TeamChin

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Finally got the car back with the TH350 trans. installed...the Megashifter looks pretty bad ***...not to mention how insane driving the car is...

yonner

explain this trans is it sequential or somethin?

jajiddam

what the hell did u do to your fd????!!!

scratchjunkie

yes, please give a complete review of this monster TH350. looks pretty badass and insane driving is too vague.

dgeesaman

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Who put it in? Do you mind ballparking the cost?

quicksilver_rx7

Personally, that shifter looks like crap in that car. I would have went with the 700R4 to get the extra gear.

TeamChin

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it's a fully built chevy turbo 350 trans. with trans. brake and all the works....it will hold more torque and hp then any rotary could throw at it...and yes the car still has the 13b in it...

other Performance mods....
to4 single turbo
M2 large stock mount intercooler
Power FC
Profec B (Greddy)
custom driveshaft
custom downpipe
midpipe
PFS catback
1600cc secondaries
HUGE street port
2nd gen. Rotors
2mm coated apex seals
KDR anti-det. Device
TII differential


the engine is not even broken in yet and driving this car is a blast…with the trans-brake you can imagine how it launches…the ratchet shifter forces you to slam it into every gear...(you don’t loose boost between shifts)…and when getting on it the *** end skips with every shift…I can’t find the words to explain how much fun the car is to drive…and for the most part the car is also pretty streetable…

TeamChin

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KDR...way to much...there are better, cheaper, and other ways of doing this...If any of you are thinking about going this route...email or call Skip over at KDR...I was to late in the project when he came aboard, but he has some greta ideas and has done similiar setups...

...I'm still working on the custom center consol...I'll post more pics when it's done...

Ball joint

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WTF..... WTF.....
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Iam speachless

wait wait... can you take the motor to 8k+ with that tranny??

bleung

How much drivetrain loss do you estimate there is with that setup versus the stock transmission?

adam c

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I don't understand why you would spend all that time and money on any automatic??

Monkman33

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some autos shift faster than humans + manuals, This is the only reason I can see to go that way.

Or because you ahve to share the car with your mom...

My preference is manuals. But, if you like it, that is the key important factor. Enjoy your FD.

BLKTOPTRVL

GoodfellaFD3S

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So you're launching the car while in breakin?

2mm apex seals coated with......?

weaklink

don't mind the haters. glad you're enjoying the car. do you have plans to make the shifter more, uh, integrated with it's surroundings?

Monkman33

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I think he is. He said he is doing a custom center console.

badddrx7

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Explain the adapter plate and give us more details

tom

Aeka GSR

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yes i would like to know about the adapter plate too. I am in the sandrail buisness and I deal with adapter plates all the time, but never one for an automatic.

bajaman

A 'built' TH350 would be an awesome tranny for that engine he has. I would imagine he is cranking out 350+hp....?

Good job, TeamChin!

speed7

ummm yeah I have that shifter in my TRUCK... sounds like you have an ok straight line rx7 though...

TeamChin

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yes…you must shift the car through each gear…you can’t just put it in drive and go…

No, I haven’t yet…Dave at KDR did once to test the trans-brake (very low RPM and boost)… He loved the way the car drives and is very impressed with the setup… the trans. Came out of Marcus’s (turbostreetfighter) car…he had a video posted a while ago launching his car…

not sure yet….It has a custom Edge Racing torque converter and the guy (Andre) from Edge is saying that it will be a maximum of 5% drivetrain loss...not sure what the stock trans. Loss is???


most of the haters and "manual's rule - auto's suck" guys don't really understand what I have here...this car is mainly setup as a track/street car...It will launch harder, pull better, and shift faster than the manual...plus you don’t have to ever worry about missing a shift…

mark57

Good job! This is a stock automatic to bad-*** automatic conversion? This will no doubt increase interest in autos and likely cause a jump in their values.

Railgun

Did you think about a 700-R4? You can build those to be pretty strong too and get your OD gear too.

It has a shorter 1st (3.06 to the 350's 2.52) Second is virtually the same (.1 diff) and your .70 4th. Perhaps there were fitment issues?

Just wondering.

Oh yeah. Are you still using the 3.90 rear?

apex_sideway

That's pretty cool

I like my automatic the way it is though. If i decide to keep mine auto but want more power i'll look into you setup a bit more. Can't wait to see what the finished outcome looks like . . . .

hardbodeez

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I've had old 4 speeds and 3 speed autos with huge converters, and driving around revving and slipping sucks, there is no fun to that. The stock 5 speed is great, unless you make it even better with a 6 speed.
By the way, I was at KDR when they were making a mounting plate for your tranny, and I saw what they had to do
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No your car woun't launch harder....with a stick it's a variable stall, I can launch at 8000rpm, you can only launch as high as your stall converter.
Pull better, no, the gearset in the stock 5 speed is a lower ratio than a t350, and anyone than can powershift makes it a pretty close race.

You put old technology in a newer car, and you shoulda went 700r4 and had an overdrive also, with a better 1st gear and minimal slippage in the converter rather than the ton you're gonna have.

The only benefit you could hope for is having a huge stall, which with the tranny you chose means you'll ride around with that converter slipping constantly, and no overdrive to boot. This means you took all the top speed outta your car, which will now get crushed on the highway, you won't be able to keep up the revs in highspeed cornering, and your gas mileage will totally blow with the bigger converter, and no overdrive.

So you made the car a drag car for what....your car that runs what....low 13's high 12's? The only way I see doing this is when your motor is overpowering your tranny, which is not so since people are running 10's on that stock 5 speed. Or, if you're running a ton of spray and can't shift in time, which I don't think you are.

If you were a drag only car runnning 9's, went to a this or a powerglide(like someone we know) and the car picked up a few tenths, then I'd say it's worth it.

For now, personally, I think you took the fun out of the car. And I think having the stock 5 speed with a good clutch would have made the most of your money.