And I must say I am impressed. The trans decided to take a dump on me so I took it down for a complete overhaul, in it we installed a billet torque converter from IPT, a valve body kit , and some other preventative maintenance items such as a cooler, and end clutches. Since I got the car back it drives really really smooth suprisingly. I had some what anticipated that the valve body would make shifts abrupt and jarring but they are instead very timly and crisp. I must comment the amount that you feel the shift is the same as stock accept it ends sooner and feels better. It is how the car should have come from the factory

The high stall converter does leave the car feeling more a bit more "unconected" but pays off with it's instantanious boost. Ive only given the car a quarter throttle or so since I got the car back ( needs 200-300 mile break in) but every time a press the pedal my boost guage very quickly reaches 12 lbs (stock t25) passing, changing lanes, any time you press the pedal at all follows quickly with boost. I am looking forward to getting more time with this once the trans is fully broken in.



As mentioned in another thread, once my mechanic gives me the go ahead i will be taking the car down to LACR for some quarter mile testing. Since my car is 100% bone stock (accept for the trans and wheels) it will be interesting to see what the car can do in this trim. I'm not sure but i think the stocker runs like high 15's? Hopefully we can knock a second off of that....

I will be able to give more feedback as the trans gets broken in more, thanks for help john at IPT.



Later,
defno

awesome! i am very interested in the 1/4mile change you might get! good luck

what are all the specific parts you added?
what did the setup cost you?
would you recomend it to others?

bnpimpn said:

what are all the specific parts you added?

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Well mainly, a full masters rebuild kit, 9.5 inch billet converter, translab shift kit, tranny cooler, autometer trans temp guage, and a few other nic nacs here and there.

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what did the setup cost you?

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3200 out the door, this includes all parts, shipping costs and installation

bnpimpn said:

would you recomend it to others?

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I'm not sure yet. As far as drivability is concearned you already read my review, if thats some thing that sounds good to you then by all means, yes. I recomend it.

So far, i am very pleased with the car and trans.

Congrats on the setup...you'll never look back, I know I didn't...
And this is probably one of the only times that I'll say that this trans work is an investment on the car...in the long run, you'll break other crap before this..
It's nice to have one less thing to worry about providing you take care of it..

hows the trany doing? have you taken it out and felt the difference full throttle?

Wait, isn't the trans alone $2800 and the converter $1000?

$3200 out the door installed with parts seems like a super deal.

What stall did you get?

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hows the trany doing? have you taken it out and felt the difference full throttle?

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trans is doing fine, shifts are solid, torque converter is cool, but the tcu still doesn't know whats good for itself. I used to complain about that all the time when it was stock, now the complaints are a little amplified by the shift kit. Nothing an electronic transmission controller wont fix.

I have taken it out and I will say the converter is very helpful for leaving the line. At a dead stop pressing the pedal 1/4 of the way is about the same as pressing the pedal 3/4 of the way with the stock converter. The reason being, the motor goes instantly within boost threshhold. Outside of leaving the line, that is where the benefits seem to stop. I feel like the engine simply doesn't put as much power down as it used to, and the difference is confirmed once the locker enguages. It's like all of a sudden the car has just a little extra pull once the locker turns on. I would still purchase again though.



Later, I am going to irwindale for some 1/8 mile pulls (thursday) and i will try and give you guys some numbers that evening.

sounds good man, i dont understand why it would seem to loose power at any time....shouldnt it be transfering power much more effectively than before, in all rpm ranges?

it's not in one rpm rangem, it's in all ranges. At any given moment at any rpm, the trans is loosing more power through the torque converter due to the high stall, but from a stop the car leaves much harder because the engine will boost instantly. Sorry if that was unclear.

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it's not in one rpm rangem, it's in all ranges. At any given moment at any rpm, the trans is loosing more power through the torque converter due to the high stall, but from a stop the car leaves much harder because the engine will boost instantly. Sorry if that was unclear.

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You may want to add that the converter was designed for your future set up, not your current one, if I remember correctly

-John

Get her broken in! I wanna see some numbers!

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You may want to add that the converter was designed for your future set up, not your current one, if I remember correctly

-John

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Indeed. The torque converter has a maximum stall speed of 4300 RPM wich makes spool up quite snappy. The torque converter is tuned to work in uniform with a gt30r and other future mods.

so lemme get this straight...since my car is practically stock....i was considering getting a torque converter. But do i have to know what my future set-up will be before buying the torque converter? Cause frankly i was just trying to take it one step at a time.....i dont wanna buy the converter and then change my mind on what setup im going with....ya know?

also you might have to break how it works down to me, cause i thought i had an idea of how torque converters worked....but now im a lil lost. I was under the impression that the "high stall" was in relation to brake torqueing. that the car that it would be able to rev the engine up to 4300 and launch with boost....i dont understand that under regular accelleration you get instant boost unless brake torqueing...under normal acceleration does it rev high, then go, or does it just go with little slippage?

im a noob to automatics...and i've read how things work...but dont fully understand. WTF

also how'd the track go today?

Guess who went to the track for his first time today and found out you can't race in shorts?


Sorry fella's.

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Guess who went to the track for his first time today and found out you can't race in shorts?


Sorry fella's.

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Noob.



















j/k

4300 stall on a t25 is huge your like launching with full boost. Well to the guy that was inquiring about getting a turbo setup to match your converter. Well what I did was get my turbo setup then I would decide on a torque converter. What are your goals exactly? 1/4mile time? hp? turbo? that would help you decide on a the right Torque converter for you.