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when someone says inferior design, it leads me to believe that there is a critical flaw with the design that would hinder it from performing the function it was designed to do...i dont give a shit how much "stronger" AP2 retainers are supposed to be...AP1 retainers perform the fuction they were designed to perform, therefore, its not an inferior design...i dont need anyone to enlighten me as i am very familiar with this subject...and FYI, if you mis-shift from 3rd to 2nd at redline with AP2 retainers, theres still a very good chance the retainer is going to crack...and furthermore, i dont look at it as an issue since i dont drive like a jackass and "money shift" a car that wasnt designed to be money shifted...
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Originally Posted by S2KIrishman' timestamp='1364784284' post='22441956
when someone says inferior design, it leads me to believe that there is a critical flaw with the design that would hinder it from performing the function it was designed to do...i dont give a shit how much "stronger" AP2 retainers are supposed to be...AP1 retainers perform the fuction they were designed to perform, therefore, its not an inferior design...i dont need anyone to enlighten me as i am very familiar with this subject...and FYI, if you mis-shift from 3rd to 2nd at redline with AP2 retainers, theres still a very good chance the retainer is going to crack...and furthermore, i dont look at it as an issue since i dont drive like a jackass and "money shift" a car that wasnt designed to be money shifted...
its not so much hostility as it just gets old seeing mis-information that constantly gets spread..I.E. AP1 retainers are prone to cracking, yes, if you over-rev the motor, AP2 retainers will to and my favorite, AP1's suffer from snap over-steer, which is driver induced as well...no worries mate, i wasnt trying to come off as attacking, i just wish people would understand most issues that people bitch about on AP1's are, in fact, driver induced issues
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Many on here will say the OEM TCT is an inferior design to Billman's modified TCT...Is this statement not true because they BOTH perform the function it was designed to do?
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Originally Posted by S2KIrishman' timestamp='1364784284' post='22441956
when someone says inferior design, it leads me to believe that there is a critical flaw with the design that would hinder it from performing the function it was designed to do...
i have over 103k miles on my stock TCT and it has never made a noise...i wouldnt say thats an inferior design either...do i believe billmans is better? of course, but as far as my experience with the stock TCT i cant say its inferior since its still doing the job it was intended to do
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Check your valve clearance. I noticed mine were way too tight when I checked mine. They were likely partially open thats how bad it was. I'm the 2nd owner and the first owner had all work done by the dealer. I did some research and some have reported losing clearance over time. I either had a previous valve job adjusted wrong or I truly lost clearance over time due to valve/ valve seat wear or something along those lines. Search for it and you may find what others have ran into.
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