Attention G35 5AT Owners,

My best G35 friend and I have come to realize in the past few months that a lot of G35driver members with automatic G35’s are starting to realize the potential of the Transgo Valve Body Upgrade Kit yet straying away because of the difficulty of the install. Christian (Brwn5454) and I (06g35meister) have decided to gauge interest in a service to help those who are looking for a better performing transmission but do not have the technical expertise (or want) to take apart the valve body and modify it with the Transgo Kit. We did the install on Christians G35 in the spring and were successful in installing it with no hiccups or problems. It was not simple, but taking 8 hours and only using precision tools, we were able to complete the kit with relative ease (compared to the upgrades we have done on similar cars). With this experience under our belt, plus the expertise we have of over 5 years of modifying cars, we feel more than qualified to install this kit. Christian’s kit is now taking almost 400rwhp and is still shifting strong. We know this kit is a winner, it is proven time and time again, we just want more of you to feel that you have the option to have it with much less headache than doing it yourselves.

What we would like to see in this thread is the following:

A) If there is anyone within reach of Waco, Texas (Dallas, Austin, Houston) who would be willing to pay for gas ($4 for every 20 miles or so) and parts (Transgo kit, no labor costs) to let us do this install locally and take pictures of the entire process. Then we will be making an instruction manual (we know the ones out there aren’t great).

B) If there are people interested in trusting us to take apart the VB and do the installation of the kit. The install will most likely come in 3 different options varying on location and amount of expertise, pricing to be decided later:

1) BUY the removal, modification, and installation instructions (for the DIY’er). This will be an extensive and detailed instruction one-stop-shop for getting you a turn-key VB upgrade.

2) Use the FREE (with install) instructions to get the VB out, ship it to us here in Waco, and we will install the kit, and return it to you and you can replace it. (Distance Customers)

3) We will come to you, do the VB uninstall, install the VB kit, and install the VB back in the car. We will also take care of fluid replacement. This would basically be a turn-key VB upgrade. (Local to within 250 miles of Waco or so, we could probably stretch out the radius for the right price!)

Christian and I are not a part of a shop, we do not sell any parts nor make a profit off of anything but labor, but both have very extensive car modification histories. Both of us are more than capable of doing this at the rate of about 1-3 mailed and definitely 1 full installed VB per week depending on interest. For those who are local, we would be able to bring the G35 with the kit down to give you a ride along (also has a Vortech for added punch) so you can feel the kit during normal acceleration and DD’ing, and also give you an idea of how it performs under full throttle with modified power. This is assuming the G35 is available and not being used at that time for something else.



Let us know if we can help, to get things started we will need someone local around Texas to let us take pictures and document the installation procedure. Requirements for this are the following:

1)Must have the car jacked off the ground via a jack and 4 jack stands on a flat working surface (considering our own safety here)

2)Must have Transgo kit bought and ready to install

3)Must have correct amount (typically 8 quarts) of Nissan S-Matic transmission fluid (ATF)/funnel bought and ready to replace. This is to guarantee the work we have done will not break the tranny with the harder shifts over MANY years of wear and tear.

4)We will need a place to stay overnight, as documenting and completing the install with the precision and detail we are used to will take a while. We are willing to stay in-house or a paid hotel.

Last few liability issues, the fine print if you will. The VB must be 100% in working order when it arrives, we will know if it is broken or has been taken out incorrectly. We will guarantee our work against VB defects for a period of 3 months from the date of the work. If during the 3 month period you have any problems and can prove that we are at fault we will fix the VB for free including shipping/gas. Mind you that is if there is proof/explanation that the VB kit install was installed incorrectly or malfunctioned. We will not guarantee anything outside of the VB (transmission, drivetrain, etc.). Any and all shipping will be paid for by the owner of the VB.

So that’s what we got! Feel free to PM either Christian (Brwn5454) or I (06g35meister)! We want to see more of these kits installed! Post up thoughts and interest!

Christian Brown and Kevin Reene


Also to the mods, this is in no way setting up meetings or anything at this point to offer the service. If we get enough INTEREST, we will be adding sponsor status (assuming its required) and going from there, we are just utilizing this website to gauge interest. We have both been around a long time and see all the needs for people to have these kits. Thanks for letting us use this! PM either or both of us if there is an issue.

 

Bump bump

 

hrmm....how long do you think it'll take for them to ship one out? I'm driving up to uprev next friday to get Osiris and dynotune. Might consider this and make a pitstop to waco before austin; that way you guys can have your instructions made, and I have tranny upgraded hehe

Btw I used to go to baylor, graduated last year. I had the DG with kuruma front and volk gts if you remember

 

Wish you were closer as I ordered the Transgo kit last week and should be seeing it today/tomorrow...TX is a long way from VA, LOL! Want to discuss me taking the VB out and sending it to you? Not sure what the turnaround time would be but I have a 3rd car I could drive...let me know!

Greg

 

If you sent the VB to us the last week in August our turn around time would be 4-5 days once recieved. You would simply uninstall the VB yourself, ship it to us, and we would ship it back within 4-5 days (faster than shops do it).

Let us know how we can help you out!

 

I do remember you man!

Unfortunatley right now we are just gauging interest as Kevin and I will not be back in Waco until August 24. IF we do have a good amount of interest we could start accepting kits that week with a turn around time of 4-5 days once we recieve the VB.

Let us know what we can do....and say HI to Jared for both of us!

 

So would my VB be used as the "instrucition one"? If so would you expect payemnt of some sort? We cant ake this to PM's if it is easier.

I assume you are Christian Brown?

 

Ah, ok. No problem. I'll just take my time and order the kit later. I'll make a trip up to waco sometime and if you guys aren't busy then i'll come to yall for install. I'm in no rush for it right now, was just seeing if i could kill two birds with one stone since im headed that way. GL with your new service, im sure there will be a lot of interests.

 

Yeah thats Christian. Im Kevin. Unfortunately we will need the install to be entirely done by us for the first one making the instruction manual. We have interest from a local Houston guy who we will be most likely making the instructions from.

Also to mods, this is in no way setting up meetings or anything at this point to offer the service. If we get enough INTEREST, we will be adding sponsor status (assuming its required) and going from there, we are just utilizing this website to gauge interest. We have both been around a long time and see all the needs for people to have these kits. Thanks for letting us use this! PM either or both of us if there is an issue.

 

So my VB is a no go?

 

If there is enough interest in 14 days (our time frame) we will be starting with the manual and will be able to do it in ~ 4 weeks. If there is not enough interest, but you feel comfortable getting the VB out without instructions or with the included transco instructions, we can do it for a price that we can discuss.

 

Thanks but I will pass...I don't want my car to be down for up to a month..I was thinking I could pull the VB off the car, send it to you and you could use mine as the instruction VB but it sounds like that is not what you want/what will work for you.

 

What would happen is we would contact you in a month (maybe a bit less) and let you know we are ready for the VB, THEN you would take the VB out of the car, mail it, we would install it in 4-5 days (maximum) and mail it back. You would be out of a car for 10 days max assuming you shipped it an efficient way.

 

No one wants a luggy auto! Improve drag times and driveability!

 

LOL.."luggy"...that's a new one!