A340 FTL

[Ric]

No, because I am using name brand proven pieces for the transmission. I am just not paying someone the labor to install them That's 90% the cost of a built transmission. It's alot of hours of labor thats very easy, but just alot of it, as long as you are good at following directions. If i fuck it up, I'll give it to my friend to do it.

It's no different then installing a flywheel or clutch in a 5spd car.. just a little more involved. I've seen these things rebuilt in a few hours. It's my spare tranny on a shop table, it shouldn't be bad.

 

[csnow]

Good luck with that. Building a high performance auto with a "how-to" guide is not going to be as easy as you think. Any yes, it is different than installing a flywheel and clutch. But good luck with the build. Props for trying!

 

[The Reaper]

hmmmmm you're still not getting what im saying

ok dude good luck

 

[Ric]

I dont get what your saying. I never made fun of holset guy because he did his own labor. I knock on it because its a $300 diesel turbo.

 

[tissimo]

so, it works the same, compresses air and feeds it to the engine?

 

[The Reaper]

thats what im getting at

you're using cheaper parts to make the samething as BL's

holsset works the same as any other turbo

and 349 at 12 psi on a 2.5 is damn good

 

[Ric]

I'm not using cheaper parts, i'm using the same parts and i'm doing the labor.

Not all turbos are created equal. That's like saying all snowflakes are identical.

 

[The Reaper]

well get yur shit fixed and dyno on 12 psi and see what you make compared to him

 

[Ric]

I've been wanting to dyno for 6 months now lol... time is never there.

 

[IJ.]

There's quite a bit of custom machine work that needs to be done to the case.....

 

[Ric]

I won't be adding extra clutches, just replacing the stocks with Raybestos Blue's like most places do. Like i said, nothing serious.. but it should hold 600whp for a while.

 

[The Reaper]

well get er done!

 

[IJ.]

Seemingly there's an Oil feed issue to the planetry gears set that needs the case mod to prevent failure..

MV uses Brown clutches as according to Mike they have more friction area and hold better than Blues.

 

[Ric]

Wow, thanks for the info!!!

PS, Tell MV to put up a website

 

[IJ.]

No probs Ric.

Just did a PILE of research into this before having Michael build mine

I don't think he cares about having a website as his work is mostly word of mouth.

 

[Ric]

A couple people here in FL know about him. His word of mouth spreads all around the world! He needs a myspace lol.

 

[IJ.]

LOL he's a really nice guy and offers very fast turn around, I'm in another State and including shipping time I had it back in 1 week.

 

[Ric]

damn. We got nothing even close to his services here in the US.

 

[IJ.]

I think it's "IPT" Jdub used and had a great result.

There's a lot of good info at the start of my 340 thread.