwhp.
He won't be winning many races or pulling any nice timeslips, but at least the dyno will be more forgiving of the driver flaws.

 

well we all know this is true some day ill learn to launch my t56

 

Guess your right Del, only the Dyno will tell. Then you just have to learn to drive that car Eric, and get some better tires.