NA-T Transmission Requirements?
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I know some of you have gone na-t and I will doing so as well. Did anybody have any transmission problems? Any transmission upgrades that I will need to do? Any info is greatly appreciated so I don't have to find out the hard way.
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Basically the bone stock tranny can handle around 300-325rwhp or so...also add a tranny cooler to keep the fluid cool. Once you start exceeding that power range, you will need to do a valve body upgrade. That should hold you over to around 400rwhp or so. After that, you will need to get a sprag upgrade(combined with valvebody) and that will hold you over to around 500-550hp. The next setup up is to do a full race build on the tranny with new clutch packs and reinforce all the internals...but even at that level our tranny will max out holding capacity at around 600-700hp. Some people have the tranny fail as early as 500rwhp even with a full race build. It all really boils down to how hard and how long you drive that way. The transmission in our cars weren't designed in mind to hold a lot of power. If you have a thirst for high power...I'd recommend you swap to a different brand auto tranny or swap in a supra 6 speed manual transmission(with upgraded clutch). Both of those solutions can hold well over 1000hp. And yes, I'm going to do a 6speed supra tranny swap in the future
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I'm looking to acheive around 350rwhp and a tranny cooler is a must I know. Do you know anyone who sells the parts for a valvebody upgrade? Thanks for the help
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Edit: Nevermind SRT is offering it for $295 on their site right now, but thats for an IS300. Not sure about the GS...call them to check.
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I'll have to check them out. I was hoping someone would sell the parts and i could do it myself but if it has to go to a specialty shop then thats what I wil do. thx
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Lucky for me I have a full shop at my disposal![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
If I could get the specs I could do the modification myself but I doubt I will so i'll send it out. No big deal. Just more down time.
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If I could get the specs I could do the modification myself but I doubt I will so i'll send it out. No big deal. Just more down time.
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Basically the bone stock tranny can handle around 300-325rwhp or so...also add a tranny cooler to keep the fluid cool. Once you start exceeding that power range, you will need to do a valve body upgrade. That should hold you over to around 400rwhp or so. After that, you will need to get a sprag upgrade(combined with valvebody) and that will hold you over to around 500-550hp. The next setup up is to do a full race build on the tranny with new clutch packs and reinforce all the internals...but even at that level our tranny will max out holding capacity at around 600-700hp. Some people have the tranny fail as early as 500rwhp even with a full race build. It all really boils down to how hard and how long you drive that way. The transmission in our cars weren't designed in mind to hold a lot of power. If you have a thirst for high power...I'd recommend you swap to a different brand auto tranny or swap in a supra 6 speed manual transmission(with upgraded clutch). Both of those solutions can hold well over 1000hp. And yes, I'm going to do a 6speed supra tranny swap in the future ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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How much is the full race build?
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