Evening all.

 

http://www.hopupracing.com/aecocaexsyfo.html

 

would you guys put this on your zed?

are they any good?

will it pop my gearbox?

search is your friend :)

 

but i'll still say that they give a very noticeable improvement in accelleration, and yes they will eventually pop your autobox if it's not in particularly good nick. like it did to mine :rant:

...but gave me a good reason to convert to manual ;)

Romaine - FYI: HKS discontinued the ALC-2 more that two years ago. These units are now impossible to obtain direct from HKS and anyone still showing them on their website will definitely be old stock.

 

The only time the ALC function is noticeable is under WOT (Wide Open Throttle) where the shifts appear to be quicker by means of keeping the line pressure up (stock automatic ECU will drop the line pressure at the point of shifting to make it smoother). This increase in line pressure has "allegedly" caused a number of auto boxes to fail prematurely. This can not be substantiated but the ALC would seem the likely cause.

 

I used to have one on my TT but took it off because (a) the shifts were quite abrupt and (b) the ALC affected the overrun as well which was annoying. Removed it after about 6 months and never looked back.

 

HTH

 

Dan

I had one on mine and loved it.

Yes my auto box died but that was after 3 years of thrashing it with increased boost on a 15 year old car.

I'm pretty sure it would have been ready to go anyway and after all how many auto boxes die every week on here without ALC's?

Romaine... if you are still keen to fit an ALC - dont spend 350USD - there is one here..

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JDM-HKS-ALC-Fairlady-300zx-Z32-Automatic-VG30DETT_W0QQitemZ250417877861QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item250417877861&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A3|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A6|294%3A50

 

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