About time for my 3160 to get refreshed - about 15k track miles and it’s starting to get a bit sloppy. As the title states, has anyone looked into upgrades for the TR-3160 for road course use?
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About time for my 3160 to get refreshed - about 15k track miles and it’s starting to get a bit sloppy. As the title states, has anyone looked into upgrades for the TR-3160 for road course use?
6xd sequential with paddle shifts lolololol
Ive only been using 3rd and 4th at my home track So im pretty happy with it.
K, what gears are you using at COTA
2-5. It shifts fine, but you definitely can't abuse it. I'm starting to miss a few shifts going into 3 and 4th under acceleration. Feels like the synchro's are wearing out. Curious to see if anyone offers straight cut gears and dog box upgrades for it. Haven't seen anything - everything seems to be for the T56 and TR-6160. I know the 3160 is a little brother to the 6160, but not sure if there's any compatibility or overlap that's helpful here. I've reached out to Deidrich Motorsports. Hopefully they can provide some info.
I'm going to assume the right answer here is to upgrade to a built T56 or just wait until a sequential, but want to make sure I exhaust options before giving up
Makes me wonder if waiting out Covid and then driving to a shop in the states for the repairs, swap may be your best option. Detroit or NY area??currency conversion and applied our standard tax gouge on everything we buy it would have been over $9K Cdn.
Makes me wonder if waiting out Covid and then driving to a shop in the states for the repairs, swap may be your best option. Detroit or NY area??
I got a quote from Modern Driveline for a complete package for a Magnum XL swap, it was $6067USD. By the time I got it up here, currency conversion and applied our standard tax gouge on everything we buy it would have been over $9K Cdn. Rebuilding the MT82 this month with a Syncrotech carbon kit, hoping that might squeeze a few more years out of it. Just a real crummy time right now to take on any big projects, nothing is reliable in shipping.
curious on this as well. I did some looking around and couldn’t find anything either. All t56 stuff.
I would get ahold of George Ciamillo ( owner ) at MGW LTD and get his short throw shift kit for the GT 350.
Did that swap include upgrades? $6k seems pricey for just the trans on its own
Worked out very well. Two seasons on it and still seems to be hanging in there. Shifts far better than before.@JDee, how did your transmission build turn out? Any improvement with the new synchros and were any other improvements added?
Cool! I hope to get some good mileage out of mine once it’s back together. Pressing 4th and 5th gear onto the countershaft has proven to be just as difficult as it was to press them off. I ended up breaking several teeth) during removal and had to buy new gears. I have another .0650 in. to go before they’re properly seated, but my 12 ton shop press is not up to the task. I may have to enlist the help of a good machine shop with a monster press to get it done.Worked out very well. Two seasons on it and still seems to be hanging in there. Shifts far better than before.
I believe a trans fluid cooler with a high flow Tilton pump and a good sized cooling matrix is a necessity. Another must have is a good racing clutch like an Exedy Hyper single or equivalent.
The fellow who rebuilt it is very meticulous about the quality of his work and I believe that also is mega important. He is a T5 guy and hates the MT82 (don't we all?) but he'll take on any trans that comes his way.