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My belovRed 97 GTP: New RaceKer Trans installed



I've seen these Honda guys take out some pretty "stout" vehicles...new Challengers, Camaros, Mustangs...even saw one drop a Vette. The speed shop in town is very good with them.
 
Re: My belovRed 97 GTP: Head Porting has officially begun...

Iceman6669 said:
Ok... So last night I picked the car up with the new trans.... I LOVE it.. Still have to fine tune the trans settings to get the shift points just right but it drives great and pulls HARD with those 3.29s. Here is a full list of parts that went into the trans.

New TEP Valve Body which include:
-Thorough cleaning and inspection
-Sonnax Boost Valve and Sleeve kit
-Sonnax TCC Apply valve
-Sonnax TCC Regulated apply valve
-Sonnax Forward boost valve
-Cleaned and tested pressure switch
manifold, replaced if found bad
-All 4 solenoids replaced with new including
-Pressure Control Solenoid
(Borg Warner for 97-02 models)
-TCC Solenoid, Borg Warner
-Shift Solenoids, OE Replacement


The Guts of the Trans include :

Master Kit with Borg Warner frictions
2 Oversized 2nd steel plates for improved clearance and shift feel
Side cover gasket
US made filter
Transgo SK4T65E shift kit
Sonnax TCC apply valve
Sonnax TCC relief valve
Sonnax Performance ratio boost valve kit
New Valve Body Spacer plate, modified per application
Bushing kit
Thrust Washer kit
New 4th clutch hub and shaft with heat treated splines
Stator support bearing
Input drum to sun gear bearing
Lube dam
Forward apply band, High Energy
2-1 Coast band, High Energy
Reconditioned Input clutch apply piston
Borg Warner Pressure Control solenoid
Borg Warner TCC solenoid
OE shift solenoids x 2



Then on top of all this I added:
300m Input Shaft
ZZP Pump Shaft
Single Chain 7/8" 3.29s
L36 Converter

I then had the Oil Pressure sensor replaced, and some exhaust work done.

All in all OUT THE DOOR it all cost me $1700 for everything. I think that was a more then fair price.
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Andrew has given you a wonderful steal of a deal.....lol!......can't wait to recoup parts so I can get to him myself.
 
I call people like him...a mad scientist....reason being,they wanna and will make money but they do it for the joy of the craft.
 


He is a local mech who also happens to be a GP guy. He is located in Grand Rapids. And if you mean 3.29 gears, then yes, that's what he put in mine.
 
Iceman6669 said:
He is a local mech who also happens to be a GP guy. He is located in Grand Rapids. And if you mean 3.29 gears, then yes, that's what he put in mine.
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Yeah that's what I meant, just didn't want to type it out.
I've been talking to Dave at TEP, but I want some options before I go for it. Does he do installation and reprogram the TCM as well?
 


Yea... You can look him up on FB and message him or look up the number for Sparkling Image Car Wash and Auto repair in grandville Mi
 
Yes it wasn't in good shape.... But he showed me my 3rd gear clutches and there were LITERALLY chucks missing out of them . I was prolly gonna lose 3rd before too much longer.
 


Well it had 270k on it, but he said it had been opened and the 4th gear hub had been replaced. Said everything else looked original. Also he said that since the 4th hub had that kind of wear on it, it must have been replaced before they made the hard 4th. So he is guessing the 4th was replaced in like 98, or 99. So even the 4th hub had 200k+. Everything else had 270k.
 
See I still thing that's awesome. And it shows all you gotta do is maintenance for these Things to last and not beat on them to drive them like adults
 
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