Merc63

I don't even know if mine was slipping, it was weird. Hope no problems with it now. Blower has been working great for 30,000km.

gzim335

What's ur setup?1000whp?

gzim335

They offered to warranty it,my brother is fed up gonna part out soon n move to. Different platform very disappointed,our trans took 3 n a half months to get done when we ordered so imagine how long warranty work will take

marioflex

This thread is about Weistec transmission. Anyway To answer you question,
I have a built engine with stage 3 and nitrous.

CarHopper

400hp of nitrous?

BLKROKT

Merc63

I'd love to source the clutch packs then I can just build it myself.

CarHopper

That's awesome.

Anywho, again, I think Weistec still has some work to do here but it seems like things are at least heading back in the right direction.

CarHopper

Do they say who the third party is?

RNS-11Z

James at bps in Cleveland Brisbane apparently organized the box and converter. You'd have to call him and ask.

marioflex

The car makes close to 800 whp with the blower and the rest with nitrous. I would love to put more but is not that easy. As we mention before the tranny as the pistons and rods are compromise at more than 1000. For the pistons and rods I can send one to any reputable company to make a set that hold lot more. But for the transmission I want to keep the 722.9 and right now the only one at this power is Weistec.

Merc63

I remember Steve saying Jrcarts had the most $$ into the tranny to hold it together and do those record runs. Making power is sometimes the easy part.

marioflex

You are absolutely right, the tranny is the holding factor right now. But to be fair few people want more than 1000 whp on these cars. And for a transmission that usually start slipping after 600 is a great achievement.
I'm not running 1/4 mile events for now because the track requires me a roll cage and parachute, but more than anything because I know it's a matter of time the tranny start slipping. The half mile events are fun and less hard to the car.

Merc63

Good news, trans is on the truck DHL. Weistec helped me with shipping to make up for the delay which was great of them and shows their dedication to their customers IMO.

Looking forward to throw it on and dropping the hammer.

akmatic63

Yeah, been having issues getting my tcu/valve body. Was supposedly shipped out last week but never got a tracking number. Supposed to get a tracking number today.

snakos

I purchased a set of ported heads and waited 8weeks due to xmas new year holidays ect I heard nothing so when I called they knew nothing about the order then I found out change of ownership ect won't go into that then the rumers flying around they going or gone broke ect so I produced proof of payments with in 4weeks I had all my parts deleveried and more weistec went above and beyond to make things right and I live on the other side of the world Aust mind you I spent 10k so if they where going to do a runner I would have been a easy target I think guys if you are waiting on parts talk with Zach or mike they will make it right weistec here to stay!!!!!

e65

I too have sent my transmission to them months ago. They claimed it would take 4 weeks. I don't think they were honest with me or with many of the people on this forum. Anyway add me to the list of people who are waiting and fed up.

Asher4799

I orders my v2 trans kit a few weeks ago and received them within a few days and we put it together last week. The thing shifts crazy fast and I'm very pleased with it. I do suggest talking to Zack he has been very stand up and forthcoming with anything involving my build

e65

If you put it in 5th gear manual mode and full throttle in 5th, does the clutch hold or slip?

ritalin

Would you mind telling me what was involved in getting the complete build kit installed and do they include all components from their v2 trans build?

Asher4799

It holds through all the gears now

Asher4799

All hard parts and gaskets are included it's very comprehensive all you will need is mb trans fluid. I had a friend do it who is a shop Forman for Mercedes the rebuild took him 2 hours with him taking extra time to show me the entire process on how to do it my self. I would say total tome with R&I was ten hours.

ritalin

does that include valvebody/tcu?

Thanks.

Asher4799

No they recommend not doing the TCU and valve body as they are finding that it is redundant. I will say I believe it too it shifts way fast and hard border line too fast when stuck in traffic from first through third gears. And I do think they stopped selling the TCU and valve body tune it's not on their sight anymore.

PianoProdigy

Anyone know what is involved in making a torque converter 722.9 "bulletproof" for a turbo upgrade? Weistec sells an upgraded torque converter: http://weistec.com/722-9-torque-converter.html

I'm planning to ship my ML63 to Powerhaus to have them install their turbo upgrade, and while the car is there, I'm trying to determine how important it is to do anything to the transmission.

All the stuff that gets upgraded on an MCT in the bulletproof package seems to be friction material that wouldn't apply to a TC car, right?

What about just doing a torque converter and pan?