Car trouble, always at the worst times:(

[Diesel3443]

Unbelievable, I finally saved up $400 that I was going to use to completely stock my tank with frags and wham my tranny goes in my car. I guess its my fault considering what kind of stress it was under about a year ago. Honda auto trannys are not meant to be boosted I think I should have invested in a separate cooler when the engine was turboed The only good thing is that I can get a used one imported from Japan (40,xxx mi) for $200 and my buddy's dad owns a shop and he will replace it for $250. Guess the coral will have to wait

[Aged Salt]

Sean, maybe you're meant to obtain a "special" coral later than soonerBob

[Diesel3443]

Sean, maybe you're meant to obtain a "special" coral later than soonerBob

Thats what Im hoping for, things happen for a reason right?

[GTR]

Good thing you can get the good deal on it. It could be worse for sure.

SteveU

[Diesel3443]

Yeah it could be a whole lot worse I actually decided to swap the tranny myself wwith a buddy of mine, so the hurt is not bad at all

[GTR]

In February my truck tranny went out and the rebuild to a heavy duty and an added cooler was $2,600. I knew it was coming though as it's the weak link in the drive train on Dodge PU's. Truck only has 70,000 miles and I expected it 20,000 miles ago. The motor will go at least 300,000 miles without slowing (knock on wood) and the warranty is 100,000 on it. Just can't expect it to carry around almost 20,000 lbs without some problems though.

SteveU

[scottw]

hey sounds like my old car, sept mine wasnt auto. My honda was Nice I miss her.. That happens when you get married. I can give you some details on what I had, parts, etc if you would like. It was a 98 Civic 2 door. Motor Swap, Turbo, 100 shot, catback, header, blah blah blah.

[s13silvia]

yea honda auto trannys are crap... scott have any pics of your old civic?

[Diesel3443]

Yep that they are. I dont have the money to swap a manual in there though. Scott I would like to see some pics as well

[GTR]

You know Sean, I just read your thread title again and all I can say is there is NO GOOD TIME to spend money on a car just to fix something so it works just the same as before it broke. Every time I pick up my car/truck from the shop I get this feeling after I write the check that I'm right back where I started.
SteveU

[Diesel3443]

I here ya, two tell you the truth I cant remember when the tranny wasnt slipping So it will actually be an improvement for me

Scott, what was your civic running. Last time I dynoed and ran mine in the quarter it was 265whp with 239ftlbs torque. Ran 13.3 in the quarter. T3/t4 kit, full 3in exhaust, fully tuned on stock internals. Not bad for a 4door auto teg. Can you say sleeper. Exhaust was high temp coated black, looked much like stock, and my intercooler was black also. It just didnt sound stock the HKS Blow of valve gave it away Had to sell off the goodies though, cars are more of a money pit then fish tanks

--Now Id be lucky if it ran in the 15's lol. I refuse to take it to the track

[s13silvia]

wow both of you guys with turbo hondas... i feel slow with my n/a integra LOL... i somewhat agree with you about the cars costing more then tanks, but my fish tank is what has been holding me back on getting a engine swap on my 240

[Diesel3443]

I was thinkin about getting rid of the teg and going with a RWD 240 w/srt20det, but I cant get myself to get rid of it I know what you mean though the teg feels so slow without it--esp. with a B18b motor in it

[s13silvia]

keep the teg, i still have mine as a daily driver and my s13 is a long term project car..

[Diesel3443]

plus the teg handles like a dream And there is nothing like knowing that when you turn that key it will start