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lol, bman you are in a dangerous place right now. taking relationship advice from Mark may not be good for your health... :cheers:

get stuffed

my advice is perfectly sound

take it from a man with experience

ive been single for 24 years!

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Nearly there now - maybe a week to go. ! yay

Engine is completely rebuilt - fully dowled - and back in the car

Injectors are in

Fuel pump is in

Turbo manifold and pipe work is currently being manufactured

I'm getting excited again !

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Ha ha - Yeah , Yeah - that quote was before I decided to go the whole hog with the engine rebuild. (ie just the go fast bits bolted on)

I'm used to it ! Good work takes time !

My cars seem to like workshops :) :) ;)

Not long to go now !

Adrian - where's the best place to get the Auto tricked ? It's a Jatco ! Same as the 300ZX box - Will go for manualised auto with 3000 RPM stally -

Do you reckon I should go a transbrake as well ???? :)

Ordinarily I'd say Steve Butchard from BMS as he makes fully manualised, normal (forward) pattern, NO ELECTRONICS modifications to JATCO's. He makes a transbraked valvebody for them that is the shiznit.

I don't know how seriously you're going to want to drag race the car so unless you plan on putting slicks on it and turning into a rotary drag nut, I wouldn't bother with the transbrake.

You should make a call to MV Automatics in S.A. and speak to him about the manual valvebody he does for the JATCO's. If it's the 300ZX box, it's an RE403A. Exactly the same valvebody as a Skyline RE401A and in fact, most of the parts are interchangeable. (403 will handle more torque than a Skyline/WRX 401A but the larger components absorb more power. A reasonable trade-off in the circumstances.)

If Mike at MV can build you a box that is:

A/ Completely manualised

B/ Fitted out with tough steels, bands, clutches, etc

C/ Refurbished and re-bearinged (is that even a word?)

D/ Equipped with a converter of his manufacture

...then I'd say go with him for the box. He certainly knows his shit when it comes to JATCO's and although there isn't a transbrake option with his modified valvebody (i don't believe anyway) and the over drive (4th) gear will be a function of an electronic switch (possibly like it is now) it is almost certainly the best way to go about strengthening your box to handle what you're about to feed it.

Cheers,

Adrian

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