ok so on the past 2 years that i have had my car i have gone through 4 trannys and now this one is going out too!!!

So now i want to know where the hell can i find some up graded synchros bearings and all the good stuff for my tranny.

I race my car all the time and i need a tranny that will hold my heavy as* foot and my racing.

So can someone tell me where i can get some good synchros and stuff to rebuild my tranny????

 

i saw something that someone posted....let's just say its worth another used car, a nice one

 

I also wanted to know if the 2002 vq35 altima 5speed tranny has better synchros than the 5.0 gen speed trannys and if they are the same so i can use the parts???

 

^in for that info...but id bet my bottom dollar that because its a nissan trans its a big chance you'll still have trans issues. a guy who had a 350z who lived beside me had the SAME noise i had in my trans..he lucked out thinking it was the TO bearing like i thought it was...he traded his car in...a few months label my car finally went down...turned out to be the trans. so yea...i wont see buying another nissan

 

I'm auto, But it seems to be a pattern that most ALL nissans , auto AND std I have read about (max/Infiniti G/I, Titan/Alt) have complaints regarding the tranny. Really sucks because I otherwise love my car. I personally am currently experiencing the annoying 1-2 "flare" and erratic shifting under load from time to time.

Just seems lame that a carmaker can make virtually bulletproof engines but **** poor trannys.

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You don't need another transmission, you need a car that matches your driving style. The Maxima isn't a race car, sure as he11 isn't built like one.

 

IMHO their engines arent all that either...toyota>nissans

maybe because i am spoiled, but i had nearly no issues out of my toyota..my brother has one and his wife...no problems..nissans...ehh never again..although im always tempted w/ the G35

 

so what everybody is telling me is to just rebuild it with stock parts and when it breaks again to rebuild it again??

but i want my race car maxima. if i buy a real race car everybody has one already

 

naw i'm not saying that..just saying Nissan doesnt sit as reliable as Toyota..i've been spoiled with toyota with nearly NO issues. nissan is ok...but all the issues ive heard with these cars..ehh. but you can rebuild it. i cant remember what thread i found it in but the guy shot a link in the thread and showed me what he bought. was some expensive stuff...but the price and the description sounded basically like what nissan should have made from the get go to make it bullet proof.

 

My Wife drives a Sequoia and I'd agree, but when I bought my '97 I30, and to some extent this one, I was scared off by the oil gel issues with Toyota/Lex. Not to mention my dollar stretched alot further with a used Infiniti.

 

oil gel? havent heard of that..my brother has a Tundra (same engine) and he hasnt had any issues...but yea thats a newer vehicle more gas...money would stretch alot further lol.

as far as imports...Toyota > all....cant speak on domestics thought..but this thread is in regards to teh transmissions..to the OP if i run across it ill link it in here. sorry about your misfortune...

 

yes please show me the thread. the last tranny i had lasted me like 7 months before my 3rd and 4th went out. I had bought it from a friend of mine that had his maxima in the back yard for about a year lol.

 

max.713, Dont know your plans, but I do know one of the best performance trans builders in the centex area. He's not cheap, but he can make it bullet-proof. I've seen him build T56 trans that hold 900hp 2002 camaro on a two stage 350 shot

I can also say he is brilliant and even if u didnt use he could point u in the right direction regarding parts.

PM me if u need his info, Cool middle aged guy, Texan all the way

Either way, good luck

 

I remember an old Supra buddy of mine that had his auto upgraded by Level 10, loved it, I just google'd "performance transmissions" and found a buncha options for you, OP, but what I also found was that Level 10 offers a Maxima upgraded valve body for our Autos:

http://www.levelten.com/MAXIMA_Valve...-9000-55sn.htm

Jazzy....

And I know we're talking about the OP's standard, I was just throwing out there that Level 10 apparently does good work, if he wanted to look into 'em....

 

With all of that tranny swapping nonsense I bet you could have done a 6 speed swap and been done forever with it.

 

If he broke three 5 speeds, what makes you think he wouldn't break the 6 speed?

 

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Something is wrong with your driving style to be consistantly breaking these tranny's. They are far from the worst MT's out there, and really arent noted as being unreliable.

 

It should be impossible to break the 6 spd gears unless he's dropping the clutch at redline like a ricer and not in 1st gear haha. But even then how's a 3L gonna do that

But I do agree that he's doing something wrong. The gears are plenty strong for N/A.

 

this..he must really beat the pi$$ out of it to go thru that many trannys. driver mod is needed..

 

You keep saying race car, what mods do you have? if you are turboed or supercharged then you need 3rd and 4th racing gears, if you are drag racing and making over 350whp.
I personally blew 3rd & 4th OEM gears drag racing, but i did not have any synchros or Bearing issues, and this is were i got my gears from http://www.par-engineering.com/

 

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OP you're driving the wrong car to be RACING it all of the time....im on the original tranny and i know i put it through alot but i've never had a problem....regardless though.....i think you need to consider switching to a vehicle that is meant to take alittle more abuse...

 

Agreed.

I was rough on my 4AT. Never had any issues with it. You must absolutely dog on your car to be blowing trannies left and right. Especially 5MTs...

 

Same here, I never had any issues with any of my auto trannys. In my other 4th gen I had 232K with the original tranny and no problems there.

OP, it's just the way you drive your car. You must really beat on it constantly to be going through trannies like that.

 

There's a proper way to drive a car fast. A way that won't demolish your car's internals.

OP's obviously isn't it.

 

 

You need to have the gears, shafts, synchros, and case modified, shotpenned, cyro-treated and built for the repeated abuse you hand it on a daily basis.....I would think it would be more cost effective to really sink some money into a race prepped Nissan FWD 5 or 6spd transmission......GL man!!!!! Call Thunderbolt they man have some knowledge of a local racing shop who know Nissan Fwd Trans or Call Chris @ Engine Logics...

 

His car is 3.5 swapped. Try to locate a VLSD transmission. Don't quote me on this because what I am about to say is hearsay, but it seems legitimate and at this point it'd be worth a try.

Supposedly, VLSD transmissions from the i30t & AE Maximas held up better to wear and tear than the regular open ones. Not saying it's the LSD itself that magically increases longevity but a low mileage, 2001 VLSD transmission will give you better luck, IMO.

(Mine has 144k on it and shifts like brand new, no grinds or howling or anything stupid and unnecessary. I drive my car hard too.)

Just look at the DCMax guys

 

Good info here

 

i dont know where alot of you have been, but if you do research, you will find that nissan transmissions are just short of sh*t. i didnt beat on my car regularly and mine went out...and to tell you teh truth, given all the transmission threads ive seen regarding failed transmissions, its nothing new that nissan sucks (or whoever makes their transmissions). they seriously need to go back to the drawing board and stop cheaping out

 

No i dont drop the clutch at red line and i dont even have a 3L i got the 3.5.

the only time i tear my car up is when i race. And i already have the driver mod. i rev match when i do my roll runs and when i shift i dont let go of the gas i just quickly step on the clutch to shift the gears (powershifting) CMax03 has seen how i shif when i race. I am by no means a ricer or anything. there is one good vid of me on youtube of me racing and you can hear how i shift but i cant post street racing vids

 

I think the point is that Nissan didn't engineer our vehicles to be driven the way you are driving. However, you are free to drive your car as you wish(on a track). You should consider your expectations for a stock transmission are fantastical for your use. You are using it for purposes other than what it is designed for, why are you complaining? The title of your thread is invalid. Dump money into a tranny upgrade. You have to pay to play.

 

they advertised the car as a "4 door sports car"...i'm just saying, dont say/make that sort of comment, then make a POS transmission...

 

thats the point of this thread. I want to find beter parts so the tranny can be stronger.

 

I think we can all distinguish between advertising and reality. I don't believe anyone on this board is ignorant enough to think they can treat their production cars like a top fuel dragster and not have epic failures. This goes for all manufacturers. Drop an LS9 into a Toyota Corolla with a stock 5spd and tell me how long that tranny lasts.

This is my point. It's misleading. Perhaps, "Our 5 spd sucks for extreme racing conditions."? That may be a more appropriate title.

 

I dont think that what i do is considerd extreme racing conditions

 

my point is, its a manual tranny in a proclaimed 'sports car'...how often do you hear of the honda boys transmissions just going completely out? i hear of their 3rd gear grinds and what not, but their transmisssions last..when/if they go out it starts at 300k, not 180k like mine did.

end of the day, nissans transmissions suck across the board and it has nothing to do with how the car is driven.

 

My car is boosted and it holds up fine. It is not a tranny you can beat on, you have to know how to drive it. You can jam it into the gears.

Anyways, when my tranny fails, ima send it to these guys:
http://www.importperformancetrans.co...anmanual.shtml

 

Good question. I worked for a Honda dealership in Mass. some years back and we often had Honda ricers(bright paint, trunk-bending spoilers, and poorly installed nitrous kits) coming in needing new trannys or asking for rebuild kits. So, yes. Transmissions are like any other component on an automobile, or any machine. They will fail if not operated within the constraints of the engineering. Which brings us back full circle. Nissan manual transmissions are quality transmissions when evaluated within the scope of their intended use, which does not include track time and street racing.

 

just read another thread in regards to the issue on why these transmissions fail (input shaft bearing). turns out its negligence on detail, roughly 30minutes of install/labor, and a small shim that could have resolved all issues, but because Nissan doesnt give a **** about customers after their warranty they didnt want to spend the extra money so that the customer can have a peace of mind AFTER the warranty is long gone.

To the OP, thats the link i was thinking about