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Its built to be a street car, I take the kids in it and hence I forked the coin for a syncro box, not dog engagement. 

It drives amazing and pretty much achieved my goal except for this noise and power goal ... 

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On 8/15/2022 at 11:22 PM, r32-25t said:

If you want it to drive and sound stock just leave it stock

 

Back to the RB20 Auto then eh ....

 

Building a street car for me, how I want it, I accept plenty of things won't be like a stock car(exhaust one example).  If i can make some things that bother me better why not try.   

 

I post here to gain the experience of others who may have used some of these parts, it's sad how often i regret that.

 

 

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I thought BK already answered your questions?  The issue with ATS is that you need to do a pull to push conversion plus finding a dual mass flywheel, so I guess you good with both hurdles? 

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well if we can get back to car parts for a moment over questioning my life choices ...

 

Here is some really good insight from Sam at Neat

"Yes this is a characteristic of the V160 especially with a solid centre clutch and DMF removal. Rebuilding them can benefit a little as it tightens things up a bit, and we also do ISF treatment to the gear which can reduce noise, but not the rattle. Changing the oil to a light weight gear oil (75w85GL4) can benefit things a bit, as the OEM-fill ATF has almost no EP additives in it at all. You may find additional shift notchiness if you do this though, especially while cold."

 

Ordered some oil, its a cheap thing to try and good to know a rebuild could possibly take the edge off.

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On 17/08/2022 at 12:04 PM, Butters said:

 

Ordered some oil, its a cheap thing to try and good to know a rebuild could possibly take the edge off.

I surprised Sam said that actually. There is a reason the V160 uses ATF - the synchro material. Normal gear oil as opposed to good ATF like Castrol Transmax Z will attack the synchro baulk ring over time, the same with the Tremec T56 / TR6060 that uses ATF too.

You can give it a go as it will definitely make the gears quieter with gear oil (i wouldn't), but I hope you don't plan shifting above 6000rpm.

It won't

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