How much can a stock frs transmission take?

[solidsnake11]

Originally Posted by 86TOYO2k17

Or maybe with all that power they no longer have all those gears.

+1. I was running ~10lbs and my transmission was already chipping teeth against the snap ring.

Originally Posted by TommyW

Transmission issues will come more from shifting technique than anything.

No burn outs, granny shifting and only boosted pulls, but still was chipping the teeth.

[TommyW]

Originally Posted by solidsnake11

+1. I was running ~10lbs and my transmission was already chipping teeth against the snap ring.



No burn outs, granny shifting and only boosted pulls, but still was chipping the teeth.

Did you buy the car new?

[Matthew_]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welcome to our forum, Matthew_ -

Yep, shift smoothly and apply the power through the transmission gradually.

And that don't cost nutten.


humfrz

Sounds like a plan :P the car stokc really doesn't have any crazy power so as it is, I won't be dumping the clutch or smashing on it 😁

[Matthew_]

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

So header and e85 tune and see how it feels then yeah?

Was looking into e85 and headers, but if you go e85 do you have to change any gaskets or seals in the engine?

[Matthew_]

Originally Posted by 86MLR

I've punished my car from new, currently at 25k km without a issue.

Tuned NA, lots of LC and FFS.

Now 8 psi FI, lots of LC and FFS, still on stock clutch.

I would not worry about it until you need to.

Disclaimer: if your running sticky slicks all bets are off.

I bought the car from a guy, he already had indy 500 Firestone firehawks, are those slick enough to do me in?

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by Matthew_

I bought the car from a guy, he already had indy 500 Firestone firehawks, are those slick enough to do me in?

No. Firehawks are street tires, not slicks.

[Spawn_Of_Creation]

Originally Posted by Matthew_

Was looking into e85 and headers, but if you go e85 do you have to change any gaskets or seals in the engine?

Nope, just get an e85 kit and tune (Delicious Tuning for example) and you are good to go.

[Matthew_]

Originally Posted by Spawn_Of_Creation

Stock manual tranny's are known to break on stock power. Anything above 225-250hp and you need a better clutch. When you do your clutch, do the bearing, aftermarket clutch fork and joint. However hp numbers wise, 300ish supercharged, 350ish turbo is the general rule. Going above 400hp you are probably looking at helical synchromesh or straight cut gearset and carbon fiber syncro rebuild. At this point it's going to be cheaper to do a t56 or cd009 swap.

Do you know of any FA20 to t56 adapters? How would one go about putting on into an frs? Is it all custom work?

[TommyW]

Originally Posted by Matthew_

I bought the car from a guy, he already had indy 500 Firestone firehawks, are those slick enough to do me in?

Anytime you buy used you're inheriting his bad habits and shifting mismanagement is at the top of the list.

[solidsnake11]

Originally Posted by TommyW

Did you buy the car new?

No but it only had 53000 on it. In comparison the cd009 I replaced it with has 108,000. I have way more confidence that I'm not going to break it, even with twice the mileage.

There is a whole thread here with plenty of broken transmission in it.

You decide.
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100818

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Matthew_

Was looking into e85 and headers, but if you go e85 do you have to change any gaskets or seals in the engine?

that whole e85 might not be compatable is for older cars. and what sort of rubber they use.

modern cars dont have that issue. the bigger issue is fuel pump capacity and injectors.

[86MLR]

Originally Posted by Matthew_

I bought the car from a guy, he already had indy 500 Firestone firehawks, are those slick enough to do me in?

I have Bridgestone RE003, branded Indy 500 in the US, they are only a OK summer tyre, Hankook RS4 are my usual pick, RS4 are much better than the RE003 in the dry, but RS4 are very average in the wet.

The RS4's, whilst still a street tyre, are excellent bang for buck IRT dry grip, RS4's lasted around 20k km of street driving.

I went the RE003's because the kids have been borrowing the car, compromises were made IRT wet weather grip.

From my experience the only gearboxes I have seen lunch themselves have all had uprated clutches, not saying this is the only reason though.

[TommyW]

Originally Posted by solidsnake11

No but it only had 53000 on it. In comparison the cd009 I replaced it with has 108,000. I have way more confidence that I'm not going to break it, even with twice the mileage.

There is a whole thread here with plenty of broken transmission in it.

You decide.
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100818

My decision is 90% of trans issues are a driver issue and\or too much power for a stock unit..

[86TOYO2k17]

Originally Posted by TommyW

My decision is 90% of trans issues are a driver issue and\or too much power for a stock unit..

Isn’t that exactly what everyone is agreeing/saying?
Isn’t this thread originally started to counter or inquire about the latter issue.
Don’t think anyone is saying stock tranny cant handle bolt ons or low boost.

Its what is the solution to a reliable transmission at moderate boost/power levels. Or at what power level is it an issues worth addressing and resolving, and then what is the solution?