My TRE Trans

[spoolin ddub]

When trans was first put in the car everyone thought the trans was broke due to how hard it was to shift the newly shot peened gears. Not taking the advise of others I drove exactly the way Jon advised to brake the trans in and i did so just over 1.5K miles and it felt like a totally different trans! It now has 3k+ miles on it so while getting the motor done I sent trans To TRE to get welded diff and replaced any worn parts. Trans has been in the car since 08/2010 so I figured something would need to be replaced. When I drive this car I drive very hard and put lots of highway miles/pulls, driving to cruises/shows and meets etc and it has about 10-11 track passes on it. After Jon went thru it the very first thing he said was... WHAT KIND OF TRANS FLUID DID YOU USE? I thought to myself. Dang, I knew it! Its always something smh. I tell him AMSOIL 75W-90. He says, THIS TRANS ALMOST LOOKS BRAND NEW. Did you really drive this car the way you say you did? Everything is in great shape down to the bearings, and ripgrip insert. I was expecting the worse. What a way to be disappointed !


4th gear output shaft

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TRE Billet 4th gear

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3rd & 4th gear syncros look to have lots of life on them.

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1st gear has some micro pitting on the pitch circle. This is typically due
the gearset being overloaded. But wear is not bad at all.

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2nd gear engagement teeth on the sleeve appear fine.

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The intermediate shaft appears fine, no abnormal wear.

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Also have to give props to best clutch I know of courtesy of Tim Zimmer. Quarter Master GEAR-DRIVE Rally 7.25" V-Drive Twin Disk Clutch. With only slight wear disk it is still in great shape and ready to go back in car.

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[leepen]

Hum I dont recall AMSOIL being one of the mentioned oils on TREs recommended sheet. None the less good news on your tranny. What stage is yours?

 

[spoolin ddub]

Hum I dont recall AMSOIL being one of the mentioned oils on TREs recommended sheet. None the less good news on your tranny. What stage is yours?

I have a New stage 4.

Not sure where you got info on his oil sheet. It's been this way before I got my trans
Recommended Transmission Oils- Team Rip Engineering

 

[leepen]

I have a New stage 4.

Not sure where you got info on his oil sheet. It's been this way before I got my trans
Recommended Transmission Oils- Team Rip Engineering

It came with his tranny, on I believe a green peice of paper. Good to know about the AMSOIL. If I dont like the MT90, AMSOIL will be my next gear oil

 

[turboglenn]

My TREtook foever to break in and i got it at the start of winter, sometimesi'd have to stop on my street when leaving and start over in 1st gear because i couldn't get into second , but after his break in it was golden!!!

 

[spoolin ddub]

My TREtook foever to break in and i got it at the start of winter, sometimesi'd have to stop on my street when leaving and start over in 1st gear because i couldn't get into second , but after his break in it was golden!!!

People actually told me to send it back and get a shep trans. Just because they never knew anyone who had a tre trans and they didn't believe anything should have been that hard to shift. It was even hard to put in gear with the motor off. Alot of people I know told me just to go out and beat on the trans shifting as hard and fast as possible to break in it. I kept telling them I did my research and Jon was telling the truth about the shot peening process but I don't think they really realized I literally couldn't shift fast..... at all. It wasn't possible. That's when I realized a valuable lesson that most still don't get. Just cause a person runs a number doesn't make them an expert of every subject they speak on. If I would have took their advice I would have devoured the gears and messed up my trans!! But I took my time shifting into gears over time like Jon told me. The way it feels now I can't even put in words. Even when tuning the car Reichen flat out just told said. This trans feels f***ing AWESOME !! And...it does . It doesn't fall into gear or shift like "butter" per say. It takes a very small bit of effort but it goes into any gear, at anytime, at any rpm with ease and smoothly. It feels natural! That's how Jon built it.

 

[TofastForU_99]

TRE is amazing, good thing our shop is about 15 minutes from his so it makes things easier. We have been running his transmissions, t-cases, and rear ends forever with absolutely no issues. We recently just picked up his craziest Evo 8 trans Stage 3 and absolutely love it. Break in was not to bad it shifts amazing and grabs every gear like they should from the factory. We have a few track passes at the local road course and a few test and tunes at the drag strip and have improved our times substantially just with the HKS 4.11 final drive.

TRE is king in my book, glad you like your trans.... By the way im pretty sure I was there when he was going threw your trans showing and telling me how amazing it looked still.

 

[945liter]

Awesome, but how much power are you putting thru it? I really wish he answered me before i took the plunge to an auto..... After 2-3 emails and countless phone calls i gave up.

 

[viperlp01]

He builds all of STMs transmissions... Ricer evo, RS, Corys. He built my trans that lasted forever. I had it built in 08 and we just swapped it into my brothers. It seen 30k miles and a couple ten second passes and still good.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Not sure of the trans i just have it came with the car i bought i use amsoil in my transmission, tre does great work .

 

[viperlp01]

Not sure of the trans i just have it came with the car i bought i use amsoil in my transmission, tre does great work .

WTH?? Victor what are you saying? Did you get a trans from Jon?

 

[92AWDHX40]

No i got a car with a trans i believe its been rebuilt i do have a fwd rebuilt from john but that car is gone now got a tsi.

John at tre.

 

[spoolin ddub]

Awesome, but how much power are you putting thru it? I really wish he answered me before i took the plunge to an auto..... After 2-3 emails and countless phone calls i gave up.

Looking at different track/hp times of others probably a lil over 600whp at 31psi on conservative low timing tune. I'm on a all season street tire and it was spinning bad up to mid 3rd so its hard to tell. Now at 38psi on same tune I have no idea but it was a night and day difference form 31psi.