What kinda horsepower will these transmissions take reliably?
What kinda horsepower will these transmissions take reliably?
250hp
Swap to a TII trans and be worry free!
clutchsmoke wrote: Swap to a TII trans and be worry free!
I have one laying around that I got for free. I was thinking about using it for a LeMons project.
If you weren't way down Alabama way, I'd offer to sell one of my TII transmissions. I've got four of them in storage- one in my turbo-swapped FC, three loose.
You didn't drive from Alabama to pick that trans and 3rd member up from me did you?
JamesMcD wrote: You didn't drive from Alabama to pick that trans and 3rd member up from me did you?
Nah I was in my hometown in KY so I figured I would pick it up.
Well I hope you do something cool with it!
aussiesmg wrote: 250hp
I am not sure about that. There are persons who have been able to keep their NA transmission going at those levels of power but it is VERY uncommon.
I would think closer to 175hp or 200hp is more doable on a 25 year old transmission.
The TII transmission can withstand ALOT more (like 350 hp). I am not sure if I have heard of one breaking due to power.
clutchsmoke wrote: Swap to a TII trans and be worry free!
'Slong as you don't mind not being able to shift, sure.
I've broken them with 180hp. As with any trans, the clutch and driver have a lot to do with it.
I have read somewhere that the N/A (and maybe TII) have a lot of space between 1-3-5 and 2-4, which might explain why my N/A FC doesn't like to be rushed on the 2-3 upshift. Like Knurled said, the clutch and driving style have a lot to do with it. Fluid also makes a big difference. I use Motul in my N/A and my Mazdaspeed3. That stuff is AWESOME- smooth as buttah even when it's colder than a witch's tit outside!
The FC trans has an atrocious 4-5 shift but the rest are okay.
By "break" I don't mean it grinds a little when shifting, I mean stripping the teeth off of a gear so you can actually shift it into that "gear" at a stoplight with no clutch and the car doesn't do anything but make little whirring noises, and after you drain the fluid out and get the diseased organ out on the ground, you can make maraca noises by picking it up and shaking it.
Don't use a clutch with no springs in it. You have a flywheel at one end of a chain, road shocks at the other end, and something has to take up the difference in the middle. It's supposed to be the springs in the clutch. No springs, it becomes the next weaklink, which is the transmission's gears.
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