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Carrera GT tranny replacement 56k beware

#1 mystiknight

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Posted 31 May 2006 - 08:28 PM

About a month ago, a customer got his GT towed in because he blew his tranny at the track. I took some pictures of it during the process, and thought some people might like to see. Also sorry for the low quality, these were all taken by my phone.

Undercarriage with the panel removed.
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Rear suspension.
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Some body panels removed.
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Closer look at the more accessible engine bay.
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Rear axles and suspension removed.
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Ready to drop the engine and tranny.
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Underneath. The rear of the car is at the top left corner of the pic.
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Engine and tranny out.
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Engine and tranny separated.
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Ceramic clutch (6" diameter), and tranny
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At this point, to put it back together, you kind of go the opposite direction.
Pretty interesting, once word got out that our shop did this, more customers came in with complaints to get their cars worked on. Since then, another tranny has been replaced, and 3 other GTs have gone through the shop for other things.

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Posted 31 May 2006 - 08:54 PM

whoa =o thats amazing =o =o =o

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#3 hochiminh

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Posted 31 May 2006 - 09:37 PM

that must've cost a pretty penny O_O

#4 boost

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Posted 31 May 2006 - 09:44 PM

lol.. i misread the title and though it said " Carrera GT's replacement"

Great post. How many hours was quoted on that kind of job? I bet the mecahanic had alot of fun working on that car.

QUOTE (Krn_Track_Star @ Jan 13 2009, 07:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

also the g can already run mid 13s stock and the hks intakes adds an estimated 10 extra hp and the exhausts add like 8 so yeah it should shove off about 1.5 to 2 sec off my times

#5 wangta

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 07:04 PM

did you guys drive the car around to test the tranny after?

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 08:17 PM

haha wow amazing
that looks like it would be fun to play with =P

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 10:42 PM

how long does it take to do it? looks like a lot of money just for labor

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 06:16 AM

Wow, what a nice boost for the company!

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 07:24 AM

Thats the second time I've seen that Carbon Ceramic Clutch. It's a beautiful thing.

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 09:28 AM

at least thing is tamed electronically... will be a complete 'female dog' to tame, manually.

crazy though; must drop the engine to access the transmission. great pictures!

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#11 mystiknight

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 03:42 PM

QUOTE(qwk @ May 31 2006, 10:44 PM)

lol.. i misread the title and though it said " Carrera GT's replacement"

Great post. How many hours was quoted on that kind of job? I bet the mecahanic had alot of fun working on that car.

QUOTE(azn akira @ Jun 1 2006, 11:42 PM)

how long does it take to do it? looks like a lot of money just for labor

Since the guy bought almost a half million dollar car, they decided to allow it to be done under warranty, to the tech's dismay. The warranty time is 15 hours, but it took him about 24 or so, over three days. Even if it was customer paid, we'd use the same labor rate, so it would have ended up being about $2500 in labor; the biggest cost is in the parts, I think the tranny is close to $70k.

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Posted 05 June 2006 - 03:25 PM

QUOTE(mystiknight @ Jun 2 2006, 04:42 PM)

dam.. the tranny is worth more than a C6 Z06!

QUOTE (Krn_Track_Star @ Jan 13 2009, 07:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

also the g can already run mid 13s stock and the hks intakes adds an estimated 10 extra hp and the exhausts add like 8 so yeah it should shove off about 1.5 to 2 sec off my times