As most of you guys know I blew out 3rd gear a few months ago. My work has been very busy and between it and the family Ive had zero time for the car and maxima.org. I have recently made some progress. I took the trans is and stripped the shafts of the gears and parts. All the parts for the trans, bearings, new 3rd, seals etc are here. I have some grinding discs on order so I can deburr and polish all the gear teeth, this should be done in a week or two. After that the gears get sent for cryo and shotpeening. I think I will have the trans back together and installed in a "built" form in less that two more months. I also have a set of Crower rods from SGP on the way. I ordered all my bearings for the crank and rods and will be taking the block to get bored for the new pistons real soon. Ive decided to go with a .58 AR turbine housing for the T4/60-1 for super fast spool up, the .81 AR is a dog. I just cant decide if I want to hold out and do the motor swap while the trans is out. I want to be very cautious and be sure the trans is golden before I put the built motor in, but half the work is already done for a motor swap. Hopefully I'll be race ready by the fall!

My new Saturn commuter car is soooo cool!!!

 

matt...

glad to hear there is some progress. we all know you are a super busy man with work and young children, and how you get anytime to work on the car baffles me! best of luck buddy.

--Paul

 

Keep your chin up man! You're doing some great things for the Maxima.org folks with all your "playing"

 

Thanks for the update.. we were just talking baout you the other day.

Good Luck and keep us in the loop

 

Yeah, I was also thinking about where you have been lately and all. That's cool that you are getting everything worked out.

I'd say that if the car has sat for so long without being used, just slap the "built" tranny on when you get it and drive it for a little. (I get car-difficiency syndrome when it takes me longer than 2 weeks to get something fixed (engine replacement). And in the mean time while your car is working, take your time and PROPERLY build the new engine without having to be rushed to get your car back on the road.

Keep us updated as you go. Good luck with it Matt and in your case, God-Speed lol......

 

Good luck man.

 

glad to hear your still alive haha

so are you just having the gears cryod or are you sending all the gears, shafts, syncros and bearings

 

Just gears and shafts. bearings might be a good idea too, but I expect the trans will blow again before the bearings fail.

 

good theory

 

The 6 speed is stronger.

http://www.aichikikai.co.jp/english/mission.html

 

Only a little stronger. I'm sure Id eventually blow the MFA60 up too.

Nice info though!

 

That was a nice site.

 

I want in that plant, I want my garage to look like that. Hey thanks for keeping us all informed matt, im gonna try and copy ya over here on the left coast if ya dont mind. Well not really copy ya. Im going with a fully built motor and im gonna swap in a I30 tranny I found, but gonna take it apart and cryo the internals also. Good luck man and thanx for the insperation

 

I finished the deburring and polishing a few weeks back. I got the gears and shafts back from cro and shotpeening. I have sarted reassembly and am waiting on a few shims, snaprings etc from nissan. I'm hoping to be back ogeher in early September!

 

I'm hoping for the same thing!
Want to get a little bet going on whose runs first - I get to bet on yours! Best of luck

 

ONE question....which bottom end are you building?

 

yes vq30 or vq35?

 

35, but im doing the trans install first, because I have some machine work and head work to do.

 

HAHAHA, good luck to you too.

 

Mardi, where did you get the cro and shotpeening done?

 

good god man to bump a 2 year old thread, just PM him.

 

Got me all excited thinking this was another great thread..

 

Sorry, just thought it would be useful information for others.

 

300 Below and AFCO, please google, i dont have the info handy