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Well it only took a month to rebuild and upgrade the auto tranny. And every time I asked how much i'd get the run-around.Drove it around town on a short trip. Yeah the ECU needs to relearn everything all over again. And I have to go back in 10 days for a check-up. I'm just happy to have my baby back home. The tranny is now built up to hold 500hp! Don't think I'll get that much out of it. And it only cost $3100. I also got a 12/12000 warrenty with free 'tune-up' since the tranny is adjustable.

so what did you have done? if i SC the vibe im going to upgrade the tranny for sure. I know level10 makes "bullet proof" trannies for the 1zz EDIT: oh yea, congrats on getting it back!!! bout time

Good to hear, and you are right Northvibe, but according to those who built the S/C you are not supposed to need to upgrade anything else.

good to hear! and that's pretty good deal, not as bad as what we were all thinking.

nice... hope everything worked!Wait!!! were the heck are the pics!!!

Quote, originally posted by damronjr »Good to hear, and you are right Northvibe, but according to those who built the S/C you are not supposed to need to upgrade anything else.yea but thats keeping it stock, lancer was pushing 10psi. And idk if he has a tranny cooler either...

Sorry, no pics. Everything done was on the inside. Custom made torque converter and adjustable performance shift/rebuild kit. Not sure what company they used. Something out west (cali).Yes I do have a tranny cooler. A big one. About 1/3 the size of the radiator. It fills up the lower bumper opening and then some. I can get pics of that for ya.Level 10 will do exactly what I had done. But you have to remove EVERYTHING and send it to them to rebuild. Tranny and tq converter. I think with shipping these HEAVY parts back and forth that the price might be almost the same. Maybe a little cheaper, but you won't have the 'local' guy to tune it and tweak it for you. And if 500whp isn't bullet proof enough, I can't imagine what is.Been driving it all night now and things are starting to come together My curiosity got too bad and I had to mash the gas just a couple times to see the differance. Whoah! Cool! It makes a new whinning noise from the tranny and I forgot how loud my s/c was. I'm still grinnin' You can almost feel the tires groan for traction.

what does your tranny cooler look like? i need to install my tranny cooler still too. don't have a clue where it goes or how it's to be installed!

Quote, originally posted by Lancer »Sorry, no pics. Everything done was on the inside. Custom made torque converter and adjustable performance shift/rebuild kit. Not sure what company they used. Something out west (cali).Yes I do have a tranny cooler. A big one. About 1/3 the size of the radiator. It fills up the lower bumper opening and then some. I can get pics of that for ya.Level 10 will do exactly what I had done. But you have to remove EVERYTHING and send it to them to rebuild. Tranny and tq converter. I think with shipping these HEAVY parts back and forth that the price might be almost the same. Maybe a little cheaper, but you won't have the 'local' guy to tune it and tweak it for you. And if 500whp isn't bullet proof enough, I can't imagine what is.Been driving it all night now and things are starting to come together My curiosity got too bad and I had to mash the gas just a couple times to see the differance. Whoah! Cool! It makes a new whinning noise from the tranny and I forgot how loud my s/c was. I'm still grinnin' You can almost feel the tires groan for traction.I saw cali in there.... so your coming out to cali? what? oh to show me ur car and take me for a ride in the bullet proof tranny!!

Good man, glad you got that sucker beefed up. Now when you give it hell, it may stand a chance at living a while longer. What did that change with the transmission's overall behavior? What's i shift like now?

Congrats, Lancer! Glad to hear you got it back and it is up and running.

nice lancer, yea I really dont want to ship my tranny out. My friends dad has worked on trannies so I would probably try to make him do it and pay him a bunch, but I heard getting your torq converter beefed up was almost a must. Lancer your still planning on the vibe meet in August right!? oh yea hows the shift kit feel?

Here's just a couple pics of the tranny cooler I installed. Not a big deal. Lots of bugs already. (ew) Here's #2...

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Here's where I plumed it between the splash guards.

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