282.. power limits

[Cliff8928]

I wouldn't worry about the strength of the tranny, unless you're running slicks and doing clutch dumps, even then you'd probally kill the axles before the tranny fails.

I've killed a couple axles before too, it really sucks when it happens on the on-ramp to the highway


Cliff Scott
89 BerettaGT
04 AleroGX

[JamesonGT282]

My car has eaten axles like candy. I think atleast 6, less then 10. But 3 of them were because it was discovered that the rear engine mount was tranny specific during the swap, and the auto mount was screwing up alignment and killing axles after 1 mile.

[RidgeRunner]

I've beat the fuck out of my NVG transaxle for as long as I've owned the car (216k now, 56k when purchased in 1999) and it's done fine. *knocks on wood* Not running high power though, just a more or less stock 3.1 MPFI. Doesn't shift as smoothly as it used to, but it still works.

[Froggx]

My tranny was rebuilt at 150k miles, mainly because the previous owner had used the car as his autox/fun car for about 15 years straight. It shifts about as smooth as 40 grit, but every getrag I've driven has been like that for some reason. The fact that the short shifter he had on it moved it down what seems like 3 inches didn't help effort. But if it can take 15 years and 150k miles of being driven hard every weekend before needing the rebuild, then it must have something going for it.