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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:17 pm 
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ive got an AU III xr6 (auto), was just wondering if anyone knows what would be the best toughest) trans for it, since ive chewed through 2 trans in less then 2 yrs, would a 400 turbo fit in, im open to any suggestions.... cheers all......

 

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 Post subject: Re: au trans upgrade
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:34 pm 
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kayronamus wrote:
ive got an AU III xr6 (auto), was just wondering if anyone knows what would be the best toughest) trans for it, since ive chewed through 2 trans in less then 2 yrs, would a 400 turbo fit in, im open to any suggestions.... cheers all......


you can get C4 bellhousings for the I6. starting with the right casing, a C4 can be built to handle anything an I6 will dish out
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 Post subject: Re: au trans upgrade
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:42 pm 
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kayronamus wrote:
ive got an AU III xr6 (auto), was just wondering if anyone knows what would be the best toughest) trans for it, since ive chewed through 2 trans in less then 2 yrs, would a 400 turbo fit in, im open to any suggestions.... cheers all......

Why have you chewed through 2 autos?
Engine work/turbos?

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:09 pm 
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Have you got much power pumped through it?

Are you showing no mechanical sympathy to it?

Obvious points for longevity are a decent trans cooler and maintaining the fluid level.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:36 pm 
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when i got the car, the au was already in there, it is a really good motor but i dnt think it was installed to well, its had a bit of work and when i get mi extractors i should be pushing just under 200kw. About 2 months after i got it the tail shaft dropped out of the front of the trans and smashed the bell housing and cracked the trans (really made a mess of mi under carridge), ive got a recond one in there now and its really starting to slip and reving abit too high. I just want to know what my options are for trans...

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:40 pm 
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okay, so it's in an EA.

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:59 pm 
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yeh, i just expected everyone to know what i was thinking... sorry about that..

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:09 pm 
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ok so it's breaking because of poor workman ship, not because of power.


the obvious thing to do here if fix all the dodgy s**t. there is no way at all that an N/A AU engine is going to ever make enough torque to warrent the expence of changing to a different auto.

fix the problems and get a good AU auto for it.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:01 pm 
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ok so it's breaking because of poor workman ship, not because of power.


Can't really blame the auto failing because the tailshaft dropped!
How much was the reco auto?

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:16 am 
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FairmontXR6 wrote:
tickford_6 wrote:
ok so it's breaking because of poor workman ship, not because of power.


Can't really blame the auto failing because the tailshaft dropped!
How much was the reco auto?



i wasn't
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:42 am 
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tickford_6 wrote:
FairmontXR6 wrote:
tickford_6 wrote:
ok so it's breaking because of poor workman ship, not because of power.


Can't really blame the auto failing because the tailshaft dropped!
How much was the reco auto?



i wasn't


Sorry, was just adding to your comment tickford_6, I was refering to the bold/underlined text in the 1st quote (below)

kayronamus wrote:
ive got an AU III xr6 (auto), was just wondering if anyone knows what would be the best toughest) trans for it, since ive chewed through 2 trans in less then 2 yrs, would a 400 turbo fit in, im open to any suggestions.... cheers all......

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:40 pm 
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cheers for the advice, does anyone know any good mechanics and also a good auto technition in the murray bridge region sa???

 

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 Post subject: Re: au trans upgrade
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:47 pm 
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FairmontXR6 wrote:
tickford_6 wrote:
FairmontXR6 wrote:
tickford_6 wrote:
ok so it's breaking because of poor workman ship, not because of power.


Can't really blame the auto failing because the tailshaft dropped!
How much was the reco auto?



i wasn't


Sorry, was just adding to your comment tickford_6, I was refering to the bold/underlined text in the 1st quote (below)

kayronamus wrote:
ive got an AU III xr6 (auto), was just wondering if anyone knows what would be the best toughest) trans for it, since ive chewed through 2 trans in less then 2 yrs, would a 400 turbo fit in, im open to any suggestions.... cheers all......


My bad. i took it the wrong way.
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