If you asked me, I'd say that your car needs 2 more cylinders...
I wasn't aware the TR3650 had a filter?
Try switching to a synthetic. I happen to like the Royal Purple products in particular. The Synchromax is specifically designed for manual transmissions that call for ATF. The GM Sychromesh is also a good product for the 3650's.
The TR-3650 uses a hybrid organic/carbon fiber friction lining on the friction face of the blocker rings. The Royal Purple Sychromax and the GM Synchromesh are specifically designed to have a low sulfur content and work best with those specific type of blocker rings making gear engagements as smooth as possible.
Try switching to a synthetic. I happen to like the Royal Purple products in particular. The Synchromax is specifically designed for manual transmissions that call for ATF. The GM Sychromesh is also a good product for the 3650's.
The TR-3650 uses a hybrid organic/carbon fiber friction lining on the friction face of the blocker rings. The Royal Purple Sychromax and the GM Synchromesh are specifically designed to have a low sulfur content and work best with those specific type of blocker rings making gear engagements as smooth as possible.
Being a V6 this car should not have a T-3650. But I do not know that the T-5/T-45 has a filter either.
You are correct Stan, a V6 doesn't have the 3650. I assumed he had a V8 since he posted in the 4.6 (V8) forum.
I have never seen a T-5 or T-45 or any manual trans with a filter for that matter.
Other than better shifting. Have you noticed any performance gain from using a synthetic lubricant in your transmission?
I honestly didn't notice any performance increase, at least nothing significant enough for me to notice by the seat of my pants. I guess I could get it on the dyno and see if there was any increase.
I am considering having my ring and pinion mikronited and I am also going to switch to synthetic rear end lube.
A guy I know just had his ring/pinion gears mikronited as a guinea pig and he gained 11 RWHP/13 RWTQ from just the mikroniting alone. he has a relatively stock 2005 Mustang GT. I gotta call them to see what they charge for doing a ring/pinion to see if it is a cost effective power gain or not. Nevertheless, I was impressed at the gains from just mikroniting the ring/pinion. The Pros have been mikroniting parts for a while now, but this is starting to filter down to street guys now and apparently guys are now doing their bearings, cam followers, rockers, oil pumps, and so on.
There is a 4 page article on this in the January issue of Car Craft page 44. Their test car was a'93 Mustang with 3.55:1 gears. They saw a 6 HP gain. It says MM&FF saw 7-8 HP on an '05 which made more HP. So it looks like the more power you make the more you will save. It says to do the ring and pinion is about $200.
They are also saying that the Mikroniting process has shown to reduce the differential temps by 25-30°F, not to say they are much smoother and quiter as well. If it's only $200 for the ring and pinion, that's not too bad at all in my opinion. This has me thinking about other stuff like slip yokes, input shafts, output shafts, axles, pinion journal, carrier journals, etc. I'd be willing to bet there could be easily over 30 RWHP freed up in just the drivetrain alone.
I'd like to see a dyno comparison between a Mikronited piston skirt and a teflon/moly coated skirt.
I would think all the trans parts should show a nice gain in HP.
Here is the contact Info from the article
Mikronite Technologies
Eatontown NJ
732-544-2250
http://mikronite.com
Years back when I was just getting into NASCAR, I remember always being fascinated by the time and effort and money those teams would spend in just "freeing" up HP. All of their gears are straight cut in their transmisions and rear ends as opposed to our helically cut gears. But, the straight cut gears are very loud - too loud for a street car. I think you are right, I think doing the gears inside the trans would prove to show some very nice gains. I guess the disassembly and reassembly would be the pain in the neck though.
30 hp??? that doesnt add up, only 15-18 percent of your total power is lost through the drivetrain. if you gain 30 hp, that would mean you are only losing 2-5 percent. i guess its possible if you had your entire drivetrain coated,
To know what percentage gain or loss the 30 HP would be you need to know the HP of his car. In the Car Craft article they got a 2.94% HP increase just be doing the ring and pinion. They went from 204 HP to 210 HP. On a 411 HP vehicle with 350 RWHP this is 15 % loss. If we get back 30 and have 380 RWHP this is a 7.7 % Loss
Thank you Stan.
BTW Rickyll7, the Mikronite process is NOT a coating. It is a very hi-tech method of polishing and strengthening a specific material. These guys are gaining 8-12 RWHP on relatively stock Mustangs by just having the ring/pinion gears Mikronited. NASCAR and NHRA/IHRA have been doing this for a while now. If you were to do the pinion journal, carrier journal, and transmision gears prior to assembly, and additinal 18 RWHP, or a total of 30 RWHP could easily be gained.
They are also finding decent gains by doing valvesprings, bearings, and camshaft followers and rockers.
http://www.mikronite.com/overview.asp
http://www.mikronite.com/documents/ValveSprings.pdf