air23cary
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- Aug 20, 2004
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if you need a rebuilt tranny go with dogbox, brian and alex are great, their trannies are as good as shep and tre and are cheaper too.
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wantarace95GSX said:not doubting TRE they are a great bunch of guys and build a helluva tranny, but when i had my tranny built by shepherd i asked him about the GVR-4 first gear cause i wanted it. HE told me he would not warranty it because they are weak and break easily
treebonker said:It's been long since the introduction, still no feedback from any actual users. Are these actually rolling around or did magnus not shipout the pre-orders made, if any.
turbobrian said:i installed a dox box in my 1g for a few days........and it was very tuff to get use to shifting without the clutch engaged, and shifting like a ninja as well. you do really have to shift as hard and fast as you can even if your shifting to first at a stop light. driving on the street got annoying real fast. i will take my shep built trans anyday over the dogbox. at the track the car ran good. shifting at 9k without the clutch is scarry because the car jumps like you just got rearended. i still like the welded diff trans i got. anyone want to make an offer on my dogbox?
Church said:I would'nt consider buying this until i was making enough power to need it. Thats why theres not many people using them. Now if your making that much power this would be a huge benefit. I know i have trouble getting my BMtrans to shift at 7500 let alone at 9000 and im only making a little over 300whp i think. If that was 500whp id be pulling the trans after every day at the track. :thumbdown
Some people really think they know it all!! Most people that are asking question about this NEW TRANNY just want to know some things about it from someone who really has one thats all. You learn from asking questions, you can read whatever you want but asking someone who has one installed in there car.....there's nothin wrong with that!homeless said:OK allot of you kids need to actually read the information on this transmission, then if you still do not understand actually research what a dog box is.
If any one is worried about the PRICE or the NOISE then you need to go to the hang out because this thing is not for you. This transmission is for the guys who are blowing them every couple months. when you get to that point this piece of equipment becomes well worth it.
I don't think you can shift that tranny like a pansy......no sincros! Geuss there are not many poeple trying those dogbox trannys, or at least they'er not on this forum. Geuss the only way to get input on one is to buy it!unior said:stupid question for someone:
if you double clutch can you shift the tranny like a pansy...or is there no way around shifting it fast and hard all the time?
m3the01 said:Well i guess you all have been looking for someone who actually has a Magnus DogBox.
I am one of the originals, ive had the box for awhile now. The shiftings is wonderful, isnt as harsh as some of you have tried to make it out to be. Initally it sounded like i left my tranny behind after every shift. But you just shift quickly. Downshift is the same way, i have found a wonderful method to downshift with a cleaner smoother shift then a syncroshift tranny. Double clutch when downshifting, it works great and everytime its like butter. The whine is not bad at all, in a week you will honestly forget its there. But all your friends will know when you pull up, cause it does have a little whine. But shifting is really solid, the gear ratios are great for the fully built 2.4L and im sure it would be fine with the torque of a 2.0L. The gear ratios have been revised. There is no longer a 5th dog. If you would like the 5th dog they will throw it in there for you but your tranny will grind while going into reverse. The top speed is 189MPH now in 4th gear. 1st gear is around 60MPH.
Hope this helps a little, save the hastle let magnus put the thing together for you.
PS my girlfriend drives the car all the time she loves the dogbox too. She says people look at her funny when shes driving. If you shift just right it doesnt make a noise. That comes from her mouth not mine. FUnny
thanks,
Steven Eliuk
m3the01 said:Honestly this was about 6 months ago when me and marco talked. I thought it was around 189MPH. But he changed stuff around so much im not sure any more. All i can say is you cant shift in to 4th while city driving.
But no matter what 4 gear should be fine for 100% of you out there. Track wise i mean.
To be honest iv only shifted into 4th once, yeah once.
Thats was just to test it out.
Steven