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Nenmar Bisso
Newbie
Victoria
soarer 2.5L TT

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Reg: 05-2006

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Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 10:53 am, by:  Nenmar Bisso (Lexply) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey can anyone help me out, I have got a TT soarer with a holden trimatic in it, and for the past couple days i think my transmission has been slipping. My 1st gear seems to be perfectly normal, when i change to second it takes about 10 seconds to change gears, and when i change to 3rd gear, its as if i have no power. I have to hold it at 4000 rpm jus to keep the speed i want. I think i need a transmission reconstruction, but if anyone has any clue, i would love to hear it. Thanks
Josh Rafton
TryHard
NSW
TT manual

Posts: 125
Reg: 08-2005

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Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 11:39 am, by:  Josh Rafton (5tyl5h) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just put the toyota one back in, has to be better than anything to do with holden
Nenmar Bisso
Tinkerer
Victoria
soarer 2.5L TT

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Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 11:42 am, by:  Nenmar Bisso (Lexply) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i asked my mechanic if thats what i should do, and they told me the best thing to do was to have the transmission reconstructed, i think im just going to do that
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(

Posts: 3740
Reg: 05-2005

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Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 11:57 am, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

A Tri-matic suitably beefed up, should be fine
Cihan Aday
DieHard
Victoria
JZZ30

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Reg: 07-2005

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Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 10:41 pm, by:  Cihan Aday (Cihan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Whats this Holden crap in our cars, trimatic?
What a waste of time, money and brain cells.

The a340 is far smoother, its electronic and has an extra gear. You can get a manualised controller box for 190 bucks and get rid of that clunky piece of $hit.

Better yet, get a SupraStick controller and have both auto and manual mode at your discretion.

Relax im not having a go at you.
Nice looking car mate
Aaron Mead
TryHard
NT
TT

Posts: 243
Reg: 03-2006

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Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 12:07 am, by:  Aaron Mead (Aaron) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I gotta agree, spazmatics are torana and H- whatever kingswood autos. Clunky, slow, prone to heat issues, but when built for race applications, are quite good; you'll see stacks of drag cars runing built trimatics.

But vs a a340e?

My thoughts are that whoever worked on the engine really had no idea about transmissions. I mean, if they did, the first thing they would have done is retained the a340e. perhaps the motor on the car orginally died, and a 1jz from a torana retrofit (with spasmatic) came up at an unbeatable price (like, free?)

Otherwise, theres just ZERO reason to go to the trouble of a CRS bellhousing and kit.

Theres are used a340e's going for as low as $150. Build prices vary. I've doen what Cihan sugested and ordered a Suprastick a little while ago. Now i just need to find a nice steering with buttons for the sequential setup, or find a 'paddle' shift boss.
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria
UZZ-32 V8 Soarer #138

Posts: 1150
Reg: 07-2005

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Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 01:02 am, by:  Dan McColl (Hoon) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Have a look around, Aaron, There was talk and pics of a paddle shift boss up here late last year.
Marc Vipond
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT JZZ30

Posts: 46
Reg: 05-2006

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Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 10:31 am, by:  Marc Vipond (04awe) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sounds like you do need a rebuild, since it is a piece of holden junk (sorry hate australian cars) it will be somewhat cheaper for you to have done plus the potential for strengthening the tri-matic is HUGE. Go onto like a Torana forum or similar and start asking people from your local area where they got their tri-matics built and who they would recommend. I know of a good mob up here in Brisbane however I am dead sure their is one of similar quality closer to you.

Here is one mob I tracked down for you

http://www.automatictransmission.com.au/orto.asp

Wholesale Automatic Transmissions - 1/58 Barry St, Bayswater, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3153
Ph : (03) 9762 8004 - Fax : (03) 9762 8108
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 1297
Reg: 09-2005

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Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 02:18 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ugh, i hate transmissions, any branded ones.. just replace it with a working box =P

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