Deer Killer Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 This stuff is definitely lighter than the stock dino, but as for shifter performance, it's just barely better. Nothing like the SF MTL-R, when I was on that it seemed on a 1-2 shift the transmission literally pulled the stick into second gear, I got a bang from the rear diff shifting everytime because the engine was almost at the same rpm I left 1st in, just awesome, get a second off 0-60 without having to abuse the synchro's. Now I'm contemplating crazy things, like pumping out enough of the redline to add my ~.75 liter of leftover MTL-R back in, and hope it does something... :spin::spin::spin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derffred Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Sf Mtl-r = ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 http://www.specialtyformulations.com production shut down "for now" which has been like a year now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meier motor sports Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 ^^^ true. and my 30k is coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoWagon Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Shoulda used Uncle Scotty's cocktail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 No problems with the redline here. ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiesong Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 if you don't mind my asking, how long have you been using redline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 if you don't mind my asking, how long have you been using redline? Who, me or the OP? Just in case i think I'm more important than I really am, I've had it in for a little over a year now in this car. ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiesong Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 fweasel, I should have specified you... I come from a background of honda trannies where redline tears up the synchros within a very little amount of time... So I'm curious how it does in other makes. I guess it's something in the honda's synchro composition, but i'll stay away from that and use GM's Synchromesh till the day I die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 fweasel, I should have specified you... I come from a background of honda trannies where redline tears up the synchros within a very little amount of time... So I'm curious how it does in other makes. I guess it's something in the honda's synchro composition, but i'll stay away from that and use GM's Synchromesh till the day I die. Let me preface this with I like honda's, but the honduh community is really a big contributer to the completely unscientific way of modding cars, aka rice. The oil is spec'd to not be corrosive the synchro metals. This would make it less corrosive than the porported stock fluid. Unless they are lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobY Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Corrosion of syncros I think are the least of the worries. Syncros need friction modifiers and a certain degree of viscocity and lubricity to work without tearing itself apart. Too much lubricity and the syncros will not sync. Too little and they will start tearing themselves apart. The honda community does have its share of rice but it also has its fair share of very good tested and reliable data. Extra-S Subaru OEM stuff FTW. If it ain't broke don't break it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 If it ain't broke don't break it.Oh it is.. my transmission has always sucked extra hard, compared to other LGT's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiesong Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Maybe corrosive was a bad word, but I couldn't think of anything else at the time... What I do know is that after time, any honda trans running redline that I ever heard of needed a rebuild within a year or so. Sure some of that could be the loose nut behind the wheel, but there are a lot of people I respect from the honda camp that had similar issues with their trans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Interesting - the magic pixie,not available anymore dust fear lube works better than the readily available gear lube. Maybe GM bought the rights to the magic oil when they were buying the secrets to the 100 mpg car Maybe if you put some magnets on both sides of the transmission it will work better - it will help align the oil molecules Redline works fine. The Subaru transmission is what it is. To the OP - use a dyno based gear lube and you will be happier, except during the winter Rob IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb175 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 i've tried mobil 1 and redline previously and currently have SF right now. coming up on my 60K change soon and since SF is not up and running, i just got another order of redline. SF feels a tad better, but redline works just as well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 To the OP - use a dyno based gear lube and you will be happier, except during the winter That's what it came with? Probably takes more than a second for a 1-2 shift > 6000rpm. Unless I pretend my transmission is john travolta in battlefield earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Let me preface this with I like honda's, but the honduh community is really a big contributer to the completely unscientific way of modding cars, aka rice. The oil is spec'd to not be corrosive the synchro metals. This would make it less corrosive than the porported stock fluid. Unless they are lying. and depending on who's driving the car too.. some people just never learn how to shift in a way that it will agree with the tranny. Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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