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few 20v questions, both box and engine.
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Tue, 09 September 2003 10:08
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Gday,
A few of you might remember a couple of threads going about an ae101-20valve conversion into my ae92 sx seca, this would be well over a year ago now, maybe 2. Thanks for all the help too!
I've got two questions, my gearbox is starting to crunch (like every other 4age box i've had anything to do with). It's the ae101 20v box i'm using, I changed the gearbox oil and the only difference I could really notice is that now it's a lot worse when it's cold, and not not so bad when it's warmed up a bit. Does anyone have any ideas (apart from getting it overhauled) what kind of oil I could put in it to make it a tad smoother, it happens particularly when i'm shifting down into third that it crunches, the other gears are ok if you're being semi-nice to them. I've seen different types of mixtures I could shove in there at super-crap auto to 'smoothen gear changes' but I really don't know much about what would work and what wouldn't.
Second question is, my 20v doesn't blow smoke like my old 16v did, but still I get a fair bit of the black sooty gunk on my rear bumper. Could that be from running rich as opposed to burning oil ? Might have to check that my o2 sensor is infact working correctly.
Thanks for any help and advice,
Mat (Seeks).
PS way off topic, but if anyone knows when i can get ps2 modded in nsw, that would also be appreciated.
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Adelaide
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August 2003
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Re: few 20v questions, both box and engine.
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Tue, 09 September 2003 13:11
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not too technical with that..but would like to get some answer from you..
how much buy your engine for? what it comes with?
how much did the whole engine conversion costed you? labour cost?
and your advice on those future 20v engine converters...do we need to prepare 1k for bits a pieces during the conversions?
did u regretted on the 20v conversion?
i know my questions are shitload..just ignore my questions if your car actually came with 20v..
cheers
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July 2002
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Re: few 20v questions, both box and engine.
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Tue, 09 September 2003 13:58
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as far as stuff to make the box a bit smoother, i used some slick 50 on my last w50 as it was on its way out, and it really stopped making so much noise.
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Re: few 20v questions, both box and engine.
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Tue, 09 September 2003 14:08
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| Shteeve wrote on Tue, 09 September 2003 23:58 |
as far as stuff to make the box a bit smoother, i used some slick 50 on my last w50 as it was on its way out, and it really stopped making so much noise.
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Thanks shteeve for the quick reply, i might give some of that stuff a go.
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Re: few 20v questions, both box and engine.
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Tue, 09 September 2003 14:18
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| Satoshi wrote on Tue, 09 September 2003 23:11 |
not too technical with that..but would like to get some answer from you..
how much buy your engine for? what it comes with?
how much did the whole engine conversion costed you? labour cost?
and your advice on those future 20v engine converters...do we need to prepare 1k for bits a pieces during the conversions?
did u regretted on the 20v conversion?
i know my questions are shitload..just ignore my questions if your car actually came with 20v..
cheers
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Gday Satoshi,
Silvertop Engine, gearbox, Loom and ecu cost $1750 (remember this was well over a year ago, probably two.)
Whole conversion I would guess at about $2500-$3000 (once you add new radiator tank etc). I did a lot of the stuff myself, labour costs were very minimal, biggest cost was when I paid a local guy 'Grant' (i believe that's his name on here) to help me out with some of the wiring and that all went fairly smoothly. He was very helpful.
I have never to this day regretted the conversion, I believe this is because I knew exactly what I was after and I researched a lot - i didn't do it because a cartoon member happened to do it, or because my best mate only had a 16v so i had to go one better, or anything like that. I did it for myself 
My only advice is find out what exactly you're after, and then do a conversion to suit it. The 20v suited me to the ground, others prefer 4agze, 4agte hybrid, basically whatever floats ya boat, keep your ears open, try to listen to a heap of people and their opinion, weigh it all up and take the plunge.
I hope this helped you in some way,
Mat (Seeks).
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Re: few 20v questions, both box and engine.
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Tue, 09 September 2003 14:59
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thanks alot seeks....have fun with your lil beast..
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