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will be seeing shop to chuck brakes on soon, haven't decided on rims yet, will get them to check the tune and see what they say. basically want to be reasonably able to WOT without to much worry.
am quite interested in one of these too... really want to get the most out of the gearbox now. this seems like it could be a very good idea.
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unless you have a power adder with a high stall etc, i think most people wouldnt notice the difference or require new sump.
I reakon i would done more hard km's on my original transmission in 6 months than most people would over the life of their vehicle and it took over 3 years for my auto to die and it lost it while i was driving sedatly at 70kph in traffic.
This is not pointed at anyone in particular, but just because there are a few modified cars trialling this out and having success, does not mean every man and his dog requires it. If you can't afford to replace the transmission at your own cost in the case of a warranty decline.
LEAVE THE THING ALONE!!!
My warranty is up in two months and given my car's cammed etc I'm sure they'd wipe any warranty claim on my A6 anyway. Mine occasionally still flares and annoys me so for relatively small cost I'm prepared to give it a shot. I suspect most of us are in a similar boat. It's not as though we're going wild on mods given we're using a genuine GM pan and filter and just adding baffling.
Also, am investigating another possibility in the hope of getting the filters here sooner.
no warranty, car twin turbo and looking to increase boost at some point. gearbox flares on WOT shifts, behaves well maybe 85% of the time but will try find out soon enough if it's just a tune issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tre-Cool
I've been watching this thread withn interest for a while as my mate has a current Grange and has had auto problems from day one. It's been back to Holden/HSV numerous times and they've replaced the valve body, new computer flash etc but he continues to have the same problem which is:
Whenever he goes on a decent drive (ie he regularly does Brisbane/Yamba - 300km) he finds that after a while it (a) won't go past 4th or 5th, (b) it sometimes goes into limp mode, (c) the problems always seem to be worse after it's been getting a bit of stick, (d) it is always worse after some spirited driving and especially after a climb up a windy, hilly road where the box is up and down through the lower gears, and (e) after he lets it sit and cool for 10 mins, and then turns the ignition on and off about 5 times it will re-set and all's good....until next time.
I thought it could be oil surge in the tranny and then consequent over-heating, but he is really an old sheila and wouldn't know about driving it hard...
Any clues?
Could be a block in the trans cooler line or just not enough trans fluid. Pretty sure i mentioned this before, but over-filling the box doesnt seem to hurt them in any way. i.e an extra 1-2lts once the level has been checked. best done warm and on a 2 post hoist. chuck it in gear and check it.Quote:
Originally Posted by seldo
Its getting aerated oil, remove the pan off an A6 and take a look how the valve body intrudes into the pan, have a look at the available room for the filter and then the oil level... its an engineering mess. Tre, my box was 3 1/2 years old and no problems except for the normal complaints that every one has, I had it rebuilt when I put the 7lt in the car... no difference, still the same problems. I then put slicks on it and went to the drags, the car would launch and then free rev, has the acceleration rate decays it would get oil and lock the clutch pack and go and do that three times then settle down, I had three outings like that then we decided the oil was not staying around the pickup... how right I was. I made a pan deeper and extended the filter and added two baffles. Now I just put it in drive and it runs 1.5 60s and changes like a T400, 10.8s with the 7lt.... 11.8s with 6lt, 11.3s with 75shot on 6lt, the trans just works no matter what I do to it. Most people dont require it if not racing but try some 1.5 60s with a standard VE pan set up and see what happens, if you overfill it enough you might get away with it but you might blow oil out the breather or blow the fill plug out, that would be catastophic on the track. The oil level is set for a reason, like saying put an extra couple litres in your engine to stop oil starvation... much smarter to fix the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tre-Cool
Have probably got a dozen filters lined up through a different source now - possibly $10 - $15 more each this way. All to be confirmed soon but even if they are slightly more expensive the landed price should be at most what we pay for a normal A6 filter here, so not a great drama. :)
have you tried to the likes of scoggins dickey in the usa. they sell genuine gm parts and will ship to australia.
i baught a bunch of ls9 rocker covers from them.
Thanks guys :)
Does anyone know if all the caddy pans that gaz is doing mods to are sold. Have tried to PM him but never got a reply.
Thanks
^^^ ditto ^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by ORRBI
Very keen for a set aswell
I suspect gaz05 is very busy one way or the other as he hasn't even replied to my PM from days ago and I was the one who got him all the Caddy pans. I guess if those 8 are gone and there is enough extra demand we could try to organise some more to be sent over.
Yeah, Cheers Wonky!
I think that the demand for these will be pretty constant.
Anyone who has had the slipping issues and/or the bad/no shift with decent horsepower will probably be looking to get one & get the issues sorted once and for all.
Thanks to you, Gaz & anyone else who has been involved in the R&D and obtaining the parts. It os no doubt the solution we have all been waiting for :idea: