1st Day With My New, Improved SS Tranny - Honda Prelude Forum

Ludacris · 02-06-2002, 11:54 PM

Well the title pretty mch says it all. I finally have my Prelude back, it's been a long 7 weeks. Here's what I had done-

-Level Ten PTS Kit
-Upgraded torgue converter (from a place that charges $200 less than Level Ten for the same damn thing)
-One big bill racked up

Results-

Basically the car is quite a bit quicker of the line. However the shifts are a little choppier than stock, but this makes sense obviously with the upgraded clutches. SSAccuracy hit the nail on the head when he said that the gears chatter a little bit at cruising speed, but the difference is well worth the smoothness.

Overall, it seems like a great mod right now, of course I only have put on about 60 miles so far.

Time will tell how it holds up.

Ludacris

spoon_805 · 02-07-2002, 01:55 AM

best of luck with the mods. I wish I could follow in your guys foot steps, but I have no faith in my tranny. Not even Level Ten could save it.

azndng · 02-07-2002, 06:48 AM

and the grand total is?!

Ludacris · 02-07-2002, 11:23 AM

The grand total for all of the tranny work is as follows-

$320 for Level Ten PTS kit shipped
$420 for upgraded TC w/ nextday shipping both ways
$1065 for shop rebuild labor and 2 new CV boots

$1805 total for my new tranny

(course that doesnt include the other $1000 I had to put into it for tranny parts that got messed up when the original tranny went)

So you can get an upgraded tranny for about $1800, actually about $1700 if you cut out my overnight shipping stuff. Thats a hell of a lot better than Level Tens $3200 w/ shipping they quoted me. They can go fly a kite. They also say they throw in a valve body job too, but obviously you pay for and the gains seen from a valve body job are minimal. How do I know this? I had mine replaced, and seen it and talking with my Honda tranny guy there are only minimal gains to be had from it.

Ludacris

DYI01 · 02-07-2002, 11:31 AM

whats the place u got the Tq convertor from? Id like to look into it

sk515 · 02-07-2002, 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by Ludacris
Well the title pretty mch says it all. I finally have my Prelude back, it's been a long 7 weeks. Here's what I had done-

-Level Ten PTS Kit
-Upgraded torgue converter (from a place that charges $200 less than Level Ten for the same damn thing)
-One big bill racked up

Results-

Basically the car is quite a bit quicker of the line. However the shifts are a little choppier than stock, but this makes sense obviously with the upgraded clutches. SSAccuracy hit the nail on the head when he said that the gears chatter a little bit at cruising speed, but the difference is well worth the smoothness.

Overall, it seems like a great mod right now, of course I only have put on about 60 miles so far. Time will tell how it holds up.

Ludacris

what do you mean but gears chattering?

kenchan · 02-07-2002, 02:03 PM

man, that was a lot of work...but im sure it was all well worth it.

good job!

SSAccuracy · 02-07-2002, 05:24 PM

You'll love it.

btw, i'm at 4,000miles on the tranny and the chattering has gotten 90% less compared to day 1. This is when you need to flush the ATF because the clutches comfortably settling...

Take that bad boy to 3000+rpms brake torquing it, and whaaaaaaaaaa!

peace