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Old 05-25-2011, 08:04 PM
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Default State of the Ralliart Address

So, I have been doing a lot of research surrounding the Ralliart over the past several months. I have looked over the braking system, the transmission, and I have plans to buy a new engine as well.

Here is what I have discovered:

The transmission service (30k miles) is something that people should definitely be doing themselves. I will be doing mine over the weekend. The flush that the dealer does does not require any special tools or know-how. I did the service today. There are a total of 4 drain plugs on the bottom of the transmission. When you pull all of them, about 6 liters of fluid should come out. The refill plug is on top of the transmission next to the shifter cable (under the air-box). Just add the new fluid there (making sure to add in as much as came out). Make sure to tighten the plugs in the bottom before adding fluid to the top. Start the car after tightening everything back up and run through the gears twice. Then, you are good to go. It is pretty easy.

People need to beware of the issues associated with the Ultimate Racing fuel-pump kit for the Walboro 255. There have been many instances of problems that have gone unnoticed with this kit. It deletes the sump that allows the stock pump to supply fuel constantly to the fuel rail. Without this sump, it becomes VERY difficult to achieve a solid tune that carries over from 3rd into 4th gear. One gear will be dead nuts on and the next one might be lean at tip-in. If you use this kit, make sure that your tuner is aware of this issue or buy a larger pump (perhaps Aeromotive or D-works).

It appears that tephra is working on the TCU at COBB (or so I have been told). I plan to buy a TCU and have it sent off to be looked at, as well.

There has been significant progress made on the transmission over the past two weeks. There are a couple of things that need to be worked on in the future, but this should be a non-issue very soon (next couple of months). The solenoids, filter, clutches, seals, and fluid are all things which I have looked at, and a parts list is being generated as we speak for these things. The fluid and clutches are almost done. I have a set of Kevlar clutches going on sale soon that should make many people happy. They should be able to hold 500 hp and will cost a fraction of what the other clutches on the market cost.

The next step is the motor. It doesn't appear to be quite as strong as the Evo X variant. Stay tuned for that.

Last edited by NFSLancerRA; 05-26-2011 at 08:31 AM.
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