keep me posted i have a spare g85 tranny with a bad 2nd gear syncro, it will be the project tranny for me.

 

I am always easy on my drivetrain stuff (stock clutch still in prefect condition, tranny was fine, stock axles were like new), but I just don't know man. Drag racing a car with 350-400+ whp w/ full crinkle wall drag slicks, is really hard on drivetrain. I'd rather be safe, than sorry. If the tranny is fine, great. However if it blows from the stress, then I'm stuck with a blown tranny, no warranty and no idea how to fix it. No one that I know of has run at the track with slicks, and that much power. So we don't even know if it can handle the power and more importantly, the launch.

 

You should talk to Tom or Randy and see if they will do it on the side or if they can hook you up. They should have the tools at the dealership since that is where Aaron took his car for a cracked transmission casing.

And you may not need the FAST ECM after all. Paul was using the MAF table to correct the lack of fuel with injectors that were beyond maxed out on a stock returnless fuel system. Larger injectors solved some of that, but he still needs to get more fuel and pressure to the rail.

 

So you mean to tell me, you don't think 83 lbs/hr injectors, with twin walbro 255's and pressure regulator will be enough!?!?

 

You can always just wait and see how 06NosCobalt's (or what ever his S/N is) GT35R car does. His tranny will have a lot of power going through it... and will be beating around the streets very soon.

I say go for it with the tranny as it is. If you blow it, then you know... and I'll sell you my Tranny for dirt cheap - Like $200. You'll just have to take the 2nd gear blocker ring off of your old tranny!

 

Maybe, but you may want to keep the 160 lbs/hr injectors handy.

The GT35R car has 8 injectors. Not sure how they are controlling them but they are in the intake runners.

 

Cam if u can work on an auto tranny u can work on a manual. Way more simple. I got to work on Chrysler A555 Getrag and those SUCK! I dont think the Saab Getrag will be any tougher. You can do it.

 

Not sure why's there's two pumps in this application. Unless one pump drives 4 injectors and one drive's the other 4, seems like a waste to me. You would have been just fine with 4 90 lb injectors, one Walbro 255hp, and a Kenne Bell b-a-p running at like 20%. But it's your car I guess.

We all got the same goals, just different ways to get to them. Why did you decide to go that route out of curiousity?

 

He likes to be overbuilt and that isnt a bad thing, just more money. Also on the very safe side I guess u could say. Remember pumps supply volume not fuel pressure, you have to have the volume to begin with, but fuel pressure is key to it all.

 

Yeah. Its all about safety. If I don't really stress any of the parts, the chance of it blowing up again is a lot smaller. Oh and as for the tranny, its taken care of. I talked to a guy my dad knows who owns a transmission shop. He agreed to tear down my tranny and reassemble it for free, all I had to do was tune his turbo M3. So tonight we headed out, his wide band rarely left the 10.0 mark. Idle, cruising, WOT, it didn't matter. It was stupidly rich, so rich in fact, you could actually light the exhaust on fire!!! So after several hours of cruising on the freeway doing pulls, and what not. It now sits pretty at 11.2-11.5 AFR at WOT, and 14.4-14.8 while cruising.

DAMN I'M GOOD!!!


Sadly my project is still dead in the water. Tax returns indicate I owe just over $400 to the IRS Also my wisdom teeth are totally impacted (they decided to grow in at a 90 degree angle) so they are totally ******* up all my other teeth. Since they are fully grown in, but aren't even above the gum line, in order to pull them, they have to slice open my gums and pull them out through hole they cut. Cost of the surgery is gonna be $505


EDIT* Here's a video of us lighting the exhaust on fire before we started tuning it (for all you non-believers )

 

I was speaking of the Tranny and how much power it could hold. Not fuel.

 

Cam take a look into getting the tranny case reinforced and the gear sets cryo'd.

i had a local SCCA guy weld on bracing to my trans case as a "just in case" measure, i've seen several "built trans" cars **** the case into pieces because it was weaker then the often straight cut and shoot peened gear sets they had in the trans. While that was done i had the shift forks, gear sets, stalks, ect all cryo'd by another local shop.

not sure if it was totally necessary but its never gonna hurt to be over built.

as for your twin 255's idea, those things are garbage. they die off rather quickly when under pressure, and they take a dip for the worse rite around the fuel pressure your going to need at 20-23PSI map.

food for thought.


and the IRS sucks.....

 

God damn dude, glad to see some progress on this, hit me up on AIM son.

 

Twin walbros means they won't hardly be working at all. TWO pumps, that means I'll have ~510 lph fuel flow **** THATS A LOT!!!

 

Sorry. I was thinking you were talking about the fueling/PCM issue. reading>me

I was wondering why you were tuning an M3. I take it he had the software?

 

wow you are going through the same thing I am!

get them done early, otherwise they will push up against your other teeth...and the one that gets squeezed in the middle will start to break away and decay. I know from experience and am missing 1 tooth on each side because of it

yah for bridges and crowns = shitload of money

 

hey all people that i know in the phx area
totaled the balt this mouring

 

He was using a piggyback setup. Took some getting used to, but I figured it out.

 

lol running a little bit rich there?

 

Wideband was pegged at 10.0, idling, cruising, and at WOT

 

Ok. Update for those who don't know or who are too lazy to read. I'm staying with the stock blower, I hope for 320-330 whp on pump gas, and I yes I plan on switching to a TVS as soon as the funds are available. After 5 PM's a day asking if I'm going turbo, or tvs or whatever, I had to make this post.

 

Why no more updates?

 

No money my fine feathered friend.

 

Speaking of builds, you ever get yours running?

 

Still workin on it. We have the rotating assembly in and torqued down, as well as the head. Its progressing slowly (still faster than mine though).

Also, my auto meter cobalt series, fuel pressure gauge, oil pressure gauge, egt gauge, and boost gauge should be here in 7-10 days