SPEC 3 help please...Have a few questions....
03-25-2006, 01:08 PM
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SPEC 3 help please...Have a few questions.... Guys, I just had a new Spec 3 installed along with it's shim. I also went ahead & bought a new slave & master cylinder for it while I was there (I love income time). Everything seems fine, some chatter, but when I'm cruising in either 5th or 6th gear & I floor it, it slips a little bit as if it's not fully engaged ???.........Any ideas as to why it does this?......Any other gears it grabs very well but for some reason when I cruise at lets say, 55 mph & I'm either in 5th or 6th & floor it, it goes up slightly in RPM's then grabs......Can anyone you help me diagnose the problem ???......Any help would be greatly appreciated....
03-25-2006, 04:46 PM
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It might not be engaging fully during the break-in period as the wear surfaces are not fully contacting yet. I wouldn't test it this way until it's fully broken in. Make sure it's bled well and test it after the break-in.
03-26-2006, 01:49 PM
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So are you guys saying that I should test it using the 5th/6th gear 55 mph "punch it" method to see if it slips until after the 500 mile break-in period?......Any other recommendations?.....
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I put my used Spec 3 in my SS when I got it and it slipped even though it worked fine in my Z28. It had about 7000 miles on it so it was broken in. I had to pull the tranny again to remove the slave shim and it fixed the problem. I'd wait until it was broken in before I did anything drastic.
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03-29-2006, 09:32 PM
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why would you want to floor it doing 55 in 5/6th gear?thats too much load on the motor/tranny...rev the motor and drop gears like youre supposed to.But its very true about the breakin....i babied my spec 3 for at least 500 miles and it lasted 40000 miles of abuse thereafter and was till in good shape when we took it out