Valandis Build

El_Ade · Post by **El_Ade** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:48 pm

Valandis, dude....this is a totally epic build man, i can't wait to see the end product, sounds like it'll be a weapon lol.

That really sucks about cam gears, i didn't think they would be that expensive, tuff break man

None the less, it'll be all worth it!!

J · Post by J » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:01 pm

are the tranny and oil cooler rpw items?

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:23 pm

koolio - yeah i have changed ive realised ive spent so much and i wouldnt make it back so im keeping her and finishing it off

probably a wise decision!

el-ade - cheers man, yeah its going to be very interesting how it all turns out as no one has done NA cams for an fto before... so fingers crossed they are effective!

J - Nah theyre not my mechanic sourced them himself. Just universal ones, nothing too special. Will look mint from the front bar though!

Mosti - Everyone has the right to their own oppinion. Im having a gap year. did some work to my car. paying it off. then continuing my study. so what if i have a great passion for my car? Each to their own

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:18 am

Hey buddy how is the gearbox holding up

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:24 pm

nvr2low wrote:Hey buddy how is the gearbox holding up

hmm unsure... it seems to take longer to shift between gears... also might be slipping between 1st and 2nd...

so interesting to see what happens when the cams are put in.

its getting a tranny cooler then as well

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:23 am

Mmmright it was fine when it came out of my car

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:36 pm

Valandis91 wrote:
nvr2low wrote:Hey buddy how is the gearbox holding up
hmm unsure... it seems to take longer to shift between gears... also might be slipping between 1st and 2nd...

so interesting to see what happens when the cams are put in.

its getting a tranny cooler then as well

Sounds like your tranny is rooted. You should really get the tranny sorted before instaling the aftermarket coolers because if your tranny does go the cooler will be useless.

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:37 pm

Let me stop ya right their man the tranny was fine when it was taken out of my car my mechanic said it was in great condition. It must be all this more power.

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:24 pm

nvr2low wrote:Let me stop ya right their man the tranny was fine when it was taken out of my car my mechanic said it was in great condition. It must be all this more power.

Ah wasn't blaming you, worded it wrong dude. He just needs to sort out the issue, could be an ECU, TPS etc before installing the new coolers.

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:22 pm

hmmm... wait a sec. urs was a gr wasnt it nvr2low???
dont the gpx and gr tiptronics have slightly different gear ratios or something?

im using my old gpx tip ecu with nvr2lows box... could that be the issue???

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:59 pm

Valandis91 wrote:hmmm... wait a sec. urs was a gr wasnt it nvr2low???
dont the gpx and gr tiptronics have slightly different gear ratios or something?

im using my old gpx tip ecu with nvr2lows box... could that be the issue???

Yep they are different! Also the ECU is year dependent too.

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:14 pm

would running a gr tip be bad or good for performance compared to the gpx tip?

well lucky nvr2low sent me the ecu for his gearbox as well then! its just a straight swap over yeah?

might have to get on to that and see if it makes a difference.

cheers man!

Post by **vipfto** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:56 pm

ECU should not be a prob

They are different in the way they are geared and as far as im aware no gr's had an LSD where the gpx one could of (if your lucky)

I pressume it has been flushed ETC

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:06 pm

Nah man gpx buddy

MH999 · Post by **MH999** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:58 am

no offence but if you spent all this money on youre motor wouldnt it be a good idea to convert to manual cause tiptronics suck

Post by **vipfto** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:38 am

well thats really a a matter of personal opinion I used to have tip but converted to man even though I thought the tip box was an extremely good box I just prefer manual.
As Valandis may prefer tip.

Ftevolution is running 6A13TT with a tip box and that thing is a rocket.

The INVECS tip gearbox was one of the best boxes availible when it was released and is still a very good one. I dont think yo can generally say they suck

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:42 am

Nothing wrong with the tip box, I'd probably just change over for the performance advantage.

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:00 pm

I spend 5 hours a month stoped at red lights and for that a manual isnt for me

Post by **aza013** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:04 pm

oh

...........

try driving a 21 speed truck in the city all day (thats befor they took my big truck away from me

)

I still love getting in the car and having to change gears.
Ps. I miss my big truck lol

MH999 · Post by **MH999** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:47 pm

ive driven a tip fto before and they are ok but what i meant was that if you add a lot of serious mods to the motor like this guy has the tip would just sh*t itself