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Old 08-11-2010, 09:32 AM
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We pulled the pan and there was NOTHING in it, so I decided to hold off until this winter, while I have a few other things planned for it.

Swapped the filter, cleaned up the pan, drained and flushed the converter and put 'er back together.

This winter I'll pull it apart and rebuild it all.

Right now it's working perfect.
 
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Old 08-11-2010, 09:34 AM
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good to hear. im looking forward to see what in your trans
 
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Old 08-11-2010, 10:55 AM
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The most difficult thing about that trans is the valve body.

Otherwise, it's really not that bad.
 
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Old 08-11-2010, 11:06 AM
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yours a fully built suncoast?
ive rebuilt 48RE and 68RFE before but never seen inside a fully built up trans thats why im curious
 
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Old 08-14-2010, 10:28 PM
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So here's what the cab looks like now.....more like a damn cockpit.

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This is why I did the oil pressure gauge. Tells ya a little different story than that dummy gauge on the dash.

PSI at idle.....

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PSI at 1000 RPM.....

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PSI at 1500 RPM.....

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Old 08-15-2010, 08:06 PM
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EBC GreenStuff 7000's and USR rotors went on today.

So far I'm impressed. After I got done bedding them in, they are certainly stronger than the stock brakes.....stronger than the tires, that's for sure.

I'll put the Ultimax rear pads on and turn the rotors later this week.

Here's the USR Rotors and GreenStuff pads.....

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This is before taking it out to bed them in.....

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This is after bedding them in.....

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Old 08-16-2010, 01:28 AM
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what are you running for drive & primary turbo pressures with that set up? and how are the EGT's now?







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Old 08-16-2010, 04:51 AM
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I don't have drive pressure and seperate boost pressure gauges on it. It's only a single wastegate and that's on the secondary, so there's not much I could do there anyways.

As for the EGT's, what I'm seeing so far is slightly higher during normal driving. Which was to be expected with the bigger cam, but lower overall EGT's in the upper end.

Haven't gotten to do any long, sustained runs in the upper RPM's to see what it does in that range yet, just some short stabs so far. Need to get about 250 more miles on it and adjust the valves and check the studs one more time first.
 
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Old 08-16-2010, 11:49 AM
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how hard is it to install a oil pressure gauge? I've been thinking about doing it for a while now. Like you i know the stock gauge tells a different story.
 
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Easy. There are 2 extra 1/8 NPT ports on the oil filter head.

Just remove one of the pipe plugs and the sensor goes right there.

Other than that, it gets wired like any other gauge.
 


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