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[sleepydsm]

Having dealy with Jacks Transmissions and Shep Trans (which isnt an option) I'd say your screwed. I had a very bad experience with Jacks and I would not recommend them.

My Jacks built tranny broke after 5,000 miles of normal driving on a low power car. They were horrible at communicating and I was never satisfied.

[dsmreck]

^ no I'm not screwed as john and Tim are still options. That's too bad about your relationship with jacks.

[turbotalon1g]

I had a tough time with TRE, after I bought the trans, I couldn't get a hold of the guy.which is a shame since we met in person in eau Claire to do the deal.
I'd go with jacks, he has a lot of R&D into DSM trans.

[turbotalon1g]

You could also try a faceplated trans from liberty or thru Raif at RRT. I've heard good things about his work.

[dsmreck]

^ never heard of this faceplated stuff I will do some looking. Damn one bad for each now lol

[Goat Blower]

I only ever used Shep, but without that option, I'd probably go with TMZ as he's good and reasonably close. I just picked up the Evo3 5th gearset from him, easy to deal with.

[goodhart]

so was this freak thing something that was ur fault or his? how did he react. i like johns personality and the times we have talked he really seems great. He also seems to do more of the old school stuff like detailing gears etc, just like an old engine builder who takes all the flash out of a head because it's the details that matter. prices seem fair, really the only thing i'd like to know is in comparison what trans will be better johns stage four or jack's 2.2hd for me. btw thanks goodhart and all who have contributed to this project thread. Bear with me on this one as the trans will be the most indecisive part of my build that I foresee.

The issue was my fault I suppose. It certainly wasn't his fault, but he felt bad and still tried to make it right, so he gave me a free evo diff cover (I had bought an Evo by that point) Overall, I thought Jon was a great guy, I never really had an issue getting ahold of him.

[dsmreck]

I really want to just build my own at some point as I'm sure I'll end up going through a few of them. I just haven't seen a write up or anything into detail enough to want to try it at the moment. I'm Deff gonna have a decision to make here as all three that are left are most likely all great options really. Than maybe I'll pick up a spare and learn how to build one myself. Anyone ever try the hd gears that jack is claiming to be better than evo?

[dsmreck]

Did some powder coating today for the first time and the results were awesome. Next will be that ugly compressor cover and who knows what else. Should add around 50 hp or so.

[evotuner]

What about Ron at RS Motors? He does tons of rebuilds on Evo transmissions. Just a thought.

Also nice work on the powder coating, did it yourself? You must have access to some of the tools needed