10thgen_Dawson
Member
- First Name
- Dawson
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2022
- Threads
- 1
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- 9
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- 4
- Location
- Dublin, Ohio
- Vehicle(s)
- 10th gen civic si coupe, 1999 BMW 528i (sold)
- Thread starter
- #1
Hey guys, this is my first post here but I have been reading different threads for a while. As a bit of back story, I am heavily into the street racing and drag strip scene, I have been trained how to track drive at Mid Ohio Raceway, and I have been daily driving the cars that I modify since I first got my license. So needless to say, I know how to drive a stick. But now to get to the main reason I wanted to post here, I was going out for a spirited drive and went to shift from 3rd to 4th and heard something out of the normal. It sounded like an exhaust clamp had broken off and fell behind me, I didn't think much of it, and the next day I took it to my shop to lift it up and do a quick inspection to see if I could find what had truly broken off. But I didn't find any broken clamps or bolts or scrapes. I didn't give much mind to it, but later that day I went out to go do some highway pulls, same thing happened but worse. I shifted from 3rd to 4th getting on the highway driving normally at the time and heard what sounded like bolts in a blender. So naturally, I took it out of gear and let it coast for a bit, when I went to but it back into 4th thinking I didn't have the clutch pressed down all the way, the trans made a grinding noise and while I was IN GEAR, the RPMs went down to idle. I will repeat that for dramatic effect, the car was IN GEAR and the revs WERE AT IDLE. I knew something was wrong so I quickly rushed off the highway to see if I could see anything. But when I got off the highway and was able to stop in a parking lot, I noticed a new noise at low speeds, a tumbling metallic noise. I knew at that moment that I sheared 4th gear clean. Fast forward a few weeks I took the trans out and took it apart, and sure enough 4th gear is trashed on the input shaft and output shaft. I was wondering if anyone that ends up reading this knows of a already built trans that I can buy for racing purposes, or if they know of any really good rebuild kits that come with everything I will need. If you guys want I could keep you updated on the situation and I could also show some photos of the transmission now that I have it apart and I can also share my current build list.
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