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Old 08-25-2007, 12:15 PM
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i was wondering how much horsepower can the stock transmission hold before it i need a new one. i wanted to get asaleen supercharger but wanted to kno if the trannywill holdup cause iwont have enough to get a new one for a while if i get thesupercharger.and its a stick
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:31 PM
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are you talking about reving it up for 4k rpms and dropping the clutch at the track? Ive heard a couple people have broken their tranny at 450 to the wheels but they were really launching hard with drag radials
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:59 PM
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no just normal street driving with an occasional race like once a month if its even that but never lauched hard
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Old 08-25-2007, 07:09 PM
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I read on wikipedia (not a reliable source but anyway) that the 3650 can take 360 ft/lbs in one form and 390 in another. Didn't mention rwhp, but that gives you some idea anyway...
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Old 08-25-2007, 07:14 PM
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are you talking about reving it up for 4k rpms and dropping the clutch at the track? Ive heard a couple people have broken their tranny at 450 to the wheels but they were really launching hard with drag radials
I have seen where people have broken their input shafts, but haven't seen any broken manual transmissions. Now the autos are dropping like flies it would seem.
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Old 08-26-2007, 02:17 PM
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Tranny's and driveshafts should not be rated in HP. If you see some vendor stating it can handle 600hp and so on run away. You can have 1hp with 2,000,000 lbs of tq.

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Old 08-26-2007, 04:48 PM
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if you don't run a drag tire it might live forever. things like this, however, are always subject to that "slim to none chance" of failing even if it seems to be good.
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:57 PM
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are you talking about reving it up for 4k rpms and dropping the clutch at the track? Ive heard a couple people have broken their tranny at 450 to the wheels but they were really launching hard with drag radials
I have seen where people have broken their input shafts, but haven't seen any broken manual transmissions. Now the autos are dropping like flies it would seem.
If you got a new input shaft could they handle a lot more?
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Old 08-27-2007, 09:41 PM
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i was wondering how much horsepower can the stock transmission hold before it i need a new one. i wanted to get asaleen supercharger but wanted to kno if the trannywill holdup cause iwont have enough to get a new one for a while if i get thesupercharger.and its a stick
Almost 5k miles after the SC install and stock tranny is A'OK.
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Old 08-28-2007, 04:42 PM
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Just so you know the input shaft broke at the track I believe and He was pushing 500 at the wheels. If the input shaft hadn't broken then something else might have, like the ring and pinion or worse.



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are you talking about reving it up for 4k rpms and dropping the clutch at the track? Ive heard a couple people have broken their tranny at 450 to the wheels but they were really launching hard with drag radials
I have seen where people have broken their input shafts, but haven't seen any broken manual transmissions. Now the autos are dropping like flies it would seem.
If you got a new input shaft could they handle a lot more?
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