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Tarmac Terrorist
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- 2012 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab
Does anyone know if I will be safe with a stock MSP ECU and boost my car with the Factory Tranny?
My car is an 02 Model so i'd imagine the manufacturing date is before the revisions came out...
I don't drive overly agressive often... and my tranny shows no signs of weakness other than shifting from 2nd to 3rd the odd time...
My car is an 02 Model so i'd imagine the manufacturing date is before the revisions came out...
I don't drive overly agressive often... and my tranny shows no signs of weakness other than shifting from 2nd to 3rd the odd time...
Maxx Mazda
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- Stock P5
How much are you boosting?
Tarmac Terrorist
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- 2012 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab
8 PSI to start...
Or whatever the factory boost setting is...
I've got a line on a P5 Parts car, if I can get it for the right price i'll be swapping the interior over to the LX as well as doing the 5-Bolt conversion etc...
How long, does it take to get the par 3rd gear and bearing support from Crossover Auto Performance.
MAZDA_SPEED
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- BLACK MSP
Sub, good info
markmdz89hatch
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- '02 ES
Mine's gone. It's been gone since about 100k (at 128k now). It's to the point where I just hold it in 3rd for the few seconds I'm ever in it. Lately, it feels like there's nothing left to it though, so sometimes I hit 3rd and get nada so I have to clutch, neutral, back to 3rd and hopefully catch enough to go. ...been skipping 3rd lately when I could.
...and since about 85-90k, my 2nd gear synchro is not doing so well. Many many times, especially at slow/low rpm shifts to 2nd (from 1st) I have to double-clutch to get it into gear.
I'm just really annoyed about it though because I bought this car at 25k bone stock. It's still bone stock. ...and I do drive aggressively but don't grind my gears and don't rev it even close to red (usually shift [when driving aggressively] at about 4.5-5k). Still have the original clutch that still bites good and hard.
I just have a real mental block with having to rebuild/replace my tranny before the damn clutch even goes. Since when should anyone worry about losing a tranny before a clutch? WTF!
Oh, and for arguments sake (as though it wasn't predictable) it's an '02 ES. What the hell are my options now?
MAZDA_SPEED
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- BLACK MSP
Transmissions usually last much longer then the factory clutch. Idk, Maybe you broke it.
markmdz89hatch
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- '02 ES
well it's definitely broken, so you might be right. ...it's busted.
MAZDA_SPEED
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- BLACK MSP
Sorry to hear that.
markmdz89hatch
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- '02 ES
me too. lol.
...i'm now wondering what others have to say about their tranny woe's too.
burntgamer
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- Mazda, Protege ES
dude a tranny for our ES is around $6-800 and a piece of cake to put in, I'm a complete tuner noob and took mine out and put a performance flywheel and clutch in in under a few hours, don't fret my man, go find a decent priced one and by some beers for your buddies and rip that ****** out
markmdz89hatch
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- '02 ES
don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the size of the job, as I'm no stranger to tuning at all, but just that at 128k I should not have a spent 3rd gear.
But yeah, beer and pizza is a great way to get a few other wrench turners at the house helping out. ...just should save the mass consumption of berrr 'til after the job is done. Been there, made that mistake before. ...btw, not using assembly lube on rod bearings is an important step you don't want to forget. (sadbanana)
MAZDA_SPEED
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- BLACK MSP
I pulled mine and took it apart two times. It's not to hard.
burntgamer
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Ha, yeah I thought about rewording that but...(drunk), as for the mileage one has to raise an eyebrow. When I took my tranny out my buddy couldn't believe how good of condition my clutch was in, not using assembly lube, lol i don't even know what that means!
