I am due for an update on the car. So far so good with the trans. I ran into a few minor things along the way that needed tweaked a bit but so far the trans has been working well. The temporary T70 on the car (TE60 being rebuilt due to turbine seal leaking) at 17 psi is a beast though the 2-3 shift at WOT is not the strongest so I have to play with that a bit more but there is more room in the tune to bump shift psi up a bit. Torque management is also completely turned off from some prior trial and error effort to sort out some odd behavior which turned out to be gear ratio vs gear related as the pcm always say 2nd gear slipping so would pull crazy amounts of timing out. A big downfall with this trans in stock form and in a vehicle is the ability to do anything for 3rd gear. The 3rd accumulator is in the valve body area in the side cover so you can't mess with it once in the car. If running max psi on the 2-3 shift isn't good enough then some work will need to be done to the trans before installing.
James- no plans for newer trans with IMS at this point at least on our car. It would definitely free up some room for the exhaust and you wouldn't have to build a custom rear manifold like I did!
Hoping to make it to the track soon with some numbers. The 245 Falkens on the front don't agree with this setup at all so waiting on MTs to come in. Currently at 50mph and not even going WOT it will haze the tires. Pulls like mad once you get through that and into 3rd gear though!
More food for thought- I am using a late 90s N* maf sensor in a 97-98 style L67 throttle body and NO translator- even with this turbo at 17 psi I am only hitting 11,100hz so there is a bit of room left in it. Makes for a cheap upgrade with no modifications other than tuning. I will report back once I have some more time with the car and hit the track. It has about 1800 miles on it now.
