TurboEast.com is looking for any local Automatic Transmission TC owner (Mount Airy, MD ) to allow some R&D on their tranny for a valve body upgrade and Electronic Shift Kit upgrades. PM me for information and I'll shoot you to the contact.

I ordered their Lexus E.S.K and should have it early next week and installed. Results will follow. However, the valve body upgrade which will certainly make these transmissions thump needs to be done locally...I'm sure a free upgrade is in it for who ever signs up.

Right now, they only do this for the Lexus series...so I trust them with our TC's.

 

Definitely put this in Mid-Atlantic region, I'm sure there'll be someone interested. I'm pretty local to them but fortunately I'm manual.

 

PM Sent

 

Sweeet. I sent the info to ya. Keep us updated on the progress.

Sure wish I was in their area

He was saying they have a 600+ hp Lexus sitting in their shop.

 

you have the wiring diagram for the electronic shift kit?

 

turboeast has it for the Lexus IS300 and Kenny at ZPI said it is the same for our TC. I will confirm as I'm wiring it up next week.

The valve body upgrade has to be done by them at first to map everything out.

 

Cool. Thanks sciondad for doing this for us Auto Tran guys…

 

No problem...but I'm not responsible for sore necks and spilled drinks when this thing shifts

 

Ill be sure to have bottled drinks and keep my head back when I get one.

 

i can't wait for the write up!

 

what is this going to do? make it shift tiptronic?

 

Now THAT would be cool.

Well, here is the info on the Electronic Shift Kit from their site - Per the Lexus IS300

The TurboEast ESK eliminates sloppy shifts, hanging on the rev limiter, and allows transmission to shift with up to 320 rwtq with no internal transmission mods. Includes new and improved circuitry and a aluminum enclosure for improved heat dissipation.


This is the Valve Body Upgrade

The TurboEast Valve Body Upgrade cleans up the sloppy and slow stock shifting. Shifts are firmer, faster and more responsive. Developed for turbo, supercharged, naturally aspirated and nitrous applications. All stock functions along with E-shift are retained like stock.


And for the really power hungry (axle bending)
The first power failure point for this transmission is the sprag also know as a one way bearing. This upgrade should allow your tranny to hold over 500 rwtq. The next failure point in the stock clutch packs. Replacing of both the sprag and clutch packs will hold over 600 rwtq.

 

Thanks for doing this for the community. You are going to have the first modified automatic tranny TC.

If this kit does what mattssi said it did to his Lexus....these automatics will be a friggin BLAST to drive guys.

 

so the auto will kick the manuals ___? Ill do it i wish it was in miami !

 

In a 1/4 mile drag, the auto's only problem is high rpm launch from the line. But the advantage will "shift" back to the automatic by the first shift because staying in the power band 100% of the time and shifts that are slams as opposed to gliding as we do now or pushing a clutch on a manual 4 more times.

 

every time i race a manuel i always launch off the line faster for like a second its that first gear shift that always gets me

 

WreckedtC I LOVE the color on your car

 

The idea is to fix that with the shift kit

 

how much would this be to do? sounds perfect

 

Well, the electronic shift kit is $200. If even more thump is needed of 350+ hp, then the valve body upgrade kit should be used and that's like $450. Mattssi said he bought the ESK until he went high boost, then sold that and got the valve body upgrade. I may go valve body upgrade, but I want to see what the ESK will do for stage 0.