Originally Posted by InfiniteVTec
My car puts out 107whp/96.1torque... but i'm suffering valve float... as my peak hp hits it drops and then comes up to nearly hitting it again... meaning it wants to go higher than the valve springs allow. I'm thinking I should get around 115whp 100torque with better valve springs.
did no one else question this? How do you figure that you're floating a valve? (im not tryin to be an asshole, im trying to make sense of the logic used in determining it.)
On another note... if you actually do follow through on turbo'ing your automatic, be sure of two things. You most certainly have to invest in a tranny oil cooler, and prepare saving for a manual transmission swap.
and heres a quote to end the nonsense...
Originally Posted by _entropy
Inside an auto transmission power isn't transfered directly from gear-to-gear with a lever to select the gear, the power is transfered through a planetary gear set, with a set of bands that clamp down to determine the gear. At higher horsepower levels these bands simpley don't grip hard enough, and the transmission slips. Common upgrades in other automatic transmissions are thicker or stronger (IE, kevlar) bands, or a new valve body that increases transmission pressure and therefore clamping power of the bands."