Libacy Gt wrote:UPDATE:
Torque converter and valve body have crapped themselves , Rough on Idle drive and valve body doing all sorts of funny things, codes were pulled which confirmed valve body and converter problem.
Will use this opportunity to do a full transmission rebuild including making aftermarket gears for the transfer case. Will update upon progress. Once i sort out the transmission then i will start playing with power and making use of the 400kw rated engine.
UPDATE!
long overdue follow up, Not much has happened since last post. So valve body was faulty which is common on the Gen V's , i got a new valve body installed. Torque converter was fine. I didn't do the transmission build, because nobody can build this transmission to my desired power levels , it will just be trial and error and i cant afford that. Car has been running fine since built engine, about 7000km since rebuild. Looking for a good bolt on turbo that will at-least take me to 200kw. There is only one bolt on turbo on the market for the Gen V but ive heard some bad things about it.
Car is fun to drive, the stock turbo matched with the high compression built engine actually goes really well, very quick spooling, of course current power level is getting quite boring. I don't think the future looks good for this build as the transmission is the biggest obstacle. Manual transmission swap for the Gen V has not been done before, also it will be extremely costly, so i cant go down that path. We will see what happens.
If anyone knows someone who has done an auto Gen v built tranny for high power levels, please let me know.