The 10 or so page document included with this transmission has zero mention of milage for break-in, lots on clutch adjustment, oils, inspecting it, etc but like I said, not one mention of no hard shifts for x-miles or anything along those lines.

That being said, I don't plan on beating the crap out of it either, I'm going to do some cruising tonight, should put on 100+ miles easily. I don't know if I will race at the shootout or not, likely not.

I usually recommend 5000km of break in on all the trannies I build with regular Canadian tire gear oil. You will notice the fluid slightly silver from the break in. It's normal, especially with tighter preloads and newer parts. The more you change the oil, the more cleaner it gets.

I wouldn't worry about the 6500 rpm NLTS, just try not to be too aggressive with it. You can obviously use NLTS and shift super slow or just slam it in. I don't even consider that high rpm

My 6500 was better than the max of 6000 the old tranny would engage at

Next year when I finish my built block & head, I'll see how fast it really can shift

Thought I'd give the "hd" lip a try.

I love how it's called the "HD" lip, so you think "heavy duty" rather than "$10 at Home Depot", haha.

Looks very clean and well molded. Let us know if you see any difference in intake temps!

After killing my second wideband sensor I bit the bullet and picked up a heatsink for it. I used to have a homemade copper heatsink when I had the Megan tubular o2 housing but it didn't fit right on the evo 3 o2 so I took a chance and ran without it, of course I paid the price.



This is directional and has to be installed in a certain orientation so the flow enters it properly. They include one copper washer with it but it was not tight in the correct direction so luckily I had a few other crush washers on hand, I think I added 2 and then it tightened in the proper orientation.

Finally had a chance to build my intake box, this should help the AIT's a bit. I think I'll powdercoat it black when I get the chance.

+1 for this. It looks "off" in there right now

Have you thought about matching it to your car/valve cover?

It crossed my mind, but I don't have any of that powder left and I'd hate to go buy a pound of it to do one thing. I could also do it in black chrome to match the other piping but I think I'd rather it be less noticeable.

So I pulled a log this morning while in stop & go traffic on the way to work, this was the max temp I saw(it was around 8C outside).

at cruising, that's not too bad. when it was 11 out I was getting 15.

51F = ~10C, so I'm only seeing a 2C raise in temps at pretty much a standstill, I'd say that's pretty damn good.

does it make much difference when you are cruising?

I didn't get a chance to log anymore but on the whole trip to work, the temp never went over about 2C over the outside air temp. While cruising it should be even less difference from outside air, under the box is completely open to the wheel well, so it takes in 0 air from the bay.

Jason are you running a stock MAF or SD with an IAT near the Tbody?

Stock MAF for now. I'm going to update to V3 and SD this coming winter.

Those are good temps then. Once you move your IAT you will get proper temps though.

Yeah after you make the switch i am curious to see the difference

Well I guess it's that time of year again, though it doesn't really look like it outside FFS.

So back in January I think it was, I did the upgrade to Ecmlink V3, popped it in last month and did the basic setup, got the car running fine enough to take it outside for a breather.



So now I've got everything to switch over to speed density, MAP is already installed, just need to weld a bung in my UICP.

I picked up some 4" tubing today to fab up my new turbo intake. This shouldn't restrict that red too much



Also sold my FIC 850's and pick up a set of FIC 1150's so I should have enough fuel for that 10.99 pass that I've set out for myself this year.

I think I'll also get a larger meth nozzle, or maybe dual nozzles, anyone with meth experience, what's your preference? Also will be letting ecmlink control the meth.

So this is the last time it ran on the stock ma

IAT sensor is in now, just waiting for my injectors to come back from FIC for cleaning and flow testing and it should be all good to start up on speed density.

Looks good. How often injectors needs to be cleaned?
Are you removing MAF or running both to help with the tune?

These are a set of used injectors, so I don't know their history besides what I was told, which I pretty much always assume I'm being lied to. So it's well worth it in my mind to have them professionally cleaned and flow matched, I'm still about $100 cheaper than buying a new set even after the cleaning/flow matching.

I'm going to load in my tune from last fall and adjust for the new injectors and roll with the maf for a bit, I know my air flow was well calibrated before so I'll start off on a good base with that.

Jason can you share the cost with us, or PM, I am looking at doing the same with my injectors.

$80 US for the service which includes a new set of seals, or $70 if you don't need the seals.

And you are going across the border for sending and pickup? I am wondering how much more it would be if I did it from here.

Yes, to and from my PO box, only $5ish to ship to Florida from state side. Shouldn't be much more to ship from Canada and you'd only have to pay tax on the service being rendered, FIC ships with USPS.

Ok cool! Thanks man!

It's $70 canadain dollars to have it done here.

And good call on having a set of used injectors tested Jason. Lots of people miss that step.

I'd have to ship them either way so for me it doesn't make any difference, I live right on the border so it's no inconvenience for me when you know the customs officers on a first name basis lol.

First time I've had the intake off since August, still looks like brand new.



Started messing around with my 4" intake as well.

Eye candy
With your airflow levels you should defiantly notice improvements with MAF removed.

Picked up this little beauty today, will go well with the SD.

Love the q.

It doesn't give you that crazy whistle some other brands do.

Tial ftw.

That's exactly what I want, I don't need to pull ricer fly-bys. Though the Evo 9 bov I was running was pretty damn silent so it won't be much of a change.

Just got a call a few minutes ago from FIC, to let me know the injectors were about 4% out from each other but they will correct them to within 1% and call me back with the final values later today. The guy I talked to was very nice and informative, +1 on FIC customer service.

Received my injectors back today, excellent service by FIC.

As stated earlier, I opted not to get new seals as I had just purchased a set from Ziggy, well they showed up today with brand new seals on them! Also they are rated at 1150cc but they actually flowing around 1250cc, so I have enough injector for over 600hp

Got the injectors in and went right into setting up speed density, got it started up and adjusted a few things before I ran out of battery power on my laptop.

Got most everything fabbed up now, just need to coat everything.

So as most have probably seen, the car is out and running well on speed density, ecmlink is controlling the meth injection as well now. All in all, it was pretty easy to get going.

Now I can't wait for the tracks to open up.

Now for some eye candy