Well, the saga continues this week. Had the wiring looked at last week, drove about a 100 miles and no trans temp sensor warning has shown back up. Took the beast out for a spin today. Opened WOT in third gear tip and "bam" into 4th at about 3,500-4,000 RPM's, arggghhhh.....
All other driving is fine it seems, and did a run in Sport at WOT, but starting in first gear, and no slip noticed. With the shift points much higher I don't think the trans gets the same torque load that causes the slip when in 3rd and Tip.
I can only assume that either clutches are worn, or not enough pressure is being applied, and max torque in 3rd causes the clutches to slip and shift to 4th, I assume...trans fluid is full/new and temp is just fine, 55C today.
Newly rebuilt trans went in the car in January, 4,500 miles, probably 100-150 shifts at WOT bounced off of redline. Seems to me others have had much more luck. I also know my car runs damn strong as everything is buttoned up well, so torque numbers of 550+ out of the engine is putting a hurt on the trans.
Well, I'll keep checking for codes. I also de-tuned after today's run by maybe 10/15 hp/tq, so that should help keep it together. It actually wasn't slipping last month before I added the extra power, just enough to push it over the edge.
Hopefully there's some other explanation for the trans not holding third gear, but more doubt each time it doesn't. To be continued.....