Well I did the Change added MT-90 and my tranny shifts like brand new again. Considering putting it into gear it would grind and stutter going in it was annoying and now everything is great. I put on about 2 miles of city driving and didn't notice a thing well I was pissed saying what a waste of money. Well after about 5 miles more my tranny was like brand new again and its no Joke. You Guys are stupid if you have not yet bought it. Best 35.00 i have spent on my car.


-joe

im not going to use redline. ill just stay with the regular shit.

ur regular shit is really bad....


I switched to redline as well on my dsm, and now i'll be spending probably another $100 on the redline products for the truck!!! ATF i hope its cheap ;)

Redline is my favorite tranny fluid.

i dont like the idea of having redline in my tranny because of the fact that it is a friction inhibitor which helps you shift better. down side is that it takes a way from tranny life which nobody really cares about but i plan to move to florida once im done with school and i want my green blob to make it. thats why im just gonna stick to a higher grade regular tranny oil.

How does it take away form the life of the tranny? If there is less friction on the parts they will last longer...

I assume that redline is synthetic.. therefore it will work better than non-synthetic goo that is "higher" grade.

exactly what redline doesnt do hence friction inhibitor.

everyone to their own though.

i love my amsoil :naughty:

i read this stuff on a site last week. it definately caught my eye.

You read what stuff? I run GM Synchromesh. I had always heard great stuff about it, but I am not impressed with it what so ever, waste of my damn money. I thiink next ill be trying that BG Synchroshift and see how that does. My shifting is notchy, doesn't just slide into 2nd, its real notchy.

Well if any of you would have drove my car when it was really notchy before and now 500 miles later like brand new you would probably talk differntly about what it can do.

Isn't GM Synchromesh and BG Synchroshift the same oil?

It seems like you guys think i just talked shit about it. I didnt.
From what i have read off a site was that your syncros will syncronize better because of more friction that the redline gives and this is why i dont want it in my tranny.

More or less.

The 2 aren't close, actually. Now, back on topic! If you want, you can start a new one in basic tech.

The topic is about tranny fluid....

so your saying if I glued sandpaper to syncros they would grab better?
thats sweet, im gonna get right on that. :)
Personally im all for having 'stick' thats suspose to stick, and stuff that doesn't stick well, shouldn't stick.
thats why the fluids in my car are:
mobil 1 synthetic 0w-40 or 20w-50, pending season
redline fluids in all drivetrain
motul 600 in brakes and clutch
and some pos p.s. fluid!
anything else would be uncivilized :jammin:
to each its own, redline is an awesome fluid imo, and I've tried a lot of other items, use to 'stick' to my 'napa oil' until I switched over.

My personal opinion of redline is that it can suck my left nut. I would use water before redline....oh wait, it's the same thing. :fworld:

josh try it out ;)

So how does redline reduce tranny life? Because it has a little more friction so the syncros actualy work, so this must cause wear somewhere else? no. I have drained many trannys, almost all come out gold/metalic and crappy. We need to use GL-4 or lower grade fluid. Other wise syncros and bearlings get eaten up, causing way to much damage($500 or more). Also the redline is a synthetic there for not breaking down under high temp and stress levels. I just did a big race with a mustang and my tranny turned to a slush box because of my wonderfull fluid in there. So I plan on putting in redline and it should hold up to the high heat and stress of 500+whp and 155+mph.

~John

In my Tranny breaking days I tried several different kinds of Tranny fluid.


GM syncromesh = is complete SHIT - put it in 4 tranny's all of which went out in less then 30 days. Yes wheel hope started a chain reaction during race days but only 1 ever broke at the track, usually it was 1 week after that the tranny would go during a normal shift.

Valvoline/Mobil - MT90 currently what's in my tranny - seems to be working really well considering when My is running I've been really hard on it. Playing with the NLTS, and the Stutterbox. and it's taken everything I've through at it so far.


There were several others but I don't know the names only colors of the bottles:

Purple bottle - worked really well but tranny deteriorated quickly (say 4-5 months of driving)

Has any here thought about the fact that when using these "aftermarket" or "performance" gear oils oppesed to what's in the transmission from the factory they are doing it for 1 reason. And that's for the part it is to be used on to perform under not so normal operating conditions. They make the stuff to hold abuse, and yes eventually it won't matter what you will put in, shit will wear out. But the goal is for the wear to be delayed with these oils oppesed to the same abuse using factory recomended oils.

I know people who swear by one type of Redline mix and another who loves a slightly differant mix. Some how will stick to what they have been using as it has worked for them.

And as for the nutty man calling it water... LOL you should see the Heavy Shockproof. Oh my! 75w250. WooT!

Royal Purple?

Leme just say the truck guys who do regular pulls of 16,000 LB each day all they use in their transfer cases and rear ends is either Amsoil or Redline, hell one guy picked up the truck and as soon as he got it home he drained all the fluids and put redline in everything!.. his last truck went 750,000 miles while towing 10k+ loads daily... thats gotta say something about the redline...

yeah...


-E

Thats amazing. My Redline tranny fluid was unaffected while doing my 160mph race last summer. I was very happy with it.

Thats amazing. My Redline tranny fluid was unaffected while doing my 160mph race last summer. I was very happy with it. [/b][/quote]
oh yeah, forgot to mention the reason his truck blew up was not due to oil either, it was because he put new valve springs and was pushing like 50+psi on the turbo and his head gasket went... at which point when he checked the cylinder walls they still had the nice little crossthreading...


-E

Thats nuts....I should run that must boost ;) This dude ran nothing but Redline oil since brand-new?

Redline. Good stuff.

The synchros in our trannys are designed to wear. Each time you shift a gear the synchros will wear. The metal used is a soft material meant to give a little so the gears do not clash.

im not sure that a FWD trans breaking has much of anything to do with the fluid.

GM has always worked good for me, easy to get also.

if you keep having tranny issues and change oil 5 times to 'fix' it i think its time for a new tranny!

This soft metal is bronze, and I know they are supposed to wear. But not turn your fluid into gold/metalic looking crap. This metal infested oil will wear everything else out a lot faster then some redline fluid will.

~John