Transmission woes... opinions? replace with Monster Box?

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Mar 29, 2007 | 11:22 AM

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MGDfan

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Originally Posted by Smok][n

... but then i watch a kia pass me by doing 95 and theres nothing i can do about it ...

LMAO !

That was probably me !

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Originally Posted by Smok][n

...i just got my xcal 2 in from troyer today to do the datalogging and will be getting a custom tune and getting rid of that dam governor

Oh yeah !

Mar 30, 2007 | 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Josiah

How difficult was the install smokin?

well i wasnt able to figure out how to do all of those insanely precise measurements that youre supposed to do. i used all of te existing shims which gave me a fairly decent contact pattern so it may be ok.

i had to buy a special bearing puller to g the pinion bearing off th old pinion. i didnt save the bearing, but i wanted to reuse the shim that was underneath. all in all it was a pretty messy and frustrating job. i just didnt want to shell out $800 to have it done. only time will tell if i made the right decision :o

i probably wouldnt reccommend that anybody try this themselves. i just did it because i dont mind having problems if i can learn something out of it