AR5 Trans Take Two: The Solstice Solution

[Hotcakes0007]

yea i think im just going to stick with the r154 stuff since i still have some of it left. Do you know if the toyota pilot barring needs to be changed or do i have to get a different one? Still trying to figure out what i need to do for the back input shaft of the trans i seen that you took off that end piece and got something different to work with a toyota yoke?

Heh, you don't know how seriously I considered busting out the MIG

I wound up getting a smiple Chevy slipe yoke that fit the same diameter as the stock Supra pinion flange. Cost me $275 at some hole-in-the-wall in Livonia. Still way too much for a stupid shaft, but better than $1200.

Is that chevy yoke something a drive shaft shop would have in stock or would i have to find it in a junk yard?

 

[andresz28]

limequat, how´s your ar5 holding? how much hp/tq on your car?

I just bought a 2007 solstice trans and im planing on installing it on my turbo lq4 firebird... i know it has nothing to do with supras but its the only thread on the internet where people are using that trans... i just broke my aston martin t56 but it was because the driveshaft was shit and broke taking everything with it... so i want to know if that trans will hold it or if I have to go auto wich is like my last option

my car has 567whp @8psi dyno couldn´t read the torque but i assume is like 550ft/lbf

 

[limequat]

yea i think im just going to stick with the r154 stuff since i still have some of it left. Do you know if the toyota pilot barring needs to be changed or do i have to get a different one?

Yes, you'll need a new pilot bearing. You can get one in Mcmaster carr. The dimensions are somewhere in this thread.

Still trying to figure out what i need to do for the back input shaft of the trans i seen that you took off that end piece and got something different to work with a toyota yoke?

Not following.

 

[limequat]

limequat, how´s your ar5 holding? how much hp/tq on your car?

I just bought a 2007 solstice trans and im planing on installing it on my turbo lq4 firebird... i know it has nothing to do with supras but its the only thread on the internet where people are using that trans... i just broke my aston martin t56 but it was because the driveshaft was shit and broke taking everything with it... so i want to know if that trans will hold it or if I have to go auto wich is like my last option

my car has 567whp @8psi dyno couldn´t read the torque but i assume is like 550ft/lbf

I only put about 5 psi on it which is probably around 400 lb-ft. You're making a lot of torque, don't know. There's a few R154s that have taken more torque than that, but I don't think anybody has stressed an AR5 that much. Good luck.

 

[andresz28]

I only put about 5 psi on it which is probably around 400 lb-ft. You're making a lot of torque, don't know. There's a few R154s that have taken more torque than that, but I don't think anybody has stressed an AR5 that much. Good luck.

jajajajaajaa for your videos i suspected you were like 700whp/500 lb/ft well ill let you know if it holds right... i hope it does

 

[Hotcakes0007]

ok i was talking about this lime. what do i do after i remove this?

 

[limequat]

Mill those 3 lips off so that you have a flat surface and then drill in a toyota 4x4 pattern.

 

[Hotcakes0007]

what year toyota 4x4 drive can you use if there is one im going to be hitting the junk yard asap to find one thanks again.

 

[limequat]

I think mine was an 88 or 89.

 

[andresz28]

limequat , by any chance, do you have a picture of your driveshaft? does it has a slip yoke?

 

[limequat]

No to both.

 

[andresz28]

hope it helps, i search for the toyota 4x4 driveshaft and i thought it would be a little dangerous mostly because of centering everything, but i luckily found a volvo s70 driveshat and it fits the ar5 rear yoke it looks like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Volvo-AWD-o...e:Volvo|Model:S70&hash=item258c49446e&vxp=mtr tomorrow ill send the driveshaft to be weld and post some pics

 

[limequat]

Wow, good find!

 

[andresz28]

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I coul not upload them from my phone sorry

 

[andresz28]

i need the stock solstice shifter with the mount to the trans anybody willing to sell one?

 

[grifter679]

im looking for part numbers for the ar5 front bearing retainer as well as the gxp slave cylinder. i need to convert y r154 to an internal slave cylider due to lsx and long tubes being in the way. does anyone have any leads on these numbers?

 

[grifter679]

never mind i was able to get a hold of a pontiac parts directory, i will post up the numbers for people interested in a factory internal slave setup

 

[andresz28]

never mind i was able to get a hold of a pontiac parts directory, i will post up the numbers for people interested in a factory internal slave setup

Is this the link? http://www.factoryoemparts.com/sky-solstice-clutch-slave-cylinder-24234308-24234308 is the same as my non turbo trans, are you using mallet bellhousing or the novak adapter? I couldnt install the slave cylibder with my novak

 

[grifter679]

neither I am using adnvacned adapters bellhousing, the link i found was on http://www.gmpartseast.com/pontiac/...nsmission-2-case-2m040140104-lnfma52mg67.html

 

[PontiacPwr]

1) Mine came from my stock trans: 1987 Supra Turbo. It should be the same part for any Supra turbo 1987-1992.
2) You'll have to pull of the tail shaft which isn't that big of a job.

I ended up getting off ebay a R154 kit that had the arm and a new top cover. and another ebay find getting the Supra (86-92) shifter.
- that works great.

Now the problem is the driveshaft conversion.
- i'm running a ford 9" out back, and need u-joint to u-joint driveshaft.
- bit the "yoke" on the Solstice trans needs changed.

Anybody know of a specific make, model & yr rwd yoke that fits my tailshaft?