Re: the vn calais
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:27 pm
Yeh i had looked at monster kits, didn't seem like good value for money, im only spending $300 more and got a heap more stuff.
The kevlar band isnt' that great, kevlar is pretty tough material, good for long lasting but the carbon fibre bands are better at gripping the drum surface apparently and the alto stuff has a pretty good rep, the widened band will have more surface area as well. You can reuse the reverse input drum though it's kinda like brake pads on discs, atleast inspect the drum with a flat surface and look for wear or hot spots. Im getting the wide band and new drum, the drum isn't that much extra, even though the existing drum has nothing wrong ill prob reuse it in my worn trans with the band that came out. The high rev pump kits are for 6000+ rpm so not sure if your going beyond that, you need to upgrade other components to run 6000+rpm safely anyway so it's a bit of waste. Most 4L60e's already have 10 vane pump, the 700R4 has 7 or 8 vane i think. Gotta ask what the 3-4 performance frictions are, there's no photos so no idea what material there using. The sunshell upgrade is a must, id go a sonnax with roller bearings though, new sprags are a must, hardened pump rings not sure, the ones in the pump i just pulled apart had no wear at all, perhaps for high rev applications.
Perhaps fix the weak points first, Servo's, Accumulators, Sunshell and sprag/roller elements, then have a look at this book which has all the fluid charts and what's enabled or held in what gear and work out the situations you will running high power the most and see what needs upgrading to get what you want, im guessing alot of 1-2 so band is important for start.
http://www.motortraders.net/store/item. ... MHM4L60ETG
How many km's has the trans got on it? might pay to do a teardown first if it's not in use to check planetary's and sun gears for wear, valves in the valvebody etc, i guess you need to look at your budget also, like anything it all costs lol and where do you call it quits.
Also send emails to all the trans places for quotes, soon see what's common what's recomended, whats not.
The kevlar band isnt' that great, kevlar is pretty tough material, good for long lasting but the carbon fibre bands are better at gripping the drum surface apparently and the alto stuff has a pretty good rep, the widened band will have more surface area as well. You can reuse the reverse input drum though it's kinda like brake pads on discs, atleast inspect the drum with a flat surface and look for wear or hot spots. Im getting the wide band and new drum, the drum isn't that much extra, even though the existing drum has nothing wrong ill prob reuse it in my worn trans with the band that came out. The high rev pump kits are for 6000+ rpm so not sure if your going beyond that, you need to upgrade other components to run 6000+rpm safely anyway so it's a bit of waste. Most 4L60e's already have 10 vane pump, the 700R4 has 7 or 8 vane i think. Gotta ask what the 3-4 performance frictions are, there's no photos so no idea what material there using. The sunshell upgrade is a must, id go a sonnax with roller bearings though, new sprags are a must, hardened pump rings not sure, the ones in the pump i just pulled apart had no wear at all, perhaps for high rev applications.
Perhaps fix the weak points first, Servo's, Accumulators, Sunshell and sprag/roller elements, then have a look at this book which has all the fluid charts and what's enabled or held in what gear and work out the situations you will running high power the most and see what needs upgrading to get what you want, im guessing alot of 1-2 so band is important for start.
http://www.motortraders.net/store/item. ... MHM4L60ETG
How many km's has the trans got on it? might pay to do a teardown first if it's not in use to check planetary's and sun gears for wear, valves in the valvebody etc, i guess you need to look at your budget also, like anything it all costs lol and where do you call it quits.
Also send emails to all the trans places for quotes, soon see what's common what's recomended, whats not.