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Old 06-08-2010, 01:13 PM
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Re: Transmission shift program review

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Originally Posted by poweredx2 View Post
Well out of the 14 years of ownership I have never blew a diff on motor.Twice I blew them on nos with drag radials,the first was trying to backup a 13 second pass years ago.Since then I have always used royal purple gear lube great stuff.To answer another question I put the car in D1 and push the manual button and the car will shift each gear at 7000rpm shift and constant 2.2 60ft times not bad for a heavy fwd car.This was just a little review I did for some guys that did some good work on my TCU.Also this car don't see much track time now because I know what a properly prepped svx will do high 14s on motor and 13s with forced induction.My daily driver is a 88 toyota pickup while svx get driven about twice a month.
Ask me how I know about front diffs being broke on FWD. All i was stating is regardless of what gear oil you use you use the manual button like that you will have issues. I am glad you are enjoying the SVX I was just attempting to warn you that will break something.
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