ok so alot of people have actually cracked the transmission housing. i want to know where on the housing it cracks. and if you have pics please post them.

 

i cracked mine..dont really have a picture,but it started to crack from the inside..actually 2 places...

first place was by 3rd gear,thats the gear that broke on my car

and second was where the transmission oil is

 

so was it the bell housing side that cracked, or the diff housing?

bump for anyone who has pics.

bump, bump

 

bell housing...diff side was fine,but i guess it was starting to go out as well due to excessive wheel hop(thats what was writtin on my work order at dealership)

 

ok so a strengthened bellhousing and gearset could make this tranny hold up better than.

 

um i think sttaying out of wheel hop or fixing wheel hop is a better move than worrying about fixing the tranmission case.

 

if you stop wheel hop it doesnt break the case. as for the rest of the tranny, dont know what the answer is

 

i don't wheel hop, i have solid mounts, but i do have $9500 into a motor build with turbo swap, and i need to figure out the week links in the tranny.

 

i had full mounts and still do..everything except for traction bars,but it still shakes the tranny under hard accel,especially when ur launchin..more power=more stress onto tranny

 

i dont have any pics of my trans but i just got mine back from the dealership and they put the 2008 transmissionin my car cuz i cracked my tranny also! they said its built a lil better and stronger for the turbo set up soon to come out! but i now am having a problem with cluth pressure sometimes i will have no pressure at the top end of the cluch and other times i will not even be able to push the clutch in at all! anybody have any hints on this problem?

 

I cracked my bell housing... i didnt let off wheel hop

 

jimbo, I am not sure how much tq you are going to be putting to your tansmission but you may want to consider what I refused to, GM Race Prepped AUTOMATIC transmission.
I know it is auto but in the long run that could be the easiest solution to big HP in our cars. A heck of a lot cheaper than what that idiot paid to go RWD in his Cobalt.

 

Here is a pic of where my 2nd tranny cracked/exploded. This is what happen to 3rd gear at the track when you're hauling ass!

 

i have actually thought of doing that, but i wanna wait to see how well the tranny holds up with the car being turboed.

 

thats how my 1st tranny looked like..now the 2nd one has a smaller hole,but its still cracked open..and both times it wasnt due to wheel hop..they said its because of my excedy clutch..i guess its to strong for our weak trannys

 

damn I wish I still had the pics of the one my friend grenaded... damn dif blew out, and there was a fist size hole through the inside bell housing, and the outer part of the diff case... ******* beautiful

 

So lets take this to a logical conclusion.
If more power requires the need for a stronger clutch, then an Exedy is a good choice.
If the Exedy is too strong for our transmission to handle, then people who are doing significant builds right now are going to start blowing up transmissions frequently.

 

lol....sounds like a possibility

 

i have noticed on thing though, all the guys blowing transmissions are still running the sc, no one has blown a tranny since they went turbo. i have a feeling that is because of the torque curves a way different. the turbo makes for a lot less abuse in the low end. this is all just theory though.

 

ill be pushing out more top end power,so that might not affect the transmission as much as having low end power