Blew up the trans

[JustinVIII]

HAHAHAHAHA..... Well after 3 short months of owning my GSX I lost the trans and probably the t-case. Had the car put on rollers and towed back to my house because the car just wouldn't move...even with the clutch engaged. Im assuming i broke my shifting rail? not sure about the t-case though.

So now, i want to rebuild my trans...but there are way too many options. In the evo all i had to do was go to shep and get the parts. (called shep....they dont make DSM parts anymore) However as i read, i cant seem to pinpoint a solution for a rebuild. TMZ, Rip, jacks all have rebuild kits (id do all the work myself) but i cant make a descision.

Im looking to be in the 550whp range, so i need the trans to be able to handle this (and lets be realistic, more in the future)

I cant seem to find the classifieds or else id be lookng for a used built trans.
what do you guys think my course of action should be.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Well if you cant find parts for your rebuild i would try some vendors, ive seen some rebuilt ones here on tuners, try vtec_this they have some parts usually, and ive seen transmissions from time to time.

 

[Awd-laser]

I had jacks rebuild my transmission with the economy 1.3 welded center diff build and I've been happy with it for over 1.5 years. The welded center diff chews up the outside of my tires but not too bad and I believe jacks rated it to 500hp. The thing is a champ!! Just a little insight on one of jacks builds.

 

[crash89]

On a relatively stock car and you blow a trans, you more than likely drive like a friggin idiot. Regardless, TMZ or Jacks are the best for the money from my research.. At nearly 500 wheel horse I finally grenaded a stock trans. I just dropped my transmission at Tims place (TMZ) Saturday (Jan 11) for a trans that will hold 700 wheel while being able to reliably be driven daily on the street.

Both are Similar in price for the same (ish) packages. Tim lives about an hour away from me and Ive known him for a couple years so that is why I took mine to him. If I were you Id do some more research and decide who Id take mine too. It will probably cost you more in part to try and do it yourself than to just have it rebuilt by someone who knows what they're doing.

 

[JustinVIII]

thanks for the feedback guys.

Crash i absolutely agree that if i did drive like an ass this would be completely my fault. However this car i recently acquired, so I'm not quite sure what shes been through. Its a shame that the trans went so soon.

that's fantastic that you were able to hold that much power on a stock trans. Im not one to beat my cars, but i would like to know that the car can withstand some track use. I was able to last 9 years on the stock trans in the evo, but from what im reading, they are completely different animals.

I am actually leaning towards TMZ, i guess the next step would be to email them directly to see what they say