I read this from time to time and wanted someone to give me a better explanation of what this means. How do you drive your car to preserve the tranny when pushing more than the stock output? If I were to go the evo x turbo route or the CBRD kit coming out would I not be able to drive this car as a daily driver?

 

thats not it at all.

It comes down to how you drive it. Alot of those who seem to have tranny issues give the impression they drive the car like an f1 car, in every gear, regardless of rpm, boost levels, or otherwise.

My rules that keep my car (320 whp 340 torque) and tranny in perfect condition are simple. Drive it like a manual. Take control. If you wanna step on it, downshift till the rpms come up (3k+) like you would in a manual. This is where the turbo is spooled and remove anyone chance of surge, and usually takes the car out of its highest torque curve allowing it to be smoother.

Sport manual and common sense are our best friends.

 

Also, in heavy traffic, go in normal + manuel, this way you can prevent the transmission shifting up to 6th gear everytime there's an opening that allows you to go at 40 kph.

Also, when downshifting, avoid flooring it before the clutches are fully engaged.

 

For ****s and giggles it would be nice to know has the most miles on Evo/RA SST trans....

 

^^^ Pretty sure you cant say ****s on here LOL!

 

thats the only thing holding me back from the RA. after i hit 60k im on my own, and i cant even imagine the cost of repairs out of your pocket if something goes wrong after that.

i imagine the value of the RA after 60k miles is going to plummet.

 

Anyone ever use one of those extended auto warranties like mogi or nationwide? Wonder if they would cover a blown 10k trans? lol

 

Thank you. This is all I needed to know.

 

I have a question is it fine to downshift while your foot is not on the gas, like say im on 6th gear and I take my foot off completely and hit the paddles twice into 4th gear and just let the rpm hang there? or is this bad and leaving your foot on the gas a better choice. Also when you shift, do you shift like some people, and that is by shifting like a manual and letting you foot off the gas then putting into the next gear and pushing the gas again? (regardless it being by paddles or knob.)

 

my downshifting depends on what im doing. If i need the power i downshift while putting my foot to the floor.

If i dont, then sometimes i let of, or ease off the gasoline.

 

Sounds good.

 

I never floor it in Auto/Normal mode, but I do sometimes floor it in Auto/Sport mode when at highway speeds, and this past weekend I noticed a problem when I did that where the engine/rpms started racing like crazy but I wasn't really gaining any speed. It was like the car was trying to figure out what gear to select and in the meantime it seemed like the clutch wasn't engaged fully and the engine was just racing as if I was in neutral. Maybe I should stop doing this and only use Sport/Manual mode on the highway from here on out, in which case I would need to manually downshift before dropping the pedal. Any thoughts?

 

It's pretty easy to imagine. It will cost 10 grand. =)

 

I encountered a similar issue in manual/sport mode. Downshifted too gears and floored it right away. The car was accelerating but not even close to what I would expect and the RPM remained steady (I don't remember exactly but something like 5K RPM) for about 2 seconds... I'm no expert but this felt pretty much like a lots of clutch slipping...

Honestly, I'm surprised this happened... From what the salesman told me, the car has some rev-matching. So it should not matter if I'm WOT or if I have the foot off the pedal... When engaging the clutches the ECU should be temporarily ignoring the inputs from the throttle pedal and just adjust the throttle itself to adjust the RPM and as soon as the clutches are safely engaged, open the throttle at the degree I want. That's the way I would program it, or at least something like that.

 

Guys, don't worry about the SST in the long run, this type of transmission is not that much different from manual transmission, they might be a little more complex but the type of maintenance/repairs that are usually done on manual transmission should be doable on the SST.

It is just the as of today, the local transmission shops never had the opportunity (nor the need) to work on one of them. And Mitsubishi probably has an arrangement with the supplier to replace every damaged units instead on servicing them.

There is a guy on this forum who changed the clutch packs on his SST using a floor jack.