So Hughes and I finally got around to doing the fluids on my car. We did the tranny, xfer case, and rear diff. None of the fluids looked bad really for 33k miles without a single change. Not a lot of metal shavings to be honest and I think the xfer case fluid still looked a bit red. Not too hard of a job to change them all. I'd say the hardest one to fill was the xfer case just because you couldn't really see if it was dripping out of the fill hole due to the location. Overall a pretty easy job. Fluids used were as follows:
Transmission: Redline Cocktail (2x MTL, 1x MT-90)
Transfer Case: Diaqueen 90W LSD
Rear Differential: Diamond ATF SP III + Diaqueen 90W LSD (rear diff takes 2 fluids. 2 different compartments for each)
I've been driving around for a week or so now with the new tranny fluid and OMG. The difference between the Redline mix and the OEM stuff is night and day. I really love how smooth each shift feels now.
I also picked up a Cobb downpipe from a fellow NTEC member down here for pretty cheap and in good shape. So we should be able to run a test and see what a full 3" shorty downpipe does without the o2 housing being changed. I'm still optimistic about it but if it ends up doing nothing, I'm content with losing what I spent for it.
Also got a MitsuStyle sticker from Hughes today! I got the standard white lettering with red mitsu symbol. Thanks to Scheides for bringing those down to Vegas and handing them off to Hughes!
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