Snail_SS

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Yeah just best to go all out now and not have to worry about anything anymore

tomj77

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100% agree. I cant afford a new trans every month so, this is the only option in my opinion. and no I don't think f40 is a solution either, cause it may hold up for longer, but it will eventually break as well, unless also reinforced. id suggest anyone with an f40 send it to Jason and have him take care of it for you.

Snail_SS

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I'll get in contact with him and save some money and maybe even buy a lsd to be installed by him just to be safe I'll probably stick with my f35 until I get the funds then once ready install everything

tomj77

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I'm doing the same. he needs a core though, so u gotta send him something for him to build

Snail_SS

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I would ship him my trans I wouldn't want to get something else since the one I have is brand new

tomj77

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How did u get a brand new f40

Snail_SS

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Got it off a member from here I wanna say a year plus ago lol

zeeky420

You got very lucky snail Jason told me I have the last low miles f40 he seen in a while

LNFwagonSS

I hope it's an 2007-08 F40 from the Saab 9-3 2.0 turbo. If not, you have the wrong gearing

LNFwagonSS

BTW guys, I'm going to be a vendor at the CED meet next weekend if any of you are going. Stop by my vendor booth(B3Design) for a detailed explanation of this indestructible build as well as cheaper options.

tomj77

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Is this you Jason?

Snail_SS

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Yup that's him

tomj77

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What the heck lol I should learn everyones real name

LNFwagonSS

LOL, it's all good. Took me a while to realize you were you

LNFwagonSS

Hate to be THAT guy but I did offer you one of my cheaper builds in this thread like 5 pages ago. You would still be banging gears if you had that trans. It was a mild build. 445 with CSD and 3ga and my obsolete (yet still effective) first gen brace. But hey, maybe this was a blessing in disguise. You're gonna be getting the best of the best of the best. Strongest and most efficient manual trans ever known to the FWD GM delta platform.

Snail_SS

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Well I need to find info unless gm decided to make mayor changes on the f40 the one I got is a 10-11 f40 that might be the reason why it was brand new

tomj77

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If only I'd have known then what I know now. But yes I'd rather it happened this way because I'm gonna be getting something better.

tomj77

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So little review here. took intake manifold off cause I got a powder coated one coming from powell. and I have to fix my leaking oil pressure block I made, this time I'm making my own out of solid aluminum, the block I bought has 4 unused ports that have like 2 threads to seal with, and that's what is leaking, like had a feeling it would. so anyway took off manifold and looked too see how powell v3 oil separator was doing. after 2 months of breaking her in and tuning doing a lot of hard pulls and such. not one drop of oil, or any oil stain for that matter, anywhere. valves are still shiny, there is some black carbon stains, but that's expected. but valves themselves are clean, intake manifold is just as clean inside as when I put it on. id say the v3 works freaking awesomely. I do smell oil when I'm sitting at lights though, but that's because my bov is slightly open, and id expect the air vented back into the system to smell of oil. but all oil is removed. also checked my upper cp and outlet of the turbo. totally clean. nice piece of work John Powell.

Snail_SS

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I need that in my life or I should say in my new to me sedan

63 Nova SS

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Tom- saw you get confused on Facebook about Jason, been there a bunch. I started trying to keep track of guys real names due to seeing their posts on SS gang and knowing the car here on css. I have some of them figured out now, but not all.

tomj77

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Lol Ya I here ya. I'm really bad remembering names to begin with , i usually just go by their forum man's , remembering one name is hard enough let alone 2. Took me like 6 months too remember the names of the 10 guys I supervise at work lol

tomj77

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So finally got the info, 11.5 needs partial cage, 10.99 needs full at local track.

tomj77

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Sometimes cheap Chinese stuff ends up being pretty good. Aluminum Valve stem caps for 7 bucks off eBay

Snail_SS

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Where you get those from I like them

tomj77

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EBay lol just look for valve stem caps. Tons of nice ones
I may get the ones that look like pistons eventually