Mark's LS2 2nd Gen Camaro build by Marktainium

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I have been neglecting things here... changing tires every 1000 miles isn't that much fun to post about... I do have new control arms now though, pics to come...gonna do some nifty brake ducts soon...and yes, I did ride shotgun in Joe's Nova! the best part of that was my drivers license was quite safe.

7-27-2015

Well, transmission #2 is toast. Fried the input shaft. super overheated the gear. So lesson to be learned is, they say its rated to 700lb. ft. That may be true on a dyno, but in the real world the fluid goes to the back of the case, the front goes dry, and boom! Gear goes to ****. It started to whine within 500 miles, now it's at 3000 and I can't drive it anymore. Next time it's gearsprayer under all boost conditions.

7-30-2015

It's the extended high torque pulls that kill the input shaft gear and meshing driven gear on the cluster shaft. Physically, these 2 gears are the farthest ones forward. They are under load in every gear except for 4th, where the input shaft and output shaft are locked together. Hence 1:1 ratio. The new case has a plug which lines up perfectly with the input shaft gear which will now have a lubrication jet installed to spray oil on that gear whenever I am under boost, or, when the pump is on full time. (Race mode).  
Replacement parts are not available yet. The input shaft is $295, the clusteris $550 plus a 25% handling fee and 30 days to get it, or at least that's what my local tremec dealer told me.

11-26-2015

I bought a bender and a pipe notcher from KMS tools and built my own. The pre bent low cost ones take up more room in the car than I wanted to use. I wanted as non-intrusive as possible and still functional. If it's not something you can do yourself, I know a guy.