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Hi, would really appreciate if a few questions could be answered.

My car is R33 GTS25t auto making 216rwkw (ECU is Link G4), now the auto has started rev'ing high and not making the car go any faster, I think this is what you call flaring?

I've done some searching and read a number of posts about getting a shift kit before this gets worse and something about tightening of the belts?

What will a shift kit do? Does it tighten up the belts?

Basically I would like to know what I'm asking the transmission specialist to do, rather than just drive in and say "I want a shift kit" and have no Idea what its going to do.

Or since I no longer have the factory ECU would I benefit more from converting the car to manual?

Thanks for reading this small novel I really appreciate any help on this.

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Hi, would really appreciate if a few questions could be answered.

My car is R33 GTS25t auto making 216rwkw (ECU is Link G4), now the auto has started rev'ing high and not making the car go any faster, I think this is what you call flaring?

I've done some searching and read a number of posts about getting a shift kit before this gets worse and something about tightening of the belts?

What will a shift kit do? Does it tighten up the belts?

Basically I would like to know what I'm asking the transmission specialist to do, rather than just drive in and say "I want a shift kit" and have no Idea what its going to do.

Or since I no longer have the factory ECU would I benefit more from converting the car to manual?

Thanks for reading this small novel I really appreciate any help on this.

Daxter, It sounds like your box is due for a rebuild. If you intend to run the current power or more, your current (stock) box is not going to cut it, Give Mike at MV Autos a call on 08 8370 0430. He will be able to tell you what you need to know.

Once your box is sorted you may like to run a manualised automatic, this means you change gears when you want to, not when the transmision computer wants to. Check out the link in my sig. (this is not for everyone)

Hope that can help in some way.

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Hey Aaron, yeah Ive seen your youtube clip, that's very cool what you have done, looks like alot of fun. (Ive watched it about 3x's now :banana:)

Would like to use an MV Auto shift kit but I'm in NZ.

A friend has a full manual conversion kit sitting in his garage which I could get for $2000, if my auto is beyond a quick fix this maybe the best option.

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Ok, guess I should take that leap and convert the car to manual, thanks for the reply's.

One thing I've notice, if I have the power button on the auto seems to put the power to the wheels fine, it's not till the power button is off that it revs high and accelerates slowly.

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