Its official guys W58 is blown up

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04-13-15, 09:45 AM

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Not to hijack your thread but if you are going with a different transmission I'm interested in the shifter housing and other parts to swap my extended shifter to that kind.

Not a problem I will be putting the clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, and transmission up for sale soon...

What do you want?

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04-13-15, 10:24 AM

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lol nice one. I vote for the r154.

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04-13-15, 10:52 AM

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lol nice one. I vote for the r154.

Yep thats what I want...

Unfortunately this happened at the start of car club/meet season......hopefully I can get it back up running this year...but funds are limited

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04-13-15, 12:27 PM

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Dang, at least you knew it was a time bomb from day one, so cant be too surprised.. How much HP/TQ were you running at the time?

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04-13-15, 01:17 PM

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Dang, at least you knew it was a time bomb from day one, so cant be too surprised.. How much HP/TQ were you running at the time?

Not exactly sure....hadnt got a chance to get it on a dyno.....im thinking it had to be pretty close to 400hp

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04-14-15, 07:06 PM

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Sorry to see that! M22 rock crusher or Ford top loader could take a beating all day & not detonate like that, even a Borg Warner T10 could hold. There are some good trannys out there that are built to hold & are 6 speeds but they'll cost you an arm & a leg. Good luck Mon!

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04-14-15, 11:10 PM

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^^ Yep. Those 4-speed transmissions are legendary between GM and Ford. Torque holding has to be high on those to have gone behind big block V8's that were often underrated from the factory. Also the heavy duty variants of the Borg-Warner T-5 to a lesser degree.

Toyota just didn't use any high capacity RWD manual transmissions other than the R-series and V-series. The newer Toyota RA-62 6-speed seems to be an inferior quality design compared to the R154 or W58.

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04-15-15, 01:02 PM

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The plan is to go this saturday and look at complete JDM r154 swap...if price is right I will be bringing it back home with me

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04-16-15, 05:07 AM

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Good luck with your purchase, I hope to see that R154 in there?

steve

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04-17-15, 01:48 PM

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Here is what I found inside when I took the case apart....

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

There is literally no teeth left on those 2 gears......

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04-17-15, 02:33 PM

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Jeeeeezus!

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04-17-15, 02:38 PM

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Jeeeeezus!

2jzgte making to much power for W58.......end result......

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04-18-15, 01:05 PM

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Just got back home after driving a total of 8 hrs to Freed Engineering and meeting Omar....

Brought all this back with me...This setup should be pretty much bullet proof....Thanks again Omar....

I couldnt pass this up....Complete package deal to do the swap

Specs on the fully built chaser/soarer tripod r154...was done by Freed engineering (Ben Freed informed me that this has every possible upgrade done to it)

1,2,3,4 and Reverse Gear are all brand new .
Marlin Crawler Rebuild kit with HD bearings
1st, 2nd, 3rd gear
1/2 hub
1/2 slider
New Marlin Crawler thrust washer
Already had Marlin Crawler bearing retainer and fork

Custom built southbend clutch and pressure plate......rated to handle 700 ft lbs of torque