Attention tuning guru's. Can I drive home with 3.69's without tunning? (Update!!!)
10-14-2011, 10:36 PM
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Got the car back today and what a difference!
The shifts are very firm and the 3.69's rock. I wasn't able to use my PI converter due to fittment issuses. The shop tried two different converters from PI and both were cutting up the turbine O-rings. I spoke with Dave and he has seen this issue before and and has agreed to refund my money, so no hard feelings.
The trans seems to be doing just fine in Drive without tuning. I have not beat on in yet and won't until I get my computers back from Dave. Leaving a few lights with a little throttle and the car shoots forward.
The shifts are very firm and the 3.69's rock. I wasn't able to use my PI converter due to fittment issuses. The shop tried two different converters from PI and both were cutting up the turbine O-rings. I spoke with Dave and he has seen this issue before and and has agreed to refund my money, so no hard feelings.
The trans seems to be doing just fine in Drive without tuning. I have not beat on in yet and won't until I get my computers back from Dave. Leaving a few lights with a little throttle and the car shoots forward.
10-14-2011, 10:59 PM
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The trans builder said that the converter didn't feel right, so he pulled it off and noticed O-ring damage. I sent the converter back to PI, and they next day aired me a new one. After trying again, the shop ran into the same problem. The builder said the bevel was machined wrong.
10-25-2011, 02:20 AM
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Last week I ordered my TEP tranny with 369's and a 3200 PI converter! I hope I dont run into any problems like you did David. Shooting 4 low 12's! ! ! I also added a 100 shot of N2o lookin 4 low 11's on the kit! ! ! Are the stock axles ok with the 369's? ? ?
10-25-2011, 12:16 PM
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Here is the response back from Dave, about my two PI converters
I just got a call back from Jack and sure enough both converters did not have the bevel leaving us both scratching our heads as to WHY this even happened. He said the input shafts they used to check with fit fine but they did not have orings on them...... Soooo he got orings and they test fitted everything they have on hand for turbines to make 100% this wont be a problem again. Sorry again for the converter issue and really burns me more than you believe it or not.
Good luck with traction! 3rd gear comes up real quick with the new gears. You might wanna just spray thru 3rd.
Last edited by DavidGXP; 10-25-2011 at 12:22 PM.
10-25-2011, 01:53 PM
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Pay for a tow. Not worth the risk of burning it up.
The only thing a tune does for a transmission is set the shift points and have the speedometer display right. None of those would cause a transmission to burn up prematurely if tuned incorrectly (or tuned for a different gear set). Now a cammed/heads/turbocharged engine on the stock tune will run bad and can possibly blow up if driven, but not a transmission.
