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Trinten
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MAY 12, 10:27 PM
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Awesome! I love the way it sounds!
Also, for anyone that is okay with dropping heavy coin for a seriously built up F23 -- I found this place:
http://www.fmsrperformance....8_145&product_id=119 (something I'm keeping bookmarked for the future)
I don't want this to tie up FieroGuru's garage any longer - this project has taken way longer than he anticipated, and I feel bad about it. He's been extremely patient and professional, and upfront about stuff he finds and thinks should be fixed. I seriously can't thank him enough.
Keeping my fingers crossed that it just needs those bearings, given how low the mileage is on it. Hopefully they'll be on the level with him about what they find.[This message has been edited by Trinten (edited 05-12-2014).]
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Jims88
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MAY 15, 10:38 PM
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Trinten
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MAY 15, 11:17 PM
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Yes! I saw that, too. When I was researching some of their options on the automatic transmissions, I found a post from DarthFiero talking about how he was working with another place to build up automatics ( http://tripleedgeperformanc...rformance_4T65E.html ).
So for folks that don't mind dropping coin, definitely some options between those two builders. I just hope my transmission holds out for a few years! I want to get some other stuff done on it first!
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Jims88
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MAY 16, 08:30 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Trinten:
I just hope my transmission holds out for a few years! I want to get some other stuff done on it first!
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I bet it will after fieroguru is done with it.
His dedication to customer satisfaction is commendable.[This message has been edited by Jims88 (edited 05-16-2014).]
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Trinten
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MAY 23, 09:56 AM
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Okay! So some good news! The differential bearing was not bad, it just needed to be shimmed. They said everything else in the transmission is perfectly fine as well!
My understanding is that once Guru has it back in the car, he's going to start putting some more miles on it for tuning and making sure there are no leaks/issues, and then get it to the dyno for some WOT tuning.
Drawback for me is that I can't put in any vacation requests for June at this point, so when it's finished, I either need to push/rush to pick it up on my 'weekend', or slate it for the beginning of July - which I might do. We have off the fourth of July already, so I might put in to get that first week of July off (if that works for Guru). Gives me time for a leisurely trip each way, and some time to take Guru and his family out for a nice dinner as part of my thank you, as well as pick his brain with my patented Ignorant Questions (tm)!
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fieroguru
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MAY 24, 03:36 PM
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Back from yet another business trip... at least this one was while the transmission was at the shop. My wife picked up the transmission for me on Friday and today I cleaned it, removed the excess case sealant and then painted it again. My goal is to have the car running again by Tuesday.
Transmission soaking up some sunlight as the paint dries:
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fieroguru
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MAY 27, 07:17 PM
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Everything is back together again and the car is back to running!
I am hoping the weather will be nice on Wednesday so I can drive the car and do some shake down runs with it.
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Trinten
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MAY 27, 10:07 PM
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Wooo!
Plus for those who may be interested, I've been informed the engine kicked right over, and there is no more A/C rattling, which is awesome.
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carbon
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MAY 28, 01:40 PM
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That is the one thing I've noticed with the F23 swaps that included the case swaps and LSD installs... not once has anyone ever mentioned verifying that the shims were correct size with the mismatched parts. Glad you got it taken care of. 
I actually bought the full kit of F23 tools, including the shim selection kit, off of ebay for $50 for when I dig deeper into doing a 3.63 final swap.
This assumes I ever get the thing back on the road of course... 
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fieroguru
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MAY 29, 07:01 PM
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Did a few shakedown drives this evening. No more excessive driveline slop with on/off throttle transitions and the excessive gear whine is gone too! The clutch engagement is silky smooth as well!
The wideband is hooked up and being logged through HP Tuners, so now I get to focus more on the driving and tuning side of things. I need to make a mount so I can get some in car videos of some drives... I have a magnet mount, but with the interior back in, there aren't any metal surfaces to stick it to.[This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 05-29-2014).]
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