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The 340 has 3 solenoids, one for the torque convertor, and 2 for the shift solenoids.

New idea spinnetti, have you found anything on how the solenoids control the A650E? I found on the 4 speed (A340) that its basically 0-0, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1 for the solenoids being on or off. I wonder if you could use a 4 speed controller on the 5 speed, and just never shift into 5th gear?

Yeah, we had been running a glasspack for a muffler, but it was so quiet, we got rid of it too. We left everything in front of the stock merge y-pipe location, so both cats and all 4 O2 sensors. We're still fairly quiet at full throttle. We're also all stock on the engine, minus the EGR...

Don't you get CEL when you pull the O2 sensors? I had a dead one throw a code, we replaced it. We're still running the cats based on input from the forum. But nothing else. I have a spare ECM I could potentially donate if that lets EyesofThunder see if he can get into the ECM and adjust any...

I agree on the transmission wholeheartedly. I don't know much about auto's either. I wish you could just change out the gear set, replace OD with 1:1, and make 1-3 a much closer ratio set. Which is really the only reason I want the 5 speed too. Road America is known for eating brakes, and...

Yeah I don't think plugging into the IAT allows you to reprogram the ECU.

I don't mind the stress cracks, you can still run 'em. Just need to keep checking things depending on how long the race is. This year we're only running dual 7 hr races, so we can probably get another 7 hours out of our pads and rotors, and check them after. I'll look into the R4S, we might...

So I found a couple references to TT rotors working with '95 LS400 calipers. Is that true? Found one reference saying no, but wanted to check if anyone has actually tried. http://www.lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8194 Its 8mm in diameter, 4.1mm in height, and 2mm in nominal...

Also looking to switch to a 5 speed. Would love to help test this for you, as my car is strictly for track use, which I assume Spinnetti's is too. Wouldn't mind starting with our 4 speed first, then upgrading to the 5 speed over the winter.

Which porterfields are you using in the rear? We got a ton of stress cracking at Road America, on brand new rotors. But you can't feel them, so they're probably still good for another race on a track that uses less brakes. Our brakes are phenomenal too, we outbrake the entire field, even the...

Can I see some pictures? Also, what pads are you running again? We love our ST43's, but might move to something more aggressive to pull the rear end down more under braking. We get a lot of waggle under braking now. I love our 245's in front, and 275's in the rear. We're running Supra...

Interesting idea. TRAC isn't working on my car anymore either. We've tried bleeding the actuator and pump, but it won't work anymore. It worked for our first year of racing, and we'd shut it off most of the time anyways. Now we're looking to get any weight out we can, so pulling the TRAC...

Naw, its not aluminum, we just used up a old can of "aluminum" spray paint. For chump, I got our AIV down enough to "afford" the value increase of doing just the lower bushings. "Value" would be the same if I made 'em or bought because of Chumps rules. We were mostly sick of working on rusty...

Which pad did you go with from Porterfield? I love our ST43 Raybestos pads from them. You'll like this upgrade, our car stops amazingly well with the '95 upgrade. We got new upper control arms for the front, the rear uppers were in good shape, but we ended up replacing all the lower control...

Ryan, What did you end up doing? I was thinking about deleting the carbon canister completely, venting to atmosphere during racing, then capping when its parked in the garage.

I'm more of a mechanical guy, sorry. One of the guys on my team bought a used PLC to try to control the trans, but he hasn't gotten around to trying it or programming it. If it didn't take a custom torque converter, I'd consider the TH400 swap in the How-to section, for easier mechanical...

Did you ever get this to work Spinnetti? I was thinking of doing this to my SC400, but I think cost for a controller won't let it fit within our rules. But I'm back on the hunt, because we were trying to drop our transmission pan, and snapped a bolt off in it. The ratios on the SC400 are...

Anybody ever upgrade their wheel bearings to a ceramic or high temp or lower rolling resistance bearing? We smoked the right front bearing on our race car last fall, and I'm debating whether its worth looking for a better then stock bearing for our racing. I've heard the time we spent on a...

I bet those ITB's sound glorious!

Where is it located?