Hey guys, I have looked everywhere trying to see what kind of "TORQUE" not "hp" input people seem to have success with in their transmission stock internal setups. Most people that do builds never seem to talk much about their transmission setups so my GUESS is that most people build the **** out of their engines and dyno their cars afterward peaking high HP and torque values on ?stock? transmission setups? I am either wrong or do most people not want to talk about their trans setups? or are they really running stock transmission setups? Either way, this is leading to my original question, what is the most torque you have seen applied to a stock honda/acura transmission and was it reliable as far as driveability? Thanks for the input.

 

there are many variables which series trans are you talking about specifically.
if you search you'll see that there are alot of threads out there. check the drag racing forum for starters.

 

LOL. I may make some Dimitri Martin-style graphs for this thread when I wake up in the morning.

I'll also provide some serious answers, too, so don't think I'm being a *****. :p

 

@Honda Bull, Lol yes graphing seemingly unimportant information seems to be the way to go haha... but I appreciate any input. I will also hunt around the forums a bit later to see if I can gather more information myself. Gotta go back to work!

 

There are a lot of variables to what makes a trans survive. The style of driver, tire size, weight of car. Most though is style of driver IMO. I know a guy that is proud to be able to break the trans on a stock 100hp EF. Its amazing how retarded he is. I have a light car, on 26's, and the trans is surviving, just keep hurting syncros, which is more than likely my fault or a clutch setup issue, which would be my fault also. But I only make around 500 ft/lbs

 

Sorry for the late reply, drtalon123. Been busy lately. But as Garage 808 Hatch says, there are so many variables to this including, but not limited to, torque amount, strength of initial design of the trans, condition of the used trans, weight of car, driving style, use of the setup, clutch, tire, etc.

You have people that will break 150 whp B-series and people that try to make their drag cars with 800+ whp last for 30-40 passes - which isn't the norm if one so happens to.

You can start to run into problems generally at anything above 200 ft-lbs really. I've been on the same stock GSR trans for 5-6 years now, three of those years with 275 wtq. But I don't beat the living **** out of the car either. So it all depends. You can definitely make a stock B-series trans last at 300-350 wtq but you might see some countershafts or diffs break.

As I saw in another thread before, people spend so much money to make 700+ whp, then bitch about $4,000 - $5,000 on a good trans setup that can actually let you use that power more reliably.