eldrego Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 rich_lgt, at 340whp you are at/over the limit and your 5EAT is living on borrowed time... HexMods can't help you, yet (but I now he is working on it...) Your other option might be to try IPT but make SURE that they have a VB kit for your year! If not, don't bother. Level10 - has mixed reviewed, at best... good luck Level10 has a vb? Since when? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_lgt Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I only have 260 whp. I have 340wtq tho. The torque is wat i was afraid about. Do you thibk this spread is too much for the 5eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fahr_side Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 http://romraider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7539&start=39 Obligatory '[URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/2008-gh8-238668.html?t=238668"]build thread[/URL]' Increased capacity to 2.7 liters, still turbo, but no longer need spark plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick4dr Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) my climber D valvebody with 50k plus on it, just handled a dyno of 350whp 338wtq from a 1.5xtr. Mikey said the trans took it beautifully!! Edited October 20, 2015 by quick4dr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldrego Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 my climber D valvebody with 50k plus on it, just handled a dyno of 350whp 323wtq from a 1.5xtr. Mikey said the trans took it beautifully!! He's talking about 08-09 Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Not sure if the 08-09 VB mod is going to ever be available. Afaik Dave has discontinued work on it. Sadly, I am now looking at the possibility of parting with my 08 5EAT. It never has reached its potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wang Lung Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Not sure if the 08-09 VB mod is going to ever be available. Afaik Dave has discontinued work on it. Sadly, I am now looking at the possibility of parting with my 08 5EAT. It never has reached its potential. Yeah that's a shame. I basically castrated mine and gave it to my Daughter. In Dave's defense, he did something no one else was willing to do. And there must not be any money in it or he would nail 08-09 down. I have nothing but admiration for the Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldrego Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Yeah that's a shame. I basically castrated mine and gave it to my Daughter. In Dave's defense, he did something no one else was willing to do. And there must not be any money in it or he would nail 08-09 down. I have nothing but admiration for the Man. No money in it? Highly unlikely, I'd pay $1200 to have a vb on par with his 05-07 vb mob. I'm sure the other 5eat 08-09 modders would do the same as well. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 There is no money in it. I paid IPT $2k for their first attempt. FAIL. I gave Dave a VB for his first attempt. It works, but its not going to hold any more power (as best I can tell without breaking another transmission). The amount of R&D required will far outpace any sales profit. That is why no one has done it. That is why no one ever will. That is why I should have sold the car 2+ years ago. Now it has limited value and is used as a baby hauling grocery getter with a boat load of mods and a stock turbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Yeah that's a shame. I basically castrated mine and gave it to my Daughter. In Dave's defense, he did something no one else was willing to do. And there must not be any money in it or he would nail 08-09 down. I have nothing but admiration for the Man. Completely agree!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellShadow70 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Just did my valve body this Weekend with no issues. Man this thing clamps down hard, I hope that second gear smooth-ens out some. Other than that I'm Impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Just did my valve body this Weekend with no issues. Man this thing clamps down hard, I hope that second gear smooth-ens out some. Other than that I'm Impressed. Are you tuned or no? Itll take time to relearn shifts but i noticed after getting tuned with a larger turbo, the shifts got smoother. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 the more power you make the smoother shifts get ... smooth shifts is bad thing for trans life. Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 the more power you make the smoother shifts get ... smooth shifts is bad thing for trans life. Lol , myn got smoother then before but still jerk every often. Thinking about get getting the comfort trans mount to see if it helps. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negroturbo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Quick question. I just bought a 2005 Legacy gt from a friend. The car always drove fantastic before and after the Hexmods VB. Don't get me wrong, it did go through the hard shifting period and the relearning time after the VB mod but in time everything smoothed out. The car had been sitting for a month when I bought it and after driving it for a few miles it threw a CEL. Codes 0700,0771 and 1798. I did a reset of the TCM and ECU and all codes cleared. Drove and everything good with some hard shifts at the beginning but after driving for 30 miles it was almost back to normal sans the downshift to 1rst gear. Next time I started it CEL again. Code 0700 and 1798. I did the reset again and everything cleared but the next time I started the car 0700 and 1798 came back again. The car is shifting good with the downshift to first getting smoother as time goes. Is the matter of the annoying CEL coming back. Should I drive it without resetting it to see if the problem solves itself? Has this happened to anyone else? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Quick question. I just bought a 2005 Legacy gt from a friend. The car always drove fantastic before and after the Hexmods VB. Don't get me wrong, it did go through the hard shifting period and the relearning time after the VB mod but in time everything smoothed out. The car had been sitting for a month when I bought it and after driving it for a few miles it threw a CEL. Codes 0700,0771 and 1798. I did a reset of the TCM and ECU and all codes cleared. Drove and everything good with some hard shifts at the beginning but after driving for 30 miles it was almost back to normal sans the downshift to 1rst gear. Next time I started it CEL again. Code 0700 and 1798. I did the reset again and everything cleared but the next time I started the car 0700 and 1798 came back again. The car is shifting good with the downshift to first getting smoother as time goes. Is the matter of the annoying CEL coming back. Should I drive it without resetting it to see if the problem solves itself? Has this happened to anyone else? Any help will be greatly appreciated. That code is for a transmission malfunction . Id stop clearing it and flush the transmission fluid right away. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 p1798 first gear engine brake clutch pressure malfunction . might be a problem in the valve body or the trans clutch piston seals fluid change likely wont help . you can disable p0700 in the rom with open source and the check engine light wont come back on for any trans related issues , but the codes will still be visible. the 1st gear engine brake is only used in first gear and for engine braking. so you should not get stuck anywhere because of this issue. Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negroturbo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) Is this something that has happened to other HexMods VB users and has gone away after the TCM relearn period? The transmission shifts, for all purposes ,"normal". I mean it shifts positive without slipping. I just don't want to mess things up by keeping on driving the car like that. Edited December 3, 2015 by negroturbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) not that i know of .. there is a problem with a part of the trans , but that should not affect the rest of it. as its just setting an error because its not behaving as expected , the code will likely be only set when in manual 1st gear Edited December 3, 2015 by frank_ster Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negroturbo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 not that i know of .. there is a problem with a part of the trans , but that should not affect the rest of it. as its just setting an error because its not behaving as expected , the code will likely be only set when in manual 1st gear Ok. I am going to use it as long as it behaves like the last time when it cleared itself. Thanks for your help frank_ster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow05gtRI Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 do you ever down shift into first gear on purpose? like when coming to a stop, do you manually shift 3>2>1 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMLegacy Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I wonder how much faster this will change gears when I get a hexmods. It's already quick-ish [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNKO4eJI5c]Drag 14.1 seconds - YouTube[/ame] JDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpydingo Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 do you ever down shift into first gear on purpose? like when coming to a stop, do you manually shift 3>2>1 ? I do most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow05gtRI Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I do most of the time. don't. it never has and never will shift into first gear smooth unless you let it do it on its own. I forget the name of it... first gear low brake? something like that. it always grabs. let it downshift into first on its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpydingo Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 don't. it never has and never will shift into first gear smooth unless you let it do it on its own. I forget the name of it... first gear low brake? something like that. it always grabs. let it downshift into first on its own It goes into first quite smoothly actually....a bit too smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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