EMX's 91 Galant VR4 updates, parts and pics

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Re: EMX's 91 Galant VR4 updates, parts and pics

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It's just a 4 door DSM... :wink:

Your sig says aluminum rods... srs bsns...

How do you keep a transmission in that thing? Magnus Dogbox?
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The Dark Side of Will wrote:It's just a 4 door DSM... :wink:

Your sig says aluminum rods... srs bsns...

How do you keep a transmission in that thing? Magnus Dogbox?
Watch it Will... Us Galant guys get mad when people call them DSM's. :-x

I have RNR aluminum rods in it. I have to pull the pan and check the rod bolts for stretch soon, but I have about 15k miles on them so far. The trans is actually what I'm working on again now. I did a full refresh of it back when I put the engine in, then broke a 3rd gear shift rail last fall. I just buttoned it up to get the car back together.

I've been doing some research on Liberty Gear and their face plate modification. It basically builds a dogbox out of your existing gears. I would love to do a Magnus or PPG gearbox, but at 6k +, it's just not in my budget. Liberty will do yours for $80 a gear and $80 for a machined hub. So to do 1-4 will be like $720 + shipping. I might leave a synch'd First gear for better street manners, and I can save some money too. They are well liked by higher HP Honda guys and T56 setups. Lingenfelter has a set in their 1300w/tq new Camaro and it seems to be holding up.
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Re: EMX's 91 Galant VR4 updates, parts and pics

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And your 1st gear is holding up? I was under the impression that first would eventually shed all its teeth.

I had forgotten you had some build pics in this thread. Nice setup.

I've never heard of anyone checking rod bolts for stretch after run time... only on assembly/disassembly.

Aluminum rods do have a finite fatigue life, especially if you're spinning the engine fast, but that shouldn't apply to the bolts.
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1st was replaced with a DSM 1st. Otherwise it probably would have. I think the rod bolts have to do with the expansion of the rod with heat. It just beats the bolts up.
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The faceplating would eliminate any potential problems with synchros and grinding gears, but wouldn't do anything for the simple strength of the teeth. IE, it wouldn't help an Isuzu.

I figured someone would have made a super awesome first gear replacement by now, but if what you have is holding up...

4 bolt rear end?
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The only first gear upgrades are the Evo3 and a straight cut dogbox setup. I haven't broken any teeth yet, so I'm hoping the face plating will hold up. Even if I have to replace a gear, it's only $80 to modify. I'm sure it's probably a couple hundred and a few weeks wait for a PAR or PPG replacement.

Yes its got a 4-bolt (soon to have a mechanical LSD instead of the stock viscous).
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Love the roof rack man, serious I love the racks on the AWD performance sedans. It makes the look of that car.
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Haven't updated this in a while. I went to the track end of last year, only got 3 passes in the car (ever, not this trip) and it blows street tires off through second, but with a 1.80 60' and a slight second gear lockout problem, went 11.8@121 at 28psi pump gas. Was about 470whp on the rollers the previous week. I'm finishing up my trans and rebuilding the Exedy soon, so hopefully I'll get a full pass with clean shifts and an extra 40whp. If it doesn't trap close to 130mph, it's getting the billet 6262, I've already got a lead on one. Then I'm gunning for 600-630whp on pump/meth, and to just dip into the 10's. Still daily driven, had the A/C on yesterday cause it was hot as balls out. :-D
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2001 GMC Sierra C3 AWD
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